Imperial hazel grouse or fritillaria (Fritillaria imperialis) is a bulbous plant from the daylily family. The homeland of hazel grouse is the Himalayas, from where the plant came to Europe in the 16th century.
The imperial hazel grouse is a peduncle up to 1.5 meters high, on top of which there are large bell-shaped flowers. The stem is crowned with a lush bunch of green foliage. At the base of the peduncle, pointed leaves are arranged in several layers. The flowers of the imperial fritillary can be yellow, orange, terracotta or red.
Planting a flower
Exactly from correct landing bulbs depends on whether the hazel grouse will bloom next year. To avoid mistakes when planting a plant, you need to adhere to the following recommendations:
- Time optimal fit– end of August and beginning of September. More late boarding negatively affects the development of the plant, it does not have time to take root and may die in winter.
- The flower should be placed on sunny areas, well protected from drafts.
- Before planting the bulbs, the area in which they will grow must be dug up and fertilized. To improve the drainage characteristics of the soil, you can add a small amount of river sand to it.
- It is better to prepare the holes in advance. It’s a good idea to sprinkle a little sand, humus or compost at the bottom of the hole. The depth of the hole should be at least 30-40 cm.
- General rule which should be used when planting bulbous plants - the depth of the hole should be equal to 3 times the height of the bulb. Thus, for large flowering bulbs with a diameter and height of about 10 cm, the planting hole should be at least 30-40 cm deep, and smaller specimens can be planted to a depth of about 15-20 cm.
- The holes should be spaced at a distance of 35-45 cm from each other.
- It is better to place the onion in the hole slightly inclined (so that moisture does not accumulate in the scales) and sprinkle sand on top. The top of the hole can be mulched.
It is necessary to water the planted flower all autumn, until the first frost, so that the root system has time to develop sufficiently.
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Caring for fritillaria in the fall
Proper planting of the bulb is only half the success in the process of growing hazel grouse. The rest of the success is proper care behind the plant.
Hazel grouse has a relatively short period of growth and flowering - from April to July. During this time, two feedings are carried out with mineral or organic fertilizers - before and after the plant blooms.
The rest of the time, caring for hazel grouse consists of regular watering and mulching the plant. You need to loosen the soil around the flower with extreme caution, because... fritillaria roots often grow upward, towards the surface of the earth, and they can be accidentally damaged.
After flowering ends, the upper part of the flower begins to slowly die off. At this time, you can cut off the peduncle, but in no case should you completely remove the foliage from the plant, otherwise the bulb will not receive useful material and stops growing.
In the second half of June, the bulbs are dug up. Next, they are cared for in the following way: they are cleaned of soil and dry parts, disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate and laid to dry. The storage area for bulbs should be dry and well ventilated. And in August-September the bulbs are planted in the ground again.
How does the imperial hazel grouse reproduce?
You can get new young plants vegetatively, by dividing the bulb, or grow them from seeds.
Vegetative method
When an adult bulb is dug out, the children are carefully separated from it. They are cared for in the same way as for adult tubers. Young bulbs are disinfected, dried and planted in the ground in the fall. If the children are small, then they need to be raised for several years before they bloom.
In winter, beds with young plants need to be insulated by covering them with soil.
Reproduction by dividing the bulb
Large healthy mother bulbs are selected for this operation. Using a sharp, disinfected knife, divide the onion into two halves. The cut of each part is disinfected in potassium permanganate and sprinkled with ash. Next, each half is planted as a separate plant. Flowering may occur as early as next year.
Growing hazel grouse from seeds
This method of propagation is used only by those gardeners who breed imperial hazel grouse in large quantities. The period of time from the moment of sowing the seeds to obtaining an adult flowering plant can be up to 7 years. After flowering ends, boxes with small black seeds form in the upper part of the stem. They are collected and planted in light soil in mid-autumn. The planting depth should not exceed 10 cm.
For the winter, the beds are covered with leaves. In the spring, after the first shoots appear, seedlings are cared for in the same way as adult plants.
