Lily tulips - the most graceful spring flowers

Please tell us what are lily tulips? I bought several bulbs on the market, the seller promised that they would bloom very beautifully. It is interesting to know exactly how and when the buds bloom. Are they early or late tulips?

There are a lot of tulips: red, white, yellow, orange and even purple. Spring messengers can be simple or chic terry, but the most beautiful are lily tulips. Their sophisticated shapes and unusual buds turn plants into true aristocrats among related species. Graceful flowers - glasses on high legs stand out against the background of ordinary rounded tulips. What is their charm?

Lily-colored tulips are a separate (6) class of the third, late-flowering, group, which includes plants with a characteristic bowl structure. This species is relatively young, fully formed only in the middle of the twentieth century, and the smallest and whimsical.

Characteristic features of flowers

Deciduous rosette almost does not differ from the “ordinary tulip” one: 1 or 2 pairs of elongated leaves form a rosette from which the peduncle emerges. But the stems themselves are quite high and can reach 60 cm. In most varieties, the leaves grow on the peduncle, but are smaller. Such sizes make it possible to use flowers for cutting, especially since they have an interesting shape. The flower itself consists of narrow petals, which are even more lent at the tips and at the same time bend outward. The result is a kind of flower glasses with wavy petals. A similar form of inflorescences in lily, which gave the name to the class. The color of tulips can be very diverse, there are even pink and two-tone varieties. Natural species are usually represented by small tulips. The luxurious large tulips that make up the bouquet compositions are exclusively hybrids.

The plants are late flowering, although they bloom even later, from the second decade of May. You can speed up flowering by forcing, for which most lily-colored varieties are suitable.

In flower beds, in mass cultivation, such crops are not often found. They have low resistance to disease and often die out after breeding attempts.

Lily tulips: the best varieties

Despite the fact that the 6th grade is the "poorest" in the variety of varieties, there are already gardeners' favorites among them. Their elegant shapes and bright colors attract attention, despite some whimsical cultivation. So, such varieties of lily-colored tulips bloom very beautifully:

1. Peter de Lure with raspberry-red flowers.
2. Elegant Lady with delicate creamy petals surrounded by a wide pink border.
3. Aladdin with scarlet petals and yellow border and bottom.
4. White Triumphant with snow-white buds.
5. Burgundy with gorgeous purple-wine buds.
6. Ballerina with fiery orange flowers and a darker stripe along the center of the petal.
7. Holland Chic with delicate and fragrant pink and white buds.

Blooming tulips in the botanical garden - video