A flower garden of bulbous flowers - what, when to plant, types, photos and names
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Spectacular flower gardens from bulbous
IN THE SILENT, SUNNY DAYS OF THE BABY SUMMER, THE TIME OF THE AUTUMN LANDING OF THE LUKOIL IS COMING, WHICH WILL BLIND THE SPRING. HUGE ASSORTMENT OF TULIPS, NARCISS, HYACINTS, AND ALSO MILK LUCK PLANTS GIVES US THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING THE MOST VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS IN THE GARDEN. HOW TO MAKE SPRING CLUBS INTERESTING FROM DECORATIVE POINT OF VIEW? WHAT HAPPENING METHODS ARE EXISTING? WE OFFER A LIST OF PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS
© Author: NATALIA GNATOVSKAYA. Wonderful and experienced gardener
Principles of planting bulbous
From the point of view of the decorativeness of flower beds, several planting methods can be conditionally distinguished. The first method is economical. This is when you buy one onion of one sort or another and dig them in a chain along the track. By purchasing tulip bulbs one by one, as before, in Holland in the XNUMXth century, where at that time each one was worth a fortune, we are guided by pragmatic intentions to multiply all this in the future.
But alas! - Can’t come true. Labels with the name of the variety are lost, the bulbs and their children mix during summer drying, some simply remain in the ground, so that they will appear spontaneously next year, violating the harmonious picture of the composition.
It is clear that, planted in proud solitude, tulips are not capable of producing a strong decorative impression. And blossoming flowers are suitable only for cutting and standing in a vase. This is also true of narcissi with hyacinths. None of them, sitting alone on the bed, weather in the decorative sense will not do.
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The second way, I would call it spontaneous or, if you like, artistic. This is when tulips of all sorts and shades are planted as necessary, without any system. An example of this kind I see every spring in the garden of my neighbor.
I must say, the picture is cheerful when a bright “confetti” of tulips is scattered among the white foam of blossoming apple trees in the spring garden. They are planted everywhere where it is possible to bury the bulb: not only in flower beds, flower beds or along paths, but also with subtrees and shrubs, in any “pocket” of free space.
At the same time, no one cares about their future fate: they do not take out or dry bulbs, so they are disposable. The first year or two they still regularly bloom, but then disappear and without any regrets are replaced by new ones. The paradox of this approach is that even with such a chaotic landing, each individual tulip remains in sight, standing out from the crowd, and each one at the dissolution receives his portion of raptures and admiration.
Addition to flower beds
Method three, system. In contrast to the previous, unsystematic, it involves the embedding of new plantings of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths in the same pattern of flower beds. If there are no special problems with narcissus, then when planting tulips and hyacinths the problem becomes more complicated.
Since they must be dug up annually, it is undesirable to plant these ephemeroids among perennials whose roots can be damaged. Only landing on the front edge of the flower garden is allowed. After the bulbs are dug up and sent to dry, it is easy to plant annual crops in their place - pansies, ageratum, daisies, petunia, verbena, balsamine, begonia, lobelia, purslane or cineraria.
For mixed plantings are suitable species forms (tulip Greig, t. Kaufman, t. Foster), because they do not have to dig: they live in the same place for more than one year.
SECRET, CONSIDERED BY ENGLISH GARDENERS
Leaves of flowering daffodils must be knotted. With such a "haircut" they will stand until finally decayed. Then they can be easily removed with one motion of the hand, pulling the knot. Thus, it is not necessary to resort to secateurs, and the place where they grew up will remain clean, without a trace of stems.
Experience has shown that in collective plantations, the nude ray still use daffodils, which do not need to be dug up annually, growing into pretty “bouquets” every year. These lovely flowers, alone or in combination with crocuses, are able to decorate not only flower beds and rabatki, but also tree trunks, if they are not sod.
After the ephemeroids have faded, they are replaced by pansies, forget-me-nots and daisies that tolerate partial shade well. Other annual crops in the shade of trees that had blossomed by then would be missed by the sun.
