| Northern Cyprus is awash with an unusual array of | | | | in season in May and June it lights up its entire native |
| colourful blooms unique to this area, which adds to the | | | | landscape, it is found mainly in the hills just south of the |
| feeling that you really are truly entering paradise every | | | | Kyrenia mountain range, with their striking pink hue. |
| time you step into this perfect part of an all-round | | | | Delphinium caseyi aka Caseys larkspur. |
| perfect meditaraian island. | | | | Another native plant that gives a vibrant shock, this |
| Such is the abundance and range of flowers and | | | | time violet, to the otherwise barren North Cyprus |
| plants indigenousness to Northern Cyprus that a lot of | | | | landscape during the months of May and June, though |
| its natural planes and especially in the Troodos | | | | not much of it as it is found entirely in clusters on a |
| mountain range that is the spinal column of the | | | | small rocky peak just south-west of St.Hilarion. |
| automounus and self-governing Turkish-speaking | | | | Salvia veneris aka kythrean sage. |
| Northern Cyprus. | | | | This plant, very similar to the types used to make sage |
| Outside of its towns and built-up resort areas, are | | | | tea, grows in the crumbling sandstone hills just north of |
| covered for a good part of the year in a carpet of | | | | the village of Degirmenlik and has adapted itself |
| wild, colourful and beautiful flowers which adds a | | | | successfully to grow on the ground to avoid the |
| particular uniquely dramatic tint to the north Cyprus | | | | ravenous attentions of the local free-roaming goat |
| landscape. | | | | herds. |
| Flowers and plants found in Northern Cyprus. | | | | This scentless yellow and white flower graces us with |
| The very agreeable and typically Mediterranean | | | | its presence only in March and April. |
| climate, long hot summers short mild winters book | | | | Climate of Northern Cyprus. |
| ended with brief snatches of autumn and spring, of | | | | Though the Kyrenia Mountains are well watered and |
| Northern Cyprus allows the growth of olive trees and | | | | lush the vegetation found there and the climate is quite |
| in rural areas they flourish wild and in a natural state | | | | different to the rest of North Cyprus. |
| with the foothills and further up the slopes of the | | | | In contrast to the thick thriving olive groves and trees |
| Kyrenia mountains being thick with olive groves, where | | | | found in the forests that envelope the mountain range |
| the altitude provides enough rainfall to nudge the olives | | | | with a particularly luscious green, the majority of the |
| to full fruition. | | | | rest of the North Cypriot landscape is barren and |
| Also flourishing in the lush forest that covers the | | | | more atypical of what you'd except to find in one of |
| Kyrenia mountain range are cedars, pine and cypress | | | | the Meditetarainaen countries. |
| trees and Cyprus oaks, basically its fair to say what | | | | It is of these climatic conditions, long beating spells of |
| isnt covered in olives will be so in one of these four!!! | | | | very hot sun leading to almost constant drought |
| The unspoilt beauty of Northern Cyprus. | | | | caused by almost total lack of rainfall that makes |
| One of the great beauties of Northern Cyprus, besides | | | | Northern Cyprus such an attractive holiday destination |
| its beautifully inclement weather, is that so much, | | | | for thousands of sun seekers every year. |
| unusually so for a favorite European holiday destination, | | | | TULIPS Bulbs |
| of it is remarkably unspoilt. Indeed if you were to find | | | | For a one year show of spring tulips bulbs in a warm |
| yourself walking round much of it hundreds of years | | | | climate, Buy the tulips bulbs and chill them for 8 to 10 |
| ago you'd be surprised at how similar many of the | | | | weeks in a refrigerator before planting. Aim to plant at |
| scenes you saw would be to those you'd see today. | | | | the coolest time of the year. Tulips like a good manure |
| This means with nothing but nature to stop them many | | | | with a bonemeal base and should be planted 10 to |
| wild plants and grasses, many native to Northern | | | | 15cm (4 to 6in) deep in a semi-shady cool position in |
| Cyprus, run riot and give wonderful colours to what | | | | warmer climates. |
| can be in places, especially on the lower coastal | | | | TULIPA CLUSIANA: |
| planes, a somewhat barren and empty landscape. | | | | One of the most graceful of all tulips, this lovely |
| Though Northern Cyprus isn't particularly noted as an | | | | species produce elegant star-like flowers, white inside |
| incubator of natural wildlife, flora and fauna, it does | | | | with a violet base and outer tepals which are carmine |
| have a fairly remarkable total of 1300 different species | | | | on the outside. They grow to about 10in (25cm) tall and |
| including 150 varieties of grass flourish within its 3000 or | | | | require minimal chilling, making them a delightful lasting |
| so square miles of land, which isn't a bad harvest and | | | | garden plant, even in milder climates. Occasional more |
| bearing in mind also that 19 of these 150 are not only | | | | than one flower per stern is produced. |
| native to the island but also exclusive. | | | | Chosing Tulip Bulbs: |
| Amongst the flora and fauna found growing wild in | | | | By choosing tulip bulbs from across the groups, you |
| Northern Cyprus are:- | | | | can have a sequence of flowering throughout spring. |
| Hedysarum Cyprium akaThe Cyprus sweet vetch. | | | | They range in height from 4in (10cm) to (70cm). The |
| This butterfly shaped pink-flowered member of the | | | | blooms come in many colours, including bronze, black, |
| pea family is a hardy perennial of the Northern Cyprus | | | | yellow, white, red, pink, purple, violet, green and blue. |
| landscape, being one of its native fauna and when it is | | | | |