Tulip Negrita Double is the double form of the Negrita Triumph tulip. Beautiful flowers of a peony type will decorate your own homemade bouquet; it will be filled with these impressive flowers. This tulip variety blooms in late spring, and if you want to extend the spring flowering season until the end of May, Negrita Double tulip is an ideal choice.
Grade description
These fully double tulips have large, tousled petals that resemble peonies, in fact they are sometimes called peony tulips. Layers of petals, saturated with deep purple hues, shimmer in the sun. Impressive flowers keep on short (25–40 cm), sturdy stems, they are planted in groups, creating a wonderful exposure. Fragrant flower heads can reach 10 cm across, this is their incredible appeal not only in the garden, but also in cut flowers. Bulbs have a size of 8 to 12 cm.
Did you know? Tulip is the national flower of Turkey or Afghanistan.
Growing Features
Negrita Double tulip bulbs are planted every year. The most favorable time for this is the autumn period, until the earth freezes, 6–8 weeks before the alleged frosts. In September or October, bulbs are planted in the northern regions, in November or December - in the southern regions.
Negrita Double tulips prefer to grow on a site where the sun shines almost all day. You can also plant this variety in places with midday sun or only in the morning.
Soil should be:
- well drained;
- fertile with an admixture of sand;
- Soil pH is preferred neutral or slightly acidic.
Places with drafts and strong winds - not the best choice for landing. When planting, the bulbs are spaced 10-15 cm apart. To have a lot of colors, it is better to choose a site where there is a lot of free space.
Before planting, the bulbs should be kept in the refrigerator for 3 months. Suppliers sometimes offer bulbs that have previously been stratified.
Landing rules
The garden bed needs to be prepared in advance (for 2 weeks), using garden pitchforks for loosening the soil.
Important! In order to protect the bulbs from mice and other pests, any prickly natural materials (needles, leaves) can be put in the planting holes.
To planting was successful and flowering began on time, you need to follow the recommendations of gardeners:
- Dig holes or a whole trench 30–35 cm deep (the pit should be 3 times deeper than the tulip bulb. Place a drainage layer (6–7 cm) of crushed stone, pebbles, expanded clay, cracked brick, and ceramic fragments on the bottom.
- Top with 5–7 cm of a layer of compost or dry manure.
- Deeply lay the bulbs with a narrowed edge upwards - at least 20 cm from the soil surface. The larger the bulb, the deeper the hole should be.
- Powder with ash, sprinkle with a mixture of sand (1 part) and nutrient soil (2 parts) and granular fertilizers (according to the instructions on the product label), so that the bulbs grow. Tamp.
- Water, but so that there is no stagnation of water, otherwise rotting of the bulbs may begin.
- Mulch the soil with peat, pine bark or chopped leaves (layer 5-6 cm).
The subtleties of care
In the spring, when it often rains, there is no need to water tulips. However, if the weather is dry, you need to water the bulbs weekly until the ground freezes.
In spring, during the appearance of leaves, flowers are fed with complex fertilizer for bulb crops or bone meal.
Important! Tulips cannot tolerate excessive soil moisture.
Pests and diseases
Danger for tulips gray and root rot, rhizoctoniosis, necrotic spotting, variegation. Of the pests are dangerous tulip aphid, onion root tick, nematodes. In order to preserve your flowerbed, first of all, you need to choose the right site, top-dress on time, make sure that the flowers do not grow for a long time on the same site and destroy diseased and damaged bulbs.
Wet soil leads to fungi and tulip diseases. Because of them, the bulbs can begin to rot. To avoid these problems, you must remember to add drainage material to the planting holes. In some areas, because of the massive invasion of pests, it is simply not worth planting tulips in the ground. It is better to plant flowers in protected containers.
Did you know? During World War II, some people ate tulip bulbs because they could not afford other products.
Tulip in landscaping
The Negrita Double variety is a good companion for other spring bulbous plants, such as late daffodils, dwarf iris. Some plants, such as snapdragon and pansies, create a good contrast with this variety of tulips.
The unlimited fantasy of gardeners in creating landscape design has no limit. Growing Negrita Double tulips, each person will receive incredible aesthetic pleasure from the end result. Care and attention to detail will reward any gardener and garden with a magnificent spring display.
