Lilies of the valley
Lilies of the valley are extended in all Europe, on caucasus, in Asia Minor, China and in the North America. In Russia — on all European part, in Siberia, in the Far East.
The lily of the valley grows in deciduous and pine, and also the mixed woods, on edges and glades. Especially well develops in inundated oak groves, on rich neutral soil at good humidifying. On untouched habitats expands very widely, creating considerable curtains. Lilies of the valley belong to number теневыносливых plants.
Lilies of the valley make multiple copies mainly shanks. For this purpose cut off the top part of a rhizome and land in argillo-arenaceous soil rich with sheet humus, on distance of 20-25 sm from each other.
The Silvery light of the inclined small hand bells always is mysterious and attractive. It seems, even an instant - and to sounds of spring wood hardly audible crystal ring will be added. The sort (Convallaria) families лилейных (Liliaceae) unites a lily of the valley 3-4 малоразличающихся among themselves a kind. Some botany consider a sort монотипным, having only one appearance - a lily of the valley May (Convallaria majalis). It is extended in широколиственных woods of Europe. The lily of the valley in May-June within 10-15 days blossoms. The height of a plant 20-25 see Leaves ланцевидные or обратнояйцевидные, with longitudinal жилкованием, green. From one kidney there are 2-3 sheets; they remain till July-August, and then gradually turn pale, turn yellow and полегают. Of a flower kidney of a lily of the valley it is formed very fragile trihedral цветонос, twirled spirally. On it happens usually 8-12 fragrant snow-white цветков, collected in a brush. Height of separate "hand bell" of a lily of the valley of 4 mm, width of 5 mm; Stamens short, white рыльце a column трёхраздельное.
More close by the flowering end цветки a lily of the valley darken, it is integrated завязь in the form of small balls. In a berry early autumn, in each of which there are 3-6 seeds, get elegant red or orange colouring. For germination of seeds 1-2 periods промораживания are required. Сеянцы a lily of the valley develop slowly and blossom for 4-5 year. By 10-12 years of a life old copies lose ability to flowering.
Faster lilies of the valley breed rhizomes. For this purpose in August them dig out, cut on a part with one kidney and land in a garden on distance of 15-20 sm from each other. The place is better to choose the shaded. The soil should keep humidity long: on quickly drying up sites of a plant feel угнетённо.
the clay soil with addition of the deciduous humus, rerotting peat, coarse-grained sand Is recommended.
Horizontal runaways of a lily of the valley quickly expand extensively (factor of reproduction 3,0). To limit their distribution, I drive round a site with landings of lilies of the valley of a strip of a tin (or other material) height no more than 20 sm (the root system is located on depth of 4-8 sm).
The lily of the valley May is known in culture since XVI century; then there were its versions with red and pink цветками. Later, in a XVII-th century, flower growers have deduced grades with double околоцветником, so-called "terry", having 10-12 shares instead of six. The terry form of a lily of the valley May represents larger plant: its height 20-28 see Width of sheet 6-7 of sm, length 16 see On цветоносе is formed about 7-10 large snow-white цветков. The terry lily of the valley вегетативно breeds.
Selectors had been received extremely effective forms of a lily of the valley with white and yellow strips on leaves: Вариегата and Frank Hals.
Have appeared выгоночные grades of a lily of the valley: "Беролиненсис" (Berolinensis), "Grandiflora" (Grandiflora).
In collections of flower growers it is possible to meet the pink form of a lily of the valley May. Height of a plant of 10-18 sm; leaves in width of 4-5 sm, length 13 see Tsvetonos bears from 6 to 10 is gentle-pink or pink цветков; on the sun their colouring turns pale. Aroma of pink lilies of the valley is weaker, than at a natural kind. Simeon fastens badly.
In the distant East there is a lily of the valley кейске (Convallaria keiskei). It is larger than a lily of the valley May and reaches in height 30 This kind see is cold-resistant, well acclimatised in the European part of territory of the former USSR.
The lily of the valley lives in woods of caucasus Transcaucasian (Convallaria transcaucasica) - the cold-resistant kind well growing in culture. For its normal development the shaded site is necessary.
All named kinds belong to a category of the plants which number is steadily reduced, especially near to the big settlements. In it results strong trampling of lilies of the valley at gathering of colours.
Garden forms of a lily of the valley May can be expelled successfully in the winter. In the autumn on rhizomes flower and vegetative kidneys are well visible. The first - larger, тупоконечные and directed vertically upwards. For выгонки take pieces of rhizomes of a lily of the valley with flower kidneys and with roots. Their bunches stack in a box and fall asleep a damp moss or sawdust to save from drying. Boxes with rhizomes прикапывают in a garden. With approach of frosts (a minus of 5-6 degrees) maintain in the open air even 5-7 days. Then, approximately in the beginning of November, boxes transfer to a cellar or other premise with low positive temperature where rhizomes are to выгонки.
To receive blossoming lilies of the valley by New year, 25-30 days is required. In the beginning rhizomes maintain 10 hours per warm water (30-35 degrees), without supposing temperature fall. Heat treatment deduces plants from a condition of rest and stimulates inflow of nutrients to flower kidneys, accelerating time выгонки for a week. Then rhizomes of lilies of the valley place in small capacities (baskets, flat ceramic кашпо), filled with a damp sphagnum or the sheet earth, shade a paper and establish in a room at temperature of 25-30 degrees. Every day plants spray warm water. Only at formation цветоносов in height and differentiations on them of buds a paper remove 8-10 sm. Ware with rhizomes transfer on a window sill with temperature of air of 12-15 degrees. With blossoming lilies of the valley it is possible to decorate with a basket a celebratory table, but for their night it is necessary to transfer more close to a window, differently цветки quickly отцветут.
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