Lilies, undoubtedly aristocrats among plants, owe their beauty not only to their magnificent flowers, but also to densely leafed shoots.Thanks to these features, they are more and more often used on balconiesand terraces.Of all the variety, low and medium-tall varieties, 70- tall, are suitable for container cultivation. 90 cm.
Reliable and extremely colorful Asian hybrids, Longif.webplorum hybrids with elongated funnel-shaped flowers and oriental hybrids with large white or pink flowers are up to the task very well. The latter group, due to their sensitivity to frost, cannot be grown in the garden, so cultivation in containers is the only solution for them. We choose quite large containers for growing lilies.
Lily bulbs are very distinctive. These are the so-called open onions with small, overlapping, tile-like scales.As with all summer and autumn flowering onion species, the lily's roots never die.For the bulbs to take hold, make sure that the roots do not dry out.
Plant the onions on a few centimeters layer of permeable substrate and cover it so that the substrate above the bulbs is 8 centimeters thick.Then water and place the pots in a bright room with a temperature of 10-12 ° C.After 2-3 weeks the temperature can be raised to 15-16 ° C. Lilies grown in this way will bloom at the turn of April and May. They can be exhibited outside since April.