Diseases and pests
Imperial hazel grouse is rarely affected by viral infections. Rotting of tubers can occur mainly if improper care behind the bulbs and their storage conditions are violated.
If rot is detected on tubers, it must be removed immediately by cutting out the damaged part of the bulb. Disinfect the cutout area with potassium permanganate and sprinkle with ash or crushed coal. The “treated” bulb must be planted in a new place to prevent re-rotting.
Among the pests, the greatest danger to hazel grouse are lily beetles and rattle bugs. The larvae of these pests cause particular damage to the plant. If insects and larvae are found on the stem, they must be collected manually or the plant must be treated with a fungicide.
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Application in landscape design
Hazel grouse is used mainly as a group planting against the background of a lawn. The plant also looks very advantageous near bodies of water.
In mixed plantings they are planted next to other bulbous plants - tulips and daffodils.
If you don’t want a drying plant to spoil appearance flower beds, you can place irises around the planting of imperial hazel grouse, which bloom a little later and will cover up the unsightly appearance of faded hazel grouse.
Easy care and the maintenance of fritillaria allow even inexperienced gardeners to grow on their plot a worthy “king” of the flowerbed - the imperial hazel grouse.
Royal hazel grouse is a flower that not everyone succeeds in growing the first time, but if you follow very simple planting and care rules, you can decorate your garden plot these unusual spring flowers.
Royal hazel grouse (imperial) is a fairly tall bulbous plant that blooms in spring. The duration of flowering cannot be called too long - up to 3 weeks, but these flowers will be among the first to decorate the garden plot after winter dormancy.
Royal hazel grouse is an ornamental flowering plant, reaching a height of 150 cm depending on the variety. It has a fairly hard, unbending stem on which bell-shaped flowers are formed, and additional leaves rise above them, which resemble a crown. The lower part of the plant is also covered with smooth narrow leaves about 20 cm long and the leaf blade is 10 cm wide.
Varieties
The royal hazel grouse does not have a wide range of flower colors, usually their shades vary from yellow to red-orange. There are also two varieties that differ in the decorativeness of their leaves. The most widespread varieties of royal hazel grouse are:
It is a short representative of the royal hazel grouse and grows only 60 cm in height. The flowers are orange with pronounced purple veins. It blooms earlier than other representatives of this type of hazel grouse, so when growing this variety there may be a problem with flowers freezing during night spring frosts.
Rubra
The most common variety. Characterized by orange-brick color of flowers.
Lutea
This royal hazel grouse grows up to 1 m in height, but there is also the Maxima Lutea variety, which boasts a truly royal height - 120 cm. The color of the petals of these varieties is the same - light yellow with a green pattern.
The flowers are bright orange with light purple veins.
The flowers are bright orange and the petals are decorated with purple veins.
It grows up to 1 m in height. The flowers are a very beautiful pale orange color, decorated with a reddish pattern and yellow edges. Thanks to such unusual colors, the variety is very popular.
It differs in that it has bulbs of the smallest size compared to other varieties of royal hazel grouse. The color of the flowers is dark red.
The flowers are red-orange. The variety is distinguished by the presence of a golden-yellow border on the leaves of the plant.
The flowers are also red-orange in color, and the edges on the leaves are silvery-white.
Direct planting of hazel grouse bulbs in open ground is carried out exclusively in the fall. However, there are several cases when hazel grouse can be planted in the spring.
Bulbs in spring
In the spring, hazel grouse can be planted in the ground only if the bulbs were planted in large pots filled with nutrient substrate in mid-March. Planting bulbs sprouted in this way onto the plot is recommended after return frosts. This method is suitable for those who purchased branch bulbs too late in the fall and did not have time to plant them before the onset of frost.
Seeds
You can also plant hazel grouse seeds in spring, which appear in boxes after they bloom. They are sown immediately after collection, without storing. Hazel grouse seeds are planted to a depth of 1 cm, using a 10x10 cm planting pattern. It is advisable to put a 2 cm thick layer of light high-moor peat on top. Shoots will appear only next year, in the spring.
