NATIONAL NATIVE POPULAR FLOWERS OF KAZAKHSTAN

National Flower of Kazakhstan

By the Present time the government of Kazakhstan has not selected any flower as the national flower of the country, officially. Though Tulips are very popular in the country, but the Lily(Lilium) serves as the unofficial national flower of Kazakhstan. The genus Lilium are herbaceous flowering plants normally growing from bulbs, comprising a genus of about 110 species in the lily family, Liliaceae. They are important as large showy flowering garden plants, and in literature.

The genus Lilium are herbaceous flowering plants normally growing from bulbs, comprising a genus of about 110 species in the lily family, Liliaceae. They are important as large showy flowering garden plants, and in literature.

Other Native and Popular Flowers of Kazakhstan

The diversity of a flora of Kazakhstan considerably varies both by structure and number of various systematic taxones of plants, and by geography, in particular, by nature-climatic zones and high-altitude belts. But the land of the country changes into a colorful flower carpet between April and beginning of May. When Millions of wild Tulips bloom at the same time among other flowers that grow from bulbs, such as Irises, Lilies, Sword Lilies and Hyacinths. The flower that is the most famous jewel and that attracts the most attention in the sea of flowers is the Tulipa schrenkii. While Some other Flowers Native to Kazakhstan are, Bulbs Fritillaria, Allium, Tulipa turkestanica, Iliensis and Allium strictum.

Red Roses, Tulips, Hyacinths, Solidago, gerberas, carnations and Lilies are the flowers which are popular among the people of Kazakhstan for being used to express feelings as well as greetings.

Facts about Kazakhstan

• Located in north of the central Asian republics, bounded by China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan is nearly eight times larger than Germany and counted as the ninth largest country on earth.
• The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Article 30) states that: "Citizens are guaranteed free secondary education in the state-owned educational institutions". Secondary education is compulsory.
• Astana is the the new capital of Kazakhstan. The old capital was Almaty. Almaty is a modern combination of the words Alma and Ata (or Alma Ata) which are Kazakh for apple and grandfather.
• Kazakhstan, the largest of the former Soviet republics in territory, excluding Russia, possesses enormous fossil fuel reserves and plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals.