Where better to plant lilies: site selection and soil preparation

  • Dec 24, 2019
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By purchasing a lily, it is important to immediately understand the sort of group affiliation. Depend on it all the subtleties of care of plants. And the differences are very serious, so the row with the same brush - not the best solution, and guaranteed to remain without beauty in the garden. But there are common suggestions on growing conditions, talk about them on.

By purchasing a lily, it is important to immediately understand the sort of group affiliation
By purchasing a lily, it is important to immediately understand the sort of group affiliation

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Fundamental questions:

  • Suggestions for location flower bed.
  • By way of planting.
  • Time.
  • Possible and prohibited neighbors.

where to plant

all just here. The plants love the sun and can not stand the dark places. Therefore, choose the open beds. It is important that they are well ventilated but protected from drafts and the vagaries of the weather - tall stems are easily broken by strong winds. Will not work for them and the places flooded by rains, lowlands, which accumulate melt water. It is advisable to flower bed, intended for planting, understand higher and bumpers protect against erosion.

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lilies transplant
lilies transplant
Be sure to consider the previous landing. If the site grew gladioli, tulips, it will be a bad choice, because the same plant disease with lilies. The ideal solution - to put them after the marigold. These flowers heals the soil, contribute to the death of the pests.

As for the soil, there is need to take into account the variety, because in choosing Extension soil colossal. White hybrids need to be alkaline, tubular - in neutral, Martagony and East require acidic. The error will cost the beautiful flowering and proper development of plants.

How to plant

Lilies are not the most demanding plants. If properly fulfill all the conditions of planting, flowers will feel good. Experienced gardeners advised before putting bulbs into the ground for permanent etch their lightweight potassium permanganate solution. This treatment will protect the future of the plant against many diseases.

We plant the lilies in the spring
We plant the lilies in the spring

Under bulb makes sense to pour river sand, then put it in the hole and over again to add sand and has more ground to cover. They are also useful for dusting wood ashes before planting.

Flowers like a good penetration, it protects the bulbs from freezing and washing. If planting material dontsevye roots, it should be planted at a depth of not less than three bulbs. Varieties with stem roots require even more serious "landfill". So do not be afraid to overdo it. Good depth - a guarantee that your landing will survive even a prolonged drought. Mulching with peat or compost helps to maintain ideal conditions.

Some varieties need more fertilizer. So, Marang need peat, tubular - wood ash with lime and bone meal, and Oriental hybrids appreciate compost mixed with peat.

Fertilizing

Work in this direction starting at the stage of preparation of the soil for planting. square will need to make one meter:

  • a bucket of peat;
  • wood ash - 4 cups;
  • superphosphate - 100 g;
  • potassium sulfate - 100 g
garden lily
garden lily

Subsequently dressing is applied as follows:

  • in the spring, when the plants grow stalks, twice with a two-week break. It requires nitrogen fertilizer plus micronutrients;
  • during the formation of flower buds, falling in the summer, making potash products.

When flowering begins, feeding should be stopped. Exception - for complex fertilizer "Fertikov wagon", which make knock July and August at the same time.

when to plant

The answer to this question depends not only on climatic conditions, but also the weather in a particular season. If you say "by the book", the optimal time for planting - the end of summer and beginning of autumn. But in fact it is the most dangerous period, when it is impossible to predict the whims of night frosts of autumn cold snaps and endless rain. Bulbs, filled with water, simply rot, will be cleaned on the surface. they often become prey of mice, which in the winter looking for food.

Lilies in the garden
Lilies in the garden

Helps avoid the problem of trampling the snow (if there is one, because our winter presented various "surprises"). As well protect the bulbs special plastic containers - it is necessary to plant the plants in them. As an option - mesh for vegetables from supermarkets.

Experienced gardeners on their own experience have identified the ideal time for planting - summer, when they bloom. Surprisingly, but you can not use the bulbs, and plants with buds, purchased in specialized shops. Firstly, they are guaranteed to be healthy. Secondly, you will see at once that it was bought, and will not believe a word. Survival in the lilies planted in adulthood, a wholly-owned!

What to plant

Heroines article bloom beautifully, but stems from them inconspicuous and unattractive. Therefore, the problem of neighbors of these plants to enhance the beauty of buds and cover everything else. This usually choose low specimens with abundant flowering bright in tone or, conversely, contrasting sharply. It is important, because the royal beauty on the background of pathetic and faded neighbors will fade so that they feel good in comfortable conditions for the lilies.

Ideally combined with lilies phlox. They bloom one time and a lot of colors, allowing create stunning compositions.

The same goes for the purple coneflower, yarrow.

Openwork panicle Astilbe near lilies create the impression of a beautiful bouquet flower bed at the site.

Garden geranium themselves seem rather inconspicuous, but an excellent job with the role of shelter for the lily stems.

Almost any plant with small flowers - a magnificent backdrop for the lilies.

Multicolored delphiniums can become good neighbors lilies, if competently work through a combination of colors. For example, you can put next to white with blue, pink, purple.

It combines well with lilies and any brighter annuals that can be easily changed according to your own wishes.

Never place next to the lily Hemerocallis. The latter would seem very inconspicuous against the impressive neighbors.

Never place next to the lily Hemerocallis
Never place next to the lily Hemerocallis

Not the best for a couple of roses - roses. Firstly, they are good in themselves and detract from each other. Secondly, roses need manure and lily strictly against it.

Not combined and lily scent with a subtle scent of roses. For this reason, we must be careful, landing next to the different varieties of lilies - they can create a suffocating odor compositions.

Lily did not land on beds in a natural style. They are lost and look unnatural in such an environment.

These guidelines will help you to choose and create the ideal conditions for its roses. Do not forget to observe for the flower garden, to correct errors and improve it.

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