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Proleska (Latin Scilla) belongs to the genus of bulbous perennials of the Asparagus family, although it used to be part of the Hyacinth or Liliaceae family. Another name for the scilla. Sometimes a spit is confused with a forested or snowdrop. The genus includes about 90 species of plants living in mountain meadows and plains in Asia, Africa and Europe.

     

Proleska is a perennial bulbous plant. Scylla bulbs are round or ovoid, with dark gray, purple or brown outer scales. Leaves are linear, basal, appearing earlier or simultaneously with the apical racemose inflorescences on leafless peduncles.

A characteristic feature of the Scylla leaves is that on cloudy and cold days they are pressed to the ground, and in warm and sunny weather they take a position close to vertical.

The inflorescences of the woodland consist of single flowers. Blue spines are common, but there are varieties and varieties with purple, white, purple, and pink flowers. The fruit of the scilla is a capsule with black seeds of an irregular ovoid shape.

Redwoods usually bloom in early spring, although there are species that bloom in autumn.

 

 

Scylla outdoor landing

 

When to plant a spit into the ground

Planting and caring for a scylla outdoors is not difficult at all. The sapling plant is planted most often on alpine slides, curbs, in mixborders or rockeries.The trunks of fruit trees, decorated with flowering groves in early spring, also look very elegant. Scylla can be planted even during flowering, however, it is better to plant spring woodlands after the leaves die off, from the second half of June, and autumn flowering Scylla - a month before the development of peduncles. Like all flowers, blueberry loves good lighting, although it can grow in partial shade, and spring-flowering species are more photophilous than those that bloom in autumn.

How to plant a spit into the ground Planting and caring for the woodland begins with the preparation of the site. The best soil for Scylla is a soil rich in organic matter, containing leaf humus and mineral components. To grow well in your garden, you need to add some forest soil with half-decayed foliage and tree bark to your garden soil. The soil for the woodland should be moderately moist, but it does not like swampy soils, like acidic ones. The optimum pH of the soil for the woodland is 6.5-7.0 pH.

Shedding bulbs are placed in holes located at a distance of 5-10 cm from each other, to a depth of 6 to 8 cm, depending on the caliber of the planting material.

 

 

Scylla outdoor care

 

Proleska is one of the most unpretentious spring plants. Caring for the proleskaya consists in watering with the obligatory subsequent loosening of the soil to a depth of 2-2.5 cm and removing weeds. It is better to water the scillas in the morning, trying to pour water so that it does not fall on the flowers - from this, the spines lose their decorative effect. To make your work easier, mulch the planting with deciduous humus, after which you will have to water and loosen the soil less often.

For feeding in early spring with a complex fertilizer, for example, Nitrofoskoy, the scrub will respond with abundant flowering, but the species of Scylla blooming in autumn are best fed in the fall. It is advisable to add trace elements calcium, iron, copper and magnesium to the solution of complex mineral fertilizer.

You need to know that many types of Scylla reproduce by self-seeding, and if you do not want the spines to suddenly bloom in the places reserved for other plants, remove the testes from them in a timely manner.

Scylla care also involves replanting the plant once every three years. In order for the spines not to lose their decorative effect, they need to be dug up and, separated from the baby's bulbs, they should be planted as quickly as possible in order to avoid rotting of the bulbs. The best time for this procedure is late September or early October.

After flowering the flowering shoot of the Scylla is immediately cut off, the leaves are removed only when they themselves completely die off. As for the preparation of the plant for wintering, almost all types of scilla are frost-resistant, therefore they normally hibernate without shelter. But it is better to cover the spruce branches or dry leaves growing in open areas for the winter.

 

 

Scilla reproduction

 

Spread is propagated by bulbs and seeds. We have just described the method of propagation by bulbs. As for seed reproduction, the first task is to get seed: as soon as the seed pods turn yellow and begin to crack, and this happens around the end of June, you need to cut the pods, extract seeds from them and sow them. Seed germination is low, and you will only see the flowering of scilla from seeds in 3-4 years. For the first time, you will not have to plant the spines grown from seeds until after five years - you need to give the plant time to multiply flower stalks and grow more children.

 

 

Scylla disease and pests

 

Like other small-bulb crops, Scyllae are affected by diseases such as bulb rot, gray rot and achelenchoides. Of the pests for tree forests, the most dangerous are mouse-like rodents and the root meadow mite.

Gray rot attacks the leaves of the plant and the tops of the bulbs, as a result of which they become covered with gray mold fluff and rot. Following this, dense specks form on the bulbs. As a result of the development of the disease, woodlands turn yellow and die.Diseased plants should be destroyed immediately. On bulbs affected by gray rot during storage, diseased areas are cut out, and the wounds are treated with wood ash.

Achelenhoides It affects both the ground part of the plants and the bulbs, causing their scales to turn brown, which makes the bulbs rot - ring rot can be seen in their cross section. The surface of the diseased bulb is covered with necrotic spots. Plants infected with achelenchoides lose their decorative effect and begin to lag behind in development. Bulbs of damaged plants must be dug up and destroyed, and healthy bulbs are kept for half an hour in a thermos with hot water (43ºC) for prevention.