Daffodils are good among peonies: growing young maroon shoots of peonies and in themselves are very decorative, but they are even more beautiful in the company of curtains of daffodils planted with blue muscari and woodlands. By the time the peonies unravel the leaves, the hour of the primrose will expire, and the ugly withered leaves will disappear under the foliage of the peonies. You can safely plant daffodils and under the canopy of trees, among the hosts and hoods. In the spring, before the leaves blossom, they have enough sunlight. At this time, the hosts just stick their noses out from under the ground. Subsequently, the leaves of the blossoming host will hide the unsightly leaves of the faded daffodils. And flowering of badans will successfully coincide with the period of flowering daffodils.
Daffodils will not be superfluous even among primroses, from different varieties of which you can create a calico flower garden, supplementing it here and there with bouquets of small onions - copses, muscari, chionodoxes, poultry farmers.
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Collecting bulbous
Another option for planting tulips and daffodils is a collection one. With this method, one does not have to think about the laws of decorativeness. Everything is subordinate here to save! ” purity of varieties in plantings. As a rule, a special place is allocated for the collection, where one variety or another is grown on separate beds. In schools, children are reared, strictly dividing them by grade. Breeding varietal specimens implies serious systematic and analytical work, maintaining records, rigorous identification of varieties, accuracy in sorting bulbs, etc.
Monopostations of bulbous
From the point of view of maximum decorative onion, the most expressive compositions are obtained with monoplanting of a particular variety. A striking example of this kind is the “rivers and lakes” of spring bulbs in the Dutch Keukenhof park. Naturally, we do not call for the creation of such large-scale compositions in a private garden near Moscow - these are incomparable things. But make an exquisite flowerbed, even with an area of even 1 m2, I think, on forces to everyone.
Taking this opportunity, I want to say that the plastic baskets offered in garden centers and intended for planting bulbs did not justify themselves, in my opinion. To bury such a basket in the ground, you need to dig a hole of an appropriate diameter, which is much more difficult than sticking individual bulbs individually. Well, this is not so bad ... When planting tulips and hyacinths in such baskets, we do not allow them to form a substitution bulb, which is always formed at a lower level. The bottom of the basket limits this process, so a tulip or hyacinth is not able to give full-fledged offspring and is doomed to disappear. Baskets, in fact, became yet another tricky marketing move, forcing every fall to acquire new planting material.
In order to achieve maximum decorativeness, you should, firstly, do not skimp and purchase at least, and preferably more than ten, bulbs of the same grade. And, secondly, plant them very tightly, “shoulder to shoulder”. They will not interfere with each other, since replacing bulbs are formed in the lower tier.
The options for monoplanting of bulbs of the same variety can be bouquet or carpet flower beds. The first forces even beginner grower, while the second - the most difficult to perform.
For bouquet planting, bulbs of two or three varieties are selected, not more. If you want the maximum decorative, choose them with the same period of flowering. If you want to extend the time of decorativeness, combine the bulbs with different terms. In this case, the blossoming varieties will be replaced by later varieties. Plant such combinations should be heaped, in a round hole with a diameter with a standard bucket.
There can be as many such “bouquets” as possible; you can arrange them on a single axis in a row or fill in the allotted area. Early Darwin hybrids and later Triumph Tulips look best in a bouquet planting: they all have strong peduncles, flowers of a regular, classic goblet shape of different colors. Exclusive varieties of rare color, peony, parrot and fringed tulips are also best planted in a mono group, but separately, not far from the observation point, in order to fully admire these perfect creations of nature. But it must be taken into account that bulbs of lilac, double, parrot and multi-flowered are preferable to plant more sparsely for another reason - in the dissolution they interfere with each other.
The task is not easy
To create carpet flower beds, it is recommended to draw a detailed plan on paper. I usually outline the flower garden and its parts directly on the ground. To do this, I pre-spread the packaged bulbs with beautiful pictures on the prepared place, watch how they interact with each other in color and flowering time, mentally imagine this beauty - and only then take up the planting. I draw the contours of the ranges for an individual variety with a twig on the ground - these can be circles, ovals, horseshoes, any geometric shapes with rounded edges, etc. Then I spread the bulbs in a coined order (this is where the field for creativity is!), Observing the desired interval. Then, using a special cone-shaped device for planting bulbs, I bury them to the desired depth.
