How to grow a lily

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How to grow a lily. Lily is the queen of flowers. I love lilies, their bright colors, amazing shapes and aroma. This is my favorite flower. Minimal care, extraordinary beauty. The most important thing is to buy a healthy plant and be sure to consult which class this variety belongs to and what conditions are needed for cultivation. Let's talk about the most important aspects of caring for these beautiful flowers. Lilies can grow in one place for up to seven years. The main thing is to choose the right place for planting and prepare the soil. Light is preferred. loose, nutritious soil. It is advisable to add ash and rotted humus. We choose a sunny place, without stagnant water and with good drainage. Landing. The planting depth of the bulb should be three times its height, the distance between the bulbs is about 25 cm.Pour some ash and sand into the bottom of the hole, straighten the roots and sprinkle with earth. Lilies should not be planted in areas where other bulbous plants grew. Watering and fertilizing. Lilies need moderate humidity; watering is best done in the morning or evening and always only at the root. It is advisable to mulch the soil with humus or grass cuttings. It is better to fertilize with liquid fertilizers (in spring, during budding and after flowering). All fertilizing must be done on moist soil. Fresh manure should not be used, as this is a source of disease. Lilies respond well to loosening the soil, which must be very careful. Division and reproduction. Lilies reproduce by dividing the bulbs and it is best to do this in the fall. This must be done once every 3-4 years. We dig up the bulbs, wash them, divide them and soak them for 30 minutes in potassium permanganate or foundation, then plant them. In order for lilies to overwinter better, be sure to fertilize them with potassium fertilizers in the fall.To avoid lilies being affected by various diseases, it is not recommended to grow them in one place for a long time. There are many varieties of these plants and which ones to choose depends only on your taste and what goals you are pursuing. You can choose low lilies of the Pixie group or tall ones, up to 120 cm - Centurion, Coral Fashion or Asian hybrids. Whatever varieties of these beautiful flowers you choose, let them grow in your garden and delight you with wonderful blooms. I definitely recommend reading it. Evening primrose flower. How to grow chrysanthemum. Marigolds in a flowerbed. Subscribe to new newsletters - there will be a lot of interesting things.

Particularly valuable varieties of lilies can be propagated by scales. You can remove several scales from a bulb purchased in the fall, soak them and the bulb itself in the Maxim solution. Plant the mother bulb in a prepared place. Place the scales in a bag of sawdust, tie it and forget about it for a couple of months. On each scale, 3-5 tiny bulbs can form. They are grown in a pot on the windowsill and planted when the weather is warm.

To prevent lilies from freezing, choose LA and OT hybrids. They don’t freeze out even in the Far East, but here in winter it’s quite normal to get below -45. I don’t insulate the beds with anything, I replant them every 6-7 years, they bloom fantastically!

But all my lilies froze, except one. But the last one was wonderful. Large white flowers with veins opened at the very end of August.Now I see that I chose the wrong place - near the fence. I will improve in the new season.

I once grew “ordinary” tiger lilies, but at first they stopped blooming and then froze completely. And 2 years ago I bought a glass of small baby onions from my granny at the market. In the summer, huge flowers of three different colors bloomed, I was right with my purchase.

I also love lilies. I especially like the pure white ones. But I planted them at the dacha for the first time. Planted in mid-June and sprouted in mid-August. But when planting, I didn’t pour ash or sand into the bottom of the hole or fertilize it with anything. All the bulbs started to grow normally. Now the main question is how they will survive the winter. She covered them with hay.

My lilies grow very well, it is important for them to choose a sunny place without drafts, a front garden on the south side is suitable, then frosts are not terrible. I insulate them with fallen leaves or sawdust and they survive the winter well without loss. I make sure to fertilize and water all summer.

Yes, now there is such a variety of these beauties that it’s dizzying. But previously it was possible to plant only orange tiger lilies. My sister has more than 20 species of them on her property - such beauty!