Speaking of the most popular garden colors, it is absolutely impossible to avoid the attention of the proud beauty-lily, capable to conquer any majestic posture and bright aroma. The main features of growing a garden lily - the rules of planting, care and wintering, we'll talk today.
Growing of garden lilies
Plant a garden lily is best on slightly elevated and well-lit areas with loose nutrient soil. Best of all, this plant feels when its lower part is in the shade, and the upper one is bathed in sunlight. Care for the garden lily is minimal and reduces to loosening the soil and removing weeds, adding fertilizer and maintaining the required moisture level.
How to grow garden lilies?
Five methods of propagation of garden lilies are known:
- young children;
- air bulbs;
- seeds;
- leaves;
- bulbous scales.
Each of these methods produces fairly good results in each case, so it is difficult to uniquely determine which one is better. For example, seed propagation is suitable for fast-growing species of garden lilies, which form a large number of seeds. Reproduction by leaves can be used as an auxiliary method, when the planting material (bulbs or children) is clearly not enough. And reproduction by young children and onion scales is suitable for all types of garden lilies, without exception.
How to winter garden lilies?
The way, as winter garden lilies, directly depends on their variety . So, eastern, American and tubular hybrids need mandatory digging for the winter, as they can not survive the winter Russian frosts. But Asian hybrids, Pennsylvania and Dahurian lilies can be safely left for winter in the garden, covered for better preservation with a layer of dry peat, needles or fallen leaves.