It can be made simpler, as it is done in the same Keukenhof. Do you think that there they bury the bulbs there every year? Nothing like this! Having laid hundreds of thousands of bulbs within the intended contours directly on the surface of the dug up earth, they simply ... fill them with soil from above. And why don't we try such industrial planting methods in our garden? From the point of view of labor, such a method is without a doubt very effective.
Advice of a specialist
Be sure to mark the boarding with the plates with the directions of the varieties. In case the ubiquitous magpies steal them out of harm or curiosity, in a special diary of a gardener it is possible to draw a scheme for planting, since by experience I know that everything will be forgotten during the winter. Believe me, such records will be a great help in the spring.
Plants-companions for bulbous
Planting one variety for all the decorativeness may seem boring to someone. In this case, it is necessary to resort to the help of plant companions, blooming at the same time. First of all, it should be the culture that fills the flower garden, against which background tulips, daffodils or hyacinths will look more expressive. This phlox is subulate, f. Douglas, a Biberstein flicker, an arabesque, a spring forget-me-not, an alsum.
Bulbs in this case are carefully inserted into an existing curtain. But be prepared for the fact that they will not be able to dig them out afterwards, without violating the unity of the flower garden. They are there will bloom a few years, and then disappear. In consolation I can say that with this method of landing there is no need to bury a large amount of planting material in the ground. It is enough to plant a dozen bulbs, picking them up by color. A wide range of possibilities in this regard implies a combination with different grades of f. shilovid, with flowers of white, pink, lavender, raspberry or purple. Tulips are selected either in monochrome, tone in tone, or according to the principle of spectacular contrast combinations. Pillows of white arabes or pins are universal in mixed flower beds.
Very nice variations are obtained when planting yellow tulips among doronicum “daisies”. If you already have such a kursia in your garden, plant yellow tulips randomly (literally scattering them on the surface of the earth), moreover, of different flowering periods, which will ensure long-term decorativeness of such a flower garden. Among the doronicum, purple balls of decorative bows will also look spectacular. A bright yellow accent in spring flower gardens will be euphorbia multiflorous, with which it is good to combine the same bows.
Hyacinths of any color look great with white daffodils. A simpler option is to plant daffodils and mouse hyacinths (muscari) in one company, and you will get a more durable composition that will delight you for seven years.
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Experiment, do not be afraid to include primroses in the flower gardens, especially the unassuming white-flowered variety with the mule of the ordinary looks elegant. With their help, it's easy to draw any outline, fill it with tulips, hyacinths or daffodils. For example, to plant the primrose bushes in a spiral or snake along the path, and the resulting pockets should be planted with different bulb varieties. This method makes it easy to create a classic flower garden for a regular garden.
Looks great in the spring flower beds and grouse, with flowers hanging upside down, repeating the shape of the tulips. Their presence in the upper tier of the composition will give it a finished appearance. Plant them as reference points at equal intervals, setting a certain step in the entire composition.
How to cheat time
In order to extend the flowering time of bulbs, pick varieties of different flowering periods and plant them at different horizons - deeper or finer. This will make it possible to increase the flowering period of tulips in your garden to one month!
In the early spring, when nature is just waking up, yellow tulips are best viewed against the backdrop of thawed land. Later, with the blooming of greenery, it is better to give preference to varieties of medium flowering periods with bright red and orange flowers - contrasting with green foliage. Then pass the baton to the pink-flowered tulips of all shades, from soft ruddy to deep purple tones. And all this together is easy to combine with white-flowered flowers and varieties that add elegance to the composed compositions.
