Spring flower of the blueberry or scilla: rules for planting and growing in the garden. Siberian Scilla (Scilla siberica) Scilla flower description

Synonym: scylla, scilla.

Siberian blueberry is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant with broad-linear basal leaves, six-pointed flowers of a bright sky color. The Siberian blueberry flower is widely used in landscape design, and is also popular with beginner flower growers. It should be noted that the bulbs this plant poisonous.

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In medicine

Siberian sprout is not a pharmacopoeial plant and is not listed in the Register medicines RF. The plant is not used in official medicine, traditional medicine or other medical practices.

Contraindications and side effects

Despite the fact that only the bulb is the poisonous part of the Siberian blueberry, the plant should never be used for food or medicinal purposes. When taking the plant orally, there is a high risk of severe intoxication of the body. The person begins to feel sick, then vomiting joins. From accompanying symptoms dry mouth and swelling of the larynx may occur, which can even lead to death.

Scientists say that even 10 grams of a poisonous plant can kill an animal weighing up to 20 kilograms. For this reason, it is strictly forbidden to use the plant for food, to prepare medicinal potions based on it, or to feed animals with it.

In floriculture

Siberian blueberry has gained immense popularity among floriculture lovers due to its early flowering and very unpretentious care. Scilla is often compared to a snowdrop, as both plants begin to grow immediately after the snow melts. Gardeners use blueberry to decorate flower beds, paths and gardens. With its unusual color, the plant gives the garden a peculiar zest and is one of the first to open the season of flowering crops.

The plant is considered unpretentious, however, for abundant and beautiful flowering, it is necessary to follow some care measures. Siberian spelling is undemanding to the soil, for this reason the choice of soil and location does not matter. The plant does well both in the sun and in the shade. If you plant a plant on the sunny side, the Siberian blueberry will begin to grow immediately after the snow melts. If planted in the shade, the plant will begin to grow a little later.

The culture loves moisture very much, so watering should be plentiful, and most importantly, regular, especially if the blueberry grows in the open sun. Once a week, various liquid fertilizers are added to the water for irrigation, mainly mineral, rich in copper and zinc.

Classification

Siberian Spill (lat. Scilla siberica) is a species of the genus Scilla (lat. Scilla). The genus includes about 90 plant species. Previously, this genus belonged to the Liliaceae family (lat. Liliaceae), today the genus Proleska belongs to the Asparagus family (lat. Asparagaceae).

Botanical description

Siberian spelling is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant. It develops as an ephemeroid: the growing season lasts from the moment the snow melts until May. As soon as the fruits ripen, the plant withers.

Leaves broadly linear, basal. Their number can vary from 2 to 4, at the tip the leaves are pulled together into a cap, fully developed before flowering. There are several flower-bearing shoots, their height is from 10 to 20 cm, each bears several flowers.

The flowers are actinomorphic, with a simple corolla-shaped perianth with six free leaflets, the color of which can be from bright blue to violet-blue. Flowering occurs in the spring season. Usually begins to bloom in late March or late April, depending on weather conditions.

Spreading

In the wild, the Siberian blueberry grows in the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Iraq and Iran. Rarely found in the forests of North America. It grows mainly in deciduous forests, as well as on the edges.

Distribution regions on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

The plant is not harvested for the future. Siberian blueberry is poisonous plant, it is not eaten and is not used for medicinal purposes.

Chemical composition

Chemical composition Siberian blueberry practically unknown to science.

Pharmacological properties

Siberian sprout, the use of which is only for the purposes of ornamental crop production, does not have any pharmacological properties.

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Siberian sprout (Scilla siberica) is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Asparagus family. In another way, it is called scylla and is often confused with a snowdrop. It grows in Eastern Europe, Western Asia, the Caucasus. The plant is also found in other countries, including North America. In Russia, it can be seen in the black earth regions of the European part, but in Siberia the flower is not found. Scilla grows mainly in broad-leaved forests, especially in thickets of shrubs or on the edges. Most often, Siberian and two-leaved scilla (Scilla bifolia) are grown in gardens.