However, in this case, you will have to wait a very long time for flowering - at least 7 years. In order for the royal hazel grouse bulb to bloom, it must be at least 7 cm in size.
Bulbs at the age of two years can be dug up annually to protect them from rot. It is possible that during their storage some of them will dry out. Resistant varieties of royal hazel grouse to conditions high humidity can be left in the ground and planted only at the age of 4 years.
Caring for planted hazel grouse begins in March-April, when the snow cover has finally melted. The first step is to get rid of the old autumn shelter, that is, a layer of humus or peat. Further, caring for royal hazel grouse during the growing season consists of timely watering, fertilizing and tying the growing stems to installed pegs.
Watering
Watering hazel grouse should be abundant and regular if the spring-summer period is quite dry. In this case, it is advisable to put a layer of mulch on the ground to prevent it from drying out and cracking. Excessive watering of flowers is highly not recommended, as the bulbs can rot. After flowering, watering is reduced to 1…2 times a month, depending on weather conditions.
It is necessary to continue watering faded hazel grouse plantings so that the bulbs, while in the ground, do not dry out. After each watering, weeding must be carried out; this operation is greatly facilitated if there is mulch on the soil surface. It is impossible to loosen the plantings, since the roots of the royal hazel grouse lie close to the surface of the earth.
Top dressing
Hazel grouse are fed three times per season:
- first time in a period active growth and plant development (late April),
- the second - during flowering,
- the third - after flowering.
For the first feeding you need to make a mixture of complex minerals and organic fertilizers, for example, add 1 tbsp to a bucket of humus. nitrophosphates and fertilizers for decorative flowering plants. This fertilizing is applied in dry form, followed by watering the plantings.
During flowering, it is necessary to feed the hazel grouse with phosphorus-potassium mineral fertilizers in granules, also scattering them around the plantings, and then spilling them.
The third feeding consists of adding superphosphate and potassium sulfate.
Foliar feeding by spraying is not recommended, as this will result in spotting on the leaves, which will negatively affect the decorative appearance of the royal hazel grouse.
When it comes to pruning and pruning, there are several factors to consider. If the hazel grouse is intended for cutting, then the stem is cut off, always leaving a few pieces of leaves so that the bulb can continue to grow. Also, in order for the bulb to gain mass, the seed pods will need to be removed. Hazel grouse bulbs are dug up in mid-to-late June, when the above-ground part turns yellow.
Planting in autumn, when to plant
Purchased or previously dug up royal hazel grouse bulbs are planted in the ground in the fall. Depending on the weather conditions in climatic zone, where a specific site is located, the planting dates may shift.
For example, in southern regions with warm favorable climate and in mild winters, bulbs can be planted in September-October, and in the Urals and Siberia with a harsh climate, it is recommended to plant a little earlier - from late August to early September. The bulbs planted during this period will have time to adapt and take root in the soil, so they will not freeze out.
The technology for planting royal hazel grouse is similar to the technology for planting bulbous flowers and includes several operations.
Choosing a planting site and preparing the soil
In order for the royal hazel grouse to delight you with its spring flowering, it is necessary to properly organize its planting site. These flowers prefer sunny, well-lit places, but can also grow in light openwork shade. The planting site must be well protected from the winds, otherwise during the growing season there is a risk that the tall stem of the flower will break.
A couple of weeks before planting the bulbs, it is necessary to prepare the planting site. To do this, dig a hole into which a layer of sand and drainage (crushed stone, broken bricks etc.). This will help protect the delicate hazel grouse bulbs from rotting during heavy autumn rains, as well as during intense snow thawing in the spring. The sand will not allow the top layer to sink down, and the drainage will ensure a high-quality outflow of excess water, and it will not stagnate. The rest of the hole needs to be filled with a nutritious mixture of turf soil with peat and humus. The depth of the pit for planting royal hazel grouse is usually 40 cm.