According to widespread agrotechnical recommendations, plant bulbs of hyacinths and daffodils should be a month earlier than tulips. However, if we create a flower garden with many "participants", then the optimal planting dates for both fall around mid-September. In this case, all the bulbs have time to take root and prepare for wintering. And we just have to wait until spring to appreciate the work of our own hands and our imagination.
Advice of a specialist
Mulching will save you from constant weeding. This applies mainly to flower beds. It is very effective to cover everything with chopped tree bark - no weeds can break through it. To make mulch, the farm must have a garden shredder, with which branches are crushed. (But this is already some kind of work!) For those who are especially busy and lazy, there is nothing else to do but to buy mulch in garden centers.
BULB FLOWERS - GROWING, PLANTING AND CARE - TIPS AND FEEDBACK
BULB FLOWERS IN SPRING
Among the bulbs, the most numerous and popular, of course, are spring-flowering plants. Currently, if desired, we can purchase any varieties of such bulbous crops. It all depends only on our preferences and taste.
NARCISES
These touching and delicate spring flowers have not lost their popularity for a very long time. Along with rather old, but reliable and beautiful varieties, new ones appear on the market every year.
With pure white double or cream flowers with an orange center, Akropolis exudes a spicy tropical aroma. Plant height 35-60 cm, flower diameter 10-15 cm. Leaves are green with a blue tint.
British Gamble belongs to the group of tubular varieties and is widely recognized by flower growers due to its good winter hardiness. The height of the plant is usually no more than 30 cm, while the M diameter of the flower can reach 12-15 cm.
The tall, light yellow tube is framed by a crown with corrugated edges and a delicate pinkish border. The petals of the variety are painted in porcelain white.
Palace Atoll is one of the most beautiful terry varieties with white petals and a lush white and yellow crown. Plant height 35-40 cm, flowers have a faint aroma and reach up to 10 cm in diameter.
Pipit is a compact variety, reaching a height of no more than 20-25 cm, which allows you to use the plant to decorate balconies, plant it along garden paths. The diameter of the flower is 5-6 cm. The petals are rich lemon color, the crown is white, with corrugated edges.
Candy Princesses - with white or greenish-white flowers and a bright pinkish-orange double crown with single snow-white petals. The middle of the flower is so lush that it resembles a half-open rosebud. Plant height up to 45 cm, flower diameter 8-10 cm, has a strong aroma.
Sun ni Girlfriend belongs to a new group of varieties with a split crown, thanks to which the flowers have an unusual appearance. The petals of the variety are white, the center of the crown is greenish-yellow, and its strongly wavy edges have a rich orange color. The crown is wide open and almost completely covers the petals, which makes the daffodil look like an orchid flower. Plant height about 40 cm, flower diameter up to 10 cm, rich aroma.
Rip Van Winkle is not one of the latest novelties, the variety was created at the end of the 15th century, but is still considered one of the most exotic. Thanks to the numerous needle-like petals, the bright yellow flower does not look like a daffodil at all, but more resembles a chrysanthemum. The height of the peduncle is only 20-5 cm, the diameter of the flower is about XNUMX cm. The plant is often used to decorate alpine hills.
Daffodil bulbs are planted in the ground in September-October, choosing for them a sunny or semi-shaded area with fertile, moist, but not moist soil. In the spring, it is recommended to water the plant for better flowering. Planting daffodils should be planted every 4-5 years.
TULIPS
Long gone are the days when tulips were only red or yellow. Thousands of varieties of the most exotic shapes and colors are now available to the modern florist.
Variety Queen of Night - with rich dark purple flowers and a fairly long, up to 3 weeks, flowering period. Peduncle height 55-65 cm, flowers have a goblet shape. The variety is suitable for cutting and forcing.
Mary Joe is a terry variety of early flowering with peony flowers up to 10 cm in diameter.The color of the petals is bright yellow, the height of the peduncle is up to 55 cm.
The flowers of the Cross-fire variety are orange-red, on the petals there is a narrow but bright border of rich yellow color. The peduncle is low, about 50 cm.
