Grouse planting and care in the open field in the Urals

species, varieties, planting in the ground
care and reproduction

 

 

Hazel grouse, or Fritillaria (Latin Fritillaria) is a genus of herbaceous perennials of the Liliaceae family. The hazel grouses look like small palms with flowers at the top, which is why they are often called the trees of paradise. Grouse bulbs consist of several wide fleshy scales, which are renewed annually. The hazel grouse bulbs do not have cover scales, so they require very careful handling. The ground stem is leafy with numerous narrow-linear or oblong-lanceolate leaves, located whorled or scattered. The drooping flowers, single or collected in an umbrella or panicle, attract attention with bright perianths of yellow, purple, white or red shades. Grouse are ephemeroids: at the base of each leaf there is a nectary in the form of an oval, round or triangular depression. The fruit of the hazel grouse is a hexagonal capsule with numerous seeds, sometimes winged, sometimes wingless.

Planting hazel grouses and caring for them in the open field does not require special skills, so every gardener can cope with this task on his own. It is enough only to know the features of these plants, as well as to provide the most favorable conditions for their growth.

 

Grouse - VARIETIES AND SPECIES

 

About one hundred and fifty plant species are known in nature. On the territory of Russia, the following species are mainly grown:

 

GREEN CHESS

 

 

Bred in 1572. This name was given due to its similarity with the color of the black grouse. The height of this species is about 35 cm. Inflorescences are arranged one by one, sometimes in pairs. The shade of this species is lilac with chocolate tones and staggered patterns. In leaving, the flower is not whimsical. This species of hazel grouse has many garden forms and varieties. The most famous: Alba, Aphrodite (white-flowered forms), Artemis (purple with green), Jupiter (the largest dark red flowers).

 

GREEN CHICKEN ROYAL

 

 

Or imperial... The homeland of this representative of hazel grouses is Turkey. In Europe, the plant appeared in 1580 and has about 20 forms and varieties. Its personality is the sharp unpleasant aroma of the bulbs. The height of its shoots is about one meter. The leaves are scattered, the shape of the leaf is elongated and linear. Inflorescences of hazel grouses of this species have a high stem - up to 1 m in height, whorled broadly lanceolate leaves and drooping bell-shaped flowers up to 6 cm in diameter, orange with brown veins and with a brown spot at the base. Popular varieties: Aurora - a low-growing form (up to 60 cm) with orange-red flowers, Lutea and Lutea maxima - hazel grouse with golden-yellow flowers up to 100 cm and up to 120 cm in height, respectively, Sulferino - a classic version with orange flowers covered with a red net ...

 

Grouse RUSSIAN

 

 

Belongs to the Liliaceae family. This species is endangered and listed in the Red Book. The height of this species is about 40 cm. The bulb is small, its diameter is about 1 cm, flattened in shape. The bulb is covered with several layers of scales.Shoots are smooth and brittle, bare from the base and almost to the middle of the stem, the rest is covered with leaves. The length of the leaves reaches 9 cm. The shape of the leaf is linearly oblong. The inflorescences on the plant are large, there can be up to 4 of them on one stem. Flower color - dark chocolate with purple spots. In nature, the plant grows on mountain slopes and steppe-type plains. The plant prefers humus-nourishing soil. This hazel grouse blooms in mid-spring.

 

Grouse Persian

 

 

It grows exclusively in warm regions. It is an amazingly elegant plant up to 120 cm high. The inflorescence is a spectacular vertical cone densely covered with open flowers and buds (up to 50 flowers can be located on the stem). An unusually beautiful combination of dark, almost black bells against a background of bluish-gray leaves. Most often, European nurseries supply tall varieties of Adiyaman and Sonkoy. The variety Ivory Bell with many pale green bells on a strong peduncle is much less common on sale. Its greenish "spiers" will decorate any spring garden. Recently, a form of Persian hazel grouse appeared with a two-color color of flowers: the outer lobes are deep brown, and the inner ones are cream. Despite the fact that the hazel grouse is a Persian southern plant, when sheltered for the winter with leaves, it winters quite tolerably with us, but it does not always bloom regularly.