Description

According to the description of the Siberian blueberry, it is a perennial bulbous plant. It develops as an ephemeroid: the growing season begins in early spring and lasts until May, and after the fruit ripens, the flower fades. It has broadly linear basal leaves (from 2 to 4 pieces), which are pulled together at the end into a cap and fully develop before the start of the flowering period. Flowering shoots reach a height of 10-20 cm, each has several flowers.

A characteristic feature of the leaves of the blueberry is that on cold and cloudy days they are pressed to the ground, and on warm and sunny weather they take almost vertical position. Scylla usually blooms blue and blue flowers, but there are species and varieties with pink, purple, white and purple buds.

The peculiarity of the flowers of the Siberian blueberry is that they open at 10 o'clock, and close at 16-17, and in cloudy weather they may not even open.

The fruit of the plant is a box with black ovoid seeds.

The dormant period of the flower begins in June, when the roots and leaves die off. Scylla's root system changes every year, forming a new one in autumn.

Due to early flowering, the blueberry is used for cutting and selling, therefore it belongs to an endangered species and is listed in the Red Book.

The flower is widely used in ornamental gardening. The area where Scylla grows is almost completely blue during flowering.

Popular varieties

The most popular varieties of blueberries are presented in the table:

Varieties	Description
Caucasian	Arrows in a plant 20–40 cm high, dark blue flowers with a purple tint. Blooms from mid-spring for 2-3 weeks
Armenian	The leaves of the plant are sickle-shaped. The length of the arrows is only 10–15 cm. The flowers are bright blue in color.
Siberian	The plant has 3-4 broad leaves. The number of peduncles is from 1 to 4, white flowers bloom in mid-spring. In addition, there are plants with blue and pink color.
Spring Beauty	Low compact plant with powerful purple-green peduncles and 5-6 large dark blue flowers. This variety does not set seeds, but is successfully propagated by a baby.
Alba	The petals of the variety are snow-white in color. Blooms longer than other varieties - 25 days. It is an unpretentious plant that grows well in shade and partial shade.

Landing in open ground

Planting Siberian and further care behind it are not particularly difficult. Planted most often:

• on the curbs;
• in alpine hills;
• in rockeries;
• in mixborders.

The flower grows in well-lit places. He loves scilla and partial shade, and spring-flowering varieties are much more photophilous than those that bloom in autumn.

Before you plant a plant, you need to prepare the site. The earth should be rich in organic matter, contain mineral components and leaf humus. For better flower growth, a small amount of forest soil with semi-decomposed bark and foliage of trees can be added to garden soil.

The earth should be slightly moist: the blueberry does not like swampy and acidic soils. Scilla bulbs should be planted in holes spaced 5–10 cm apart, to a depth of 6–8 cm. Plants bloom in the second year.

Spillage is propagated not only by bulbs, but also by seeds. To get them, you need to wait until the boxes turn yellow and crack. They are cut, the seeds are taken out and sown in the soil. Seed germination is low, and such plants begin to bloom only after 3–4 years. For the first time they are seated only after 5 years. During this time, Scylla multiplies flower stalks and builds up children.

Care

It is best to water the Siberian blueberry in the morning, trying not to get water on the flowers: this will make them lose their decorative effect. To facilitate the procedure, plantings can be mulched with leafy humus, as a result of which it will be necessary to water and loosen the soil much less frequently. You need to feed the scilla with a complex fertilizer, for example, Nitrofoska, to which the plant will subsequently respond with abundant flowering. It is also desirable to add to the solution:

• magnesium;
• copper;
• iron;
• calcium.

Siberian blueberry is an absolutely undemanding plant. In comfortable conditions, it grows like a common weed.

Once every three years, the scilla is transplanted. So that it does not lose its decorative effect, it is dug up, separated from the bulbs of the children and seated as quickly as possible, otherwise the bulbs will rot. It is best to do this procedure in late September or early October.