The popular and beloved variety of gardeners, Oxford Elite, is distinguished by wide-potted flowers up to 10 cm high. The petals are saturated red with a wide, uneven yellow border along the edge. The height of the peduncles is about 65 cm. The variety is often used for forcing.
Do not give up tulips and daffodils of traditional colors with simple flowers. These varieties are considered the most reliable.
Tulip cultivation technology is simple. In late September - early October, the bulbs are planted in a sunny place in prepared fertile soil to a depth of 6-8 cm.Do not forget that during the autumn drought, tulips need watering for better rooting, and in spring, when sprouts appear, in full dressing mineral fertilizer. After flowering, when the leaves begin to turn yellow, the tulips are dug up, and after the aerial part of the bulb dies off, they are cleaned of the earth and sent for storage in a dry, dark place.
Many gardeners, trying to simplify their task, do not dig tulips annually, but once every 2-3 years. However, you should be aware that the bulbs can be greatly chopped, and the varieties lose their terry and color intensity.
OWNS
Blossoming of erantis, or spring, begins in April and lasts for 3 weeks. The leaves of the plant are basal, ovate, with strongly serrated edges, deeply scalloped, sitting on long petioles. Bright golden yellow flowers are located one at the ends of the shoots and consist of 5-8 petals.
Spring nodules are planted in the ground in September-October after preliminary soaking in water for several hours. The sprouts appear immediately after the snow melts and bloom quickly. The plant does not need special care; annual digging and division of the curtains is also not required.
The dying off of the aerial part and the scattering of seeds occurs already at the end of May.
SPLASH
Another name for the plant is scilla, it is a well-known blue snowdrop, one of the most common plants in the spring garden.
There are many varieties and types of scilla. The most unpretentious is the Siberian Scylla. Its bulbs are planted in August-September; the plant practically does not need care. It reproduces well vegetatively and by self-sowing; under favorable conditions for growth, it is quite capable of becoming a weed.
Spring Beauty cultivar with large dark purple flowers reaching 3 cm in diameter is not as aggressive as it does not set seeds.
One of the most beautiful species is the bell-shaped scilla: on a stem up to 30 cm high, there is an erect inflorescence, combining 5-10 bells up to 2 cm in diameter in a brush.
KAMASSIA LEUCHTLIN
Spring-flowering bulbous plant. The most common varieties are with bright blue and blue flowers, less often with white ones. For example, Camassia Semiplene is a terry form 70-80 cm high with branches of a cream or white shade.
Inflorescences are loose, spike-shaped. Leaves are lanceolate, dense, dark green, drooping.
Large ka-massia bulbs are planted to a depth of 8-10 cm in a sunny or semi-shaded place in September-October. In May, a meter-long peduncle appears, flowering lasts about 2 weeks. In June, the leaves of the plant die off, and the bulb is dormant until the next year. You need to dig up and plant the camassia every 5-7 years.
CHIONODOX
Ephemeroid perennial bulbous plant 10-15 cm high with rather large, up to 3 cm in diameter, star-shaped flowers. In the garden, it is usually planted in the form of a wide ribbon or in groups in flower beds and mixed compositions. Blooms in April - early May for 3 weeks.
Leaves are basal, narrow-linear and grooved, green. Prefers a sunny location, although it can tolerate partial shade. It is not demanding for soils, it grows very quickly and is responsive to fertilizing. Doesn't need winter shelter. Propagated by bulbs and seeds, spreads well by self-sowing. Chionodoxa, obtained from seeds, usually blooms in the 4th year. In one place without digging it can grow for 5-6 years.
The most characteristic are blue or bluish-lilac colors with a white center; varietal forms with white and pale pink petals are also available.
Chiondoxa Pink Giant has six-petalled pink flowers with a white center. Variety Lucilia Alba forms snow-white flowers.
SPRING WHITE
An early flowering perennial bulbous plant up to 20 cm high. Bell-shaped, drooping, white flowers with greenish spots at the top, which appear in April, adorn the garden for a month. The leaves of the white flower are narrow, rem-invisible, dark green, shiny.
The best place to grow is in light partial shade with loose, nutritious and moderately moist soil.