Since the hazel grouse is bulbous flower, then its planting is done in the same way as other representatives of this group, that is, to a depth of 2...3 diameters of the bulb itself. Since the royal hazel grouse bulb is quite large in size, the depth of the planting hole is 25...30 cm. The distance between adjacent bulbs should be at least 25 cm. In this case, each of them is lowered with its bottom into the ground, the roots are straightened.
Some gardeners plant hazel grouse planting material sideways or at an angle of 45 0, sprinkling them with sand. This planting method allows you to organize good protection tender bare bulbs of hazel grouse without scales from the appearance of rot.
After all the specimens are sitting in their places, they are covered with earth, and a layer of humus mixed with ash, the thickness of which is 15 cm, is placed on top. During planting, the bulbs of this plant must be handled very carefully and try to avoid them under any circumstances. damage. It is better to treat them immediately before placing them in the ground with a weak solution of potassium permanganate or sprinkle them with crushed coal.
Also, in parallel with planting the bulbs, it is recommended to immediately stick pegs into the ground, to which the plant stems will subsequently be tied. It is best to use bamboo or wooden sticks, such that they rise above ground level when installed by half a meter.
If you install pegs in the spring, there is a high risk of damaging the bulb itself in the ground, so future garter stems should be taken care of in the fall.
How to plant imperial hazel grouse bulbs: video
What to do,
if the hazel grouse does not bloom:
There can be two reasons for such an unpleasant situation: making mistakes when planting or caring for the royal hazel grouse or its small size planting material. For example, due to the fact that the gardener himself sometimes makes irreparable mistakes, flower bulbs can be seriously damaged, rot in the ground or freeze out in winter.
If the hazel grouse does not bloom, the bulbs need to be dug up and carefully examined. Sometimes novice gardeners acquire bulbs that are too small and do not match the type of hazel grouse. In the case of the royal hazel grouse, depending on the variety, the bulb ready for flowering should be at least 5...6 cm in diameter.
Why hazel grouse don't bloom: video
In general, by the time of flowering, the tall stem of the royal hazel grouse becomes very rigid and powerful. A properly planted flower in a place protected from the wind is unlikely to break without outside help. A high risk of damage to the hazel grouse's arrow occurs during its growth, so it is recommended to tie it to a peg pre-installed when planting the bulbs.
If the arrow does break, then you should not naively wait for the plant to bloom, however, you should continue to care for it without fail so that the bulb grows over the season and increases in size. Next year you can expect flowering again.
Royal hazel grouse is a spectacular flower that will decorate any flower bed.
Grouse We love it very much among gardeners. This flower is unusual and beautiful, especially the imperial hazel grouse. In addition, it blooms in the spring, when there are still few flowering plants in the garden. There are three common species of wild hazel grouse known in Russia. In gardens there are mainly two decorative type– Checkered hazel grouse and Imperial hazel grouse. These plants differ in appearance from each other.
Checkered hazel grouse- a low plant (up to 30 cm) with 1-2 flowers. The flowers have a cup-like appearance with an interesting purple-whitish color. Because of the ripples arranged in a checkerboard pattern, the flower received its name.
Imperial hazel grouse- a tall plant, sometimes the stems reach almost a meter in height. Its beautiful flowers of bright yellowish-red color are arranged in the form of a crown under the apical leaves.
Hazel grouse usually bloom in April-May. Grouse growing in groups of 2-3 plants look very beautiful. It is good to combine planting hazel grouse with tulips.
During drought, hazel grouse need to be watered, but should not be overwatered. When the flowers fade, they need to be carefully cut off, but the leaves should not be touched, because thanks to them, nutrients accumulate in the flower bulb. In the fall, you need to cut the stem at the root and mulch the place where the hazel grouse grows. These flowers do not need any special protection for the winter.