Bulb rot can be caused by fungal infections such as sclerotinia, fusarium, and septoria. The first sign of the disease is the yellowed leaves of the plant, then the infection penetrates the bulbs, from which dirty red spots are formed on them. When stored, diseased bulbs become hard and die. These diseases progress in conditions of high air humidity.

Mouse rodents, namely, voles, house and field mice, feed on the bulbs of the scilla, and in the spring they eat up its shoots. In order not to allow the mice to destroy the planting of the forest, a protective groove is made around it, into which the poisoned baits are laid and lightly sprinkled with earth so as not to accidentally poison the birds.

Root meadow tick and its larvae sharpen the bottom of the bulb, penetrate into its middle and feed on the juice of its inner scales, which leads to rotting and drying of the bulb. To kill the tick, they resort to treating plants with insectoacaricides - Aktellik, Agravertin, Akarin and similar preparations. As a preventive measure, Scylla bulbs are etched with the same drugs before planting in the ground.

 

 

Scylla species and varieties

 

Since there are a lot of species of woodland, including in culture, we offer you an acquaintance only with the most famous of them, as well as with the most popular Scylla varieties in floriculture.

 

Scilla hispanica

She is the bell-shaped scilla, she is the Spanish endymion (Endymion hispanicus), originally from the forests and meadows of Portugal, Spain and the south of France. This is perhaps the most beautiful type of woodland: a plant of short stature (20-30 cm), with a single peduncle and bell-shaped blue, pink and white flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, collected in 5-10 pieces in an erect racemose inflorescence. Scylla bellflower blooms from the end of May for a little less than two weeks. The bulbs of this species left in the ground need to be covered for the winter. The best varieties:

• Rose Queen - scilla with pink flowers with a lilac hue and a barely noticeable aroma on peduncles about 20 cm high.

• Sky Blue - large blue flowers with a blue stripe, located on powerful peduncles in a spiral.
• La Grandes - a plant with white flowers, of which there are about fifteen in each inflorescence.
• Rosabella - lilac-pink fragrant flowers, collected in a dense inflorescence on peduncles up to 30 cm high. By the evening, the aroma of flowers intensifies.

In addition to those described, the varieties of the bell-shaped creeper Excelsior, Blue Queen, Blue Giant, Blue Pearl, Dainty Maid, Queen of Pinks, Mont Everest, Miosotis and others have proven themselves well.

 

Scilla bifolia

Or two-leaved scilla, common in nature in the Mediterranean, Crimea, the European part of Russia and the Ciscaucasia. This is the most abundant and undersized species of the scilla. A plant about 15 cm high bears from one to three peduncles, each of which forms an inflorescence of white or pink flowers with a strong and pleasant smell, up to 15 pieces. The two-leaved scilla, as the name implies, has only two broad-linear leaves up to 20 cm long. Flowering in plants of this species begins in the second half of April and lasts about two weeks. In culture, the species has been since 1568. There is a garden form bifolia var. Purpurea with purple flowers.

 

Scilla autumnalis

Or autumnal scilla, growing in the wild in the Mediterranean, North Africa and Asia Minor. This plant gives up to 5 flower arrows 15-20 cm high, on which small flowers of reddish-purple or pale lilac color open, collected in loose clusters of 6-20 pieces. The beginning of flowering is the end of July or the beginning of August. The leaves of the plant are linear, grooved, narrow, up to 25 cm long. This species has been cultivated since 1597.

 

Scilla peruviana

Or Scylla Peruvian, comes from the Western Mediterranean. This plant develops 2-3 flower arrows up to 35 cm high with small bright blue flowers less than 1 cm in diameter, collected in a dense conical inflorescence. One inflorescence can contain up to 80 flowers. The leaves of the Peruvian scilla are linear, up to 30 in length and up to 1.5 cm in width.There can be from 5 to 8 of them on one plant.

 

Siberian beetle (Scilla sibirica)

or Siberian Scylla, got its name by mistake, since it does not grow in Siberia. Its habitats are the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Crimea, as well as Southern and Central Europe. The leaves of this species appear simultaneously with the blue flowers containing nectar. The peculiarity of flowers of this species is that they open at 10 o'clock and close at 16-17 o'clock, and in cloudy weather they may not open at all. The Siberian Scylla has three subspecies:

• Caucasian (Scilla sibirica subsp.caucasica), found in the Eastern Transcaucasia. Plants of this subspecies have arrows from 20 to 40 cm high, flowers are dark blue with a purple tint, blooming for two to three weeks from mid-spring.