The white flower does not tolerate drought well and needs regular watering during the growing season. Cold-hardy, able to hibernate without shelter.
It is best to propagate the plant vegetatively, and this can be done even during flowering. The white flower grows rapidly, forming extensive clumps.
COOLWATER PRIVATE
Surprisingly gentle spring-flowering perennial bulbous plant 20-25 cm high. Stems are erect, leaves are light green, dvadtrychatye. Flowers about 2 cm in diameter, golden yellow, with a long bent spur, collected in apical racemose inflorescences, appear in early May. After flowering, the aerial part dries up and dies off.
Corydalis grows best in open sunny places or in light partial shade under a canopy of tall shrubs. Prefers light, well-fertilized soils, does not tolerate stagnant water. Hardy, does not need shelter. Propagated by corms and seeds, which are actively spread around the garden by ants. Seedlings bloom in 2-3 years.
Onions in their place
In order for spring-flowering bulbs to look their best, they must be correctly placed in the canvas of garden plantings. And this means not only the right choice in terms of agricultural technology. It is also important how the composition as a whole will look throughout the season. After all, most of the bulbous blooms, although brightly, but their beauty is short-lived, the rest of the time these plants do not shine with attractiveness.
LANDING BULBS ON THE LAW
The contrasting combination of the emerald green of the lawn and the bright color spots of the bulbs will create a stunning effect. And when the flowering ends and the leaves of the bulbous begin to turn yellow and die off, the growing grass will reliably mask them.
However, not all bulbous plants are suitable for planting on the lawn. It is important to take into account not so much the flowering period as the time of foliage death, as well as the sensitivity of plants to possible leaf damage during the first mowing of the lawn.
Crocuses are suitable for lawns, especially Dutch large-flowered, scilla, erantis, chionodox. You can plant on a green lawn and a crested hen, but be prepared for the fact that she often has time to pour mature seeds onto the ground.
It is best to place bulbs on the lawn in groups in the form of a scattering of small "bunches", avoiding the correct geometric order and unnatural waves. At the same time, it is important to provide that a lawn mower can freely pass between the future curtains of primroses, since it will be possible to mow the areas of the lawn under which the bulbs are planted only after their foliage turns yellow.
If we talk about planting technology, then there are two ways to plant. On the lawn, you need to cut and raise a piece of turf, loosen the soil under it, then press the bulbs into the ground and return the turf to its place. If the soil under the lawn Daffodils, tulips, eremurus bloom in late spring - early summer, and their leaves completely dry out in July-August. heavy clay, it is advisable to make a sand pillow under the bulbs.
The second method is simpler, but you will need a special bulbous planter, in extreme cases, a narrow scoop. Previously, the bulbs are laid out on the surface of the lawn in a planned order, and then separate holes are made for planting.
BULBS TOGETHER WITH SOFT COVER
Bulbous plants can be successfully combined with ground-covered plants. Companions for them can be cordial thiarella, creeping tenacious, zelenchuk, apical pachisandra, small periwinkle. Daffodils and botanical tulips are perfect for such a joint planting, which do not require an annual digging.
Bulbous plants are placed in small groups between the cuttings of soil-covering plants, which the next season will close their leaves and will reliably cover the yellowing foliage of primroses, and then the empty plots of land that remain after their dormancy. In addition, ground cover perennials will save you from weeding, will protect the earth, and therefore the planted bulbs, from overheating. Such a planting can be left alone for about 5-6 years, until it is time to disassemble the overgrown bulbous nests.
BULBS NEAR PERENNIALS
Spring flowering bulbs can revive flower beds with late awakening perennials - hosts, bush phlox, peonies, geraniums, heucheras, astilbe, cuffs.
Under the first flowers, you will even have to allocate a special area, redrawing the flower bed. You can plant them in small groups of 5-7 plants or ribbons right between large perennials - when they just start to wake up and unfold their leaves, the nimble bulbous ones will already decorate the flower garden with bright spots and create accents, and later they will modestly hide under the cover of the overgrown foliage of their partners ...