 

WHEN TO PLANT GRAINS

 

When the growing season of the hazel grouse is over, its bulbs are dug out of the ground and stored in a dry and ventilated room until the roots appear on the bulb: now is the time to plant it in the ground. This usually happens in late August or early September. The bulbs of the imperial hazel grouse do not have protective integumentary scales, and they dry out quickly. Therefore, do not buy hazel grouse bulbs at the late autumn sales: they are most likely overdried and unlikely to germinate. If for any reason you cannot plant the hazel grouse bulbs on time, immerse them in wet peat and place them in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment. If you do not have time to plant the bulbs before the end of September, planting the hazel grouses later may lead to the fact that they will not bloom next year. Before planting, the bulbs should be disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate, then lightly sprinkled with crushed charcoal.

 

HOW TO PLANT GRAINS

 

Before planting, prepare the site: dig it up, mixing sand into the heavy soil, and, whatever the soil, add peat or humus to it. Well perceives hazel grouse and additives in the form of lime or ash. The planting depth from the bottom is 2-3 times the diameter of the bulb, this is about 20-25 cm. A layer of sand is poured at the bottom of the hole, but if the soil is heavy, then it is better to replace the sand with wet peat. Then the bulb is laid on the sand or peat with the bottom down, gently straightening the roots, and covered with earth. In general, it is more correct to assume that this is a transplant of hazel grouses, and not a planting, although there is no point in arguing about the terms if the essence does not change from this.

 

Grouse - GARDEN CARE

 

The hazel grouse is so unpretentious that you can not waste time on it at all. If you are not interested in the result, bloom quality. Planting and caring for hazel grouses is a great learning experience for budding flower growers. But if you want to see a truly masterpiece of floriculture in your garden, you will have to spend some effort on caring for the imperial hazel grouse.

Grouse watering is carried out in dry summers. Make sure that the soil on the site does not dry out too much. After the end of the growing season, water the area 1-2 times a month so that the bulbs of faded hazel grouses are not in too dry ground. Growing hazel grouses also involves feeding plants with dry fertilizers: for the first time in the third decade of April (a tablespoon of Agricola for flowering plants and nitrophoska is mixed with a bucket of humus and scattered in 4-5 kg ​​with a layer of 4-5 cm per 1 m²).The second feeding is carried out after the hazel grouse bloom: scatter 1 tablespoon of superphosphate and potassium sulfate per 1 m², followed by watering.

After each watering, weeding is necessary, but loosening the soil is fraught with damage to the roots, so just mulch the soil on the site with peat or humus with a three-centimeter layer immediately after planting, after sprinkling wood ash over the site.

 

WHY DO FANCIES DO NOT COLOR?

 

The reason your hazel grouses don't want to bloom may be one of the following:

✿ Too cool or very humid summers. Dig up the bulbs after flowering and try to warm them up naturally before planting;

✿ Bulbs too small. If the bulb is less than 5 cm in diameter, the hazel grouse will not bloom, it will increase the mass of the bulb;
✿ Too long growing in one place. If you don't dig up the bulbs for the winter, they tend to divide and lose volume. Therefore, dig up medium and large grouse bulbs after flowering for subsequent autumn planting, and you are guaranteed to get a wonderful flowering next year;
✿ Incorrect planting depth: with insufficient depth, the plant becomes sensitive to weather changes (it can freeze in frost, and rot in rain), and if it is planted too deeply, the bulb spends too much energy on germination and survival;
✿ Unsuccessful soil. Too light soil freezes in winter, too much moisture accumulates in clayey soil, which leads to rotting of the bulb. Take care of the correct soil composition and good drainage;
✿ Little snowy frosty winter: the bulbs can simply freeze over. Cover the planting of hazel grouses for the winter with humus or peat mulch with a layer of 10-20 cm;
✿ Saving the ovary after the petals fall off. If the ovary is not removed in time, then all the nutrients will be spent on it, and not on the development of the bulb and preparation for flowering next year.

