Sclera, or Scylla

Description. Scientific name of the sparse - Scylla. It comes from the Greek word for "sea bulb".The splash is also often called the blue snowdrop. Spray - a tender spring perennial bulbous plant from the family of lily. These are small grassy plants with a well-developed small onion and several radical leaves. The arrow is leafless, solitary, somewhat rarely bears single or collected bell-shaped or star-shaped flowers in the brush, which are not only of the traditional bright blue color. Their different species have white, pink, pink-purple and purple flowers. The genus includes more than 80 species, distributed in temperate and subtropical zones of Europe, Asia, and Africa. In Russia there are 16 species. Many types of scylla are very attractive and can be used in different types of floral design.

Spots are used to decorate rock gardens, lawns, to create small color bluffs, create combinations with other onion plants: hyacinths, snowdrops and crocuses. Very spectacular looking miniature glades undergrowth under trees and shrubs. Blossom scylla mainly in spring, but there are forms with autumn flowering. Early blossoming woodlands blossom in March, when the snow still lies. Among such early species is, in particular,

a two-leaved forest. It reaches a height of 10-20 cm and usually forms 2 leaves. From the bulb grows only one flower arrow, and a multicolor brush can consist of 10-15, and sometimes a much larger number of stellate blue flowers. They are not very large, but they are quite effective and last for a long time. There are several varieties of spruce two-leafed, different colors of flowers: white, pink and Crimean with dark blue flowers. Their joint planting is very decorative.

Later the blossoming is Siberian. The time of its blossoming falls on the middle of April - the end of May. This species is perhaps the most famous and popular. The Siberian spire reaches a height of 20 cm, but the flower stem remains short. At the top of the flowering arrow grows 2-5 fairly large bell-shaped flowers, the color of which varies from sky-blue to blue. There are also quite rare varieties of Siberian spruce with white and pink flowers. In contrast to the spruce, the two-leafed Siberian spruce has a larger number of basal leaves - 3-4, ascending, broad-leaved. Bulb up to 3 cm in diameter differs in the bluish color of the covering scales. In floriculture, also use this kind of this bulbous plant, such as English spillage, or wild hyacinth with bell-shaped lilac flowers. Blossoms in the middle of April - May. Very rare Rosen's Scyll forms on the flower arrow 1-2 large flowers up to 5 cm in diameter, light blue.

Cultivation and care. Propagation is propagated by daughter bulbs and seeds, and self-seeding is possible. The collected seeds are sown in the soil immediately after harvesting. Seedlings bloom for 2-3 years. But more often reproduction is made by bulbs.

Expanded bulb nests are excavated in August-September, divided, sorted and immediately planted.

Most of the woods are unpretentious. They grow well on any drained, moderately moist soil, in the penumbra and in the sun. They can grow even on heavy clay soil, but if you take care and care, plant plants on a loose, moist, nutrient-rich soil, they will surprise you with powerful, well-developed plants and abundant flowering. The acid reaction of the soil, preferable for growing sprouts, is a medium-acid reaction. In one place the growth grows for 4-5 years, gradually forming dense thickets. When bulbs are planted with bulbs or transplanted to other places, bulb nests are excavated, separated and planted as soon as possible, as the bulbs removed from the ground quickly rot. It is best to conduct this operation in late September-October. Bulbs are planted at a depth of 6-8 cm at a distance of 5-KO cm from each other. For the rapid formation of dense thick curtains, for example, in the near-trunk circle of a tree, the distance between bulbs can be shortened. For the best development of plants, fertilizing in the spring with nitrogen and potassium fertilizers is recommended. In the dry season, it is necessary to water and soil the soil. Very well the plant responds to the mulching of the soil in the place of planting under the winter with deciduous humus.