White and Yellow lilies are elegant, beautiful flowers with an attractive aroma. Due to their deep symbolism, these flowers are called royal. For example, white lilies have long symbolized purity and chastity and often appeared in the paintings of great artists with these flowers.
Yellow lilies are also a symbol of power and wealth, which is why they were depicted on royal dynastic coats of arms.
The symbolism does not end there, being a symbol of luxury and wealth, the aristocracy of Ancient Rome decorated their houses, chariots, or items of clothing with these flowers.
In the modern world, noble lilies adorn the most important celebrations and marriage ceremonies. In addition, lilies are widely used in perfumery due to their enchanting aroma. In addition, the plant has healing properties.
Both white and yellow lilies are popular – they are often found on store shelves. Probably, every florist could not help but fall in love with wonderful lilies, once he started working with them.
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Yellow Lilies Varieties
In the world, you can find more than two thousand varieties and hybrids of lilies. Oriental hybrids are the most common in our latitudes; they are the ones grown most often.
Flowers can have a variety of shades: from snow-white and beige-golden or yellow to scarlet pink and plum.
Lilies also have medicinal properties, the control system and proprietary cultivation technology guarantee the quality of these herbs, but you need to be careful because there are contraindications, and specialist consultation is necessary.
The yellow water lily, also known as the “floating lily” is popularly a perennial variety of yellow lilies. The territory where it can be found the most are Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Usually lives in bodies of water with stagnant, slow-moving water.
Explore these simple-to-grow yellow lilies in our top picks:
1. Asiatic yellow lilies are the most common varieties of lilies. It is a perennial, tall-growing variety and will grow a lot. This will be a good option for planting in a flower garden.
2. Blazing Dwarf (Asiatic dwarf lily) is a variety that has a large flower with a yellow-orange hue. Its feature is early and lush flowering. These yellow lilies should be safely planted on the lawn or at home.
3. Adeline Lily. The flower is of medium height, and the buds, colored deep yellow, are large.
4. Aelita is a hybrid of the bulbous variety of Asiatic lily. This variety, whose bud is light yellow with brown spots, is rare. This lily is tall and unpretentious.
5. LA-hybrid lily is a rather unusual large-sized flower. It will have a yellow-orange hue and the stem will grow large.
6. A hybrid of Asian yellow lilies, called Yellow Cocotte, has a long stem, and bright yellow flowers, and their size is small. It is noteworthy that this variety does not have pollen and therefore will not cause allergies. This lily will bloom early.
7. The Big Brother variety is distinguished by a huge flower, the size of which only starts from 25 centimeters. The bud has a vanilla-yellow hue, and the stamens are black.
Most people like large lilies. The royal lily, which can be yellow or white, will forever remain in the hearts of flower growers. This variety grows quite tall, their height is usually 80-120 centimeters, but sometimes you can find a flower up to 180 centimeters. Plants do not bloom for long – their period is only 2 weeks, starting in mid-summer.
Features of the growth of lilies, and fairly simple rules of care will be important for those who are interested in growing yellow lilies.
Rules For Choosing Bulbs And Caring For Them
The appearance of the bulbs is something that you need to pay attention to when purchasing. Ideally, the scales are not overdried, and the bulbs are large and fleshy.
If people buy bulbs in early spring, they should keep them in the bottom of the refrigerator without removing them from the packaging. If you plan to plant them in the fall (no later than mid-October), then before planting you need to store the bulbs in a cool room without access to light.
Important Tips
It is crucial to pay a lot of attention to the choice of location to make the right decision. These flowers do not like to be transplanted; they can easily remain growing in one place for five years.
Undoubtedly, yellow lilies will decorate any flower garden or flower bed with their beauty, but it is important to consider that the top of the flower is the most beautiful, so it is better to plant them somewhere in the background. Yellow lilies will look great with annuals such as pansies or marigolds.
To create the effect of a bouquet of yellow lilies in a garden bed, it is best to plant three to five varieties nearby. In this case, the soil should not be dense and heavy. River sand will help loosen it and allow air to penetrate there.
The size of the holes is 40 by 40 centimeters, the depth is approximately 20 centimeters, and the distance should be about 20-25 centimeters.
You need to put a handful of sand from the river at the bottom of the hole, place an onion on top, which you need to straighten the roots in advance, then you need to fill it with fertile soil, which should preferably contain peat and humus.
Afterward, light compaction of the earth is necessary, then you need to make a small indentation on top using your finger. Fertilizer in granules must be poured into the resulting hole.
Care Tips
The yellow lilies need fertilizer. They are most susceptible to mineral fertilizers; you can easily find and buy ready-made products for them.
Lilies need fertilizer according to the following schedule: in the spring when the first shoots appear, in the summer – once every two weeks, and at the end of October before final covering for the winter.
These flowers do not need to be watered abundantly; this is mainly done in the summer, at the root. When flowering, you need to stop watering the flowers. Cutting the stems should be done only after they turn yellow, after flowering has ended.
In winter, lilies are sprinkled with peat and covered with film, despite their resistance to frost. The shelter must be removed in the spring after the snow has disappeared because otherwise, the bulbs will germinate earlier than necessary, and during this period frosts may strike again.
Various diseases are not terrible for lilies. However, fungal diseases or spotting can attack the flowers if it’s a rainy summer. Bordeaux mixture is suitable for solving the problem; it needs to be sprayed on the flowers.
Reproduction and Transplantation
Little bulbs are suitable for propagating yellow lilies. Plants are dug up for propagation and replanting operations every five years.
By the end of October, the bulb will have accumulated the required amount of nutrients, at which time it can be replanted.
When digging, a pitchfork is used, you need to do everything carefully so as not to harm the roots, you need to cut off the stem in advance.
Then you need to separate the parts that have grown together and immerse them in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes.
Then, after drying the bulbs, they need to be placed in a plastic bag and covered with wet sawdust. After these procedures, the bulbs are stored in a place with a low temperature, where the sun’s rays should not reach until they are planted
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