Pion-shaped tulips: luxury in your flowerbed

Perhaps, no flower garden in the world can do without tulips. Without them spring holidays are unimaginable. They decorate the gardens when other flowers still do not even think of dissolving. The exotic, fimbriated and pion-like tulips are most loved by horticulturists, which are better known as terry ones. The original look and bright color attract attention from afar, while in the cut flowers last long, and on the flower bed it is perfectly combined with many other colors.

Description

Pion-shaped tulips come in early and late varieties. The early ones are good for the time of blossoming, but they are not too high, why they are used mainly on alpine slides, in decorating curbs and in compositions with other plants in landscape design. Much more interesting is the late pion-shaped tulips. They have very large, ten centimeters in diameter, flowers with round wide petals. The name of tulips was obtained due to the similarity of colors to peonies. Later terry varieties blossom days 10-12 after the early ones and bloom much longer - often until early June. These pion-shaped tulips are higher - half a meter in average. The stems are powerful, due to which they stand longer in the cut. Some of the varieties did not even lose a tender fragrance during breeding. Among them you can mention Alegretto, Monsella, Angelique and Cream Upstar.

Use in garden design

Due to the interesting shape of the flower, which is possessed by pion-shaped tulips (photo), they are usually planted in foregrounds in planting, both in mixborders and in flower beds. Very effectively they frame the paths. An interesting design decision will be to plant the late pion-shaped tulips in a separate vase, where they will be available for inspection.

All varieties are well combined with low anemone and crocus, which bloom approximately at the same time as tulips. To frame the flower bed and cover the soil between the primary colors, saxifrage, Arabes, muskari and violets will be harmonious. For juiciness, you can add hazel grouses, narcissus, forget-me-nots, primroses, daisies and pansies to the mixed flower garden.

From what to choose

Terry tulips boast a long history: the first of them was described in the middle of the 17th century. However, up to the present, not a single old variety has survived. Now popular are the pion-shaped tulips, the varieties of which are derived in the last century: Carnaval de Nice, Uncle Tom, Maywonder, Angelique, Wirosa, Mount Tacoma, Lilac Perfection, Renown Unique, Monsella, Miranda, Upstar. Today there are new, very interesting varieties. Especially I would like to draw the attention of gardeners to such varieties:

1. Double Beauty of Apeldoorn. It is also called Sun Lover, which translates as "beloved by the sun" because of its bright yellow-orange coloration with bright scarlet strokes. Height - half a meter, petals - and this is different from other - close the center.
2. Orange Angelique. A gentle pink flower, derived from the familiar and beloved growers of the Angelique variety.
3. Touch, which has two varieties: Dream Touch, very large, burgundy, with silver edging of petals, and White Touch - snow-white, with a light green at the base.
4. Gudoshnik Double. In its coloring, orange, yellow and red are combined equally and with equal intensity.
5. Blue Diamond. Almost blue flower; The coloring can be described as purple-purple. Blossoms full three weeks.

It is possible to enumerate for a long time the modern late pion-shaped tulips. Finally, we note the main thing: among them, everyone will find something personal, from which he will never again refuse.