Diseases and pests

Siberian spelling, like other small-bulb crops, is affected by the following diseases:

• achelenchoides;
• gray rot;
• bulb rot.

Of the pests, the most dangerous are root meadow mites and mouse-like rodents.

1. 1. Gray rot affects the upper part of the bulbs and leaves of the plant, due to which they become covered with gray mold and rot. After a while, dense spots appear, the scylla turns yellow and dies. Sick plants should be destroyed immediately. The affected areas on the bulbs are cut out, and the wounds are treated with wood ash.
2. 2. Achelenchoides affects the ground part of the plant and the bulbs, because of which they begin to rot. Ring rot is clearly visible in the cross section. The diseased bulb is covered with necrotic spots. Infected plants lose their decorative effect, and they slow down their growth. Damaged bulbs are dug up and destroyed, while healthy bulbs are kept in a thermos with hot water for 30 minutes.
3. 3. Bulb rot is caused by fungal infections such as Septoria, Fusarium and Sclerotinia. The first sign of the disease is the yellowed leaves of the blueberry, then the bulbs are affected, becoming covered with dirty red spots. The plant must be destroyed.

Mouse-like rodents, such as field and house mice, feed on the bulbs of the blueberry, and in the warm season they eat the sprouts. To prevent this, a protective groove is made around the plant, poisoned baits are placed in it and sprinkled not big amount land, as birds can accidentally poison themselves with poison.

The root meadow mite sharpens the bottom of the bulb, penetrates inside it and begins to feed on the juice of the scales, because of which it rots and dries out. To destroy this pest, the plant is treated with insecticides: Akarin, Agravertin, Aktellik.

In order to prevent these drugs, it is necessary to pickle the bulbs before planting in open ground.

Scilla or "scylla" is a bulbous perennial, representing the asparagus family, formerly lily. About 90 varieties grow in the world, Europe, Africa and Asia are considered the birthplace of the plant. From ancient Greek, the name translates as sea bow. Also, these flowers are popular under a different name blue snowdrop.

Shoots reach 12-25 cm. The foliage is wide, linear, collected in a squat bunch, appears at the same time as the inflorescences. It has a color ranging from blue to purple. Small flowers have racemose inflorescences, sometimes solitary. The flowering stage is in April, and some varieties are autumn-flowering.

The types of blueberries demanded by flower growers include:

• Spanish (Flowers cylindrical-bell-shaped, blue, white, pink-purple. Blooms in June. Has many garden forms. Can be used in winter time for forcing.);
• Two-leaved (reaches 12-13 cm, linear leaves and sky-blue flowers, 2-12 in inflorescences.);
• Autumn (It has narrow-linear, grooved leaves. The flowers are pale lilac in color, collected in racemose inflorescences. The beginning of flowering is the first decade of August.);
• Siberian (Buds white color grow simultaneously with the leaves, reach 10-12 cm).

Below we will consider the Siberian blueberry: how to properly plant and care for it.

Reproduction and planting.

Diseases and pests.

Like any bulbous plant, it is subject to diseases such as bulbous and gray rot. The affected plants are destroyed. The pests of the plant are rodents (field mice) that damage the bulbs. For prevention, it is recommended to dig ditches around the flowers, into which poison with bait is placed and covered with earth. It is not excluded the defeat of the meadow tick, because of which the bulb rots and dries. For prevention and destruction in this situation, spraying Scylla and its bulbs with insectoacaricide preparations will help.

Scylla, which is popularly called the blueberry, is the first herald of spring. The delicate flower has incredible strength, breaking through the barely thawed soil. Scylla can also be called an amazing flower because even botanists are divided in opinion, classifying the flower as one of Asparagus or Hyacinths.

But it is worth noting that these families, despite a number of morphological differences and features, have much in common. There are more than 85 species of Proleska. The plant feels great in the climatic conditions of both Europe and Asia with Africa.

