Tiger lily

Every woman would certainly like to receive a bouquet of luxurious lilies as a gift. Their beauty can not leave any person indifferent. Lily, whose flowers are full of richness of shapes and colors, always attached a special solemnity to any holiday.

These noble plants adequately decorate any flowerbed with its large flowers. The most common is the tiger lily, which has large bright orange flowers with a lot of black specks. The height of the plant reaches one meter. The flowering of the lily falls on July-August. Its bulb is quite large, with white succulent scales.

Tiger lily - a plant unpretentious and special care does not require. Reproduction of lilies is made by dividing the nest of bulbs, as well as onion cubs and individual scales. Planting of lilies is most favorable in September. Directly in front of her, you need to dig a land to a depth of thirty centimeters. It is also necessary to add manure to the fermented, potassium salt and superphosphate. After the bulbs are planted, you must immediately produce abundant watering of the soil.

During the winter, lilies are covered with leaves, peat, humus, the thickness of the layer should not exceed fifteen centimeters. For lilies, ideal soil is well drained, moist, moderately fertilized. The place for them should be protected from the winds. Care of the plant includes loosening the soil, watering it, weeding, and also feeding. At the end of seven years, a place for lilies is necessary to pick up a new one.

The main planting is carried out in the early autumn. In early August, you can start preparing for this event. The plant is excavated and divided into bulbs. Also, four and five year old lilies are transplanted, as the soil is depleted during this period of time, and the flowering of plants is weakened. After the tiger lily blooms, its bulb becomes loose, loses its mass, the scales become thinner. It is necessary to transplant it only after a month and a half. During this time, the bulb will gain strength, elasticity, and also increase in size. However, this is possible in the presence of warm weather, sufficient moisture and nutrition.

If the tiger lily does not undergo transplantation for three to five years, then its bulbs form voluminous nests, which after digging themselves disintegrate. In case they are clean and have undamaged roots, they simply need to be etched in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour. After that, they must be dried in the shade, pruned roots to five to ten centimeters, and then you can plant.

The soil for planting bulbs should be prepared in advance, and also to moisten it to the required depth. It should be loose, nutritious, water-permeable. On heavy, moist soils, the tiger lily will not grow, its bulbs will be rotted due to excessive accumulation of moisture between the scales. As a result, they die. With the help of sand, soil can be made more friable. Fresh manure should not be used in the cultivation of these plants, as this will lead to a strong growth of the vegetative part and simultaneous damage to the formation of healthy bulbs. Also it will serve to reduce winter hardiness of lilies and resistance to various diseases, weakened flowering.

Before planting lilies, first of all, take into account the height of the plant, the shape, size and color of the flower. High lilies are more suitable to plant in the background of a flower bed. Small plants with smaller flowers can be built a small hill. The penumbra is good for normal plant growth. The direct rays of the sun, as well as insufficient watering, lead to the drying of the lilies. In this case, they grow low, stunted.

Many gardeners, the breeding of lilies is a special pleasure, because nothing so cheers up, like flowers grown by their own hands.