Decorative garden: how to properly cut lilies?
When growing lilies, we want to enjoy them not only in the garden, but also at home. Therefore, you should know how best to cut them. Cut the lilies in the middle of the leafy shoot, thanks to which the leafy part of it will provide food (assimilation products) for the onion, which will produce equally beautiful and more magnificent inflorescences next year.
If the lower part of the shoot is devoid of leaves or has very few leaves, then the shoots with flowers should not be cut. Only when they fade, we remove the flowers to prevent the formation of seed bags that weaken the bulbsCut the lilies for the vases when the lower flowers in the inflorescence are clearly stained.
At home, put them in warm water (30-35ºC), in which we dissolve a preparation that extends the life of cut flowers, for example Chrysal Clear (available in garden stores and florists). And what to do with the lily flower's sumptuous anthers? We can remove them, because the flaking pollen stains tablecloths and tablecloths, the flowers may also be pollinated, which shortens their durability.However, since the anthers are a valuable decoration of lilies, we can spray them with hairspray so that they do not dust.
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Balconies and terraces: decorative clovers
In search of new plants for decoration, breeders even looked at forage plants.The name of an ornamental plant has recently been madecloverwhite Trifolium repens, used for forage or green fertilizer.Meanwhile, the Danish nursery launched the Ebony group this year, including three varieties of this species with differently colored leaves: 'Ebony' with purple leaves with a green edge, 'Silverspur' with white-green leaves and a similar 'Tricolori', differing from the previous one by an additional red pattern on the leaves. Their additional advantage is the white inflorescences that appear from April to September.
These varieties have already won the Floradania award in the Innovation category of 2009, gaining recognition for their suitability for growing outdoors and indoors.The long vitality of the creeping shoots of this species, which makes life difficult for lawn owners, makes the plant an excellent plant for container cultivation. On the balcony, let her have a sunny place, in the apartment bright and cool.
It grows best when it is watered abundantly and has a constantly moist substrate. The varieties are less frost-resistant than the species.It is better not to leave them outside for the winter, as they can withstand temperature drops to -5 ° C.They react to frost by dropping leaves, but when it gets warm, they regain their attractive appearance. The species can be propagated by sowing seeds, the cultivars are most often propagated by shoot cuttings.
The overhanging shoots of clover go well with similar Oxalis oxalis, but also with flowering perennials such as Campanula bells and Heucher's cranberry. When grown in the ground, clover works well as a groundcover.Like all legumes, Fabaceae enriches the soil with nitrogen, which is assimilated from the air thanks to symbiotic bacteria on the roots.
Trees and shrubs: tavern with bicolor flowers
Japanese Tawuła is a very popular shrub, often planted and found in gardens and green areas.It has numerous varieties that differ not only in height, but also in the color of leaves and flowers.A very nice and original variation of the Japanese tawuła is 'Genpei' (formerly called 'Shirobana'), which creates shrubs that grow up to 70 cm, shoots straight at the ends. Two-color flowers grow on them, embedded in white and pink umbels (in a half and a half proportion).
Japanese Tawuła has low soil requirements and grows well in a sunny position. It looks great when planted in a bed with other shrubs and perennials (preferably in groups or in the form of small hedges).In the care it is very important to trim the tawuła to the so-called hedgehog.
Sad in August
Treatments after the end of fruiting
We continue cutting cherries, as well as early varieties of plums. After fruiting, you can also cut out the oldest shoots of currants, gooseberries and raspberries.
We collect summer apples, pears, plums
Early varieties of apple trees and other species tend to drop fruit quickly. Summer apples, pears and plums often fall off the tree even before it is fully ripe, so we harvest them almost every day.
Remove infected fruit
We remove wormy and disease-infested fallen fruits. Pest caterpillars are often found in the falls, therefore the infected fruit should be buried away from trees.
Vegetable: Propagation of onion vegetables
August is the month when we can start multiplying chives or onions of seven years old.In the case of these vegetables, a very effective method is to divide the clusters of growing plants into smaller ones, each containing several plants.So prepared clumps should be planted 20x30 cm apart. 7-year-old onion should be planted 2-3 pieces, and chives clumps may contain more plants.
After planting, cut off all the chives so that the plants can take root better. In plants left without division, we should gradually remove the emerging inflorescence shoots, because they limit the vegetative development of plants.However, in the case of chives, some of them can be left as they are a very interesting decoration of the garden.
