The earliest flowers that delight us after the winter cold are bulbous plants with a delicate and sophisticated aroma, and their stems and leaves are distinguished by juicy rich colors.
Flower bulbs and their names (photo)
There are several categories of bulbous plants in the middle zone of the country.
Lilies, tulips, hyacinths, daffodils - these flowers can often be found in flowerbeds and household plots.
Crocuses, muscari, hazel grouse, freesia, snowdrops are plants with small bulbs. They are among the first to bloom after a long winter.
Gladiolus is a corm plant. It differs from other bulbs in late flowering.
Choice
When planting flower bulbs before winter, your garden will sparkle with bright colors in the first days of spring.
Exquisite small bulbous plants look great in open areas: crocuses, muscari, scillas and snowdrops. They are planted in early September, in warmer areas - in the middle of autumn.
Flowers with large bulbs: lilies, daffodils, tulips -planted throughout October.
A feature of bulbous plants is that they can be grown both as annuals and as perennial flowers. If the flower bulbs (the photo of which is above) are not dug up after flowering, they will bloom the next year.
Place and soil
Scillas and crocurses look great in the rock garden. You can organize small flower beds under large shrubs and trees.
The land for planting bulbs is being prepared in advance. Choose places with fertile soil, excluding areas with stagnant water.
Winter storage
Store flower bulbs (photos and names of garden plants have a variety, and they are described below) under the following conditions: optimal temperature and humidity.
Features of storage of some onion bulbs will be described below.
- Caladium. Work on the selection of planting material begins before the first frost. The bulbs are dried, the leaves are cut off. Store in moss in a cool place. With the onset of spring, they are planted in flower pots, and after frost - in open ground.
- Freesia. They dig onions in the last days of September, separate the children, clean them from the soil. For the purpose of prevention, they are disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate and karbofos, dried. Prepared bulbs are put in paper bags or wooden boxes, covered with peat on top. Store in a cool place.
- Lilies. Bulbs dug in mid-September are immediately immersed in a fungicidal solution. Next, dry andplaced in boxes for storage. The most favorable temperature for planting lilies is +10 degrees.
Flower bulbs, which will be used as planting material, are placed in a container, covered with moss and covered with sand. Store boxes in a cool room (cellar, basement) with moderate humidity.
Proper storage of bulbs is a guarantee that your garden will grow strong and he althy plants with a long flowering period.
Boarding rules
Flower bulbs before autumn planting are carefully inspected for damage and rot. Slightly defective ones are soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate. The sick and rotten are thrown away.
At the chosen place, the top layer of the earth is removed and the bulbs are laid out at a distance of 5 to 10 cm from each other, depending on the variety of flowers, covered with earth, slightly pressing the bulb, mulched and watered.
Flower bulbs for flower beds (photos and names of some of them are given above) after proper planting in the ground will decorate any suburban area with their flowering.
- Tulips attract attention with a variety of colors and an unusual flower shape. Low maintenance.
- Lilies have many varieties. The land for planting them must be drained and fertilized. The planting period depends on the particular plant variety.
- Muscari grows in full sun in loose and well-drained soil.
- Crocuses. High-quality lighting and permeable soil are very important for these flowers;
- Daffodils are unpretentious, cangrow well in both sun and partial shade.
Digging up small bulbs
Scylla, muscari grow in one place for about five years. They are divided when the nests have grown strongly and the flowers have become small. Dig bulbs of flowers, starting from the end of August. Bulbs are cleaned of roots and soil, dried and planted immediately.
Crocus - this plant can not be transplanted for 3-4 years. If you want to get large bulbs or plant a plant, then you can dig out a year later. The timing of harvesting the bulbs depends on the flowering period of the plant. The planting material is dried, disinfected, the wounds are sprinkled with charcoal. Weak and diseased bulbs are thrown away. Store in boxes in a cool, dry place.
Cleaning daffodils and tulips
Daffodils for lush flowering are dug once every five years. Bulbs are harvested when the leaves turn yellow, usually in the third decade of August. During this time, the bulb manages to take all the nutrients from the green part of the plant.
Daughter bulbs, separated from the mother, slightly rocking them. If there is a wound at the fracture site, then it is sprinkled with crushed coals or ash. Further, the bulbs are treated with fungicides, dried in the fresh air, protected from sunlight, and stored in a room where the air temperature is +20 degrees. The bulbs are laid out wounds up for scarring.
All varietal tulips are dug up and planted annually to preserve the characteristics of each variety. Other types of tulips are not transplanted on averagefive years.
The flower head of tulips should be removed 4 days after the flower opens to get strong and he althy bulbs. The stem and leaves of the plant are left to nourish the underground part of the plant.
When cutting flowers for bouquets, leave 3-4 leaves so that a large bulb can form and the plant is capable of flowering next year.
Winter in the open field plants tolerate well. When digging bulbs immediately after flowering, there will be few flowers the next year. Tulip bulbs begin to be harvested after the stems and leaves have dried in clear and dry weather. They are sorted by grade and cleaned under a canopy, protecting from the sun. Bulbs are cleaned and freed from old scales after a few days. Strong and he althy bulbs have light brown scales. Then they are placed in a container for storage and cleaned in a room where the temperature is from +20 to +23 degrees. Under such conditions, large bulbs are stored until planting them in the fall. Boxes with small onions are transferred to a cool room so that they do not dry out.
Dig up gladioli
Bulbs are harvested in September-October, when the air temperature is +15 degrees. In order to prevent infection of the corms with vesicles, the stem of the plant is almost completely cut off. Young onions are cut from the roots, leaving them a centimeter long. The mother corm is discarded. Next, the bulbs are washed in running water and treated with fungicidal or insecticidal agents according to the instructions.
It is important to dry the onions thoroughly. They are stored for three weeks at a temperature of 25 to 35 degrees, the next six weeks at +25 degrees, then they are removed for permanent storage, maintaining a temperature of +7 degrees, laying the bulbs in cardboard or wooden boxes. Planting material is best preserved on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Bulbs should be inspected from time to time.
Plant breeding, for example, through flower bulbs (photos and names are given above), regardless of their variety, is carried out according to the same rules. Following them, your garden will be fragrant with beautiful lush flowers from early spring to late autumn.