• Armenian (Scilla sibirica subsp. Armena), which grows in southern Transcaucasia and northeastern Turkey. In the Armenian subspecies, the leaves are sickle-curved, the arrows are only 10-15 cm long, the bright blue flowers open in mid-spring and bloom for two to three weeks.
• Siberian (Scilla sibirica subsp. Sibirica) grows in the mountains, shrubs and forests of the Caucasus, Crimea, Asia Minor and Asia Minor, as well as the European part of Russia. This is the most famous subspecies of the woodland in the culture. Its plants have 3-4 broad-linear leaves up to 1.5 cm wide, the number of peduncles up to 30 cm high on one plant can be from 1 to 4, azure flowers bloom in mid-spring and bloom for about three weeks. The subspecies has been cultivated since the beginning of the 17th century. The white-flowered form of this subspecies has been cultivated since 1798, it blooms a week and a half later, a tree of a different color, but blooms for almost four weeks. In addition to plants with white flowers, there are varieties with pink and blue colors. The most famous varieties of the Siberian subspecies of Siberian redwood:
Spring Beauty - currently the best variety of the species with powerful violet-green peduncles and five to six flowers of a dark purple shade with a diameter of about 3 cm. The variety is very popular in Western European culture. Its peculiarity is also in the fact that it does not set seeds, but it easily reproduces by children.
Alba - a variety with very beautiful flowers of a snow-white color, creating a spectacular contrast with the flowers of the Spring Beauty variety.

In addition to the species described, grape, Pushkiniform, Rosen, Tubergen (or Mishchenko), purple, single-flowered, sea (sea onion), Litardier, Chinese (proleskidnaya), Italian, Vinogradova, Bukhara (or Vvedensky) are in demand in the culture.

 

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A bulbous perennial such as scilla is a member of the asparagus family. However, some time ago this flower was attributed to the lily or hyacinth family. This plant is also called Scylla. Often such a flower is mistaken for a snowdrop or forested plant. This genus includes about 90 different plant species. In natural conditions, they can be found in Africa, Asia and Europe, while they prefer to grow in plains and mountain meadows. The name of such a flower comes from the Greek name of the sea onion "skilla", the fact is that it was previously a representative of this genus. Such a plant is highly resistant to frost and disease, and it is also very beautiful and able to quickly adapt to any environmental conditions.

Features of the woodland

A bulbous plant such as scrub is a perennial. The bulbs are round or ovoid, and their outer scales are purple, dark gray or brown. Basal linear leaf plates grow earlier or at the same time with apical inflorescences, which have the shape of a brush and are located on leafless peduncles. Such a plant has one feature, for example, its leaves on rainy, cool days are pressed against the surface of the soil, while it is warm and sunny outside, they are located almost vertically. The inflorescences include single flowers. The fruit is a box, inside of which there are irregular ovoid seeds of black color. Proleska is a primrose, like the following plants: brandu, white flower, dream-grass (lumbago), goose onion, daffodil, pushkinia, chionodoxa, hazel grouse, saffron (crocus), adonis (adonis), erantus (spring), hyacinth, muscari, snowdrop, primrose, dwarf iris and buttercup. The flowering of most species of scilla is observed at the beginning of the spring period, but there are also such species that bloom in the autumn.

Planting a scilla in open ground

What time to plant

Planting and growing woodland is fairly straightforward. These flowers are used, as a rule, to decorate borders, rockeries, alpine slides and mixborders. The trunks of garden trees, which adorn the beautiful flowers of the scilla at the beginning of spring, also look incredibly impressive. You can plant such a plant even during the flowering period. However, experts recommend planting spring-flowering Scylla after the leaf plates die off (from mid-June), and those that bloom in spring - 4 weeks before the formation of peduncles. These flowers prefer well-lit areas, but they can also be grown in shaded areas. It should be borne in mind that autumn flowering species are not so light-loving compared to those that bloom in spring.

Landing features

Before proceeding with the direct landing of the scilla, it is necessary to prepare the site. Best of all, such a plant will grow in soil with a large amount of organic matter, which includes mineral components and leaf humus. In order for these flowers to grow and develop excellently, it is recommended to mix garden soil with forest soil, which contains semi-decomposed tree bark and foliage. A suitable soil acidity should be between 6.5 and 7.0.

A distance of 5 to 10 centimeters must be maintained between the landing holes. It is necessary to deepen the bulbs into the soil by 6–8 centimeters (depending on the size of the planting material).

Scylla care in the garden

Proleska is distinguished by its extreme unpretentiousness when compared with other spring flowers. In order for this flower to grow normally, it must be watered, if necessary, and after that it is imperative to loosen the soil surface to a depth of 20–25 mm, while weeding.Watering is recommended in the morning, while you need to try so that the liquid does not fall on the surface of the flowers, as this can greatly spoil their appearance. In order to significantly reduce the number of weeding and watering, the area where the scilla grows should be covered with a layer of mulch (deciduous humus).

Spring flowering woodlands need to be fed with a complex fertilizer (for example, Nitrofoskaya) at the beginning of the spring period, due to which the flowering will be much more magnificent. And it is recommended to arrange feeding for autumn-flowering species in autumn. It is best to add trace elements such as iron, magnesium, calcium and copper to a complex mineral fertilizer.

It should be remembered that these plants reproduce well by self-sowing. If you do not have the desire to regularly remove unnecessary scilla from the site, then it is necessary to break off the withering flowers, trying to do this before the testes appear.

Transfer

For the normal growth and development of this plant, it must be systematically transplanted 1 time in 3 years, this will also allow the bushes to be highly decorative. Having dug a bush, it is necessary to separate the children from the bulb, after which they are seated as soon as possible in order to avoid the appearance of rot on the bulbs. Experts advise to transplant in the last days of September or the first - in October.

