Asiatic lilies: planting and care photos

For centuries the gardens of the Royal palaces and the simple rural front gardens in different countries decorated with lilies, a variety of types, varieties, sizes and colors which staggers the imagination. These flowers can be used in group or solitary plantings. Among the most common and favorite growers and gardeners species are Asiatic lilies. Their popularity is easily explained: the variety of shapes and colors of flowers, the opportunity to choose plants of different sizes, height from 30 to 150 cm, and, of course, great endurance and resistance to adverse conditions. Let's take a closer look at the Asian lilies and peculiarities of their development and flowering.

Who was the ancestor?

It was these Asiatic lilies from wild Asian species, such as:

European bulbosa;

Daur;

- David

- monochrome

- tiger

hanging.

- nice;

- interspecific hybrids of spotted lilies and Dutch.

All of these names, a little about what will tell a conventional grower, but judging by them, we can understand that the ancestors of the Asiatic lilies are native to regions with a strong continental climate, where summers are warm and even hot, and winters are rather cold. Because of this, received from them lilies - Asiatic hybrids - are perfectly adapted to our conditions: autumn and winter bulbs are dormant, and in spring awakening and grow, consuming nutrients accumulated during the previous summer. That is why it is very important to cut flowers: you need to leave part of the stem with leaves. If flowers Asiatic lilies are not cut after flowering remove the tip of the stem, to prevent the formation of seeds and waste of nutrients.

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Origin Story

The Triumphant spread of Asiatic lilies began in 50-e years of the XX century, after the American breeder Jan de Graf brought a new hybrid team with orange and red flowers — Mid-Century, which translated into Russian means “Mid-century”. At the same time, canadian researcher C. Peterson as a result of successful crossing Lily with drooping of David managed to get a new Asiatic lilies colors: pink, lilac and white. Further breeding work led to the creation of entire groups of lilies with chalmovidnaya flower shape and bright color of the petals (so-called harlequin hybrids).

Today, breeders are working to create varieties with bright two - or three buds and the removal of Terry forms. Today in the gardens Lily Asian Terry presents such varieties as white Anna Maria Dream (Anna Maria Dream), yellow Fata Morgana (Fata Morgana), pink Aphrodite (Aphrodite) and the red Sphinx (Sphinx) .

Colors

Due to the fact that the parent form Asiatic lilies are quite diverse, and do “Asian” are very different as color and form. Most often, the shape of flowers Asiatic hybrids:

- cupped;

- star

- polucheloveka;

- chalmovidnaya.

Common Asiatic lilies, undouble varieties have six petals.

Asiatic lilies, depending on how the flowers relative to the axis of the inflorescence, are divided into the following groups:

• Funnel-shaped, directed towards;
• Kubkovidnye, looking up;
• Chalmovidnaya downward.

The Flowers of Asiatic lilies come in different colors, starting with white and ending with dark maroon, almost black. Novice gardeners should remember that lilies can be any color, except all the shades of blue and blue.

Types of Asian hybrids

Breeding work started in the second half of the last century and continues today, has resulted in varieties of Asian lilies and hybrids a huge number. For convenience, they were divided on a particular symptom for a number of subgroups:

• Harlequin;
• Vasaras Prieks;
• Amalia;
• Filternum;
• Avondale;
• Kaleidoscop;
• Sapkota;
• Tango;
• Zelta Vainags;
• Brushmark;
• Fiesta;
• Joel vonder;
• Connecticut, and others.

Asiatic lilies, related to a particular hybrid group, have any particular thing in common, “highlight”.

So, the Russian breeder V. P. Nutty has been bred group of hybrids Amalia, which includes varieties with flowers chalmovidnaya shape, the petals of which are painted in white, pink, and purplish pink shades. They were obtained new varieties with pastel color. For re-hybridization was taken as the Asian Lily white from this group, so there were new varieties with different size and shape of white flowers, such as:

• Baltais Stars (White stars) with purple speckled on a white background.
• Briviba (Freedom) - white, horizontally oriented flowers with pink speckles.

Lily Asian in the photo that you see refers to the variety of tango. From other lilies, they are specks, sometimes as dense and rare, black and colored, in the center of the flower. Sometimes spots merge into one solid spotcontrasting colors.

People who have a small plot or created a garden on the private loggia of a city apartment will delight Lily belonging to the so-called Pixie-group. It includes varieties with the small size, the height of which varies from 25 to 40 cm Grade butter Pixie with large lemon-yellow flowers can be grown as the Asian Lily room or balcony. Blooming plants of this group from June to September, forming a 5–7 flowers on each stem.

A Fairly common varietal lilies, related to Brismark group, or as they are called, painted. They feature a large “brushstroke” contrasting to the main color at the base of each petal. Anastasia – domestic Brushmark. Lily Asian in the photo that you see above, was bred at the all-Russian scientific research Institute of gardening them. Michurin. A swab may be in the form of different along the length of the strokes and one dense and uniform in colour. Some varieties have their petals are not only strokes but also the specks, varying in size and color.

What is pot-lilies?

The Latest fashionable novelty – lilies for growing in pots, the so-called pot. Note that in pot culture can be grown not only some special and peculiar class, and any low lilies. Potted Asian lilies are not very demanding on the amount of light and therefore, planted in a pot, not drawn out, and form a beautiful and dense “bouquet”. Today for planting in containers and other containers you can use varieties such as:

- tiny Spider;

- Buzz

- +

- Golden joy;

- Marlene and several others.