Grouse reproduction

 

In amateur floriculture, for the propagation of hazel grouses, the vegetative method of natural division of the bulb is used. As a rule, one imperial hazel grouse bulb gives no more than two large daughter children, so this method is not the fastest, since the baby, separated from the mother bulb and transplanted, grows in the ground for several years until full flowering occurs. But this method is the most reliable.

You can "help" the hazel grouse to form a baby: after the summer digging of hazel grouse bulbs on the largest and healthiest bulb in the fleshy part of it, a shallow scraping with a diameter of 2 cm is made with a sterile instrument and, without processing, they allow the wounds to dry in the air. Then placed in clean dry sand and left in a dry room with good ventilation. When the roots begin to grow on the bulb (in late August or early September), it is treated with a fungicide and planted in the usual manner. The ovaries that have appeared on the plant grown from this bulb should be removed, because in this growing season all efforts should be spent on the formation and development of children. When digging up the onion, be careful: the little baby may not be noticed.

 

GRAINS AFTER FLOWERING

 

After the hazel grouses have faded, they will delight the eye with their beautiful greenery for some time, but by the beginning of July the hazel grouses lose their decorative effect. They start digging out the bulbs when the aboveground part of the plants begins to turn yellow and die off. But you should not wait for the end of this process, since the bulb resting at this time becomes an easy prey for pests.

As soon as the leaves began to turn yellow, dig up the bulbs, free them from dry husks, rinse with warm water, soak for half an hour in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, remove, if necessary, rot spots and other damage by treating the sections with a fungicide and sprinkling them with wood ash, and place in dry ventilated room for drying wounds.

 

STORAGE OF GRANGE BULBS

 

Store the hazel grouse bulbs in a dry, ventilated room, where the temperature does not rise above 30 ºC, from early July to late August, until the bulbs grow roots and are ready for autumn planting. Remember to inspect them from time to time for rotten or damaged areas.

 

WHERE TO BUY GREEN BULBS

 

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With its unearthly beauty and grace, the amazing imperial hazel grouse flower grown in many garden plots admires. The plant attracts gardeners with its extraordinary inflorescences and early and long flowering. Many people use it to repel moles and pests living in the soil. The imperial hazel grouse, with proper planting and care, opens its first buds in mid-May. It can be grown not only in the southern regions, but also in the Urals, Siberia and the northern regions of the country.

Grouse imperial: general description, varieties, photos

The bulbous plant of the lily family is valuable for its amazingly beautiful, bell-like drooping flowers. They form in the axils of the leaves along the tall trunk of the plant. The buds are located in a group of five to seven pieces. Above the stem, above the very buds, the leaf mass continues to grow.

Elongated leaves of hazel grouse have a glossy surface and a rich emerald hue. In some varieties, they are arranged in two rows. The flowers most often have yellow or bright orange petals, but there are varieties with red, pink and white buds.

More than ten varieties of imperial hazel grouse have been bred by breeders. For regions with difficult climates the following varieties of imperial hazel grouse are suitable:

1. Strip Beauty is a plant with white and cream flowers that bloom very early. Already at the end of April, you can get the first buds if you plant the bulbs for seedlings in February.
2. The variety "Gardand Star" is distinguished by its large inflorescences and is suitable for lovers of orange colors. With regular watering, continuous flowering continues for one and a half months.
3. Variety "Rubra" is a plant with a low stem up to 70 cm high. Suitable for planting around the perimeter of plots and for decorating flower beds. Buds up to 6 cm in length have a crimson color with elegantly carved black rulers. The opened flowers reach 4.5 cm in diameter.
4. The "Raddeana" variety is a plant up to one and a half meters high. It features a strong ground part and inflorescences consisting of eight buds. Creamy and faded yellow flowers bloom in mid-June when used as seedlings. The variety can withstand short-term frosts, which allows it to be planted in open ground in early spring.