Reproduction of scilla

Seeds and daughter bulbs are used for reproduction. How to propagate with bulbs is described in detail above. In order to grow such a flower from seeds, you first need to collect them. Around the last days of June, the seed pods should turn yellow and begin to crack. These boxes must be collected and seeds are poured out of them, which are immediately sown in open ground. Such seeds have a relatively low germination rate, while bushes grown from seeds will bloom only when they are 3 or 4 years old. The first planting of such plants is produced no earlier than 5 years later, during this time they will grow a large number of children, and the number of peduncles will also increase.

Diseases and pests

Like all small-bulbous plants, this flower is susceptible to infection with achelenchoides, gray rot and bulb rot. The greatest danger of all pests to such a plant is the root meadow mite and murine rodents.

Gray rot appears on leaf blades and on the top of the bulb. Gray mold appears on the affected parts of the plant, and they begin to rot. Then dense spots appear on the bulbs. As the disease progresses, the bushes turn yellow and die. The affected specimens must be dug up and burned as soon as possible. If the stored bulbs have become infected with gray rot, then the problem areas should be cut out and the wounds should be sprinkled with wood ash.

If the spill gets infected achelenchoides, then there is a defeat of its aerial part, as well as the bulbs. The scales on the bulbs turn brown and rot appears. So, if you make a cross section of the bulb, you will notice ring rot. In the affected bulb, necrotic spots appear on the surface. Infected specimens show a loss of decoration and developmental lag. Infected bulbs are dug up and burned. For preventive purposes, healthy bulbs should be put in a thermos with hot (43 degrees) water, where they should stay for 30 minutes.

Bulb rot appears due to fungal infections, for example: fusarium, sclerotinia or septoria. In a recently infected bush, the leaf plates begin to turn yellow, and then the infection penetrates into the bulbs, which is why spots of a dirty red color appear on their surface. If you put the infected bulbs in storage, they become very hard and die. This disease begins to develop very quickly when the air humidity is high.

Mouse rodents (for example: house mice and voles) are very fond of eating the bulbs of this plant, while in spring they can eat its sprouts. To protect the scilla, it is necessary to make a protective groove around the area where it is grown. In this groove, bait with poison should be laid, and do not forget to sprinkle it with soil a little, because birds can peck the poisoned rump, which will lead to their death.

Larvae and adults root meadow mite gnaw through the bottom of the onions, and then make their way into their middle. There, the pests begin to suck the juice from the inner scales of the bulb, because of which it begins to rot and dry out. To get rid of this harmful insect, it is necessary to spray the affected bush with an insectoacaricide (for example: Agravertin, Aktellik, Akarin, etc.). For prophylaxis, before planting the bulbs in the soil, they should be etched with one of these agents.

Scylla after flowering

After the plant has faded, the peduncle must be removed from it, while the leaf plates are cut off only after they have completely died out. There is no need to prepare the Scylla for the coming winter in a special way, because it has a fairly high frost resistance and does not need shelter. However, if these flowers are cultivated in an open area, then to protect them from winter frosts, it is recommended to cover them with dried foliage or spruce branches.

Types and varieties of scilla (proleski) with photos and names

As already mentioned, there are quite a few species of blueberry, while most of them are successfully cultivated by gardeners. In this regard, below will be a description of only those of them that are quite popular, and you will also find the name of the most popular varieties.

Scilla hispanica, or Spanish endymion (Endymion hispanicus), or campanulate scilla

The homeland of such a plant is Spain, southern France and Portugal. Moreover, this species prefers to grow in meadows and forests. This type is considered the most effective. The bush in height can reach from 0.2 to 0.3 meters. On single peduncles there are erect inflorescences with the shape of a brush, which consist of 5-10 bell-shaped flowers, up to 20 mm in diameter and painted in pink, blue or white. Flowering begins in the last days of May and lasts for about half a month. If the bulbs remain in the open ground for the winter, then they must be covered. Popular varieties:

1. Rose Queen... The height of the peduncles is about 0.2 meters, they have pink flowers with a lilac hue, which have a very faint smell.
2. Sky Blue... On very strong peduncles, large blue flowers with a strip of blue are placed in a spiral.
3. La Grandes... The inflorescences include 15 white flowers.
4. Rosabella... The height of the peduncles is about 0.3 meters, they have dense inflorescences consisting of pinkish-lilac fragrant flowers. In the evening, their scent becomes much stronger.

Also, gardeners are happy to grow the following varieties of this type of scilla: Excelsior, Blue Queen, Blue Giant, Blue Pearl, Dainty Made, Queen of Pinks, Mont Everest, Miosotis, etc.