Without special need, it is not at all necessary to replant hazel grouse every year; but if the plant does not bloom well, it must be transplanted to a new place. You need to dig up hazel grouse bulbs when the leaves on the plant have withered. It is important that the bulbs dry well and warm up before planting, otherwise the plant will not form a flower bud. If the weather is rainy, it is better to store them in a room or attic. In the southern regions, the earth warms up well, so it is not necessary to dig up hazel grouse there every year.
Hazel grouse should be planted in August-September. It is very important that the plant has time to grow roots before the cold weather, otherwise the hazel grouse may not bloom in the spring.
To plant hazel grouse, it is better to choose a sunny place, slightly elevated, and light soil slightly fertilized with humus. Grouse are planted at a depth of about 30 cm and at the same distance.
Amazing motley spring Flower Russian people call it a simple word “pockmarked” or “hazel grouse”, however, connoisseurs real beauty choose the combination “royal crown” for the name. Origins scientific name these representatives of the Liliaceae family should be looked for in Latin- fritillaria. There are about one and a half hundred species, growing in different parts of the globe.
What does the named flower look like?
Flower growers compare this species with a low palm tree, calling it tree of paradise, because its top is decorated with a constellation of orange flowers.
Fritillary flowers grow from a bulb not covered with scales. With the onset of early spring, sharp shoots appear from the soil, turning into bright, wide leaves. During the flowering period, the plant throws out a long stem, which is gradually covered with flowering bells of bright yellow, purple, milky white, and dark burgundy color.
Flowering ends with the formation of a seed capsule shaped like a hexagon. In some species, the seeds have small “wings”, and then the wind carries them across the clearing. In early spring, small hazel grouse grow from the seeds. If you provide them with proper care, they will soon turn into beautiful specimens.
Variety of varieties
Breeders have developed many varieties of fritillaria, which differ in different characteristics. A simple gardener will not delve into these subtleties and will divide the plants by color, although this is difficult to do, since different varietal groups may include flowers of the most contrasting shades, namely:
- The first group is called “chessboard” because the flower strikes with two combinations that resemble a chessboard:
- purple with brown;
- bright red with greens;
- white with dark red.
These flowers are named after the ancient Greek goddesses - Aphrodite, Alba. The names of the gods - Jupiter and Artemis - are also immortalized. In total, you can count about ten varieties of plants, which have a tall stem with a hanging large flower. Despite its beauty, the flower is extremely unpretentious, and any gardener can grow it in his flowerbed, just as the inhabitants of the Mediterranean grew it.
- The second group is characterized by an even greater diversity of people from the mountain plateaus of the Himalayas and Tibet. The plant came to European gardeners almost six centuries ago. He was large flower on a tall stem, orange in color, with dark lines running along its petals, merging into a heart at the base. The unknown creator of the hazel grouse did a great job, mixing the artist’s palette, painting about twenty plants. Beautiful names were chosen for the name: Aurora, Lutea, Eduard, Sulferino. Here are the most popular ones:
- yellow hazel grouse with a golden hue;
- hazel grouse is orange with a touch of red.
- The third group is the smallest: only one hazel grouse, which migrated to Europe from Persia, will naturally bear the subspecific name “Persian”.
- Another species of amazing beauty arrived from China and its neighboring Afghanistan. This flower was grown at the court of the emperor, and could rightfully be called imperial, because it has a brownish-emerald color with iridescence, a green top, along which dark-colored veins run (a fusion of black and brown). In some specimens the veins are highlighted in red.
- The collection is replenished with Severtsov's hazel grouse, a specimen that has no equal, growing only in the oases of Central Asia.
- A capricious plant is considered to be a species brought from North America. No matter how hard the breeders worked, they could not adapt the plant to natural growing conditions. But when the containers of the greenhouse are covered with yellow mixed with gold, with brown spots scattered throughout, the thought comes that beauty is eternal.
About growing conditions
A variety of hazel grouse, which shoots out flower stalks as soon as the snow melts, became popular five centuries ago. Lemon yellow or juicy orange flowers just begging to be depicted on artists’ canvases.
