The Miranda tulip, a charming flower with terry petals, attracts gardeners and gardeners with its beauty. The appearance of this variety leaves no one indifferent: the saturated color of the perianth in combination with the leaves' green leaves the flower among other representatives of the species. To apply the Miranda variety in landscape design, you need to know the basic rules for cultivating tulips, which will be discussed in the article.

Botanical grade description

Due to the phenomenon of mutation in the selection of tulips, terry inflorescences were born. In place of the inner whorl (part of the axial organ of the plant), a second flower developed, and instead of stamens, three additional petals formed. For these reasons, terry varieties are called pion-shaped. Miranda belongs to the late tulips.

The description of the variety is as follows:

• flower height: 45-60 cm;
• bud size: height - 6 cm, diameter - 12-15 cm;
• flowering time: group 3, grade 11 (starts in late May and lasts for two weeks);
• family: lily (Liliaceae);
• unpretentiousness to the soil: medium (light loamy or sandy loamy soil);
• requirements for conditions: a sunny landing site, the presence of wind protection;
• reproduction: bulb (by children; thanks to the bulbs a perennial plant) or seed;
• bud color: red;
• stem: straight;
• leaves: green with a bluish tint (wax coating), elongated;
• fruit: box;
• the presence of a stolon (inner stem): available;
• number of petals: from 15 (there are about 5 layers).

Growing Features

The main feature of Tulipa Miranda is the large size of the flower: the peduncle is very heavy, which makes the stem prone to breakage. To avoid damaging the tulip in the garden and flower beds, it is useful to tie them up. But it is best to plant this variety next to the fence so as to protect it from the wind.

Important! The place of planting tulips should be changed. Do this once every 4 years of growing flowers.

Landing rules

To start talking about planting tulips, you should first talk about the quality of the soil for this event. As already mentioned, both loamy and sandy loamy soil is suitable for these colors, but most importantly it is non-acidic. It must be either neutral or slightly alkaline, and lime fertilizers are used to neutralize the alkaline balance. Adding peat or sand makes the soil easier.

It is important that the soil is:

• loose;
• drained;
• moistened in moderation.

Bulb planting is carried out in mid-autumn. It is produced before the onset of cold weather (2-3 weeks before frost). If the region is characterized by low temperatures - landing time comes earlier. By the way, you can even measure the temperature of the soil - for an ideal planting period at a depth of 10 cm, it should be +9 ... + 10 ° С. It is customary to plant garden tulips 15–20 cm in depth, and botanical tulips - 10 cm.Since Miranda is a large flower, you need to calculate the distance between the bulbs (and plants): it should not be less than 10 cm (maximum - 20–25 cm). So the flowers will be enough space for free development. Please note that only whole healthy bulbs should be planted. Before planting, it is useful to soak the selected planting material in a solution of some fungicidal preparation (Fundazole or another agent).

Did you know? The optimal planting depth was invented by gardeners: it is equal to three sizes (height or diameter) of the bulb itself.

A separate useful clarification will be the indication of the time of digging out faded tulips - it occurs when the leaves begin to turn yellow. Then the bulbs are washed, dried and stored for storage until the planting date.

The subtleties of care

Terry tulips have established themselves as unpretentious varieties. They need watering and top dressing.

The irrigation rules are as follows:

• do not create excess moisture in the soil (to avoid rot and fungal diseases);
• observe regularity and moderate watering;
• in addition to watering, carry out loosening and removing weed grass;
• It is also important not to dry the soil;
• when watering, do not wet the leaves;
• use standing water;
• tulips need more moisture before flowering;
• 10-15 days before digging the bulbs, stop watering;
• make sure that the soil is moderately moist.

Top dressing is carried out in accordance with such rules:

• carried out 2-3 times a year (in early spring, during the formation of buds and after flowering);
• fresh manure is not used (may damage the root system).

First feeding this is done: take 30 g of phosphate and nitrogen fertilizers and 20 g of potash in one bucket of water, mix the solution and spill the soil when seedlings appear.

Important! It is useful once a month for prevention to treat flowers with a weak potassium permanganate solution and plant plants next to tulips that repel pests.

Second implement before flowering (when the buds are tied). To do this, you will need 20 g of potassium and nitrogen products and 30 g of phosphorus. Feeding is completed in the following way: 30 g of phosphorus and 20 g of potassium preparations are added per 1 bucket of water.After flowering, break off the box with seeds, leave the peduncle. Due to this, nutrients will flow into the bulb. When the time comes for cutting the peduncle, it will be important to leave the leaves - they will hide the bare section.