Types of woodlands

• The Siberian blueberry prefers the forests of Europe, rocky slopes and mountain glades of the Caucasus. Plant height can reach 30 centimeters. Propagated by seeds.
• Tubergen - the most small view plants with surprisingly large flowers. Blooms in the second half of April. Widely used in landscape design.
• The double-leaved species is not named so in vain, since the leaves of the flower are wide and long. Peduncle produces up to 10 flowers of different colors. They can be white, pink, blue.
• The Bukhara species is very rare both in nature and in gardens. Grows high in the mountains. It blooms in late April - early May, after which, preparing for a dormant period, the flower drops its leaves.
• Autumn blueberry is common in the steppes of the Crimea and Transcaucasia. It has an unusual flowering time for Scilla: late July - early August.

Siberian spelling: photo and description, features of the species

Scylla Siberian is recognizable by its long tall leaves with parallel venation. Flowers have ray symmetry. There are 6 petals on the flower. The color is predominantly white. The diameter of the flower varies from 1.5 to 3 cm. Bulb 2 cm in diameter is intended for stock Flowering occurs in mid-spring, dormant in summer. Blooms no more than 20 days. The flowers are pollinated by bumblebees and bees.

The Siberian blueberry flower loves the sun very much; it does not open in cloudy weather. A light cap, consisting of a group of mechanical tissue cells, at the top of the leaves helps the plant break through frozen soil, a layer of compressed melt snow and an ice crust. Propagated by seeds, which are scattered by ants.

Subspecies of the Siberian blueberry

The Siberian blueberry, the description of which was presented above, has several subspecies.

The Siberian subspecies prefers the forest-steppe zone of growth. The bulb is small, 2-3 cm in diameter. The length of the flower arrow is 12-15 cm. The leaves are light green. Flower diameter - 2 cm Blooms in the second half of April.

The white species of the Siberian blueberry takes root well, forming up to 5 children per season. The height of the flower arrows is up to 10 cm. The color of the leaves is pale green. The flowers are pure white and 2 cm in diameter.

Very rarely in the collections there are species of Siberian bluebell of soft pink or pale blue color.

The Armenian subspecies is distributed in the meadows of the Caucasus and in northeastern Turkey. Prefers shady places and grows in groups. It has a fairly long flower arrow up to 25 cm. There are no more than 4 bright blue flowers on it.

The Caucasian subspecies is found in the forests of Transcaucasia. The bulb has a diameter of 1.5 cm. Peduncles are high with 3-5 blue-violet flowers.

Spring beauty is a variety that appeared as a result of intraspecific selection. The arrows are powerful blue-violet with at least five flowers 3 cm in diameter. Propagated by a baby, the seeds are not tied. Looks good in combination with white scilla.

Optimal location

Siberian blueberry loves the sun, but also grows well in partial shade. The main thing is that it should not be too dry a place with a scorching sun throughout the day, otherwise it will disappear. Wet and waterlogged terrain also does not suit her. When planting for the purpose of early flowering, it is better to choose places on the southern slopes. Shady areas delay the flowering period.

Suitable soil

The Siberian blueberry, the photo of which is presented in our article, prefers loose soil rich in leaf humus. Dry sandy soil requires a deeper landing. If the blueberry is not grown in open ground, then there must be drainage in the pot at the bottom. acidic soils Siberian blueberry does not accept. Slightly acidic or neutral soil will be optimal. Likes mulching, that is, shelter of the root zone various materials like leaves, trees, straw, pebbles to keep moisture and useful properties soil. As a shelter for this plant, the needles and bark of coniferous trees are not suitable.

fertilizers

Although the mother species of blueberry growing in the wild are unlikely to receive additional fertilizers, garden views need it. If you want to get a strong plant with abundant and long flowering, not susceptible to disease, feed it.

The most suitable time for feeding is, of course, the beginning of spring, before the start of sap flow. You can do this process in late autumn.

Special fertilizers are not required. A standard mineral set in the form of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus is fine. For autumn top dressing, it is better to choose granular types of fertilizers, for spring - liquid.

