Bulbous plants with umbrellas funnel flowers blooming on the tops of stems in late spring - early summer. Long, narrow leaves resemble onions feathers. Excellent plant for rock gardens, flower beds and container cultivation. Cut florets long standing in the water. Motherland - the western part of the United States.
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Recommended species and varieties
Queen Fabiola ( «Koningin Fabiola»)
Loose umbrellas length of 5 cm to 20 numbering violet-blue flowers, flower stalks crowned strong direct a length of 50 cm. Plants form only 1-2 leaf length of 30 cm. The height and diameter of 50h15 rasteniya- cm.
cultivation
Planted bulbs in early autumn at a depth of about 7.5 cm and 10 cm distance from each other. The best place to land - an open sunny site with well-drained soil. Cover the plants for winter mulch or straw. In the early summer of Feed the liquid potash.
Remove any wilted blossoms, but leaves are not cut off, as long as they do not completely die out.
When grown in pots plant the bulbs in a nutritious substrate, comprising a quarter of the coarse sand. In autumn, place containers in a cool, but not frozen greenhouse and keep them in the sand as long as there will be shoots; then you can move the pots in a warm room.
reproduction
Autumn separating daughter bulbs; They bloom in 2-3 years.
Pests and diseases
Usually not affected
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