Double-leaved scilla (Scilla bifolia), or double-leaved scilla

Under natural conditions, this type of scilla can be found in the Crimea, the Ciscaucasia, the Mediterranean, as well as in the European part of Russia. It is considered the shortest and most lush. The height of the bush, as a rule, does not exceed 0.15 meters. It has 1-3 peduncles, and each of them has inflorescences consisting of pink or white flowers with a sharp, but quite pleasant aroma. Each inflorescence contains up to 15 flowers. This species has only 2 sheet plates of a broad-linear shape, the length of which is about 0.2 meters. This plant begins to bloom from mid-April, and the flowering duration is about half a month.It has been cultivated since 1568. There is a garden form bifolia var. Purpurea, which has purple flowers.

Autumn scilla (Scilla autumnalis), or autumn scilla

Under natural conditions, such a plant can be found in North Africa, the Mediterranean and Asia Minor. One bush can grow up to 5 flower arrows, the height of which varies from 0.15 to 0.2 meters. They have loose racemose inflorescences consisting of 6–20 small flowers of light lilac or violet-red color. It begins to bloom in the last days of July or the first in August. The length of linear grooved narrow leaf plates is about 0.25 m.Cultivated since 1597.

Scilla peruviana, or Peruvian scilla

The homeland of this species is the Western Mediterranean. 2 or 3 flower arrows appear on the bush, which reach 0.35 m in height. Dense conical inflorescences are placed on them, which consist of small (diameter less than 10 mm) flowers of a deep blue color. One inflorescence can contain up to 80 flowers. The length of linear leaf plates is about 30 centimeters, and their width reaches one and a half centimeters. 5-8 leaves grow on one bush.

Siberian Scilla (Scilla sibirica), or Siberian Scylla

This species was named erroneously, because it cannot be found on the territory of Siberia. In natural conditions, this flower can be found in the Caucasus, in the Crimea, in the European part of Russia, in central and southern Europe. The blue flowers grow at the same time as the leaf blades. The flowers contain nectar. This species has one peculiarity, the fact is that the opening of its flowers occurs at 10 am, and the closure - at 4–17 pm, while if the weather is cloudy, they may not open at all. There are 3 subspecies of such a spade:

Caucasian (Scilla sibirica subsp.caucasica)

In nature, it can be found in the Eastern Transcaucasia. The height of the flower arrows can vary from 0.2 to 0.4 m. The color of the flowers is dark blue with a purple tint. Flowering begins in the second half of the spring and lasts 15–20 days.

Armenian (Scilla sibirica subsp.armena)

In the wild, it is found in the northeastern part of Turkey and in southern Transcaucasia. The leaf plates are sickle-curved. The height of the flower arrows is from 10 to 15 centimeters, on them are flowers of a deep blue color. Flowering begins in mid-spring and lasts 15 to 20 days.

Siberian (Scilla sibirica subsp. Sibirica)

Under natural conditions, it can be found in the European part of Russia, in the Crimea, in the Caucasus and in Asia Minor and Western Asia. This subspecies in culture is considered the most popular. The bushes have 3 or 4 broad-linear leaf plates, which reach 15 mm in width. The height of the peduncles is about 0.3 m, while on one bush there can be 1–4 of them. The color of the flowers is azure. Flowering begins in mid-spring and lasts approximately 20 days. In culture, this subspecies has been since the beginning of the 17th century. This subspecies has a form with white flowers, it has been cultivated since 1798, its flowering begins 7-10 days later than plants of other colors, but its duration is 1 month. There are also varieties with blue or pink flowers. The most popular varieties of this subspecies:

• Spring Beauty, at this moment this variety is considered the best, on its strong green-purple peduncles there are 5 or 6 dark purple flowers each, the diameter of which does not exceed 30 mm. This variety is very popular in Western European culture. It does not have seeds, but it is quite easy to propagate it by children.
• Alba... Very showy flowers have a snow-white color. Moreover, this variety looks great when planted together with the previous one.

Also, quite often, gardeners cultivate such species as: grape scilla, Pushkiniform, Rosen, Tubergen (or Mishchenko), purple, one-flowered, sea (sea onion), Litardier, Chinese (proleskidnaya), Italian, Vinogradova, Bukhara (or Vvedensky).

Scylla or scrub is a bright spring perennial, delicate and graceful, it will adorn any flower arrangement. Scylla belongs to small-bulbous plants, from the family of asparagus, but more recently it was also ranked among the family of hyacinths and liliaceae.Scylla grows in meadows and forests, covering the area with a bright blue carpet. The flower is resistant, has exceptional vitality and will become a bright, decorative element in any flower bed.

The content of the article:

• Scylla planting: when, how and where to plant?
• How to care for Scylla? Proper care is the key to a successful florist
• Scylla varieties and types, description and features:
  • Scylla "Siberian" or Scylla "Siberica"
  • Scylla "Peruvian"
  • Scylla "Bell-shaped" (Endymion Spanish)
  • Scylla "Spanish"
  • "Two-leaved forest"
  • "Autumn scrub"
• Growing a scilla at home, a potted scrub on your window

Scylla planting: when, how and where to plant?

Often, novice flower growers face problems: the time of planting the scilla, finding a suitable site for planting woodland, with the difficulties of leaving. However, growing a Scylla will not be difficult, the main thing is to follow the elementary rules of care and planting technology.

Scylla has about 20 species, however, for any variety of woodland, the optimal set of growing conditions described below is suitable.