How Scylla Reproduces

Siberian blueberry can be propagated by bulbs and self-sowing. In season, the plant can produce up to 4 bulbs. They are planted in the ground in autumn in holes up to 8 cm deep, at a distance of 5 cm from each other. New bulbs in a plant appear at different depths, it is often difficult to dig everything out during transplantation, therefore, in the place where the blueberries once grew, they will appear and bloom for a long time. You can dig up bulbs for propagation no earlier than three years after planting.

Small bulbs do not store for a long time. They must be planted in the ground no later than a month after extraction. Large bulbs can be stored until autumn in peat in a cool room.

With the generative method of propagation, at least 2 years must pass from the moment of sowing to the first flowering.

Susceptibility to diseases and pests

Everyone knows that it is better to prevent a disease than to fight it, therefore, before planting, the bulb of a plant should be carefully examined and checked. Onion hoverfly larvae penetrate the bulb and gnaw it from the inside. The planting material you have chosen may already be infested. Insecticides should be used to treat the soil where there are traces of the root onion mite. They like to feast on bulbs of Scylla Medvedka and Khrushchev. It is desirable to destroy them mechanically, by removing the larvae and adults while digging the soil.

Not only insects can lead to the death of a plant, but also stagnant water with abundant watering and poor drainage. This causes the appearance of a fungus that provokes rot. You can try to save the bulb on initial stage development of the disease if dipped for a while in or fungicide. In the spring, this solution can be watered plants to prevent the disease.

Siberian blueberry, planting and caring for which do not require professional skills, in suitable, not stingy soil, will delight with bright flowering and abundant growth for more than one year.

Among the very first spring flowers, the blue-blue flowers enchant with the touching tenderness of the blue-blue flowers. fragile plant magical powers breaks through the freshly thawed soil at the same time as snowdrops, for which it is often confused and called "blue snowdrops". If desired, the blueberry can be settled in your garden and every spring again and again admire the blue scattering of its flowers.

Scilla in the old and new taxonomy

Scilla is a genus of bulbous herbaceous plants, in which there are about 90 species. Formerly genus belonged to the Liliaceae family, now some scientists attribute it to the order and the Asparagus family. Other researchers believe that the presence of a bulb, life forms and chemical components of plants allow it to be classified as a member of the Hyacinth family. In turn, the Hyacinth family itself was also included in some taxonomies of monocot plants as Asparagus, others use traditional taxonomy. Therefore, inconsistencies can be found in the literature. Despite some morphological differences and features, these two families have many common features. Therefore, any systematics, old or new, is recognized in the world and is not considered erroneous. In the photo: Siberian blueberry (Scilla sibirica)
Sometimes the blueberry is confused with the liverwort. Their flowers have the same number of petals (six) in a similar bright blue hue, both plants bloom in early spring. Scilla can be easily distinguished by long lanceolate leaves. The liverwort has three-lobed leaves, similar to clover leaves, it belongs to the buttercup family, a class of dicotyledonous plants and is not a relative of Scylla. There is a blueberry plant, similar in name to the "billet", but outwardly it is very different from it.

Scilla - an ephemeroid plant

Scilla (Scilla), or blueberry, refers to ephemeroids - perennials in which the bulbs or rhizomes contain a supply nutrients. The vegetation period of these plants is a very short period of time, they spend most of their lives underground. Most representatives of the genus Proleska, like many ephemeroids, develop in early spring before the leaves appear on the trees. But some species, for example, the autumn blueberry (Scilla autumnalis), bloom in late summer or autumn, like the familiar autumn crocus. In decorative floriculture, autumn blueberry is used very rarely.

All types of Scylla are found mainly in the northern hemisphere in Africa, Asia and Europe. Only a few of them, for example, Violet Scylla, live in the mountains of South Africa. Scillas grow in different plant communities: mixed and broad-leaved forests; mountain meadows; steppe regions; forest-steppe communities; can grow high in the mountains at an altitude exceeding 3600 meters.