Features of planting imperial hazel grouse

To get a beautiful and long-lasting flowering of the imperial hazel grouse, you should prepare for planting in advance.

The choice of planting material

Nowadays, buying bulbs is not a big deal. They are offered at a reasonable price in specialized stores and at flower exhibitions. The color of the flowers of the imperial hazel grouse is mainly limited to orange, yellow and red shades.Therefore, you should not believe the pictures with pink, purple, black or pigeons attached to the bulbs.

When choosing planting material, you should pay attention to its size and quality:

1. The bulbs must be at least 4 cm in diameter, otherwise it will be difficult to wait for flowering.
2. Grouse bulbs can weigh from 500 g to 1 kg.
3. The landing material is a flattened ball with a through hole.
4. The bulbs should not be soft or cracked, moldy or rotten.
5. The presence of roots is allowed on the planting material. Dried last year's shoot is not removed.

Choice of place and timing of boarding

For the successful cultivation and reproduction of hazel grouse in the open field, planting should be carried out to open sunny areas... Imperial hazel grouses will grow well in partial shade. Therefore, they can be planted on the southwestern and western slopes, near the gazebo, terrace and country house, under deciduous shrubs.

The site must be protected from the wind, which can break the tall stems of the plant. If it is not possible to find such a site, then you can use special props.

Planting bulbs outdoors can be done in two ways:

1. If the planting material was stored in a layer of sawdust in the basement, then in the first half of March the plant is planted in large containers under indoor conditions. As soon as the last frosts have passed, seedlings with developed stems can be planted in open ground.
2. In areas with a mild winter climate, hazel grouses are planted in the fall at the end of September - mid-October. In the future, they will need shelter from frost, which is provided with foil, compost, sawdust. The disadvantage of this method of planting is that with a protracted spring, partial rotting and damping of the planting material occurs.

How to plant the bulbs correctly?

The hole must be prepared two weeks before planting hazel grouses. Its dimensions should be 40x40 cm in length and width, and the depth of the hole depends on the size of the bulb and averages 30 cm.If a group planting of plants is planned, then the distance between the holes is about 25-30 cm.

After two weeks, sand is poured into the holes, and a peg is inserted into the center of such a length that it rises another 50 cm above ground level. Near the stuck peg, an onion is laid on the sand and sprinkled with compost-fertilized soil.

Grouse imperial: outdoor care

Plant care begins after the snow cover has melted. It is necessary to immediately remove the winter shelter, otherwise, due to a lack of oxygen, the bulbs may begin to rot. After removing the shelter, the soil is loosened and spilled with a solution of potassium permanganate and mineral fertilizers. You should not be afraid of the last spring frosts, since the flower does not suffer from them.

Watering and feeding

When caring for bulbous plants, watering is carried out only in dry weather... Otherwise, due to regular waterlogging, the bulbs will begin to rot and the plant will die. To prevent the soil from drying out, you can cover it with mulch.

In a dry summer, it is necessary to water the bushes even after the stems die off. To prevent the bulbs from drying out in the ground, watering twice a month will be enough.

As soon as the threat of frost passes, the hazel grouses are fed with a special fertilizer mixture, which is prepared from the following ingredients:

• humus - 10 liters;
• complex fertilizer for flowering plants - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• nitrophosphate - 1 tbsp. a spoon.

The prepared mixture with a layer of 3 cm is spread over the surface of the area where hazel grouses grow. In the initial stage of flowering plants fed with potash fertilizers and wood ash.

After the end of flowering, to ensure healthy planting material, top dressing is performed with superphosphate and potassium sulfate.

