Description and nuances of growing Calgary daffodils
Daffodils have long adapted to the mid-latitude climate, although they are native to the Mediterranean. Bulbous perennials are planted in courtyards, streets, dachas. Among the variety of varieties of daffodils, Calgary is considered one of the most beautiful flowers. Terry hats of the representative of the Amaryllis family are as bright as peonies, only smaller in size. Bulbous perennials delight with abundant flowering in mid-spring.
Description and characteristics of daffodil Calgary
The Calgary variety feels comfortable in the sun, where it blooms together, does not lose its decorative appearance in partial shade, and has a rich color that lasts for a long time. On one peduncle of a daffodil, which grows up to 40 cm in height, 2 buds are formed. Corollas consist of a large number of milky greenish petals. The yellow stamens shine with a golden color inside.
During flowering, which lasts up to 2 weeks, terry daffodil fills the flower bed with a delicate aroma.
Pros and cons of the variety
The bulbous plant does not require transplanting every fall or spring; it blooms in one place for more than 5 years. The long stem allows Calgary to be used for cutting and creating sophisticated bouquets. Daffodils with white terry caps look graceful in composition with thuja, coniferous bushes. Milky flowers stand out beautifully against a dark green background.
Daffodils on the lawn look spectacular, planted densely and in large quantities, harmoniously combined with red tulips, blue hyacinths, blue and purple irises.
Attracts designers and gardeners Calgary cultivar:
- lush flowering;
- resistance to spring frosts;
- the ability to use for both cutting and gardening.
Daffodils are very fond of moisture. On sandy soils, the plant needs to be watered even in spring. Calgary propagates only in a vegetative way, it is impossible to breed the variety with seeds.
The subtleties of growing a flower
Daffodils take root well on a flat surface where water does not stagnate. They bloom along with crocuses and tulips, are undemanding to care, but need a competent planting. Bulbs are sold in flower shops.
When buying, it is advised to choose solid specimens without damage and rot with a size of at least 50 mm.
When to plant
Calgary bulbs are sent into the ground at a soil temperature of at least 8 ° C, and it should not decrease for another month. In 20 days, the plant has time to set itself up and put down a root.Since daffodils bloom early, they are planted more often in the fall, but if the bulbs have been stored for several months in the refrigerator, this can be done in the spring, and buds will appear in April.
Preparing seedlings and planting sites
The area for growing double daffodils should be well lit. Bulbous perennials love loam. Alkaline earth is diluted with dolomite flour, about a glass of substance is taken per square meter. Wood ash is added to the acidic soil in the same amount. Depleted soil is fertilized with organic matter or mineral mixtures.
Bad predecessors for the Calgary variety are hyacinths, crocuses, tulips. Planting daffodils is advised on the site where they used to grow:
- tomatoes;
- eggplant;
- beans,
- cereals.
Strong bulbs without rot and cracks are treated in a fungicide solution or soaked in potassium permanganate. It is better to buy daffodils in the summer, and not immediately after flowering.
Landing technology
In the spring, holes for the bulbs are dug every 20 cm to a depth of 15 or more, depending on their size. Sand is poured into the hole as a drain, and then the daffodil is placed. After planting the flower, the ground is covered with a three-centimeter layer of straw, sawdust, and hay. If the plants are planted, the distance between the holes is halved.
To breed daffodils, the bulbs are carefully dug up and separated in August or September. At this time, Calgary takes root best, as the plant has time to rest after flowering. Daffodils should be immediately placed in holes fertilized with ash and mineral mixture. It is not necessary to refrigerate the bulbs before planting in the fall.
Calgary Care Tips
Although daffodils are considered unpretentious perennials, if you do not take care of them, the flowers will not please with grace, terry corollas will be smaller.
Watering and feeding
In dry weather, Calgary needs irrigation, it is necessary to moisten the soil in the summer, then the bulb will easily overwinter, since it can accumulate useful components. When the buds appear, daffodils are fed with a solution that is prepared by combining 5 g each in 10 liters of water:
- urea;
- superphosphate;
- potassium salt.
When blooming flowers, you can fertilize Calgary with a special complex or Agricola and nitroammophos. When grown for cutting, terry varieties are fed both when shoots appear and during the growth of the peduncle.
In wet weather, liquid solutions are replaced with granules and powders. For 1 sq. m use a teaspoon of fertilizers and ash.
Pruning
When the daffodils have faded, the leaves are cut in half with the pruning shears, trying to do this at the same level. It is not necessary to tie up the tops, since the ventilation of the plant deteriorates, the rays of the sun will fall on it unevenly.
If the bulbs are dug up in the fall, it is recommended to cut off the already yellowed leaves. Dry stems and flowers must be removed immediately. The tops are shortened 5 cm above the ground if they are completely dry.
Wintering
The bulbs tolerate frost normally, but Calgary is recommended to be covered with sawdust, dry leaves, even if the terry variety has been growing in one place for several years.
Diseases and pests
Delicate and exquisite flowers attract ticks and onion hoverflies, an ornamental plant suffers from nematodes. To prevent the appearance of pests in early spring, daffodils are sprayed with insecticides.
Calgary is affected by fusarium, viral mosaic, root and gray rot. To prevent diseases, flowers are treated with copper sulfate.
Breeding methods
The Calgary variety is bred only vegetatively. During the summer, from 2 to 4 young specimens are formed from one bulb. The planting material is cleaned of soil and topside residues, sorted out, disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes.The bulbs are separated, dried, the break points are treated with ash. The material is stored in a cool pantry for no more than 2 months, planted in the ground to a depth equal to three sizes of the bulb.
The use of daffodils in landscape design
Terry varieties are usually not placed on the site in large arrays, but are planted in groups of several flowers. Plants, surrounded on all sides by primroses and geraniums, snowdrops and muscari, look elegant.