Scylla is a light-loving plant, winter-hardy and unpretentious, like all small-bulbous plants. It does not require annual digging and replanting, storage outside the soil and abundant watering. In order for the scrub to develop and bloom profusely, it is enough just to find the most comfortable place for it.

When choosing a site for planting a scilla, pay attention to a calm and sun-warmed place with variable solar activity.

Since Scylla is still a "forest flower", it prefers light, enriched soil with good aeration. A place under trees or near shrubs is fine.

Scylla reacts negatively to acidic and waterlogged soils, does not tolerate heavy soils. If the soil of your site does not meet the basic requirements for growing plants, you can always enrich it with peat and compost, drain it with sand and green manure, and lime acid.

Planting the spring Scylla in open ground, like all small-bulbous ones, should be done in the fall. And varieties of forest trees blooming in summer and autumn should be planted one and a half months before the expected flowering. Proleska gets along well with other spring flowers, gets along with all representatives of the plant world on the flowerbed, and if snowdrops or crocuses are planted between the scylla, a bright contrast and admiring glances will be provided to your site.

Scylla reproduces vegetatively and by seeds, forming both a seed capsule after flowering and children. If you decide to sow scilla, keep in mind that flowering will not occur until the flower forms a viable bulb.

Scylla seeds are sown in the spring, in warm soil, so that by winter the seedlings will sprout and gain strength for wintering. Sowing is carried out to a depth of 6-8 cm, with such a planting scheme, the scrub will bloom no earlier than 3-4 years later.

Reproduction by children is different, the mother's bulb forms during the growing season a separate small bulb about 0.5-1 cm, which in a year is ready for planting in a new place.

Scylla babies are transplanted a year after formation, carefully separating them from the mother bulb, and placing them in prepared holes up to 8 cm deep.

How to care for Scylla? Proper care is the key to a successful florist

Unpretentious Scylla plant, does not require painstaking care. The scrub is resistant to low temperatures, tolerates short-term frosts, is not susceptible to diseases of garden flowers (with the exception of root rot).

However, letting any flowering process take its course on your site is still not worth it. For a bright and abundant flowering, the woodland needs watering and feeding, like any other self-respecting plants.

Watering should be rare, but abundant, and at the beginning of the growing season it is not necessary at all, an abundance of snow will do its job, and will give water to the forest.Waterlogging for the scilla flower is destructive, in that it can provoke rotting of the bulb and the death of the plant, so make sure that the water in the area does not stagnate and organize drainage in time, and to prevent stagnation of water, before the snow melts, clear the area from the snow cover.

If your soil on the site is depleted, apply phosphorus-potassium fertilizers, nitrogen, compost, ammonium nitrate. This should be done during flowering and before the plant releases its first peduncle. The main thing is, in order to avoid burns, fertilizer must be applied at the root, without spilling it on the flower.

The Scylla does not need hilling, and the weeds have not yet appeared, so manual weeding is carried out as the weed grows.

If you do not want the scilla to grow exponentially, covering the entire area, it is better to cut off the seed pods immediately, as they emerge.

After flowering, dried peduncles and leaves are cut off, and in order to avoid freezing of the soil and bulbs, in late autumn, the site with Scylla plantings is covered with mulch or spruce branches.

Scylla varieties and types, description and features:

Scylla has over a hundred varieties and they are all different. The following species are prominent representatives:

Scylla "Siberian" or Scylla "Sibirica"

This species bears its name "in absentia", since Siberia is not the birthplace of the Siberian species, but it grows in the South of Russia and in Europe.

The difference between the "Siberian" scilla is in a soft blue shade of medium-sized flowers. The peduncle is thin, up to 20 cm in height. "Siberian" scilla exudes a light pleasant aroma. The subspecies of "Sibirica" ​​are:

Caucasian scilla growing in the Caucasus. The flowers of the plant are dark blue or purple-blue in color. Leaves are linear up to 15 cm in length. Flowering lasts about three weeks.

Armenian scilla growing in the Caucasus, Turkey and Armenia. It has linear curved leaves, blue flowers of medium size up to 2 cm.

It blooms from April to May, grows rapidly, covering the area with a solid carpet.

The "Siberian" species also has a "Siberian subspecies", a distinctive feature of which can be called growth (grows in Asian countries and in central Russia) and the classic, milky shade of inflorescences. The subspecies of the Siberian Scylla blooms a little later than the others, and has varieties of shades from milky to pale pink.

The most popular and well-proven varieties of the Siberian Scylla are:

Spring Beauty cultivar with large bulky purple flowers and Alba cultivar with white flowers.

Scylla "Peruvian"

The "Peruvian" scilla is a common type of perennial mecolymbolous plant of the asparagus family. The Peruvian type of Scylla, like the Siberian, got its name by accident. Scylla bulbs were brought from Spain in 1750, on a ship called Peru, from that moment Scylla got its name "Peruvian".

A distinctive feature of the Peruvian species is a high peduncle, linear erect leaves 30 cm long, blue flowers, collected in racemose inflorescences of 30-60 pieces.