When caring for hazel grouses, it is necessary to regularly remove weeds and carefully loosen the soil so as not to damage the bulbs. When cutting flowers, a part of the leaves must be left on the stem. Otherwise, the bulbs will stop growing.

Breeding methods for hazel grouse

The plant can be propagated in two ways:

1. Vegetatively or by dividing the bulbs.
2. Seeds.

Dividing the bulbs

Planting material for children is dug up at the end of June, while the foliage of the plant has not yet completely dried. Most often, during the season, the mother bulb grows and forms one or two baby onions. They will need to be separated and grown over two years.

Daughter bulbs separate easily. After that they disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate and for two to three weeks they are stored in a well-ventilated dry room with an air temperature not exceeding + 30C. During this time, children will give roots and shoots. Since they have no protective scales, they must be handled with extreme caution. It is necessary to ensure that the baby bulbs do not dry out, otherwise they will not germinate.

To help the flower form a baby, the bulbs are dug out after flowering and the healthiest ones are selected. A scraping with a diameter of 2 cm is made on them with a sharp sterile knife.After the wound dries, the planting material placed in dry sand and stored in a dry place. By the end of summer, the bulb with overgrown roots is treated with a fungicidal solution and planted in open ground. So that all the strength of the flower was spent on the formation of children, the ovaries appearing on it are removed.

Seed propagation

The seeds ripened in the dried capsule of the plant are sown in open ground immediately after collection. Since the seedlings of hazel grouse will grow and develop for two years, the soil for them must be nutritious. Planting depth should be about one centimeter. For better drainage, the distance between the plants should be 10x10 cm. On top, the soil is sprinkled with peat in a layer of two centimeters.

The first seedlings will appear only next year. The bulbs are dug up at the age of two years and stored in a dry place during the summer. Such storage is a rather laborious process, since some of the planting material may rot... Moisture-resistant varieties of hazel grouse can be grown outdoors for up to four years. During this time, the plant will get stronger and begin to bloom.

Grouse flowers against bears and moles

Experienced gardeners noticed that when planting on the plots of the imperial hazel grouses, the minks of the moles disappeared, and there were fewer bears and other pests. Therefore, the plant began to be planted in potato rows, where it scares off the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm. There is no scientific explanation for this, but it is believed that the hazel grouse bulbs have a certain smell and secrete substances that are harmful to pests.

Why are hazel grouses not blooming?

Bulbous perennials refuse to bloom under the following circumstances:

1. Winter with little snow or poor shelter. In this case, the bulbs freeze over. Imperial hazel grouses planted in autumn for the winter should be covered with a layer of peat or humus at least 15 cm thick.
2. Planting the plant in poor soil. A lot of moisture accumulates in clay soil, and the bulbs begin to rot. Too light soil freezes in winter. Take care of a suitable soil with good drainage.
3. Incorrect fit. If the planting material is too deep, then the plant spends all its energy on growth. When planted shallowly, the bulbs react to weather changes.
4. Small planting material. Bulbs less than 5 cm in diameter will not flower in the first year. They will grow up and build up children.
5. Wet and cool summers. In such weather conditions, the onions must be dug up and heated naturally before planting.

The imperial hazel grouse looks very beautiful in group plantings. The plant blends well with heiranthus, late blooming daffodils and tulips... When properly planted and cared for, the royal plant will make a unique flower bed in your garden.

Flower hazel grouse imperial

Planting hazel grouses and care in the open field does not require special skills, so every gardener can independently cope with this task. It is enough only to know the features of these plants, as well as to provide the most favorable conditions for their growth.

Grouse and their varieties

Grouse, or in the people of paradise tree, resembles a palm plant. It is a perennial flower with a specific scent that scares away small animals such as mice, moles and shrews. Hazel grouses are considered a primrose in gardens, flowers of many varieties appear in early spring. The flowering period is on average 20 days. Planting hazel grouses in open ground is carried out in the fall, caring for flowers is similar to caring for lilies.

