Elegant tigridia, planting and care of which should take into account the fact that this is an extremely thermophilic plant, will captivate you with a variety of colors and the shape of beautiful buds. Each of them will please the gardener no longer than one day.
Therefore, you need to plant in groups these beautiful, but short-lived flowers. Tigridia, which is more convenient to care for when placing plants with a curtain, in this case, can bloom for about a month. The buds will bloom alternately on successive peduncles.
Exotic tigridia. Planting and caring for a motley beauty
Choose the best place for this fastidious plant. Keep in mind that it loves sunlight and, being outside a well-lit area, will respond to this by reducing the brightness of the color. The stems in the shade can become so thin and weak that they will need to be tied. So with each of its actions you need to consider how delicate and receptive the flower is. Tigridia, the planting and care of which should include protecting the plant from the wind, should grow beyond the reach of the draft.
Its stems are very thin and long, they can break from a sharp rush. Landing is best done in light soil, after loosening it. Humidity should not be excessive. It is easy to adjust by adding sand or sawdust to the soil. Soil with a little peat is also very useful.
Tigridia. Planting and care when growing from seeds
The seed of this plant is characterized by excellent germination. Only you need to calculate the timing correctly. If planted late in the spring, then before the cold weather the bulbs will not have time to get stronger. You need to do this in the winter. Then, before fall, the bulbs will be prepared for the cold. And next spring they will form healthy strong peduncles.
Do not bury the seeds, they should be covered with a layer of soil no more than three millimeters. There should be at least 5 cm between them. If you place each plant individually, it will be even more favorable for tigridia, and will also help the flowers to avoid further transplantation in the future. The soil in which the seeds are planted should be regularly moistened. Then after 3 weeks you can wait for the emergence of seedlings. A month later, they can be planted. In the open ground, they can feel comfortable only at the end of spring, after the arrival of stable heat.
Tigridia. Planting and caring for bulbs
The main thing is to be sure that the seed will not be caught by a sharp cooling, being in the open ground. When the risk that the frost will return is minimal, you can plant flowers to decorate borders and flower beds. The larger the bulb, the deeper it can be planted. The maximum depth (for the largest specimens) is 10 cm. If using flowering (the so-called germination at home before putting it in the ground) to accelerate flowering, then the buds will appear already in late spring. The surface of the soil around tigridium is better to mulch with organic residues and peat.