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"" In the photo: Siberian blueberry (Scilla sibirica)

How to recognize the blueprint

Scylla is a herbaceous plant with long leaves with parallel venation. Its modified underground stem, the bulb, serves to store nutrients. The flowers are actinomorphic, that is, they have ray symmetry. Scilla has a simple perianth, six petals and stamens, one pistil and an upper ovary. Small flowers are collected in inflorescences of an ear and a brush, or single. Scylla flowers are mostly blue and blue, but some species and varieties have other shades of petals. The Japanese Scilla (Scilla scilloides) has pink flowers, the Pushkin-like Scilla (Scilla puschkinioides) flowers are white, rarely blue. In culture, many combs with flowers of different shades have been bred, mainly these are varieties of the Siberian blueberry.
The fruit is a pod with a large number of small seeds. This is another difference from typical representatives of the asparagus family, which have a berry fruit.
Many types of scylla are used in landscape design. Scillas are unpretentious, can reproduce by self-sowing, are frost-resistant, and are not demanding in care. Flowering in early spring, bluebells adorn flower beds when other plants are just starting to develop. Scylla can grow in partial shade, and in the shade, and in sunny areas. It is suitable for alpine slides, lawns with grass, flower beds and for forcing in pots.

““ In the photo: Siberian blueberry (Scilla sibirica), planted in the near-trunk circle of an apple tree. Thanks to good self-seeding, a whole lawn of blueberries was formed.

"" In the photo: Siberian blueberry, planted in among the stones in the rock garden.

Conditions for growing blueberries

Lighting
Scylla loves good lighting, but can grow in partial shade or indirect light. Types of blueberries that bloom in early spring need to be planted in more lighted places. And those that bloom in May-June, when solar activity is much higher, will feel better next to other plants, in grass or partial shade.

Soil features
Proleska prefers loose substrates, which include leaf humus, organic-rich soil containing mineral components. It is good to add forest soil with pieces of semi-decomposed bark and leaves to the garden soil for planting. The soil should be moist, but not wet. Do not allow stagnant water, acidification of the soil or waterlogging of the soil. In such cases, the amount of oxygen in the soil decreases and the development of soil fungi increases. This leads to rotting of the bulb and death of the plant.
The soil for scilla should be light and well-permeable to water. If the cultivation of blueberries occurs in pots or containers (that is, not in open ground), then drainage should always be laid on the bottom.
Scylla cannot grow on soils with high acidity. Optimal for it is a neutral or slightly acidic environment (pH 6.5-7.0).
For a better condition and comfortable growth of the blueberry, it is necessary to mulch (cover) the soil surface with a variety of materials to preserve moisture and useful properties of the substrate. Suitable for this purpose: leaf humus; bark of deciduous trees (except walnut); straw; small pebbles that can also perform a decorative function. Needles and bark of coniferous trees cannot be used for mulching of the blueberry. Decomposing under the action of water, they change the pH of the soil, making it more acidic.

Watering and humidity
Scylla loves moisture, but not phlegm. Flowering plant it is necessary to water carefully, trying to ensure that water falls less on the flowers - then they will retain their decorative effect longer. It is preferable to water the sprouts in the morning.

fertilizers
Some gardeners believe that the garden Scylla is not far removed from the wild mother species and therefore does not particularly need mineral supplements. This is an erroneous opinion. You can do without fertilizers, but in this case the plants will be weaker, the flowering will be short and not so plentiful, the blueberries will be more often affected by diseases.
Time for mineral feeding - early spring before the beginning of the growing season or in the earliest period of leaf development before the formation of peduncles. Fertilizers can also be applied in late autumn, because some types of woods begin to germinate during this period and germinate overwinter under the snow.
You need to fertilize with the main minerals: nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. In autumn, it is better to apply granular or slow-dissolving fertilizers, and in spring, feed with liquid ones. If fertilizers are complex, then it is desirable that, in addition to the three main substances, they contain trace elements: iron, copper, magnesium, calcium.
Scilla bifolia (www.wikimedia.org; Florian Grossir) »»