Pests and diseases

For the prevention of diseases, the following procedures are carried out:

• disinfection of the instrument that cuts the stem;
• digging and destruction of the affected plant (and part of the soil around the flower);
• purchase of bulbs only from trusted sellers;
• during wet weather, to avoid fungal diseases of the plant - watering 20 g of fungicide per 1 bucket of water;
• the use of drugs against pests without chlorine.

The main diseases of tulips:

• gray rot;
• variegated virus;
• Fusarium
• Augustus's disease;
• sclerotic (white) rot;
• white banding;
• botrythic rot;
• soft bacterial rot.

Did you know? According to one old Uzbek legend, happiness is stored in a yellow tulip: a little boy helped to open up the first such flower and give everyone joy.

The following tips will help you notice signs of disease and fight them:

1. Fungal gray rot. Stems and buds are deformed, flowers may not appear. Use 1% Bordeaux liquid to spray the bulbs or dust them with TMTD with sulfur and ether-sulfonal (2: 1: 1) with this calculation: 8 g of the composition per 1 kg of bulbs.
2. Petals. Viral disease, manifested in the appearance of spots and stripes on the corollas of flowers. Destroy diseased plants and also treat against aphids that carry the virus. Tear off the ovaries so as not to transmit the disease through pollen.
3. Fusarium - fungal disease. Flowers twist, become small. Bulbs darken and rot. Etch the bulbs 3 weeks before planting with “Fundazole” according to the instructions. Use a 1% formalin solution before planting the bulbs - soak them for 8 hours.
4. August disease is viral in nature. Leaves and stems are covered with brown strokes. The plant bends, stains, withers, rotten spots of brown color appear on the bulb. Destroy affected tulips. Disinfect the soil and steam the soil. Make sure that there are no mechanical damage to plants.
5. White rot. The virus is expressed in the unevenness of shoots, grayish spots on the sprouts, white plaque on the bulbs. Cultivate the soil a month before planting the bulbs: use a 2-3% solution of carbathion (10 liters per 1 m² of soil surface). Remove diseased bulbs. Disinfect tools (for planting and others).
6. Viral disease white streak. Flowers disfigure, fade, white stripes are visible on leaves and petals. Add potassium and magnesium - they neutralize the acidity of the soil.
7. Botritic rot caused by fungus. The bulbs are soft, dark brown. Mushroom bodies are noticeable. Plants may not germinate. Etch the bulbs with fungicide before planting. Avoid damage to them.
8. Soft rot. The fungal nature of the disease. Bulbs turn pink and smell unpleasant. Tulips sprout, but soon rot. Remove damaged parts of plants. Use potassium permanganate: soak the bulbs for 25 minutes before planting, rinse and dry. Destroy all infected tulips.

The main pest of the plant is the root onion tick. But there are others: the common bear and the greenhouse aphid. The bear damages the roots and bulbs. To fight it, you need to dig the soil and remove the insect larvae. During the growing season, the soil should be treated with a mixture of zinc phosphide with grain and sunflower oil. Mites also harm the bulbs - they suck out their juice. Prevention is compliance with the rules of agricultural technology.

And the method of struggle is the use of such drugs as Bazudin, Actellik, Carbation, Etafos. A greenhouse aphid settles on tulips and feeds on the sap of the plant. Prevention will be the same measure as against the bear - digging. And damaged tulips are treated with insecticides three times during the growing season.

Use in landscape design

To draw a picture of your garden or any city flower beds, use the tips that have already been tested by many designers in landscaping:

1. Group landings. So that a beautiful terry tulip is not lost against the general background, plant as many bulbs of the same variety as possible. Miranda will look succinctly and brightly in a group. Use color spots and play in contrast. To shade each other, each variety will be rows, groups or circles - in this case, a certain variety will stand out compared to the neighboring one.
2. Level landing. Planting in height - if your site allows. Terry tulips are large and tall, therefore, they can be located near the hedge, which will help them from the wind, and in front of them it is logical to plant dwarf varieties.
3. Deadlines. It's simple: you should combine tulips of different types of flowering in time. Use the alternation of early flowering with late, which are terry.

With other plants, these graceful flowers are combined as follows:

• they are shaded against the background of small flowers;
• look spectacular next to ferns;
• terry varieties look interesting next to flowering shrubs;
• next to conifers, all types of tulips look very concise.

Perennial terry tulips are unpretentious and beautiful. A bright representative of such - the Miranda variety - will decorate any garden, looking elegantly and gracefully at the flower beds. When growing bulbs, you need to remember the basic general rules that affect the digging of the underground part, autumn planting, proper planting and principles for caring for the plant.

Subject to the agrotechnics necessary for terry tulips, an accurate gardener will have a charming garden composition, you only need to think over the design and style of the site in advance.