Description and characteristics of a daffodil variety Ice Fallis, planting and care features
Daffodils delight the eye with early and beautiful flowering. Breeders have bred many species, groups, varieties of this plant. They differ in the shape, size and color of the crown, as well as the timing of flowering. Narcissus Ice Follis variety belongs to early flowering plantations. Both gardeners and landscape designers love to use it in landscaping the territory.
Description and characteristics of daffodil Ice Fallis
Narcissus Ice Follies reaches a height of 35 centimeters. It belongs to the large-crowned group. The petals of the variety are white, the edges of the corrugated large crown are of the same color. Its base is initially bright yellow, then turns creamy. The diameter of the bud is 6-7 centimeters.
The variety blooms early, during flowering Ice Follis emits a delicate floral aroma. The plant reproduces easily and is resistant to many diseases. Once cut, it stands in a vase for a long time.
Main positive and negative aspects
The advantages of the Narcissus Ice Fallis include the following factors:
- blooms early and effectively;
- easily propagated by bulbs;
- has a delicate aroma;
- the variety is resistant to disease.
The disadvantages of a narcissus include the bare glade after flowering. But this is corrected by replanting to them other, later developing plantings.
How to grow a variety correctly?
In order for Ice Follys to quickly grow and bloom, you need to choose the right site, as well as the time for planting it. It is equally important to choose whole, healthy planting material.
Time and place
Daffodils are early flowering plants, so they should be planted in early autumn. By spring, they have time to take root, and with the appearance of the first rays of the sun, they begin to bloom. The peculiarity of growing daffodils is that the bulbs must undergo stratification, that is, aging for 2-2.5 months at a low temperature. Autumn planting meets these flower requirements.
The landing site for the Ice Fallis variety is selected sunny, without blowing cold winds. The best substrate is loam with compost. It is not recommended to plant a plant after bulbous, phlox, chrysanthemums.
Advice! If the gardener did not manage to plant the daffodil in open ground in the fall, he can do it in the spring, but during the winter the planting material must be kept in the refrigerator.
Planting material
When choosing bulbs, you need to pay attention so that they are not damaged, soft, rotten. In the future, they can infect all plantings with fungal diseases. Before planting, the bulbs are kept for disinfection in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
How to plant a terry daffodil?
Planting bulbs in open ground is as follows:
- the soil dug up in advance is leveled with a rake;
- pits are made at a distance of 10-15 centimeters from one another;
- sand is poured into each hole so that water does not stagnate at the base of the bulbs;
- planting material is laid out, covered with earth;
- pits are watered, mulched with peat.
The daffodil is planted to a depth equal to the height of 3 bulbs.
The nuances of caring for the variety
They begin to take care of the plantings immediately after the snow melts and the sun warms up the earth. Rake off the mulch, water if necessary. The bushes are fertilized several times a season.
Watering and fertilizing
If the winter was little snow, immediately after the onset of warmth, the daffodils are watered. When the plantings will bloom, this does not mean that they no longer need care. During this period, the development of the bulb continues, so further watering is necessary for the plants. It should be plentiful, but not frequent.
After the shoots hatch, the first feeding is done. It should consist of a nutrient mixture with a predominance of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The next time daffodils are fertilized during budding with potassium and phosphorus, then after flowering with the same composition for growing bulbs.
How to prune?
After flowering, the arrows with dried buds are cut off: they take away from the bulb the strength it needs to build volume. For this, sharp, disinfected instruments are used. The leaves cannot be removed, since respiration and development of the bulb pass through them.
Diseases and pests
Narcissus Ice Follis is resistant to many diseases, but it can be affected by them with improper agricultural technology. For example, this occurs when planting pathogen-infected bulbs that have not been treated with fungicides. Another reason is thickened plantings. Also, daffodils can get sick when they are planted in contaminated soil.
Parts of the bulbs affected by pathogens must be cut out, treated with antifungal drugs. If the disease has spread to most of the planting material, it is destroyed. In case of an invasion of pests, plants are treated with insectoacaricidal preparations.
Flower propagation
A gardener can propagate Narcissus Ice Follys by dividing the bush and dividing the bulb. To breed plantings in the first way, perform the following actions:
- Dig out a bush, separate each bulb separately.
- The planting material is cleaned from the ground, disinfected in potassium permanganate of low concentration.
- Then the bulbs are dried and stored until autumn.
Reproduction by dividing the bulb is done as follows:
- A large onion is taken, divided into 4-8 parts with a sharp knife.
- The bowls are soaked in a disinfectant solution and dried.
- Then they are placed in a bag of vermiculite, which is hung in a warm place.
Under these conditions, young bulbs will begin to form. They are planted first in pots, then, when they grow up, to a permanent place in the garden.
Narcissus Ice Follis in landscape design
Ice Fallis bushes are planted in a separate spot, as well as in combination with other bulbous plants: muscari, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils of other varieties. Plants can cover the bare legs of bushes and trees, plant them next to hosts, astilbe, ferns. Daffodils are also used for distillation at room conditions by the scheduled date.