Forcing of the blueberry

Scilla, like all bulbous plants, can be planted for forcing in pots; for this, Siberian scilla or two-leaved scilla is more often used.
Scylla can be made to bloom by the New Year or by March 8th. For forcing the sprouts, healthy bulbs are taken, planted in a shallow container in a mixture of sand and earth (1: 2), or in perlite. A little humus can be added to the substrate.
The time of planting the bulbs depends on what period the flowering is timed to. If you plant scilla bulbs at the end of September, then it will bloom by the end of December. But usually sprouts for distillation are planted later: in October or November. The soil should be slightly damp, not overdried. After planting, pots with bulbs are placed in a dark, damp room (the temperature should be from 0 to +5 degrees). In this state, the bulbs remain 8-10 weeks. After that, the pots are taken out into the light, watered and fed. The temperature is important for the growth of the blueberry, but it should not exceed +15 degrees C. At high temperatures, the scylla may not bloom, or its flowering period will be very short.
Pots with planted bulbs can be put outside until the forcing period. So that the bulbs do not freeze, the container is buried in humus or sawdust flush with the ground. Top with leaves or straw. In this state, the bulbs should be at least two months. The main condition is the cold temperature outside. Negative temperatures covered bulbs are not afraid of Scylla. After two months, the pot is dug up and brought into heat for further distillation.
““ Scilla hyacinthoides (Photo: Stan Shebs, wikimedia.org)

Proleska breeding

Spillage is propagated by seeds (generatively) and bulbs (vegetatively). Seeds can be sown directly into the soil, or you can pre-sow in a container. The substrate must be rich in organic matter and well aerated. From the moment of sowing to flowering, 2-3 years pass.
Scylla vegetative propagation is carried out with the help of baby bulbs or by cutting off the bottom of the bulb and planting it. In the first case, children can be planted immediately in open ground, the bottom is planted in a separate container. When babies form on the bottom, they are carefully torn off with tweezers and planted separately. The soil and growing conditions for bulbs are the same as for adult Scylla.
For propagation, the bulbs are dug up no earlier than three years after planting. In one place, the plant can grow for more than 5 years. Depending on the type, the bulbs are planted to a depth equal to their height, at a distance from each other, somewhat greater than this value. Bulbs are dug up after the leaves die off and immediately planted on permanent place or stored in peat in a cool room until the end of August - beginning of September, after which they are planted in the ground.
Scilla litardierei (Kurt Stuber, wikimedia.org) »»

Diseases and pests of the blueberry

With abundant watering and poor drainage of the substrate, the scilla bulb can be affected by a fungus that causes rot. If the process began at the initial stage of development, then the bulb can be saved by holding it for some time in a solution of potassium permanganate or a fungicide. If the bulb is severely affected, it will no longer be possible to save it. In the spring, a fungicide solution can be watered with blueberries. preventive purpose.
Scilla bulbs can eat Khrushchev and Medvedka. The best way fight them - mechanical removal larvae and adult insects while digging the soil.
The onion hoverfly is a dangerous pest that often leads to the death of Scylla. The larvae of this fly penetrate the bulbs and gnaw them from the inside. To get rid of this pest, you need repeated treatment with an insecticide - a poison that affects insects. The same method (insecticide) should be dealt with onion root mites. Before planting, you need to carefully check the bulbs, this will help to avoid many diseases and pests.
"" Scilla Portuguese or grape Scilla peruviana (Photo: Jean Tosti, wikimedia.org)

Types and varieties of blueberries

The main use of Scylla is decorative floriculture and landscape design open ground. The following types of scilla are often used in gardens:

Siberian Scilla Scilla sibirica- in culture since the 18th century, on the basis of this species, varieties with white, pink and dark purple petals were created. Flowers solitary or collected in an inflorescence of 3 flowers. Flowering occurs at the end of April. There is a natural variety with white flowers, Scilla siberica var. alba

Scilla bifolia- the plant is very short, characterized by abundant flowering and fragrant flowers. In a racemose inflorescence, up to 15 flowers can be counted. In culture since the 16th century. There are subspecies with white, pink, pale blue and dark blue flowers.

