Beginning of autumn. Astra, gelleniums, phlox, flush leaves are flowing from the trees. And suddenly - tender lilac-pink flowers! It seems not for season. Therefore, they are called - unscrews. Plants although they have long been familiar with flowerfish, but still very rare in our gardens. In Europe, they are grown from the middle of the XVI century.
In nature, 65 wild species are known, including in our country - 12. They live in the meadows, in the steppes, in mountain forests and shrub thickets of the Mediterranean, Central Asia, in the Caucasus.
Latin name - Kalfikum (Colchicum) - comes from the Greek word " Colchida"Where these flowers are still found, and Russian emphasizes his biological peculiarity - the ability to bloom at the end of the summer - early autumn - in timeless.
Kolkhikuma - Perennial clubnelukovy plants of the Lily (Liliaceae) family. Some species of this family are blooming and early spring, but most are at the beginning of autumn. They are most interesting for the naud. Good grow up how v seven trees and open places. They can well be placed from South and East side in the rolling circles under apple trees, pears, plums.
They prefer a loamy, moderately wet, sufficiently fertile soil. For the winter landing, a slightly is covered with a layer of mulch (peat, humid, overwhelmed sheet).
Split Kolkhikuma Vegetative Note. Clubneelukovitsa have a large, oval or ovoid shape, covered with leathery or film-brown scales. Soot kolkhikums to a depth of 6 to 15 cm depending on the size. 2-3 years after the landing, a nest is formed, so a transplant is already necessary for the 5th year, since the nest is growing very much, forming 7-12 clubnellukovs, begin to close each other. The clubnelaukovitsy dig up and transplanted in July - early August, when the above-ground part has already completely died. Is it not true - strange, the above-ground part of meal, and the plants have not yet bloom? The fact is that the rhythm of the development of Kolkhikum is unusual. In the spring, leaves grow. They are large, surface, elliptic form, at the bottom are surrounded by the vagina of the lower sheet. There is no stem in the generally accepted concept. Almost simultaneously with the leaves, seed egg-shaped boxes appear. By the beginning of the summer, numerous rounded, large seeds ripen in them. After that, the plant fades, the leaves and roots die to the beginning of the autumn ... to buoy to bloom.
Can grow kolchikumand from seeds. In this case, the plants will bloom in 5-7 years.
Flowers in Kolkhikumov Fluorechenoid or glazing with a long cylindrical tube. On sunny days, the whisk opens wide. The color of flowers is more often a siren-pink, but there is also white, lilapid, pink-pink. Breeders created forms with terry flowers.
On a note:Resting at the cottage after affairs on the garden we are accustomed to the evening fire, kebab, songs under the guitar. Rarely on what country can you see a basin with a frolickering defense, and after all pavilions for swimming pools are sold at affordable prices. It's time to make adjustments to rest at the cottage!
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