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    Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis
    Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis
    Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis
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    Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis

    By Harshita Joshi

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    Lilies are considered as those cut flowers which enliven the environment by their charismatic appearances with most beautiful colors. It is one of the best flowers planted by most of the gardeners depending on their survival conditions. These are also regarded as addition of personality to the places wherever these are planted be it gardens, or in pots or inside. Besides its decorative qualities, the flowers also have cultural meanings. Lilies symbolize purity, beauty, motherhood, compassion and love. Some of these are also fragrant which make wonderful cut flowers in addition to other virtues like pot and container plants. Tuberose is derived from a Latin word "Tuberosa" which means swollen with the virtue of having tuberous roots that act as a storage organ for the plant during dormancy. It is generally a night blooming and very scented to the extent that almost all gardeners love to plant tuberose in their gardens. The flower is grown for its appearance, beauty, good keeping quality and sweet fragrance. Amaryllis is also a commonly grown bulbous flower by the gardeners. The bulb produces large, trumpet shaped flowers which have varied ranges of color from pink, scarlet, apricot to white which look very beautiful with their exotic appearances. Amaryllis is also considered as one of the earliest blooming flower. It is one of the best flowers advised for the gardeners to beautify their gardens during mid-winters having good keeping quality as a vase flower. One can magnify the view of their garden by planting such bulbous crops. The flower can be planted easily in beds, pots, and rockery and in landscaping. Belladona Lily is another common name for Amaryllis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAgrihortico
    Release dateMar 15, 2021
    ISBN9781393461999
    Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis
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    Harshita Joshi

    Harshita Joshi is an agribusiness consultant and a freelance writer. She holds Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture and Post Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness Management. Horticulture is one of her areas of expertise and writing is her passion.She publishes her writings on horticulture with the help of agrihortico.com,a leading portal in horticulture knowledge dissemination services.

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      Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis - Harshita Joshi

      Growing Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis

      Harshita Joshi

      All Rights Reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of agrihortico

      © 2014 AGRIHORTICO

      CONTENT

      LILY

      Cultivation Techniques for Lilies in Home Gardens

      TUBEROSE

      Major Uses

      Cultivation Techniques for Tuberoses in Home Gardens

      AMARYLLIS

      Cultivation Techniques for Amaryllis in Home Gardens

      Weed, Insect-Pest and Disease Management in Lilies, Tuberoses and Amaryllis

      Weed Management

      Insect Management

      Disease Management

      Bibliography

      LILY

      Introduction

      Lilies are considered as those cut flowers which enliven the environment by their charismatic appearances with most beautiful colors. It is one of the best flowers planted by most of the gardeners depending on their survival conditions. These are also regarded as addition of personality to the places wherever these are planted be it gardens, or in pots or inside. Besides its decorative qualities, the flowers also have cultural meanings. Lilies symbolize purity, beauty, motherhood, compassion and love. Some of these are also fragrant which make wonderful cut flowers in addition to other virtues like pot and container plants.

      Taxonomy, Botanical Classification and Centre of Origin

      True lilies belong to the family Liliaceae, genus Lilium that is a Latin name. In the past, the word Lily is to describe many plant but the true species of Lilies belong to family Liliaceae only. These flowers are originated in the Asian countries like Japan, Korea and China including new world countries such as United States of America and Canada.  These are perennial plants that are generally propagated by their non-tunicate bulbs and grow up to a height of 1 to 2 meter. Some of the lilies also produce stolons and rhizomes as their storage organs to survive in adverse conditions. The flowers

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