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Asiatic lilies, cultivars and cultivation agricultural technology
Garden Asian lilies are an unpretentious culture for flower beds. You need to know the basic principles of agricultural technology to avoid many problems.
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General information
Back in the Middle Ages, flower growers tried to take lilies from nature and grow in gardens.
Like any plant, lily bulbs well take root in the garden and bloomed - if they were dug nearby.
Plants brought from far away felt completely different; the bulk of them simply perished.
Botanists decided to help flower growers and in the forties of the twentieth century a classification of species lilies was developed.
Lily flower began to be massively grown in the United States, Holland and other countries.
As a result of breeding lilies, flower growers came to the conclusion that it is not lily bulb plants taken from nature that are best taken root, but hybrid ones.
These lilies were not only beautiful, but also more hardy to grow because of their hybrid origin.
In the early sixties, in the United States developed a classification of hybrid lilies.
The first section of the classification includes a group of Asian hybrids.
Asian hybrids
Lilies of Asian hybrids are well known to Russian flower growers, although hybrids came to us only in the 50-60s of the twentieth century.
In Russian gardens, flower growers grew wild natural species such as tiger lily or saranka, Daurian lily, and dwarf lily.
These flowers grow in the forests of Primorye and Eastern Siberia.
Gradually, flower growers began to receive hybrids and the first to reach Russia were the most stable and unpretentious Asian hybrids.
Varieties of this group of lily flower are the most numerous and most diverse in color.
Asian hybrids are distinguished by endurance, good reproduction.
Florists grow this flower throughout the country: from south to north, from west to east.
Hybrid Classification
Panda (tango hybrid).
The height of the hybrid reaches one meter, has large flowers, with a diameter of 15 cm. The color of the flowers is beige-white with brown-burgundy spraying to the middle of the petal and a white center.
Strawberru and Cream (tango hybrid).
Height 120 cm., Large flower with a diameter of 15 cm. Cream color with a dense pink-red coating to the middle of the flower.
Black eyes (brushmark hybrid).
Height 95 cm, flower diameter 18 cm. The color is bright scarlet, with small maroon, almost black strokes in the middle of the petal. Anthers are absent.
Annemarie s Dream (terry hybrid).
Height 60 cm., Flower diameter 8 cm. Very elegant terry variety, cream-white color. Anthers are absent. It has a weak aroma.
Fata Morgana (Terry Hybrid).
Height is up to 95 cm, flower diameter is 13 cm. Terry flower of lemon-yellow color, from the center upwards on 1/3 of the petal is covered with large dark red specks. Very popular variety, often used for distillation.
Forever Susan (Tango Hybrid).
Height 75 cm., Flower diameter 8 cm. Color saturated orange with very large maroon, almost brown spots in the middle of the petal. Anthers are absent.
Coopers Crossing (Tango Hybrid).
One meter high, flower diameter 8 cm. The color is orange-copper, with large maroon, almost brown spots in the middle of the petal. Anthers are absent.
Push Off (Tango Hybrid).
Height 35 cm., Flower with a diameter of 9 cm. The color is maroon, at the ends of the petals there are small white spots with uneven edges. Anthers are large, brown-orange.
Lollypop (bicolor hybrid).
Height 70 cm., Flower diameter 11 cm. Two-color flowers: the center is white, the tips of the petal are raspberry colored. Anthers are large brown-orange. The variety is early.
Tiny Icon (pixie hybrid).
Height 50 cm., Flower diameter 9 cm. The color is pale pink, to the center more saturated. Anthers are dirty yellow.
Tiny Ghost (pixie hybrid).
Height 50 cm., Flower diameter 9 cm. Color rich carmine, anthers orange.
Tiny Sensation (pixie hybrid).
Height 50 cm., Flower diameter 8 cm. The color is violet-red, the tip of the petal is yellow. Anthers are orange. Possess high winter hardiness.
Tiny Todd (pixie hybrid).
Height 50 cm., Flower diameter 9 cm. Color pale yellow, with a white center in a brownish speck. Anthers are brown-orange.
Tiny Double You (pixie hybrid).
Height 50 cm., Flower diameter 9 cm. Terry and undersized, orange-yellow. Anthers are absent.
Tiny Hope (pixie hybrid).
Height 55 cm., Flower diameter 9 cm. Color burgundy red. Anthers carrot-orange.
Agrotechnics Hybrid Growing
To grow a healthy, beautiful flower, you need healthy soil, fertilizer and watering.
The first fertilizer in the form of calcium nitrate with an interval of 10 days begins to give in May, give 2-3 times. then make complex fertilizer, also 2-3 times.
In August and September, potassium monophosphate is introduced. Fertilizers are applied in accordance with the instructions on the packaging.
Asian hybrids do not take shelter for the winter, at each transplantation it is necessary to plant in new soil, sand must be added for loosening.
You can plant in spring and autumn.
Asian hybrids are high and low, early and late.
Lilies are divided into hybrid groups according to one or several criteria: Brashmark, Pixie, Tango, etc.
Very low varieties with a height of 20 to 40 cm are part of the Pixie subgroup.
The hybrid Tango group has copious mottling on the petals.
The varieties of the Brashmark group are very beautiful, which in translation from English means a brush stroke.
Unusual terry lilies appeared, gradually there are more and more of them.
The latest varieties of Asian hybrids are very beautiful.
If you purchased lilies with sprouts in the store in the fall, they can be grown in the winter only in greenhouses.
