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Daylily Bonanza is a hybrid of a beautifully flowering perennial plant characterized by abundant flowering. It is absolutely unpretentious, so it can be used for landscaping city streets, and gardeners grow it in their garden plots with great success.
Description of daylily Bonanza
The main advantage of the Bonanza hybrid is its lush flowering with large flowers reaching 14 cm in diameter. Their golden hue with a noble purple pattern at the center is especially remarkable. The flowers have a light, pleasant aroma and are shaped like a funnel, formed by six petals with pointed, outward-curved tips. Long stamens give the corollas elegance and sophistication.
Daylily flowers are located on strong peduncles
This hybrid blooms from mid-summer, the process lasts about 1 month. Each flower lives no more than 1 day, but due to the large number of buds, the plant is in the stage of continuous flowering for quite a long time.Each daylily produces up to 30 long flower stalks. The height of a flowering bush can vary from 60 to 100 cm.
Daylily has long, thin basal leaves of a rich green color that die off in the winter.
Hybrid daylily Bonanza in landscape design
This flower can fit well into almost any design - from a simple rustic style to an elegant luxurious garden, and the possibilities of its use are extremely wide.
Most often, daylilies, including the Bonanza hybrid, are used in flower beds as a bright accent.
It goes well with other flowers, plants and shrubs
The dark green or blue crown of coniferous crops will emphasize the brightness of Bonanza daylily flowers
The plant is used to revitalize small garden ponds and as low borders.
Hybrid Bonanza also looks great in single plantings on lawns and lawns.
Very interesting compositions are obtained by combining several varieties of daylily.
The variety of colors of flowers of different varieties allows you to create picturesque ensembles
Winter hardiness of daylily Bonanza
The Bonanza daylily's resistance to winter frosts is impressive: the hybrid can tolerate temperatures down to -38°-42°C. It feels especially comfortable during snowy winters. If there is not enough snow in the region and the climate is harsh, a daylily without shelter may suffer.
Planting and caring for hybrid daylily Bonanza
The amazing unpretentiousness of the Bonanza daylily makes caring for it absolutely easy. The main thing is to prepare the place and plant the plant according to all the rules.In the future, all that remains is to occasionally water the plantings on especially dry days, cut off dead parts, fertilize and prepare the plants for winter.
Selection and preparation of a landing site
The plant does not have any special requirements for the growing location. Daylilies are not afraid of wind and drafts; they thrive both in sunny areas and in partial shade. In the southern regions, it is still advisable to protect them from direct sun and plant them in the diffuse shade of trees. In areas with cold climates, daylilies will grow best in high beds illuminated by the sun.
Before planting, the area is dug up. Loams enriched with compost are optimal as a substrate. Heavy clay soils are mixed with sand and humus is added, and a little clay and compost are added to soils with a predominance of sand.
To prevent daylilies from suffering from rust, when planting, you should avoid proximity to patrinia. Also, it should not be planted in areas where fungal spores from previous crops could remain.
Landing rules
The distance maintained between bushes during group plantings depends on the design task and can range from 40 to 90 cm.
Bonanza daylily is planted in spring or autumn, keeping in mind that it will take about 30 days for complete rooting. Summer planting is also possible, but should be done in cool weather.
Planting Bonanza daylily is not at all difficult, the main thing is to follow the rules:
- the volume of the planting pit should be 2 times the size of the root ball;
- a nutrient substrate consisting of a mixture of soil with peat and compost is poured into the hole;
- remove dry and damaged roots of the seedling;
- leaves are cut at a level of 12–15 cm from the ground;
- the roots are well straightened, the plant is placed in a hole, deepening the root collar no more than 20 mm;
- the hole is filled with a nutrient mixture, the soil is well compacted and watered;
- seedlings are mulched with peat.
After planting, the daylily is watered so that its roots accumulate the necessary moisture.
Watering and fertilizing
The root system of the Bonanza daylily is capable of receiving water from the deep layers of the soil, so drying out the surface layer of the soil does not harm the plant. Mulching with natural materials helps retain moisture. The flower practically does not require watering. If dry weather sets in, the crop needs additional moisture; this procedure is especially important during the flowering period. Young plants are also watered regularly.
Watering is carried out at the root in the morning or evening, when the plantings are not exposed to direct sunlight.
If the Bonanza daylily grows in poor soil, it is useful to feed it three times a season (after the snow melts, at the end of spring and at the end of summer) with a complex of mineral fertilizers for flowers. After applying fertilizers, the plants must be watered. Fertilizing begins in the second year after planting, since with proper preparation of the soil there are enough nutrients for the young plant.
Pruning Daylily Bonanza
During the season, dried flowers are removed, and daylilies need radical pruning of leaves and flower stalks only in the fall, when the above-ground part of the plant dies.
Preparing for winter
An adult Bonanza daylily does not require winter shelter.The plant is well watered, the dried above-ground part is cut off and destroyed, then the growth site is covered with earth and mulched. Young plants planted this season should be covered with spruce branches in the first winter.
Reproduction
The optimal way to propagate the Bonanza hybrid is by dividing an adult bush. This way you can preserve all its varietal characteristics. In mid-spring, when the Bonanza daylily begins vegetative processes, it is dug up, the root system is divided into the required number of parts, and then planted. The plant can be propagated in this way throughout the summer, but at later dates it must be taken into account that it will bloom only next year.
You can divide adult Bonanza daylilies into any number of bushes.
Bonanza hybrid plants obtained from seeds lose the decorative qualities of the mother bush.
Diseases and pests
Hybrid Bonanza, like other daylilies, is little susceptible to disease. However, gardeners may encounter heterosporiosis, a fungal disease that causes brown spots containing fungal spores to appear on the leaves. Most often, daylilies suffer from heterosporiosis in humid, warm weather. You can get rid of the disease with the help of special copper-containing drugs. For prevention in the fall, it is necessary to remove and burn all dry leaves and flower stalks.
Sometimes the roots of Bonanza daylily are affected by onion mites. Pests are difficult to notice, but damaged plants are stunted in growth and quickly turn yellow. To prevent ticks from being brought into the area, it is worth washing the roots of the acquired seedling with soap.If the insect has already caused damage to the plantings, the seedlings are dug up, the root system is washed, the damaged parts of the rhizomes are removed and treated with karbofos. The plant is planted in a new place. The soil in which the pests remain is thoroughly watered with boiling water. This is enough to kill pests.
Conclusion
Daylily Bonanza is a garden crop that has rightfully earned popularity among gardeners in our country. The wide possibilities of its use for landscape decoration, the amazing beauty of flowers with minimal care make daylily one of the most sought-after ornamental plants.
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