Where do lilies grow? How long is the growing period? What are the requirements for the growth environment?

Lily is our favorite flower, not only because it looks good, but also because it is pure and noble. In the West, lilies have always been seen as "the flower of the Virgin Mary," but do you know where lilies grow? How long is the growing season? What are the requirements for environmental conditions?

Where do lilies grow? What are the requirements for the growing environment?

1. Lily is a perennial herb of Liliaceae, native to China, Japan, Korea, etc. It likes wet and sunny nature. At present, it is mainly distributed in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere such as eastern Asia, Europe and North America.

At least 120 species have been discovered worldwide, 55 of which are native to China. In recent years, many new varieties have been produced through artificial hybridization, such as Asian lily, perfume lily, fire lily, etc.

3. Bulbs are rich in starch, edible and medicinal.

4. Lily should be suitable for planting in sunny and dry places. The soil layer should be fertile and permeable. Lily is not suitable for continuous cropping soil.

5. Lily is suitable for planting in deep, fertile and loose sandy loam. It's cooler and colder.

6. Poor growth in high temperature areas. Love dry, afraid of waterlogging. Excessive soil moisture causes bulbs to rot and die.

7, the soil requirements are not strict, but in the deep soil layer, fertile loose sandy loam, bulb color white, thick meat. Thick soil is not suitable for cultivation.

How long does the lily grow?

Lily flowering varies greatly with different varieties, depending on the temperature from May to October, lily flowering can also be artificially controlled, lily flowering can be seen throughout the year. Each lily blooms in two to three weeks, some varieties up to more than a month.

How to prolong lily flowering?

1. Pollen removal:

Remove the pollen from the received lily, which can be directly picked off by hand, and the flowering period of lily can be effectively prolonged. Don't ask me why, but it's an effective solution. (This method is not only applicable to fresh cut flowers, but also planted flowers.)

2. Add vitamin C to water:

Put 3 vitamin C in the water container ready to insert lily, it can effectively prolong the flowering period of lily. In addition to vitamin C, adding a small amount of salt to water or pouring a small amount of beer can prolong the flowering period; you can also add a small amount of white sugar at the same time, which can make the color of lily more beautiful.

3. Cut the end of the flower stem:

When you find that the lily has a little dry signs, you can cut off the end of the lily stem, and then put it into cooler water, about 2 hours or so, you will find that it has different changes.

4. Pour flower preservative into water:

This method is also the most common method, because the florist will provide, as long as a small amount of fresh flower preservative poured into the water container, it is easy to let the lily flowering period can be extended.

5. Soak in hot water:

Put the end of lily flower stem into hot water for 10 seconds, avoid time should not exceed 10 seconds, so as not to burn flower stem, put in water can, can effectively extend flowering.

6. Fire roast:

Roast the end of lily flower stem with fire until the color turns brown. Put it in water and prolong flowering period effectively.