Description and characteristics of the daffodil Ice King. Flower cultivation and application in landscaping

Flowers are the constant companions of human life. A flower acts both as a way of expressing sympathy and as a means for creating a favorable and inviting atmosphere in our environment. Flowers are used everywhere: in yards, homes and gardens. Each flower has a special energy and symbolic meaning, filling our reality with special colors. Daffodil Ice King is an unpretentious plant of unique beauty that can delight you with its truly majestic appearance.

Royal Daffodil Ice King

The name of the flower, translated as "King of Ice", already says a lot. Ice King is an unpretentious shade-tolerant plant that has won an honorable place in the hearts of many gardeners due to its unique beauty.

Description of appearance

Thanks to the significant historical experience in growing this plant (since 1984), certain standards of its appearance have developed, which will help the summer resident avoid mistakes when growing a flower.

The external characteristic features of a flower include:

• the height of the plant in adulthood is approximately 35-45 cm
• large in diameter, luxurious flowers (10-13 cm)
• narcissus flowers have a color palette from creamy white to deep yellow shades
• monochromatic cream color of the flower is typical for the end of the flowering period of the daffodil
• the “corrugated crown” is 2 cm high, 6 cm in diameter, its heavily cut edges are decorated with highlights and strokes.

This type of flower is attractive not only for its beauty, but also for its simplicity in growing, which even novice gardeners can cope with!

Flowering period

Depending on climatic and geographic conditions, flowering begins in April - May. Narcissus blooms for a long time (from 10 to 25 days).

Rules for growing terry daffodil Ice King

Thanks to the implementation of simple growing recommendations, you can easily transform your flower bed with a noble flower.

Landing dates

You need to prepare a place and plant a plant in the fall. To do this, it is necessary to prepare a bed: clear weeds, dig up the ground, add humus and mineral fertilizers, wood ash.

To plant the plant, choose a place with sufficient sunlight. It is important to avoid drafts and strong wind gusts.

The amount of light on the site determines the speed of flowering of the plant: the more sunlight, the faster the daffodil will delight you with its beauty!

Plant bulbs at a distance of 10 cm from each other. Planting depth: 12-15 cm. The soil must be sufficiently moist. By mixing the soil with sand, and by organizing a drainage layer, you can improve the soil's moisture permeability.

Plant care

Despite being fairly easy to grow, the daffodil still needs your attention.

Watering must be carried out in a timely manner: the culture cannot tolerate stagnant water and excessive dryness.

After planting, you need to water the beds. It will not be superfluous to periodically feed the flower with organic or mineral fertilizers. Narcissus requires special attention before and after flowering, as well as after coming out of winter.

In order to keep the moisture in the soil longer, the soil should be loosened after watering. It is also important to remove weeds in a timely manner.

The term for growing a daffodil in one place is 5 years.After their expiration, it is necessary to transplant the flower. To do this, after the last leaves have fallen off, the flower must be dug up and left in a cool place, isolated from sunlight, until autumn. You can try to immediately disassemble the flower into small bulbs and plant them over the winter in a new place.

The transplant process does not take long. The main thing is to carry it out with the soul and imagine the future beautiful and pleasing to the eye flowering.

How to apply Ice King daffodil in landscaping?

The presentable appearance of the flower allows you to use it as a decoration for compositions consisting only of a given culture or in mixed variations of flowers.

Daffodils can be used not only during their flowering period. After all, long dark green leaves will perfectly complement other flowering plants, add freshness and tranquility to the composition.