Some gardeners say that this plant is extremely unpretentious, the only difficulty is its propagation - the bulbs hardly produce children. Other owners of the plot, having paid a decent amount for the bulb, cannot wait for it to bloom. The flower, planted several years ago, pleases with bright greenery, but not a yellow crown.
It's time to plant hazel grouse
The failures of the grower can be explained by the fact that they bought the bulb in the fall, at a sale, when the bulb, unprotected by the covering scales, was already dry.
Experienced gardeners believe that the question of when to dig up hazel grouse is an important one. After all, if you start digging and replanting in the fall, the plant will not please you with spring flowers. Therefore, they dig up the bulbs after flowering and keep them in a dry place until roots appear. Tubers can be planted in late summer or early fall. However, this is the time for the owners summer cottages always tense, and landing is not always possible. We have to resort to a backup option: after the tubers have dried, they must be placed in the refrigerator. With the onset of warm days, the bulbs must be planted, not forgetting to disinfect them.
For an overseas miracle, you need to choose a bright area that warms up well sun rays. But according to amateur gardeners, hazel grouse feels good under trees, because it blooms in early spring when there are no leaves on the trees yet.
Soil preparation
Despite the fact that the motley hazel grouse is considered unpretentious culture, it requires loose fertilized soil.
Landing is carried out as follows:
- the area is dug up with the addition of humus and ash;
- holes are made, a little larger size tuber;
- a small amount of sand is poured into the holes;
- Then the bulbs are placed in the prepared place, the roots of which are carefully straightened.
All that remains is to fill the hole with earth - the planting is complete.
Care
Many novice flower growers believe that you don’t have to take care of the royal crown at all. However, caring for a plant becomes a milestone that distinguishes gardening experience from ignorance.
Caring for this species is simple:
- The plant needs feeding twice a day: before flowering and after it. Preparations for this purpose can be selected in any flower shops. When feeding for the first time, the diluted composition should be mixed with a small amount of humus. The second feeding is easier: scatter a small amount of superphosphate and potassium sulfate, and then water the plant.
- By the way, about watering: you need to make sure that the flower tubers do not sit in dry soil for a long time; they need to be watered at least once or twice a month. To prevent the soil from drying out, it is a good idea to scatter ash and then mulch.
- Caring for this species also involves weeding the area. You should not loosen the soil, as this can damage the bulbs.
What is the reason: why does the flower not bloom?
It happens that flower growers are perplexed: the plant receives proper care, however, for some reason it does not bloom. In this case, you need to carefully analyze the care of your own specimen in order to understand what the plant lacks:
- Perhaps the temperature is not right. In this case, the bulbs should be dug up after flowering and kept in a cool place until autumn. Once the hot summer has passed, the bulbs can be planted.
- The planting material was too small, so patient care is needed for the tuber to grow to the desired size.
- The plant grows in one place for too long, the bulbs “go” into the ground and stop blooming. In this case, after flowering, the tubers need to be dug up and planted in a new place.
- The gardener did not heed the advice and planted the specimen too shallowly: the flower simply froze. It also happens, on the contrary, that the tuber is hidden deep in the ground, and in order to germinate it requires a lot of effort.
- The composition of the soil may not be suitable: sandy soil freezes in winter, the tubers are cold, clay soil retains moisture: a damp bulb begins to rot. Such a plant can be saved by new planting.
- After the flower begins to dry out, it should be removed along with the stem so that the plant does not waste nutrients in vain. But if you want to grow a flower from seeds, you will have to wait until the ovary dries out to collect the seeds.
How to grow a new specimen?
Hazel grouse lovers prefer to plant bulbs, because it is quite difficult to wait for the seeds to form. You can miss it: the seeds quickly spill out of the box, and this method of growing takes much more time. Planting small bulbs is safer. With patience and proper care, another specimen will soon bloom in the flowerbed.
