Grouse imperial: planting and care in the open field

Tsar's crown, fritillaria, hazel grouse - these are all names of the same flower. Due to the fact that the bulbous plant blooms during the period when most of the plantings only wake up after wintering, it is very popular with flower growers. Further detailed information on planting and caring for the imperial hazel grouse in the open field.

Description of imperial hazel grouse

Imperial fritillaria is a bulbous beautifully flowering plant. It has green lanceolate leaves. The hazel grouse produces one peduncle reaching a length of 1.5 m. The stem is attached to the bottom of the bulb. After flowering, it dries up, and 1-3 buds appear at the attachment point.

The inflorescence consists of 6 buds, which, depending on the variety, are painted in different colors. The shape of the flowers resembles bells. Green bracts are formed on top of the inflorescence. Grouse bloom in May, flowering lasts about 20 days.

The imperial hazel grouse blooms only in yellow, orange, red-orange

The imperial hazel grouse blooms in yellow, orange, or red-orange. And, if a flower arrow with buds of a different palette grows from the purchased bulb, then, most likely, it will be a different type of fritillaria. Therefore, you need to purchase seed from trusted sellers.

The most popular species and varieties

In addition to the imperial, the following types of hazel grouse are common:

• Chess.
• Kamchatsky.
• Persian.
• Assyrian.
• Mikhailovsky.
• Davis.

Breeders have bred many varieties of imperial hazel grouse, the most popular of which are as follows:

• Garland Star. This variety has a powerful stem, on which orange flowers appear in May. Its crown consists of a large number of buds.
• Rubra. The height of the bush is 65-70 centimeters. The buds are brick-colored or dark orange.
• Strip Beauty. The inflorescence consists of golden flowers with longitudinal red stripes on the petals. Flowering lasts about a month.
• Lutea. The variety is tall. The inflorescence consists of lemon-colored bells. Grouse blooms in May.
• Premier. The flower arrow of the cultivar is high. Its top is crowned with an orange inflorescence with a purple tint.
• Rudden. The inflorescence of hazel grouse is colored with a creamy yellow palette. The peculiarity of the variety is its increased drought and cold resistance.
• Sulferino. This is one of the oldest varieties of culture. At the base, the petals are yellow, gradually their color changes to dark red.

Grouse imperial Rubra variety

Additional Information: in Europe, the flower received the name "Mary's tears" because during flowering it "cries" with nectar.

Choosing a seat for landing

The area for planting bulbs is selected well-lit, not blown by cold winds.

Grouse bloom during the period when other plants are only growing foliage, so they can be planted under the canopy of trees and shrubs.

Attention! The planting site should not be swampy, otherwise the bulbs will be affected by fungal diseases.

How to choose bulbs

To grow a healthy, beautiful imperial hazel grouse, great attention must be paid to the choice of seed material.The bulb should be dense, elastic, without traces of mold, damage. Its shape is a flattened ball.

The bulbs must be firm and free from signs of damage.

The larger the purchased bulb, the earlier the grower will wait for flowering. For the hazel grouse to bloom next year, it must be at least 8 centimeters in diameter.

Planting bulbs outdoors

The planting depth depends on the size of the bulb: the larger it is, the deeper the hole is dug. You can plant imperial hazel grouse in spring or autumn. The site is freed from debris, dug up. If the soil is heavy, clayey, it is lightened with peat, compost, sand.

Landing is done as follows:

1. Dig a hole 30 centimeters deep and 40 centimeters in diameter.
2. At the bottom of the hole, a drainage layer is laid out, consisting of sand, small stones.
3. Then a little fertile soil is poured, an onion is planted, and covered with a substrate.
4. The landing site is lightly tamped, watered abundantly with water.

The bed can be mulched to keep moisture in the ground. When planted in autumn, the shelter will prevent the seed from freezing.

Note! The larger the bulb, the deeper it should be planted.

Grouse care during the growing season

As soon as the spring sun warms up, they rake the mulch, otherwise the root system can vanish from excess heat and moisture.

The soil in the place where the imperial hazel grouses grow is loosened so that air can flow to the roots. Plants are watered and fed several times during the season.

It is imperative to remove weeds, which can be a carrier of diseases and pests. A garter is usually not required for plants, since the flower stalks are strong, held straight and without support.

Care for hazel grouses after flowering

When frittillaria has faded, do not rush to cut the flower arrow completely. You only need to cut off the top so that seeds do not form. Through the ground part, the bulb is fed, preparation for wintering. They continue to look after the flower, watering, loosening the ground, removing weeds.

