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Varieties of yellow lilies, care
Yellow lilies are delicate flowers. The palette ranges from lemon and golden to ocher and yellow-orange interspersed with other colors. These graceful bulbous perennials serve as a bright decor for rocky hills, flower beds, mixborders.
Varieties of yellow lilies and their features
Sun spots in the garden, even in cloudy weather, are golden beauties-lilies against the background of dark green plants. Like lilies of other colors, these varieties are also distinguished by their relative unpretentiousness, a variety of colors and flower shapes. When choosing a variety of your favorite color and type, familiarize yourself with the flowering time and its preferences. This will help create corners of the garden where the rainbow of colors lasts all season.
Yellow lilies prefer sunny areas
Of the varieties with yellow flowers in Russia, lilies are the most popular:
- “Armenian”, is listed in the Red Book. It got its name from its habitat. Tubular flowers are collected in inflorescences up to 10 specimens. The height of the stem is 1 m. The color of the flowers is deep yellow. Loves the sun, does not tolerate excess moisture.
- “Kisselringa”. Flowers in racemose inflorescences drooping, with petals bent back, purple stigma and orange stamens. Height up to 1 m. Blooms in June for about 15 days.
- “Monochromatic”. In its inflorescence there are up to 15 fragrant flowers. Flowers drooping, large. The petals are bent back. The color is bright, golden yellow with rare dark spots. Stem height up to 2 m. The variety is extremely decorative, beautiful, unpretentious.
- “Iberian”. Unicolor is a pure yellow color with no impurities. Aureum is speckled. Height up to 150 cm, in racemes up to 15 drooping flowers, in the center of which are stamens with red-orange pollen.
- “Fata Morgana”. Asian hybrid with golden double inflorescences. Height up to 95 cm. It grows in the sun and in partial shade, but the color of flowers in this case is not so bright.
These varieties are adapted to the climatic conditions of the middle lane. But in order to be healthy and bloom profusely in flower beds in gardens, they need proper care.
What care do yellow lilies need?
Plants of this species love light, hills, well-drained, enriched soils. Humus is the best fertilizer for them. Recommended up to 7 kg / sq. m. When planting bulbs in the soil, add nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. They are brought in when the soil is dug up: 100 g / sq. m. Most varieties do not tolerate acidic soils. They are neutralized with chalk – up to 400 g / sq. m or wood ash – up to 200 g / sq. m.
In caring for a lily, it is important:
- Water under the root in hot weather, but do not forget that the lily suffers from stagnant water and needs drainage when planting.
- Feed the plant throughout the season, excluding the flowering period.
- Mulch the soil to retain moisture and prevent overheating of the roots.
- Use insecticides to keep out pests.
- For the winter, cut the plants and cover with sawdust, needles.
This is not to say that lilies of a sunny shade are much more capricious than their relatives. Therefore, in caring for them, it is worth considering the general preferences of the lily family.
Yellow lilies will always cheer you up, relieve stress with their noble beauty.