Among the most beautiful flowers that you can grow on your site, an amazing imperial hazel grouse occupies a separate place. Planting and caring for this plant is quite simple, but requires some accuracy in the timing of digging the bulbs. If all cultivation procedures are carried out on time, there should be no problems with young hazel grouse.
Planting royal flowers
Before placing this plant on your site, you need to choose the best way to grow hazel grouse. Planting and care will depend on whether the seed method is used or the usual vegetative method. The first option is suitable for plant propagation on an industrial scale. It allows you to get a large amount of planting material, but the first flowering will have to wait up to 7 years. Therefore, amateur gardeners usually use the second method - reproduction by bulbs and children. Every year, each such root is divided into two viable parts. Much less often, hazel grouses give tiny babies, which are also suitable for self-landing.
There are several mandatoryrules to get a lush hazel grouse. Planting and care (the photo illustrates the flowering period) should always take into account the local climate and not violate the requirements for the proper cultivation of such plants. Before planting in the ground, the bulbs do not need to be dried, as is done with tulips and lilies. It would be ideal to immediately bury all new planting material, including small children.
The place for the flower is chosen warm, in partial shade, not affected by drafts. The soil will need fertile and fairly well loosened. The royal hazel grouse, which is usually planted at the very beginning of autumn, does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil. Therefore, experienced flower growers recommend equipping flower beds with this plant with good drainage. For the device of such a drainage system, you can use simple river sand mixed with high-quality, but fresh humus. These components allow you to "lighten" the soil and feed the young hazel grouse.
Planting and care begins with digging up the bulbs in mid to late June, when the stem of the plant begins to dry out and lean towards the ground. You need to wait 1-2 weeks and immediately remove the planting material until the roots rot. It is not necessary to age or stratify the bulbs - you can immediately bury them in new holes. If the hazel grouse plan to buy in the store, it is better to do this at the end of August and immediately plant the material in the ground. The distance between the planting holes should be about 30 cm, and the maximum depth is calculated from the size of the bulbs. Large specimens require 20-25 cm,medium - 13-20 cm, and small - 6-12 cm.
The imperial hazel grouse, planting and caring for which comes down to choosing a place and timely watering, is a rather frost-resistant plant. However, if winters are not snowy, it is worth covering the flower bed with spruce or pine paws. The plant can easily endure spring frosts down to -6oC. The soil needs to be loosened occasionally and shallowly, to apply mineral fertilizers, but you need to be careful with watering. Since bulb roots can quickly rot, you need to carefully moisten the ground: moderately, but regularly. With proper care, hazel grouse can actively grow and bloom in one place for 2-3 years, after which they will need to be dug up and transferred to a new site.
