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- Increase the ornamental lily correctly
- The cultivation of the ornamental lily from seeds
- Advantages of propagation through rhizome division over seeding
- The right time for propagation
- Tips & Tricks
Increase the ornamental lily correctly
Although the African lily is not hardy in the open in Central Europe, it usually requires relatively little care as a container plant at the right location. The propagation of the flowering plant with the globular inflorescences is not particularly complicated if you choose the right approach.
The cultivation of the ornamental lily from seeds
At the end of the summer flowering period, the withered inflorescences of the lily are usually cut off relatively quickly for visual reasons. You must leave the flowers of the plant but longer if you want to reap certain seeds for the propagation. The seeds are ripe as soon as the individual fruit capsules turn yellow and open slightly. The seeds of the Agapanthus can then be preferred from February at uniformly warm temperatures and sufficient moisture on the windowsill and isolated in pots at the end of April in the field.
Advantages of propagation through rhizome division over seeding
Depending on the location and care, it may take up to four years for the seedlings to flower before planting lily seeds. Admittedly, ornamental lilies increased by rhizomescence rarely bloom in the first year, but it is often the case in the second year that flowers may start to bloom on the more abundant specimens. Overall, the following factors support the propagation by rhizome division:
The right time for propagation
Weeding out the plants in spring is the optimal time to multiply the African lily by tuber division. It does not hurt anyway anyway, with the repotting of the lily jewelry also for a well-draining, loose plant substrate and a long-term fertilization with mixed compost to provide.
Tips & Tricks
Since the ornamental lily does not bloom again in the propagation by rhizome division, you should make the division of several copies in the annual change. Thus, in addition to waking up in the garden, there are always flowering plants in the garden.