Tulip Graig Cape code, 10/11 rr, 10 pcs, 25 h (cm), autumn 2024

Tulips are perennial herbaceous bulbous plants of the lily family. They deserve widely popular and common in all countries with moderate climate. Tulips are the most beautifully flowering among spring colors and are also relatively unpretentious in culture. Graig Tulpany - this class includes Graig Tulips, their hybrids with tulips of Foster, Kaufman and other tulips. Graig tulips are quite stunted (20-35 cm), have large flowers with a wide base and slightly bent out the tips of the petals. The color of flowers is predominantly red tones, orange or two -tone. Graig tulips have characteristic decorative speckled leaves. They bloom after the tulips of Kaufman, in late April - early May, their flowers do not fade for a long time. They are used as well as foster and kaufman tulips - for growing in gardens, in borders, on alpine slides, etc. The mixing: the site should be located in a sunny place and protected from the wind. It is important that he does not have irregularities in which water will stagnate in spring and autumn - this can lead to soaking and rotting of the bulbs. Help: tulips - plants are rather unpretentious and can put up with any garden soil, but the best for them is a loose, well -drained Moderately moisturized, i.e. loamy and sandy soil with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction. Heavy loamy soil can be improved by the addition of sand and peat. Posper: tulips are planted in the fall, when the soil temperature at a depth of 10 cm drops to 9-10 ° C, in the middle lane this is the second half of September - the beginning of October. The depth of planting for garden tulips is 15-20 cm, botanical -10 cm. The distance between plants is 10-20 cm. Bulbs of garden tulips must be dug up every year. The place of planting tulips is better to change 1 time in 4-5 years. Proceedings: for landscaping, for cutting.