Lily regalia: planting and care

Lilia Regale Album - an unusually beautiful, truly royal flower, very popular with lovers of decorative cultures. In the care of this plant is relatively unpretentious. However, some elementary rules for its cultivation must be followed, of course.

general description

The main decorative value of this tubular lily is a snow-white color. They look really impressive, because they also have huge sizes - up to 25 cm. The center of each lily is yellow, which gives the flowers even more brightness and charm. A photo of the lily regalia, presented just below, its unmistakable royal beauty demonstrates visually.

Also very good reviews this plant has earned and for a gentle smell, reminiscent of jasmine and spreading around for about 10 meters.

Selecting a landing site

Like any other lilies, regalia belongs to the group of bulbous ornamental crops. In nature, plants of this family can be seen most often on the fringes between perennial grasses and shrubs. In the garden for the regalia, you should also choose a place that is fairly open and sunny.

Most often these flowers are planted in small groups on flower beds among perennials. In any case, the lower part of the stem of the lily regalia must be pritenena. It is not recommended to plant these flowers next to tall trees.

Soil preparation

Land for lily regalia is most suitable neutral, friable. Best of all, this brand will feel on sandy ground. Before planting plants in the flower bed, a little old, well-repaired manure should be added. If the soil is acidic, you must also use ash. Very good this lily responds to superphosphate and potassium compounds.

Preparation of bulbs

Lilies - plants are rather tender in terms of diseases. Regalia is not an exception in this respect. Therefore, before planting the bulb of this flower should be held for half an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate (5 g per 10 liters of water). Then they must be dried. Roots on the bulbs are usually cut to a length of about 5 cm.

How to plant

Plant lily tubular regalia perennial. At one place in the garden, in order for the bulbs to gain strength, it must be at least 5 years. Too often dig a lily is not worth it. Otherwise they will be weakened and become very susceptible to diseases.

Planting lilies on the garden is allowed at any time during the warm season. If the regalia is planted in the spring, it will blossom, most likely, in the same year. If you carry out this procedure in summer or autumn, the buds on the plant will only be dissolved in the next season.

The depth of embedding of the lily regal bulbs depends on their size. If they are large, dig holes should be 20-25 cm. Small bulbs are planted to a shallower depth. The distance between individual plants should be 10-15 cm. The thickened planting should not be. Otherwise, the regalia lilies will bloom badly and begin to ache.

What you need to know about

Description of the lily regalia provided by the developer, allows you to judge it as a plant quite unpretentious. But, as you know, all bulbous cultures are afraid of frost. Not an exception in this regard is the regalia. When spring planting its sprouts in case of a threat of cooling, you should cover, for example, with plastic bottles.

Planting lilies is preferable yet in the fall. At the same time, usually make and transplant 4-5-year-old plants. It is at this point that lilies are taken from the soil almost all nutrients. Dig up bulbs from the ground usually only with forks. Their spade can easily be damaged.

Mulching

After planting the regalia, the soil on the flowerbed should be covered with peat, sawdust or straw. It is also not bad to cover the ground with a forest litter. Coniferous sawdust for feeding this lily can not be used. Like most tubular hybrids, regalia does not like acidic soil. Coniferous sawdust reduces the pH very much.

It is not required to mulch lily regalia only if it grows among perennials. Very well protects the soil in the flowerbed from drying out and contamination with weeds, for example, such decorative culture as bulgarian ryegrass. Plant it on the flower bed next to the regalia is also because in combination these plants look very harmonious.

How to water properly

Humidify the soil under the lily regalia during the warm season should be moderate. Like the drought, it does not like the overflows. Moisten the soil on the flower bed with this lily just after it dries a little. To water Regalia follows in the morning or in the evening. In doing so, you should try not to fall on the leaves and stems of plants. Otherwise, they can form burns. The hose should be placed in the aisle.

In spring, it is worth adding growth stimulants to water for irrigation. This will help plants to transfer recurrent frosts. After the Regalia lilies bloom, watering should be completely stopped.

How to fertilize

To feed lilies of a regalia it is possible only mineral structures. Organic for this purpose can not be used. Before planting manure, as already mentioned, is allowed to enter the soil. But during the growth of plants this type of fertilizer can greatly damage the bulbs. Do not tolerate lily regalia and such additional feeding as an infusion of green grass.

Fertilize these flowers usually three times per season. Wherein:

• In the spring, use calcium nitrate (2 times with an interval of 14 days);
• In the period of budding use a full mineral fertilizer (twice a month);
• After blossoming they are fed with phosphorus and potassium compounds.

Calcium nitrate is diluted in water in the proportion of 1 gram to 6 liters. Full mineral fertilizer is used in the amount of one and a half matchboxes per 10 liters of water. Phosphoric and potassium compounds are added according to the instructions on the package. They fertilize the flower beds once.

Top dressing must be combined with irrigation. In autumn, fertilizers can not be applied to flower beds with this lily.

How to cut right

Lilies of regalia can become a worthy ornament of even the most luxurious garden. However, it is possible to grow such flowers not only as an element of landscape design, but also for bouquets. When cutting these lilies, it is worth following these recommendations:

1. As much of the peduncle as possible is left on the flower bed. Otherwise the bulbs can not ripen.
2. Place the cut powder dust and apply a drop of medical glue on it. This will prevent rotting of the rest of the peduncle and bulb.

Fading flowers from the plant should be removed. The stem itself does not need to be trimmed.

Preparing for winter

Lily regalia, planting and caring for which the procedure is thus relatively simple, blooms long and spectacularly. In autumn this plant, however, will also have to be given some attention. Frost regalia suffers relatively well. But to hide plants for the winter is still necessary. For warming, leaf litter is best used. They should cover the bed with a layer approximately 10 cm thick. From above, for reliability, it is also possible to put the lapnik and polyethylene film.