Lily Armenian

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Lily armenian is a monocotyledonous perennial bulbous plant belonging to the Liliaceae family from the genus Lilies. The international scientific name of the presented plant is as follows:

Lilium armenum or

Lilium monadelphum Armenum … The name of this flower culture is justified by the growing area of the considered species of lily, since it belongs to the group of endemic plants and grows directly on the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

The plant is listed in the Red Book as a rare endangered species, the digging of bulbs and cutting flowers for bouquets in natural conditions is strictly prohibited.

Plant characteristic

Armenian lily is a flowering ornamental plant, reaching 1 meter in height. On a long erect peduncle, pubescent with whitish villi, there are many smooth wedge-shaped leaves of a dark green hue. Foliage of varying sizes is arranged in regular order along the entire length of the stem.

Large drooping tubular flowers of the considered plant species are collected in racemose inflorescences, the number of flowers in one inflorescence can vary from 3 to 15 pieces. The perianth petals, in the amount of 6 pieces, have a pronounced oblong, strongly curved shape and a uniform rich yellow color with practically no dark blotches characteristic of lilies. In the center of the petals there is a purple stigma and a bunch of filamentous stamens painted in an orange-brown hue.

Armenian lily has a rather miniature bulb, not exceeding 5 centimeters in diameter, which is completely covered with hard leathery scaly plates of dark brown color. The root system is annual, it is a set of long, thin filamentous processes of a white or beige shade. The fruit is a tricuspid dark green capsule with smooth, shiny, triangular seeds of a dark brown or black hue.

Growing conditions

Armenian lily is a hardy and unpretentious plant. Having planted the bulbs of this flower culture in a place well adapted to the natural growing conditions, caring for them can be reduced to regular moderate watering, periodic loosening, timely removal of weeds and 2 - 3 dressings with mineral or organic fertilizers.

When choosing a place for planting a plant, the first thing you need to pay attention to is the illumination of the selected area, since the lily belongs to sun-loving plants, without a sufficient amount of sunlight, the plant stops blooming and soon dies.

Also, the plant does not tolerate high soil moisture. The beds with lilies should not be located in depressions and places of rainwater drainage, since with high soil moisture, the lily bulbs begin to rot, which leads to wilting of the inflorescences and the early death of the plant.

If other corms previously bloomed at the proposed landing site of the Armenian lily, then it must be abandoned, because bulb parasites left over from their predecessors can remain in the soil for 5 years.

You can plant Armenian lily bulbs both in spring and in autumn. In the spring, the bulbs begin to be planted in mid-March, as soon as the soil temperature rises to 10 degrees Celsius. In autumn, disembarkation is carried out from late August to mid-September. It is advisable to plant the bulbs of the plant at the recommended time interval, because with early planting, the plant will grow, while the bulbs will remain underdeveloped, which can lead to their death during frosts. It is also not worth delaying planting, since the plant will not have time to take root and will not tolerate a drop in temperature.

Despite the fact that the Armenian lily belongs to the category of frost-resistant plants, in order to avoid freezing of the bulbs during the period of severe frosts in central Russia, it is advisable to cover the bed with plants with a mulch and peat layer.