Flowering "Peruvian" scilla stretches from May and continues in some areas until June. The birthplace of the Peruvian species is Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, Sicily and Malta. The purpose of the Peruvian scilla is decorative, it is often used for landscape decorations and flower beds.

Scylla "Bell-shaped" (Endymion Spanish)

The "bell-shaped" scilla or "Spanish endymion" originates from the forests of Spain, Portugal and France. The plant can be considered one of the most beautiful types of woodland.

A medium-sized peduncle is decorated with blue or pink flowers, in the form of a large bell 2-3 cm in size. There can be up to 8 flowers on one peduncle, making up a wonderful "fluffy" bunch.

The bell-shaped scylla begins to bloom in late May and ends in June. The variety of bell-shaped varieties is pleasing to the eye and delights flower growers.

The most popular varieties of the bell-shaped scilla are called:

Sky Blue, a variety with large sky-blue flowers and blue veins located on large peduncles.

Rose Queen, a vibrant variety with pink flowers and lavender hues.

La Gradens, will surprise you with large white flowers, collected in lush brushes, and a delicate aroma.

Rosabella, pink-lilac flowers in inflorescences, will fill the garden with a fragrance. Plant height up to 25 cm. The variety is in demand among florists and landscape designers.

In addition to the above, the bell-shaped Scylla includes woodland varieties: Everest, Blue Pearl, Blue Queen, Blue Giant, Queen Pinks and others.

Scylla "Spanish"

Scylla Spanish or Spanish hyacintoides originally from Spain, it is a perennial bulbous representative of hyacinths.

In terms of botanical features, it is similar to Proleskaya, however, it is a representative of a different group of plants. In early autumn it produces lanceolate basal leaves, about 25 cm long, then a peduncle. The bulb is light, irregular, oval, from 2 cm in diameter.

Flowering begins from late April to May, approximately two and a half weeks. The flowers are bell-shaped, bulky, pale blue or deep purple, and come in milky or pale pink. Inflorescences can have about 10 flowers, collected in a brush.

When the Spanish blueberry fades, the leaves gradually turn yellow and dry out, and new bulbs form in the ground. After, when the leaves dry out completely, the moisture is finished, as the plant is preparing for wintering. The Spanish Scylla is perfect for growing in the open field (in the fall, the purchased bulbs are simply enough to bury in the ground to a depth of 8 cm), the plant tolerates cold weather.

"Two-leaved forest"

Scylla double-leaved grows in the Mediterranean, in the Crimea, in the Caucasus. A low-growing variety of Scylla two-leaved blooms profusely and magnificently, not wasting energy on "extra greenery", but putting it into the cap of the peduncle.

Plant height reaches 15 cm, has up to three peduncles, with white and pink inflorescences. The two-leaved scilla has two wide basal, linear leaves. The two-leaved Scylla includes a purple grove in its group, with bright purple flowers. Blooms for about two weeks.

"Autumn scrub"

Autumn view of Scylla, found in the mountains of the North Caucasus, in Asia Minor. The plant can reach a height of 22 cm. It blooms from August to September with small dark lilac or purple flowers. Clusters of inflorescences are rare, include from 3 to 15 flowers.

On the above-described varieties, the variety of the Scylla does not end, the cultivated variety of the plant includes the grape Scylla, Pushkiniform, Italian, Bukhara, Chinese, one-flowered and Mishchenko's prolesku.

Growing a scilla at home, a potted scrub on your window

Scylla is an unusual and very beautiful plant. Scylla planting always implies open ground, but few people know that the scilla grows well on the windowsill. There is an opportunity to grow a scilla especially for the holiday and surprise guests or the birthday person.

To grow a scilla at home, you will need a light soil enriched with nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, a medium-sized pot of about 2-3 liters and woodland bulbs. Depending on the required distillation time, choose Scylla varieties that are suitable for you in terms of flowering time.

Direct planting is carried out with three bulbs per pot. Don't forget about the drainage holes in the pot and the drain itself. For drainage, you can use small river stones, or thick tree bark, boiled or treated with manganese in advance.

When the drain is laid, you can start filling the pot in half, fertile soil will do, mixed with peat or river sand. Then the scilla bulbs are laid, and the pot is covered with turf soil to the top. It is important not to deepen the bulb too deeply. The optimal depth for planting a scilla will be 7-8 cm.

After planting, moisten the soil and move the scylla pot to a cool and dark "corner" where the "newborn" scrub will be stored in the dormant stage. A month before the proposed holiday, put the pot in a well-lit place warmed by the sun, for example, on a lighted windowsill, water well, apply miraculous humus fertilizers or good strength. In two weeks, the scrub will release a peduncle, and in another week it will bloom.

A beautiful Scylla flower, bright and delicate, it will adorn any flower arrangement, flower bed and will delight you, not only with its flowering, but also with its light, spring aroma.

Proleska (scilla): planting and care in the open field, types and varieties

Scilla belongs to the genus of bulbous perennials of the Asparagus family, although it used to be part of the Hyacinth or Liliaceae family. Another name for the scilla. Sometimes a spit is confused with a forested or snowdrop.