Such a planting will not harm either primroses, whose bulbs are planted at a depth of 15-20 cm, or perennials, the root system of which usually lies at a depth of more than 30 cm.
SURROUNDED BY ANNUALS
In urban flower beds, spring bulbs are often planted in a continuous array, and then the faded plants are immediately dug up and replaced with summer plants. It is clear that in this case it is not possible to obtain a high-quality replacement bulb, because in order for it to reach large sizes, it is necessary to wait for the complete yellowing of the foliage.
You can compromise in your flower garden. For example, plant tulips and hyacinths that need to be dug up for summer holidays, surrounded by rapidly growing annuals - cosme, nasturtium or scented tobacco. Due to the prolonged flowering of summer plants, the digging of bulbs can be delayed until the required time.
The planting rate of bulbs will need to be reduced to about 15-20 pieces per 1 sq. m and it is best to plant them in special mesh baskets, so that later it is easier to remove them from the ground without disturbing the annuals.
BULBS ON THE ALPINE HILL
An alpine slide, located in a sunny place, and even with good drainage, is great for most medium-sized bulbous plants, which immediately revive it after winter. Such conditions are especially good for crested whales, daffodils and botanical tulips, which require heating and drying during summer dormancy.
Bulbous plants can be placed against the background of other small "Alpines" or under the cover of taller perennials. They look very advantageous when planted in a small group, surrounded by decorative stones, pebbles and rubble, allowing you to see their flowering in the smallest detail.
Early spring crocuses, redwoods, chionodoxes show off in full bloom on the first thawed patches, but already in June their seeds ripen, the leaves turn yellow and die off.
LANDING BULBS ONLY IN GROUPS!
The most real mistake is when the bulbs are planted one plant at a time, distributing them throughout the site. The gardener's aspiration is quite understandable: I want the first flowers to be met and delighted in spring in all corners of the garden.
However, single plantings will not give a color spot and will simply get lost among other plants. This is especially true of small-bulbous galanthuses, muscari, crocuses. Be sure to plant them in groups of at least 5-7 pieces.
LANDING RULES FOR BULBS
- Before planting, the bulbs must be pickled in a fungicide solution - this is a mandatory rule of garden hygiene. Such treatment will help get rid of disease-causing spores invisible to the eye.
- The bulbs are planted at a depth of 3 times their height (the planting depth is determined from the point where the bottom is located).
- The planting of spring bulbs is started when the ground has cooled down, since their roots begin to grow at a soil temperature of no higher than 10 °. Planting earlier is undesirable, as it only increases the likelihood of fungal damage to the bulbs.
- Large bulbs are placed in the holes strictly bottom down, small onions of muscari, chionodox, snowdrops can simply be sown.
- The roots appear in the lower part of the bulb - at the bottom, and they master the lower soil horizon, therefore, deep digging is necessary when planting.
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Description. A perennial bulbous plant up to 25 in height. The leaves are narrow, grooved, a characteristic feature is the white band in the center.
Flowers up to 3 cm in diameter, the outer petals with a fairly wide greenish longitudinal strip, collected in umbellate inflorescences in 20 pcs. Dissolve in early June. After flowering leaves quickly turn yellow, and the plant goes to rest. Agrotechnics. Unpretentious culture, can even weed. In the middle zone of Russia, it perfectly winters without any shelter. It grows best and develops on slightly shaded or open areas. To the fertility of the soil the bird farmer is not exacting, very poorly tolerates wetlands and wetlands. In one place it grows normally during 6 years. Reproduction. Propagates by bulbs and seeds.
Using. It looks beautiful in the curb, as well as large spots under trees and shrubs. It can be used for spring registration of mixborders, as well as for distilling. The main thing is to plant stably ornamental plants nearby, which in the beginning of summer will be able to cover the unsightly leaves of a bird bird. It looks good in the joint planting with zhivichkoy, budu ivy, Zelenchuk.
