Narcissus Ice Follis: description and characteristics of the variety, planting and care, diseases and their control

Daffodils delight the eye with early and beautiful flowering. Breeders have bred many species, groups, varieties of this plant. They differ in the shape, size and color of the crown, as well as the timing of flowering. Ice Follis daffodil is an early flowering plant. Both gardeners and landscape designers love to use it in landscaping.

Description and characteristics of narcissus Ice Follis

Daffodil Ice Follies reaches a height of 35 centimeters. It belongs to the large-crown group. The petals of the variety are white, the edges of the corrugated large crown are of the same color. Its base is bright yellow at first, then becomes cream. Bud diameter - 6-7 centimeters.

The variety blooms early, during flowering Ice Follis emits a delicate floral aroma. The plant reproduces easily and is resistant to many diseases. When cut, it lasts a long time in a vase.

Main positives and negatives

The virtues of Narcissus Ice Follis include the following factors:

• blooms early and showy;
• easy to propagate with bulbs;
• has a delicate fragrance;
• disease resistant variety.

The disadvantages of the narcissus include the bareness of the meadow after flowering. But this is corrected by replanting them with other, later developing plantations.

How to grow a variety?

In order for Ice Follis to grow and bloom quickly, you need to choose the right site, as well as the time to plant it. It is equally important to choose whole, he althy planting material.

Time and place

Daffodils are early flowering plants, so they should be planted in early autumn. By spring, they have time to take root, and with the appearance of the first rays of the sun, they begin to bloom. The peculiarity of growing daffodils is that the bulbs must undergo stratification, that is, keeping 2-2.5 months at a low temperature. Autumn planting meets these flower requirements.

The landing site for the Ice Follis variety is selected sunny, without blowing cold winds. The best substrate is loam with the addition of compost. It is not recommended to plant a plant after bulbous, phlox, chrysanthemums.

Advice! If the gardener did not have time to plant the narcissus in the fall in the open ground, he can do it in the spring, but during the winter the planting material must be kept in the refrigerator.

Planting material

When choosing bulbs, you need to pay attention so that they are not damaged, soft, rotten. In the future, they can infect all plantings with fungal diseases. Before planting, the bulbs are kept for disinfection in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

How to plant a double daffodil?

Planting bulbs in open ground is as follows:

• pre-dug soil is leveled with a rake;
• holes are made at a distance of 10-15 centimeters from one another;
• sand is poured into each hole so that water does not stagnate at the base of the bulbs;
• planting material is laid out, covered with earth;
• holes are watered, mulched with peat.

Daffodil is planted to a depth equal to the height of 3 bulbs.

Nuances of variety care

Care for plantings begin immediately after the snow melts and the earth warms up by the sun. Mulch is removed, watered if necessary. Bushes are fertilized several times during the season.

Irrigation and fertilization

If the winter was not snowy, immediately after the onset of heat, daffodils are watered. When the plantings fade, this does not mean that they no longer need care. During this period, the development of the bulb continues, so further watering is necessary for the plants. It should be abundant, but not frequent.

After the shoots hatch, the first feeding is done. It should consist of a nutrient mixture with a predominance of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The next time daffodils are fertilized during budding with potassium and phosphorus, then after flowering with the same composition for growing bulbs.

How to trim?

After flowering, arrows with dried buds are cut off: they take away from the bulb the strength it needs to increase volume. To do this, use sharp disinfected tools. Leaves must not be removed, as respiration and bulb development pass through them.

Diseases and pests

Narcissus Ice Follis is resistant to many diseases, but can be affected by them with improper agricultural practices. For example, this happens when planting pathogen-infected bulbs that have not been treated with fungicides. Another reason is dense plantings. Daffodils can also get sick when planted in contaminated soil.

The parts of the bulbs affected by pathogens must be cut out, treated with antifungal drugs. If the disease has spread to most of the planting material, it is destroyed. When pests invade, plants are treated with insecticides.

Flower reproduction

Narcissus Ice Follis can be propagated by dividing the bush and dividing the bulb. To breed plantings in the first way, perform the following actions:

1. Dig up the bush, separate each bulb separately.
2. Planting material is cleaned from the ground, disinfected in potassium permanganate of low concentration.
3. Then the bulbs are dried and stored until autumn.

Reproduction by dividing the bulb is as follows:

1. A large onion is taken, cut into 4-8 parts with a sharp knife.
2. Delenki are soaked in a disinfectant solution, dried.
3. Then they are placed in a bag of vermiculite, which is hung in a warm place.

In these conditions, young bulbs will begin to form. They are planted first in pots, then, when they grow up, in a permanent place in the garden.

Narcissus Ice Follis in landscape design

Ice Follis bushes are planted as a separate spot, as well as in combination with other bulbous plants: muscari, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils of other varieties.Plants can cover the bare legs of bushes and trees, plant them next to hostas, astilba, ferns. Daffodils are also used for room forcing by the target date.

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