"" Scilla Lucilia Scilla luciliae(photo: Jason Sturner, wikimedia.org) - suitable for lawns and flower beds located in partial shade or in the sun, long introduced into cultivation, widespread, formerly belonged to the genus Chionodoxa under the name Chionodoxa luciliae. It has natural varieties of Scilla forbesii and Scilla sardensis. The natural range of the plant is the highlands of Turkey. Planted at a depth of 7-10 cm, the distance between plants is 7 cm, every five years the plants are transplanted. Some varieties of Scilla Lucilia:
Alba - the variety has white flowers;
Rosy Queen - in the inflorescence there are up to 5 flowers, the light blue petals of which have blue-violet veins, and the white stamens are decorated with yellow pollen, the height of the plants is not more than 10 cm;
Violet Beauty - white stamens with yellow pollen contrast brightly against the background of purple petals, plant height 8 cm;
Violetta is a very low plant 5 cm high. In the inflorescence up to 7 pale blue flowers with white veins on the petals.

Scilla hyacinthoides- has dense inflorescences with many flowers that bloom gradually from bottom to top; peduncle height up to 80 cm. In Israel, it is used for cutting

Scilla litardierei Scilla litardierei- has two more synonymous names meadow or amethyst - this species has been cultivated for more than two hundred years, the natural range of the species is the Balkans. The most famous variety is Orjen. It blooms in early June, much later than the Siberian blueberry. The height of the inflorescence is 20 cm, it has up to 70 blue-violet flowers. The flowers look like little stars.

Scilla Bukhara, or Pushkin-shaped, Scilla bucharica- high-altitude ephemeroid, which has proven itself in culture; the height of thin stems (1-3) is up to 15 cm, the flowers are pale blue, wide open, with a blue vein in the center. Anthers are blue.

Scilla Portuguese/Grape Scilla peruviana(photo: Jean Tosti, wikimedia.org)»»
- originally from Portugal, has magnificent decorative inflorescences, in which there can be 40-100 flowers; peduncle height up to 40 cm, blue flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, with Latin the name is translated "Peruvian", this mistake was made by Carl Linnaeus in the taxonomy of the plant. The flowers of cultivars can be white, light and dark blue, blue and purple.

«« Spillage Mishchenko (Scilla mischtschenkoana)(photo: Kurt Stuber, wikimedia.org) – Occurs naturally in the south of the Caucasus and northern Iran, cultivated since the 1930s. Plant height up to 12 cm, leaf length up to 15 cm. It blooms in late April with pale blue flowers with dark veins, up to 2-2.5 cm in diameter. Up to five flowers in an inflorescence. The most famous variety awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society Scilla tubergeniana (Scilla tubergeniana).

For interior decoration (in indoor floriculture), the following types of scilla are used:

Purple Scilla (Scilla Violaceae, or S. socialis)- blooms with inconspicuous flowers in March-April, but is notable for gray-blue oval long leaves with green spots. The underside of the leaves are brownish.

Small-flowered blueberry (Scilla pauciflora)- blooms with pink flowers, the leaves have longitudinal stripes.

Scilla ovatifolia- the leaves are decorated with cherry spots.

Scilla graminifolia- dark cherry edging along the edges of green leaves.

““ Violet blueberry (Scilla Violaceae, or S. socialis), photo: www.greenboom.ru

In addition to the decorative use of some species of Japanese Scilla (it is also Scilla or Chinese - Scilla scilloides, or S. Japonica) is used in medicine.

All types of blueberries are good honey plants. An important role for insects is played by scilla species that bloom in early spring: Siberian blueberry and two-leaved blueberry.