Perennial varieties:

1. Grouse is chess. This variety is the most popular among gardeners due to its bright color and unpretentiousness. Plant height reaches 30-35 cm, flowers are rich purple with a checkerboard pattern.
2. Grouse is imperial. Royal variety, which is considered the most prominent representative. The height of the plant will burn up to 1 m. The bright red-orange flowers are much larger in diameter than other representatives of this flower.
3. Grouse Russian. The presented variety is currently listed in the Red Book. Plant height no more than 40 cm, bright chocolate flowers. In its natural environment, Russian hazel grouse is found in mountainous areas or on the steppe plain.
4. Grouse Persian. It grows exclusively in warm regions. Plant height can reach 1.2 m. Up to 30 purple flowers can be located on the stem.

Planting flowers

Many gardeners are wondering when it is preferable to plant hazel grouses outdoors. It is believed that the most favorable time for planting flowers is the beginning of autumn. When choosing a place, it must be remembered that plants love sunlight; a partial shade place will be acceptable only for some species. The depth for each flower is individual, it should be 3 times the size of the bulb.

Planting hazel grouses in the open ground and caring for them in the Moscow region differs from caring for plants in the south of our country in terms of the depth of planting the bulbs and the amount of watering. This is due to the difference in climate, in the winter season in the Moscow region there can be severe frosts, and in the summer there can be a large amount of precipitation. Therefore, you should not rely on all the recommendations without taking into account the local climate conditions. It is permissible to use charcoal for drying the soil and as a fertilizer.

Planting hazel grouses in the open ground in spring is permissible only for late flowering plants. Landing takes place as follows:

1. Prepare a flower well that will not be too wet. Often, coarse sand is added to the hole, which helps to get rid of excess moisture.
2. The plant bulbs must be pre-dried.
3. The bulbs are carefully placed sideways in the prepared soil, even minor damage can lead to decay.
4. The hole is lightly sprinkled with sand.

Plant care

Planting hazel grouses in the open field does not imply special care. It is important to remember the following maintenance rules, which apply to many colors:

1. Plant bulbs should be moistened at least 2 times a month, since dry soil is detrimental to flowers.
2. After flowering, often this time falls on July, it is required to completely cut off the part of the plant that is on the surface of the earth.
3. Plant feeding is carried out twice a season.

In a winter with little snow, the plant must be additionally covered to prevent the bulbs from freezing. Spruce branches or reeds are perfect for this.

Fertilizers

Planting hazel grouses and caring for them in the open field during flowering periods require fertilizing. Flowering plants should be fed with dry complex fertilizer, combined with humus. It is enough to scatter the resulting mass around the perimeter of the site and only then pour water over it.

In the cold season, it is important to add minerals such as potassium and superphosphate to the usual fertilizer. Fertilization is carried out in the usual way.

Diseases

These plants require special moisture, with inappropriate care, bulb rot may begin. To eliminate this disease, you should carefully dig the plant out of the ground and treat the rotted bulbs with a weak solution of manganese. After this procedure, it is necessary to completely dry the plant and only then plant them again in the ground.

For the imperial hazel grouse in the open field, special care is needed. Often the plant does not bloom for a long time, the problem may lie in insufficient depth in the soil, which leads to freezing of the bulbs.

From planting to flowering - video

Hello dear friends!

Let's talk today about imperial hazel grouse, about this magnificent and majestic flower. This is the real emperor of the spring garden.

For the first time I saw him in Anapa and he immediately conquered me with his singularity and splendor.

Grouse imperial looked like miniature trees, covered with large flowers and so beautiful that it was impossible to take your eyes off them! And, of course, I immediately decided that they should grow in my summer cottage.

And now I'll tell you more about what I learned about this plant. Grouse imperial (or fritillaria) are native to the Eastern Himalayas, the mountains of Iran and Afghanistan.

