Colchicum( colchicum)

Family lily.

Grassy perennials-ephemeroids;the leaves are collected in a basal rosette( in the southern regions - evergreen), peduncles shortened, flowers with a six-membered corolla funnel-shaped, campanulate with the portions perianth of the perianth emerging from the bulb fused from below into the tube;bloom in late summer and fall, for which they received their name.

Bournmuller's Colchicum * Leaves broadly lanceolate;flowers up to 20 cm long, mauve or lilac-pink with a purple base;blooms in October. Colchicum magnificent * The leaves are long, wide, shiny;flowers purple with a purple, pink or purple hue, whitish whitish;blossoms from the middle of August to the end of September. Least hardy appearance. Cedacean Byzantine ♦ Bulbs large, leaves broadly lanceolate, folded;perianth with a weak purple pattern, flowers are mauve. With a perennial culture without digging, it is often multi-flowered. Colchicum Hybrid * Corms elongated, leaves large, broadly lanceolate;flowers up to 25 cm long, purple-pink, long standing in the cut;blooms in September. Autumn crocus autumn * Corms are small, the leaves are smaller than the previous species, the flowers are light purple-pink. In culture they are rather unpretentious. Humidity requirements: it prefers moderate humidity, with stagnant moisture corms can be rotten.

Requirements for heat and light: sun-loving, but in the south it can grow in deep shade, in dry winters it is desirable to shelter fallen leaves or mulch.

Requirements for soil: fertile, loose, deeply cultivated soils, can grow on gravelly soils. Reproduction: onion cubs - "children".Features: for better growth and reproduction of bulbs it is desirable to excavate each year, bulbs planted in July to a depth of 15 to 20 cm at a distance of about 15 cm from each other. You can cultivate in one place up to 5 years or more.

Usage: in parks under trees, near shrubs, in mixborders, for forcing and cutting.