Bulbous flowers: adobe and indoor

Bulbous flowers: basic rules

Bulbous flowers: The main recommendations for planting are not to waste time with planting purchased bulbs, bought and planted. Of course, you can leave it for storage, but for a short time and in a cool place, do not bring the bulb to softness and growth.

These plants can be safely divided into frost-resistant and not, for example, daffodils or crocuses can be safely attributed to the first option, but crocosmia and gladiolus are not, you need to dig them up for the winter.

Some varieties can survive the cold if you make the right shelter for the winter season. Its composition can be from straw, peat, crushed bark or fallen leaves, about 8 cm thick (good air exchange is very important). This method protects the soil from freezing, and the bulbs do not germinate in the cold season.

To plant bulbous flowers, the soil must be well drained both outdoors and when growing in pots at home. The planting hole is dug out about twice as wide as the bulb itself, the depth is selected individually from the size of the plant being planted.

Do not forget about the gardener's assistants - fertilizer. Slow-acting, for example bone meal, is added to non-fertile soil, but when planting one-season bulbs, fertilizer can be neglected. When grown at home, preference is given to liquid feeding.

Flowers of spring bloom are watered moderately, summer flowers are watered abundantly, especially during drought, since the roots are deep and moisture must reach them. At home, watering is performed as the soil dries.

After the end of the flowering period, you should: do not cut off the faded flowers, leave the peduncles, do not remove the leaves during the period of removing the peduncles.

Bulbous flowers: leaders of garden plots

1. Snowdrop - early flowers, the name of which speaks for itself. It has been cultivated since 1731, and the most popular type of snowdrop is snow-white.

2.Babiana - native to South Africa, includes about 60 species, babiana straight is cultivated most of all by gardeners of our latitudes.

3. Colchicum - bloom in autumn, frost and bad weather are not terrible. Very attractive because of the amazing life cycle, the beauty that comes after all the plants in your garden.

4. Gabrantus - translated from Greek "delicate flower", and is also known as the rain and Argentine lily, the people call the name "upstart" for the flower stem, which appears several hours after the rain.

5. Gladiolus - 300 years BC was considered a weed by the Greeks, but connoisseurs of the beauty of Ancient Rome began to breed them to decorate the gardens of the patricians.

6. Oriental lily is a hybrid of several East Asian species, highly valued for large flowers, the diameter can reach 25 cm.

7. Lily LA-Hybrid - hardy and unpretentious, bred in the 90s by mixing long-flowered and Asiatic lilies.

8. Lily OT-Hybrid - bred in 57 by crossing oriental and tubular lilies.

9. Narcissus is an early spring flower; gardeners of our latitudes are bred under one unified name "hybrid narcissus", but in fact it includes 25 species.

10. Tulip - translated as "turban". They bloom from early spring and are rich in a variety of shapes, colors, varieties and sizes.

Indoor Breeding Leaders

1. Hybrid freesia - very whimsical, but surprisingly beautiful and loved for its incredible aroma.

2. Gimenokallis pleasant - outwardly similar to daffodil, fragrant and blooms in late spring.

3. Hyppeastrum hybrid - inflorescences of 3-5 flowers, large flowers 25 cm in diameter and 20 in length.

4.Zephyranthes grandiflorum is a very whimsical tropical plant to grow at home, but like all plants on our list, it rewards you with the beauty and scent of its bloom.

5. Cape Weltheimia - all the beauty can be appreciated only in the natural environment, but in our weather conditions it is not possible, for this reason it is grown at home. They have distinctive, characteristic dense and original leaves.

Basic rules for creating a flower bed on a site

1. For an attractive appearance, try to plant a wide variety of flower beds.

2. Try to plant flowers in large spots of color, one at a time it does not look presentable.

3. Plant annuals in groups.

4. For ease of maintenance, combine plants with similar care, plan paths for movement without harming plantings.

5. Consider size and growth rate when planting.

6. Start planning the flower bed with the "flowering calendar", prepare the scheme.