They came to Europe (first to Italy) and became known since 1553. Then, at the beginning of the 18th century, the imperial hazel grouses reached Holland.

Since 1746, 12 varieties of this plant have become known with white, yellow, red, orange flowers, with a double number of flowers in one inflorescence.

Little has changed since then in their appearance and, therefore, some varieties are of historical value.

It's hard to believe, but we see the same plants that the Italians saw four centuries ago. This is incredible!

Varieties as artifacts

 

The color of the varietal flowers of the imperial hazel grouse is quite diverse, but still does not go beyond the red-orange-yellow range.

Therefore, keep in mind that varieties with blue, black, pink, purple colors do not exist, and if such varieties are offered to you at flower bazaars, then such pictures are a common photomontage and deception of buyers. Be careful when buying bulbs!

I will describe those varieties of imperial hazel grouse that I planted:

"Imperial Raddeana" - this hazel grouse is the best in endurance in the most extreme conditions, with creamy yellow, large, bell-shaped, drooping flowers, which are collected 2-7 in a racemose inflorescence and blooming for 14-16 days;

"Imperial Rubra" - this imperial hazel grouse is the smallest, its height very rarely exceeds 60 cm, with red brick shades and crimson strokes inside the flowers, the petals of which with weakly expressed veins reach a size of 6.5 cm by 4 cm;

"Strip Beauty" - this hazel grouse blooms from late April to early May for a whole month, with huge bell-shaped flowers of a golden color with pronounced red stripes both outside and inside the petals;

"Imperial Lutea" - hazel grouse with beautiful large yellow flowers, 5-8 pieces per inflorescence, nectarines are surrounded by a white border turning into a green and then purple hue;

"Imperial Garland Star" - this hazel grouse has a strong, stable stem and much more flowers than all other varieties, they are large, forming a luxurious crown of bright orange color.

Reproduction methods

 

Grouse is mainly propagated by dividing the bulbs, but also by seeds. Seed propagation is not very popular, especially among amateur flower growers, since in this case we will have to wait about 7 years for the first flowering.

The seed propagation method is acceptable only for those who are engaged in industrial cultivation of these flowers, because this way you can get a lot of planting material.

During vegetative propagation, large bulbs are divided into two almost every year, while they give birth to babies much less often and their number is insignificant.

Grouse bulbs must be dug out very carefully and very carefully so as not to damage the bulbs, and most importantly, to find a baby that is small and poorly visible in the ground.

The hazel grouse bulbs should not be dried, and it is better to plant soon after digging and always immediately after purchase.

Growing and caring

 

The imperial hazel grouse, of course, can grow in the garden with the very minimum care and will even grow without it. It will grow, but not bloom.

In order for hazel grouses to bloom well, it is necessary to fulfill several, albeit simple, but of great importance, requirements.

Landing site

 

The place for planting this royal flower must be chosen warm, semi-shady and, without fail, there are no drafts.

The soil should be loose and fertile enough. If your soil is heavy on the site, then drainage is necessary, since the hazel grouse does not tolerate excessive waterlogging at all.

It is best to use river sand as a baking powder, as well as humus, which will also be a good fertilizer (10-15 kg / m2). We plant the bulbs in early autumn immediately after the appearance of new roots (if we have our own planting material) or immediately after buying the bulbs in the store.

The distance between adult bulbs should be at least 25-30 cm, and the depth at which we plant large bulbs should be about 20-30 cm, smaller ones - 13-20 cm and children - 6-10 cm.

Plantings must be covered for the winter.

We care properly

 

The imperial hazel grouse is a rather frost-resistant plant. Adult bulbs rarely freeze out with the correct implementation of all the rules of agricultural technology, but nevertheless, in winters with little snow, it is advisable to cover them with straw or spruce branches.

The thickness of the covering layer should be about 25-30 cm, and in early spring, the shelter should not be forgotten to be removed in time so that it does not interfere with seedlings. Young shoots of hazel grouse tolerate spring frosts well, even up to minus 6 degrees.

