lunes, 29 de septiembre de 2008

Plantas y Flores / Plants and Flowers / Azucenas - Lily - Lilies

The lily are among the aristocracy plant bulbs; beautiful flower, to give excellent vases and pleasant aroma, there are rates for sun or shade.
They can be grown in pots indoors for your presentation, and some types, even be forced to flower.
Some emit low roots stems, and these appear on both the bulb and below it, so should be planted in sufficient depth to make room for this growth.
Others, such as Lilium Candicum only rooted baseline. They need very little coverage, while others in this section may be enough to be planted deeper.
All appreciate the lily leaf type of soil humus; tolerate some lime, others abhor.

The most resistant and easy to grow outdoors are the European species, as L. martagon, with brown or white flowers; L. pyrenaicum, yellow with black spots and L. monadelphum, light yellow with black spots.
Among the species we have the splendid oriental L. auratum, with huge flowers up to 40 cm wide, white and striped in gold and crimson; L. henryi, orange; L. regale, rich aroma and creamy white; L. speciosum, with curved white or crimson flowers, and L. tigrinum, gold on, the lily tigre.
The hybrid lily are sold as pot plants or garden, and are more resistant to disease.
The best types to force flower hybrids are Mid-Century, L. auratum, L. and L. speciosum longiflorum: Easter lily, with fragrant white flowers that despite the name, appear in summer.


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