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"Flower Sea"
In autumn we always plant bulbous flowers, with which the site next year looks beautiful and well-groomed.
Moreover, we choose plants that in color turn into a single "blue sea", with blue, blue and purple petals. This, for example, Leichtlin's camassia is a tall perennial with lilac, white or blue flowers, similar to tiny lilies and collected in long brushes. It blooms in May and June, and for 5 years you can not transplant it. For Kamassia, it is worth choosing a sunny place or partial shade. This is not a capricious flower at all: it is enough to water it during the flowering period and in drought. In autumn, camassia must be sprinkled with dried leaves or peat. Conveniently propagated by bulbs or seeds.
Always we plant on our blue flowerbed also a double-leafed scylla, or a glade. This early spring culture, adapted to our climate, it has blue, blue, white or purple flowers. This is an excellent honey plant. She is not afraid of frosts and weather changes and just like Camassia does not require particularly complex care. He does not like only stagnation of water, the soil should be moderately wet and loose, otherwise the bulb can rot. But after a little snowy winter and in the dry spring, the glade requires watering. For fertilizing phosphorus and potassium mineral fertilizers are suitable.
Such plants as muscari, ageratum, heliotrope, forget-me-nots and irises are also suitable for creating the "blue flower sea".
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Flower garden will decorate tulips
Bulbs of tulips are usually planted in the early days of October: in September we still have heat, and the plants can germinate and then freeze. I dig a site in advance to a depth of 30-40 cm, apply humus (6-8 kg per 1 sq.m) and wood ash (200 g).
Before planting the bulb for an hour pickled in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, and then immediately planted in rows (the distance between the rows - 20-30 cm, between the bulbs - 10 cm). Small bulbs deepen to 7-8 cm, larger ones - to 11-14 cm. It is important not to overdo it: when tulips become too deep, stalons develop - deepening roots that draw the bulb inward. Planting mulching humus.
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In September, it's time to do the onion. The beginning of the month is the best time for planting hyacinths, hazel grouse and daffodils, the middle is small onion, the second half is tulip.
It is important that the soil is well cultivated and planted with nutrients before planting - this is half of successful spring flowering. It is also very important to plant the bulbs at the correct depth. The first planted grouse: bulbs near the river. imperial large, therefore, the depth of planting should be significant - about 16 cm. To make the plant comfortable, prepare pits up to 50 cm deep, be sure to loosen the bottom well using forks. It is useful to first pour crushed stone, and on it is already a mixture of humus, garden soil and sand in equal amounts. And add mineral fertilizers: simple superphosphate, potassium sulfate. The preparation process is quite time-consuming, but in this case justified, as grouse in one place can grow for several years.
The processing depth for more traditional crops - daffodils, tulips and hyacinths is 40 cm. For each mg, two buckets of humus, 100 g of superphosphate, 50 g of potassium sulfate and 150 g of lime should be added. And after planting, it is useful to add ammonium nitrate, simply scattering it around the site, followed by watering.
At the same time, they plant small-mouthed plants: muscari, snowdrops, woods, Pushkinia, Hionodox. Under them, the site can be cooked less carefully. In the allotted space, a bucket of humus is simply scattered, 200 g of lime, 50 g of simple superphosphate and 20 g of potassium sulfate for each m2. Then dig the ground to 30 cm.
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I plan to lay a flower garden with spring onions. When is it better to do this?
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When the weather is no higher than + 10 * C, bulbs are planted for spring flowering - at this time birch trees turn yellow. In the season of onion and corm onion sales, the store checks daffodils, hazel grouse, crocuses, hiondox, bluebills, and muscari. tulips. rural cyclamens, snowdrops, white flowers, anemones and buttercups - they should be without mechanical damage to the upper scales, with a flat bottom, dense, full, not over-dried, without overgrown stems and roots. The packaging must be intact. Small-bulbous groups (at least 10 pcs.) Of one variety are planted on lawns, along the edges of lawns. Then daffodils are planted: for landscape compositions, small-flowered or species are used, and on varieties and flower beds, varieties with large flowers are used.