On cold, frosty matinees, hazel grouse stalks freeze and lean to the ground, but as soon as the sun comes out, the plant comes to life and straightens out. Thanks to the strong stem, mature plants do not need to be tied up. It is necessary to loosen the soil around the hazel grouses very carefully, due to the fact that their roots are often located at the soil surface.

Therefore, it is better not to carry out loosening without special need.

The imperial grouse love fertilizing, but not foliar with a concentrated solution, since such fertilizing can cause leaf burns.

For top dressing, complex mineral fertilizers are suitable, which must be applied according to the standard scheme indicated on the package.

When to dig up?

 

It is best to dig up the bulbs when the aerial part of the plant begins to turn yellow and dry out, this is somewhere in the middle - end of June.

There is no need to delay harvesting and wait until the stem is completely dry. If we delay this process even for 1-2 weeks, then we can destroy the plants. And moreover, the largest bulbs of rare varieties rot in the first place.

The same bulbs that are smaller and grown from baby or seeds are more viable and, although they put up with a delay in harvesting, it is also better to dig them out annually. Based on this, it is recommended not to leave the hazel grouse in one place for 2-3 years without digging. But still, many growers advise not to dig up the hazel grouse bulbs every year and allow them to be grown up to 3 years without digging.I will definitely conduct such an experiment.

It must also be remembered that during the dormant period (summer months), many bulbs are easily affected by diseases and pests.

After we dug the bulbs, we must carefully inspect them, remove dry films from them and rinse in a warm solution of potassium permanganate, and then dry.

If rot is found during examination, then it is necessary to carefully scrape it off with a blunt, clean knife to healthy tissue.

Then disinfect the wounds with iodine or green paint. After that, dry the processed onion at a high temperature.

Rot can appear during storage and on healthy bulbs, so it is imperative to inspect the planting material every week.

And when buying, I advise you to carefully examine the hazel grouse so as not to buy low-quality bulbs.

How to save?

 

Before planting the bulbs of the imperial hazel grouse, it is best to store in a warm, dry and preferably ventilated room so that the daytime temperature does not exceed 30-35 ° C.

Since we dug the bulbs in June, the storage period will be short.

At the end of August, new roots and sprout begin to appear in the hazel grouse bulbs next to the old stem. And in very large bulbs, two sprouts can form at once.

By the time of planting, the bulbs usually grow quite long roots, with which at the moment we can not stand on ceremony.

Even if we damage them a little when planting, then the remaining part of the root thickens and, most importantly, the root begins to branch.

But if you are late with planting, then the roots must be treated with care and carefully laid out on the sides when planting, since they no longer have time to recover.

Using the advice from this article, it is not so difficult to grow imperial hazel grouses in your garden, and in a year you will enjoy the magnificent and lush bloom of these royal fritillaria.

Another useful quality

 

The imperial hazel grouses have another useful quality, though not yet confirmed by scientific research.

Due to the specific smell of the bulbs, hazel grouse can be used as a means of scaring away moles and bears from our site.

And although there is no scientific substantiation for these statements yet (or simply did not find it), the personal experience of summer residents shows that the mole leaves the summer cottage after several bulbs of the imperial hazel grouses are planted directly into the mole exits.

At the same time, the bulbs of lilies, tulips and other flowers growing nearby are also preserved without damage.

I have imperial hazel grouses growing for the second year and if this statement is confirmed, then I will plant them throughout the summer cottage, since I have a lot of problems with moles and a bear.

Such a solution to the problem would suit me very much, firstly - the magnificently blooming hazel grouses decorating the garden plot, and secondly - the absence of pests))))

Dear readers, I am often asked why the imperial hazel grouses sometimes do not bloom. The comments have answers to these questions, but I want to invite you to watch a video on this topic.

See you soon, dear friends!

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