But his life is short-lived, beauty is not eternal. After the beauty fades, the leaves begin to die. Plants lose their attractiveness, so it is necessary to dig up the bulbs so that they do not become prey for pests. A real gardener, after the tubers are removed from the ground, continues to care for them:
- examines and removes sick people;
- soaks them for some time in a manganese solution;
- dries;
- treats it with a fungicide and only then stores it. Landing is still a while away.
About diseases of bulbous plants
All bulbous plants, even if the grower observes necessary care, can become ill with viral diseases that lead to rotting of the tubers. If the damage is small, then the tuber can be saved by cutting off the rot and treating the cut with an appropriate preparation. This specimen, it turns out, can defeat various diseases. By the way, when growing the royal crown, you can do without the use of pesticides. For prevention purposes, you need to periodically change the place, but this species does not grow well after bulbous ones.
Exotic hazel grouse
About beauty exotic plant There are many interesting modern legends. Here is one of them.
At one African festival, a tall African stood out, whose curly head was painted bright green. The earrings in her ears were bright red. It turns out that he borrowed this outfit from a plant that grows near the village - the imperial hazel grouse.
Amateur gardeners say that hazel grouse of different colors, growing in groups in tree trunk circles trees look truly amazing. They also share their own observations: it turns out that the leaves at the very top of the plant resemble a watering can: rainwater falls into the gutter of the leaf and flows down to the roots of the flower.
Many people who take a hazel grouse bulb for the first time are perplexed as to why it has a hole exactly in the middle and are afraid to cover it with soil. This hole remains even after the peduncle has dried up. It is this that contributes to the fact that the large tuber will soon split into two halves, waiting for the next planting.
There is always a lot of gardening work, and gardeners do not always plan to dig up the royal crown. But they should remember one rule: in order for the specimen to please in the spring, the peduncle must be removed as soon as it begins to dry out. The leaves have turned yellow, they also need to be cut off and left until new spring. But experienced flower growers They say that autumn planting is still better.
The exotic flower is beautiful with its bells, which form an original crown. Red, yellow, orange flowers different varieties in the spring they will inspire admiration for a long time.
At a time when the breath of spring has already freed the gardens from winter decay, but young green shoots are just beginning to appear, a collection of primroses pleases the eye with their lush flowering. Among them, the first place is occupied by unusually beautiful flowers - hazel grouse. This article talks about the intricacies of planting hazel grouse flowers, caring for them and breeding rules.
Varieties, varieties of plants
The hazel grouse are the first to begin to bring in bright colors to the flower beds, with colored lines they turn off garden paths, cheerfully flutter on alpine roller coaster. It is they who have been greeting their owners since mid-April, heralding the arrival of the long-awaited spring. And in order to diversify the colors of the garden while other garden inhabitants have not bloomed, you can plant several types of hazel grouse flowers.
- Royal hazel grouse. This beautiful plant, which can grow up to 1 meter in height. Its buds are bright orange in color. This flower got its name because of the unusual arrangement of leaves, which grow at the very top above the beautifully suspended buds and form a kind of crown.
- Checkered hazel grouse. This species has been cultivated since the 16th century. Against the lilac background of the petals, light and dark spots, arranged in a checkerboard pattern - hence the name. The plant reaches a height of 35 cm.
- Russian hazel grouse. This wild plant, whose habitat is in the steppe. The buds are dark burgundy in color, suspended on a tall stem like bells. This is the “early bird” that appears with the first thawed patches in early March. The flower is listed in the Red Book.
- Yellow hazel grouse. This species is distinguished by bright yellow flowering buds. It is excellent for the first plan of composition plantings, since the height of the stem does not exceed 25 - 28 cm.
- Mikhailovsky's hazel grouse. It is also a low-growing plant, its stem is only about 20 cm. This species is distinguished by its unusual two-color violet-yellow color.
- Persian hazel grouse. This is a heat-loving relative from this family. The buds are also painted in two colors: yellow and pale lemon.
- Kamchatka hazel grouse. A beautiful flowering tall plant. The petals are painted burgundy.