Dig up the bulbs after the aerial part wilts

After flowering, the imperial hazel grouse is fed and, when the foliage is almost dry, the seed is dug up. Some growers leave the bulbs in the ground, neglecting to dig them. This can cause the plant to stop blooming.

If you carry out agricultural techniques correctly, growing hazel grouse will not be difficult.

Watering and feeding

Watering wicks should be plentiful, but rarely. From an excess of moisture, the bulb can be affected by a fungal disease. If it often rains in spring and summer, no watering is done at all.

They are fed in the spring with nitrogen, for example, with a composition prepared as follows: dissolve 5 grams of ammonium nitrate in 3 liters of water. The resulting suspension is shed by the imperial hazel grouse.

At the beginning of budding, and then after flowering, wicks are fed with a mixture of superphosphate and potassium sulfate. Before fertilizing, the soil is watered with plain water.

When to dig up the bulbs

After flowering, the bulb feeds for a long time through the ground part of the bush. Therefore, it is necessary to dig it out only after the leaves and flower arrows have dried.

Since hazel grouses bloom early, the ground part dries up early, around the end of June.

Storing the bulbs

Seed material is carefully examined, rotten, incised bulbs are immediately separated. The affected fragments are cut out to healthy parts, the seed is dipped into a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

Then the bulbs are dried in a well-ventilated place without direct sunlight. They need to be examined periodically - if they start to get sick, repeat the above procedure.

Important! An exceptionally sharp, disinfected knife is used to cut out the diseased parts.

Basic breeding techniques

You can propagate the imperial hazel grouse on the site in 2 ways: by seeds and vegetatively.

Seeds

If a gardener wants to breed imperial hazel grouse with his seeds, he should not cut the peduncles: they gradually ripen, being in the seed box. Ripe seeds are immediately sown in the ground.

Imperial hazel grouse seeds

The procedure is carried out as follows:

• grooves are made on the prepared bed with a depth of 1 centimeter;
• watering the soil;
• sowing seeds;
• cover them with peat with a layer of 2 centimeters.

Seeds will sprout next year. At the age of two, the bulbs in the summer need to be dug up, dried, then planted again on the site.

Vegetative method

Every year the bulb increases in size and grows after the flowering of the children. If they are separated from the mother plant and grown, then in a few years the gardener will be able to admire the plantation of flowering hazel grouses.

It is better to disconnect children at the age of two, giving them to gain strength and get stronger.

Another option for vegetative propagation: dividing an adult bulb into parts. To do this, divide it into 2 or 4 parts with a sharp knife. Delenki are sprinkled with ash for disinfection, then planted in a box with fertile soil. The next year, the grown bulbs are transplanted to the site.

Grouse pests

The main pest of the imperial hazel grouse is the lily beetle. It is also called a rattle because of the loud sound it makes during the flight. In addition to fritillaria, the beetle infects lilies. This insect is red in color, eating the leaves of plants. If the beetle is small, it is harvested by hand.

Getting rid of large colonies will require the use of chemicals. The most effective drugs are: Decis, Intra-Vira, Aktofit. Chemicals can be used before or after flowering.

Additional Information: when a person approaches, the lily beetle falls to the ground and turns upside down with a black belly, becoming invisible to the eye.

Diseases of the imperial hazel grouse

If premature drying of the aerial part of the fritillaria occurs, this may mean that the plant is affected by rust. If you look closely, you can find fungal spores on the leaf plates. To get rid of pathogenic microorganisms, the bushes are treated with fungicides, for example, Fitosporin-M, Topaz, Bordeaux liquid. The affected aerial part is removed and destroyed.

Grouse imperial in landscape

Another disease that hazel grouses can be affected by is sclerotinosis. In this case, the lower leaves lose color, become watery. In advanced cases, even the bulbs can get sick. Pathogenic microorganisms can remain in the ground for about 5 years, so diseased plants are removed, the ground is treated with fungicides for several years.

Note! It is forbidden to use chemicals during flowering of plants.

The imperial hazel grouse is a beautiful bulbous plant that blooms in early spring. It can be planted under the canopy of trees, in a flower bed next to other bulbous plantings. After flowering and drying of the ground part, the bulb is dug up, dried, and planted again in the ground in early autumn. With proper care, hazel grouses serve as a decoration for a garden plot for a long time.

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