Tulip multiflorous: description of varieties, planting and care

Tulip multiflorous (Multiflora) is an unusually beautiful and extremely capricious plant. Despite this, once seeing these flowers, I'd like to experiment and grow such beauty on my site.

These tulips, which are often called multi-stem, bush, bouquet, give a few bulbous flowers from one bulb.

Peculiarities of growing

The main problem of these plants is that the overwhelming number of varieties is rapidly degenerating. Often the bulb pleases its lush bouquet only in the first year. The next season, it gives two or three not very dense buds, which in the end can not even please you with flowering. To avoid this, it is necessary to properly care for the multi-flowered tulips and choose well-proven, proven varieties and quality planting material.

In order to preserve the varietal characteristics of the multiflorous tulip, one should buy the bulbs of the first analysis. This means that their diameter is preferable to at least four centimeters. Smaller specimens most often give "blind" buds or in the first season they give only one very weak flower.

How to plant tulips in the fall?

Experienced growers know that autumn is the most important period in the life of all tulips, including multiflorous ones. Although these are perennials, bulbs of tulips should be transplanted every year. This minimizes the risk of developing various diseases and stimulates the formation of healthy flower stalks.

How to plant tulips in the fall? This question is of interest to beginners in floriculture. This work is carried out in the second half of September or in the early days of October. For planting, it is necessary to choose a well-lit place with a low groundwater table, since bulbs can die if over-moistened.

Soil tulips need loose and light, with an alkaline neutral structure, since these plants do not tolerate acidic soils. Before planting, you need to prepare the bulbs. They should be allowed to stand for about an hour in a suspension of topsin-M or zineb. The solution is prepared from the calculation of fifty grams of funds per bucket of water.

Tulip multiflorous should be planted at a depth that is two to three times the height of the bulb. Typically, this is ten to twenty centimeters. The planting material must be gently squeezed at the bottom of the grooves in loose ground, but never screw in. Particular care should be taken with the bulb in October. During this period, the root roller swells and becomes fragile and vulnerable to damage.

For the middle zone of Russia, the most suitable time for planting tulips is the second half of September. The temperature at this time is still quite high, many sunny days. Rooting of the plant begins at a time when the temperature at the depth of the onion is reduced to + 4-9 degrees Celsius. In the arid autumn after planting beds you need to water abundantly. To keep the heat in the soil as long as possible and maximize the time of rooting of the bulbs, which is especially important in late planting, peat must be sprinkled with the ridges.

The soil

Two or three weeks before planting, it is necessary to start preparing the soil for tulips. Digging up the soil, mineral and organic fertilizers are introduced into it. To improve the structure of the soil, you can use the weathered peat and sand.

Watering

Tulip multiflorous - a water-loving culture. If for many other species of tulips watering is not critical, then it is necessary for bouquet varieties. In the root zone, the soil should always be slightly moist - beginning with the early spring immediately after the snow has fallen and until the very first buds appear. It is in the dry season that the plant most often drops buds.

Top dressing

Today many flower growers dream of seeing on their site a multi-flowered tulip. The description of known varieties, which give breeders, presupposes the obligatory top dressing of these plants. Multicolor tulips need triple feeding.

The first is held in early spring. To do this, use a complex mineral fertilizer, which is distributed under the plants at a rate of 40 grams per m². When the first buds appear, the second feeding is carried out. You can use the same fertilizer and do not change the dosage.

The third top dressing is performed during flowering. At this time, the tulips are watered with a solution of potassium monophosphate. In ten liters of water, you need to dissolve a tablespoon of fertilizer.

After-flow care

Tulip multiflorous needs to care after flowering. The ovary should be removed as soon as possible. Remove only the head, and the stem should not be broken off. When the aerial part of the plant turns yellow, many-flowered tulips must be excavated. Unlike many other species, these plants need a longer period of rest. The first month they are kept warm (temperature about +30 degrees Celsius).

In August, the bulbs must be moved to a cooler place. The planting material must be cooled step by step. By the end of September bulbs must be stored at a temperature of +15 degrees.

Tulips multiflorous: varieties

Today, a large number of varieties and hybrids are bred, and breeders continue to work on new plants. We will introduce you to popular and well-proven varieties.

Antoinette

A magnificent chameleon variety. Tulip Antoinette multiflorous differs buds, which change with the growth of the petals - from gently yellow to red. On one stem can blossom up to six buds, forming an exquisite bouquet. The plant perfectly tolerates windy weather and develops well in the penumbra. It looks great on the flower bed and is suitable for cutting.

Candy Kisses

A variety that has unusually beautiful flowers with an original color. The petals of these tulips change color from pink at the base to peach at the edges. From one bulb grows up to six peduncles. Tulips Candy Kisses are also attractive because they can not only be grown on a flower bed, but also as a potted plant.

Quibec

The Quebec tulip is not distinguished by its high altitude. The bulb gives a small bouquet of two or three flowers. The buds of this plant are orange with a yellow edging. The plant looks good in a rock garden, in a flower garden, in a container landing. Quebec tulips are one of the first bloom in the spring, so we recommend including them in your collection.

Rosie Bouquet

Rosy Bouquet justifies its name completely. From one bulb of this variety grows a sumptuous bouquet. Buds small size, white-cream, with a thin pink edging of petals.

Belisia

Terry multicolor early variety Belicia forms three or five peduncles from one bulb. Flowers of this variety are luxurious cream bowls with scarlet fringing. When buds blossom completely, they resemble snowflakes with bright edges. These tulips do not grow too fast.

Frinjid Family

The fringed, multi-flowered bright pink Fringed Family variety gives from five to seven buds a single peduncle. Bright lilac-purple coloring of flowers allows you to call a variety one of the most spectacular among the many-flowered. Ideal for flowerbeds and cuttings.

Wallflower

This variety has very large buds. One onion can give up to five flowers. Their height reaches eight centimeters, and diameter - up to sixteen centimeters. From these flowers you get a stunning bouquet, despite the not too high height of the flower stalks - no more than forty-five centimeters. Buds of maroon color.

Orange Bouquet

Very unusual variety with five peduncles. Buds can be painted in a geranium red or orange shade. Flowers have a yellow base, sometimes an orange border. Petals internal - a red-pink shade. Tulips Orange Bouquet look great in the rock garden.