Lilies Bloom, planted in pots, for long, about two weeks, but not as advertised – “all summer". In order to prolong flowering, you can recommend to plant in a container of a bulb with a different period of blooming. After the plants Bud, their green stems with leaves will last a couple of months, and then, just like their garden counterparts, will become yellow. Follicles go into the resting phase until the next spring. Keep the pot of lilies in the same pot at the temperature of +1-2^OC, occasionally slightly moisten the soil.

Asian lilies

It is Worth noting that Asiatic hybrids bloom earlier than most other lilies in late June-early July. Time of beginning of flowering depends on the weather conditions. Flower Lily Asian, unlike other types of lilies, odorless, allowing you to decorate their dwelling without fear of “earn” headache. In the vase life they are good, if the time to change their water and remove the withered petals.

Another feature of some varieties of Asiatic lilies is that their stems are formed the child children – bullocki. They can be easily separated from the parent plant and can be used for breeding this variety, shallowly plunging into the soil. If you have followed this position, Lily Asian for next year will grow a little plant with one leaf, and in a year it will be a little Lily, which even tries to bloom. Here is this let her do not, as flowering will take sprout all the strength, and he will not be able to properly form. In the third year after planting, bulbs plant will be fully formed and be able to please you with its blossom.

As well as other bulbs, do not tolerate excess nitrogen and fresh organic fertilizers Asian Lily. Fit and care it is pretty simple, and we will consider them further.

Prepare the footprint

Before you begin planting bulbs of lilies in a permanent place, it is necessary to prepare it. Choosing it, it is important to remember that the Asian lilies, like any other, can not tolerate water stagnation. The soil should be well aerated and permeable, fertile and loose. If the site soil is heavy, its quality can be improved by making river sand, gravel, peat and humus. Depth of holes under the bulbs, depending on their size and soil quality, can be from 10 to 40 cm In sandy soils, the bulbs better to bury, but in the loamy and mixed depth of ten inches would be sufficient. At the bottom of each hole you need to pour the sand, which would function as drainage and will not allow moisture to damage the root system. The distance between the holes is calculated from the anticipated size of the plants in the future. Small lilies can withstand a distance of 15–20 cm, but large specimens it is better to put with a distance of 25–30 cm.

Asiatic lilies - light-loving plants, but light partial shade is well tolerated. In the shadow of the plant they are not recommended, as the stems will reach for light and can bend.

Asian Lily: planting and care

Most species of lilies are grown in one place without a transplant within 5-7 years. During this time, plants form nests of different-sized follicles. Asiatic lilies multiply faster, because each bulb has several kidneys resume, so experts recommend to share their nest every three years. Excavate them entirely, being careful not to damage the root system, then shake with them too muchthe ground and carefully inspected. Often nests apart, but it also happens that we have to separate the daughter bulbs with your hands, putting a considerable effort. If you find bulbs with a brown or rusty spots, mechanical injuries, then they must be removed and destroyed. Dead roots are completely cut and the remaining cut of 10, maximum of 15 cm Separated net Babes-bulbs with roots etched for half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Planted them in prepared soil in mid-August, well in advance of the shed the hole.

How to fertilize?

Fertilizing is a very important procedure, especially in the phase of Bud formation and colouring of the flowers. Do not feed the Asiatic lilies during flowering, as the abundance of nutrients leads to a more rapid conclusion. Specialists recommend fertilizing three times during the season:

1. The First is carried out after the snow melts, but before crop emergence. Shed flower bed with lilies and water solution last year and fermented mullein, but in any case no fresh manure, spreading 1 liter slurry in 10 l of water. If cow manure is not, it is possible to feed an aqueous solution of ammonium nitrate by taking 40 g of powder per 10 liters of water.
2. Second fertilizer application accounts for the appearance of the buds – late spring or early summer. Making wood ash at the rate of 100 g per square meter.
3. Not later than August 15, it is necessary to feed the lilies in water composed of double superphosphate, dissolved one tablespoon of the preparation in 10 liters of water, or a complex fertilizer with a predominance of potassium. It is also possible to re-make wood ash.

How to throw?

Any lilies, including Asiatic, not like stagnant water. Therefore it is better to water them rare, but quite abundant. In any case you can not water the flowers with cold water. Better if she stood off and warmed up for a couple days. Need to be watered so that water falling on the leaves, pouring the root. The greatest need in the moisture Lily feel after flowering, when the bulbs begin to accumulate nutrients.

The advantages and disadvantages of “chubby”

Asiatic lilies perfectly proved themselves in various, even the most difficult growing conditions and showed such important qualities:

- the ability to grow and flourish in different soil types to weather conditions;

- higher ability to vegetative reproduction;

good resistance to most diseases and pests;

with frost.

Equally important is the fact that this group of lilies are very beautiful: their color palette include almost all color except blue, blue and pure black tones. In addition, Asiatic lilies have a strong stems with large flowers, making them attractive not only for growing in garden compositions, but also for decorating the space with flowers. In a cut they can stand in a vase for about two weeks, if they will lack of water, and the ambient temperature will not exceed +22^OC. the Stalks need daily to cut a little obliquely and be sure to change the water for fresh. If to do all this, Lily will demonstrate all their beauty, respectivley to the last Bud.