Lilies in any environment look regal - beautiful.
Today, through the efforts of amateurs and professionals, many new varieties and hybrids of one of the most famous bulbous plants have been developed.
And flower growers - collectors are capable of capturing the imagination of any hues of colors reigning in the fragrant splendor of flowerbeds, the main decoration of which is long-colored or tubular, looking like huge bowls, cups or star flowers.
Bloom
Consider when the lily period begins to bloom, and look at the flowering plant in the photo.
Different in shape, size, color, lily was and remains flowers summer, therefore their most magnificent bloom is in July, some varieties bloom from mid June to early August.
But with a serious approach, you can pick up varieties so that the flower garden will delight the view from the middle of May, when unpretentious early-flowering blooms, but no less beautiful Fialkovaya or Sphinx until the beginning of autumn (Flora Nova, Alushta, Rio Negro).
Flowering period from 3 to 20 daysHere, too, a lot depends on the variety.
According to the shape of the flower, lilies are divided into:
- cupped - widely opened petals are very similar to a bowl, sizes, as a rule, quite large. In diameter, the flower can reach 20cm;
- funnel-shaped - collected in a dense bud, petals resemble a tube that opens in the form of a funnel. In these varieties, the length of the petals is important; the height of the bud can vary from 5 to 30 cm. It is this kind of lily that is most common in indoor floriculture;
- feskovidnye - amazing in beauty and grace flowers with curved delicate petals, stunted, with a small diameter of inflorescence, they also conquer with a long flowering period.
You can visually get acquainted with the blooming Lilies in the photo below:
Early varieties
The most common Asian lily hybrids delight in large buds and a variety of buds.
IMPORTANT: early varieties can preserve beauty for a long time, but they are almost never used for bouquets - they almost do not smell, they have very fragile leaves, so it is better for them to stay on the flowerbed.
Centuri Honey marks its shades of red and orange, Orlean hybrids have become famous for the stalk-like form of a tender lilac flower, now white, yellowish and pinkish shades have appeared.
Two-tricolor stains, terry lilies are still relevant.
More than a hundred varieties of LA hybrids (Longiflorum - Asiatic) are known, which conquered lily connoisseurs not only with beauty and size, but also with a pleasant smell.
Among these hybrids there are also many differences in colors: from single-color pink, light green and cherry and two-colored and speckled.
Varieties of medium flowering
Wax petals, collected in a bowl of cream shades, or gently - white - this is what Asian women look like when flowering.
All shades from white to yellow are Candide hybrids, which started from the snow-white lily. Among them - Apollo with her white pleasant-smelling "bells" collected in a brush up to 10 pcs., creamy with a turban-like bud, Lilia testacium.
Golden American lilies - the so-called variety Shuksan with its yellow and brown speckled buds and pink tips of the petals.
Late varieties
The late-flowered lilies are distinguished by a very strong high stem and buds, sometimes simply huge sizes. For example, dark crimson Barbados can reach in diameter of 30 cm, and a white stalk with slightly yellowish patches of Anais with yellow honey plants and a dark purple stigma grows up to 1, 5 m.
ATTENTION: to have all varieties in their collection is an impossible task even for the most enthusiastic amateur. Do not try to achieve the impossible, pick up the bulbs for the collection so that it pleases you from early summer to late autumn.
Leaving after flowering
Home lilies bloom, what to do next?
The summer ends, the colors fade away, and now the flower garden seems to be empty without lily magnificence. The time has come to take care that next year the flower beds look happy too. If the buds are cut into bouquets, you need to perform few rules:
- Cut flowers early in the morning or late in the evening when the sun does not harm the wound on the stem.
- It is better to break off lilies rather than cut them: often when cutting flowers are infected with viral infections.
- Do not remove more than 2/3 of the stem with a flower, it will help the normal nutrition and development of onions. It is believed that the longer it is, the better the food.
- The cut is best done slightly obliquely, then the water will not accumulate on the wound, causing rot.
If the plant blooms on a bed, you just need to remove the dried buds, feed potash fertilizers, thoroughly water as needed, preventing the soil from drying out.
You must constantly remove the weeds from the flower beds and periodically loosen the soil.
If the bulbs remain to winter in the same place, you need to take care that they do not freeze out. You can cover the plants spruce branches, fallen leaves, straw.
IMPORTANT: bulbs of tubular varieties are dug out necessarily, they very poorly tolerate low temperatures. Garden lilies 3 weeks after they have bloomed, you can already begin to divide into children to repot. But it is better to wait until the fall, when the bulbs get stronger. Replant lilies 1 every 3-5 years.
Why the plant does not bloom
Consider why the room lily does not bloom.
Both garden and indoor beauties bloom almost always summer. But indoor flowers are somewhat capricious growing on flower beds. The reasons for which they can not bloom, a lot.
- In the first year, the plant may simply not have enough strength to bloom.
- They begin to bloom for 3-4 years of life.
- In winter, the oniony need a period of rest - a cool shaded room and only a light spraying.
- You do not need to constantly replant the flower in a more spacious container: it prevents flowering.
- Tropical plants need a high level of humidity, fertilizing and light soil.
IMPORTANT: if the plant is "naughty" for several years, put it in a dark place and do not water for 1 - 1.5 months. There is nothing terrible in that the leaves will wilt a little, the improvement of conditions, abundant watering and bright light will be perceived as a signal for growth and reproduction.
And at home, and in the garden, and in the flower beds lily always remains the queen. This flower - a symbol of power, purity, honesty and pure thoughts is considered to be the most beautiful of all.