The genus includes about 90 species of plants living in mountain meadows and plains in Asia, Africa and Europe. The scilla plant gets its name from the Greek name for the sea onion - skilla, which used to belong to this genus.

The flowers are distinguished by their high decorativeness and frost resistance, resistance to diseases and the ability to adapt to any conditions.

Proleska is a perennial bulbous plant. Scylla bulbs are round or ovoid, with dark gray, purple or brown outer scales. Leaves are linear, basal, appearing earlier or simultaneously with the apical racemose inflorescences on leafless peduncles.

A characteristic feature of the leaves of the scilla is that on cloudy and cold days they are pressed to the ground, and in warm and sunny weather they take a position close to vertical. The inflorescences of the woodland consist of single flowers. Blue spines are common, but there are varieties and varieties with purple, white, purple, and pink flowers.

The fruit of the scilla is a capsule with black seeds of an irregular ovoid shape.

Along with flowers such as crocus (or saffron), brandu, adonis (or adonis), white flower, spring (or erantus), lumbago (or dream grass), hyacinth, goose onions, muscari, daffodil, snowdrop, pushkinia, primrose , chionodoxa, dwarf iris, hazel grouse and buttercup, scilla flower is a primrose. Redwoods usually bloom in early spring, although there are species that bloom in autumn.

The topic of our article is planting woodland and caring for it in the open field.

Planting a scilla in open ground

When to plant a spit into the ground

Planting and caring for a scylla outdoors is not difficult at all. The sapling plant is planted most often on alpine slides, curbs, in mixborders or rockeries. The trunks of fruit trees, decorated with flowering groves in early spring, also look very elegant.

Scylla can be planted even during flowering, however, it is better to plant spring woodlands after the leaves die off, from the second half of June, and autumn flowering Scylla - a month before the development of peduncles.

Like all flowers, the bluehead loves good lighting, although it can grow in partial shade, and spring-flowering species are more photophilous than those that bloom in autumn.

How to plant a spit into the ground

Planting and caring for the woodland begins with the preparation of the site. The best soil for Scylla is a soil rich in organic matter, containing leaf humus and mineral components.

To grow well in your garden, you need to add some forest soil with half-decayed foliage and tree bark to your garden soil. The soil for the woodland should be moderately moist, but it does not like swampy soils, like acidic ones.

The optimum pH of the soil for the woodland is 6.5-7.0 pH.

Shedding bulbs are placed in holes located at a distance of 5-10 cm from each other, to a depth of 6 to 8 cm, depending on the caliber of the planting material.

Scylla care in the garden

How to grow a branch

Perhaps the scilla is one of the most unpretentious spring plants.Caring for the proleskaya consists in watering with the obligatory subsequent loosening of the soil to a depth of 2-2.5 cm and removing weeds.

It is better to water the scillas in the morning, trying to pour water so that it does not fall on the flowers - from this, the spines lose their decorative effect.

To make your work easier, mulch the planting with deciduous humus, after which you will have to water and loosen the soil less often.

For feeding in early spring with a complex fertilizer, for example, Nitrofoskoy, the scrub will respond with abundant flowering, but the species of Scylla blooming in autumn are best fed in the fall. It is advisable to add trace elements calcium, iron, copper and magnesium to the solution of complex mineral fertilizer.

You need to know that many types of Scylla reproduce by self-seeding, and if you do not want the spines to suddenly bloom in the places reserved for other plants, remove the testes from them in a timely manner.

Transplanting scilla (scilla) in the garden

Scylla care involves transplanting the plant once every three years. In order for the spines not to lose their decorative effect, they need to be dug up and, separated from the baby's bulbs, they should be planted as quickly as possible in order to avoid rotting of the bulbs. The best time for this procedure is late September or early October.

Reproduction of scilla

Scylla propagates by bulbs and seeds. We have just described the method of propagation by bulbs.

As for seed reproduction, the first task is to get seed: as soon as the seed pods turn yellow and begin to crack, and this happens around the end of June, you need to cut the pods, extract seeds from them and sow them.

Seed germination is low, and you will only see the flowering of scilla from seeds in 3-4 years. For the first time, you will not have to plant the woodlands grown from seeds until after five years - you need to give the plant time to multiply flower stalks and grow more children.

Scylla pests and diseases

Like other small-bulb crops, Scyllae are affected by diseases such as bulb rot, gray rot and achelenchoides. Of the pests for tree forests, the most dangerous are mouse-like rodents and the root meadow mite.

Gray mold attacks the leaves of the plant and the tops of the bulbs, causing them to become covered with gray mold fluff and rot. Following this, dense specks form on the bulbs.

As a result of the development of the disease, woodlands turn yellow and die. Diseased plants should be destroyed immediately.

On bulbs affected by gray rot during storage, diseased areas are cut out, and the wounds are treated with wood ash.

Achelenchoides affects both the terrestrial part of the plants and the bulbs, causing their scales to turn brown, which makes the bulbs rot - ring rot can be seen in their cross section. The surface of the diseased bulb is covered with necrotic spots.

Plants infected with achelenchoides lose their decorative effect and begin to lag behind in development.

Bulbs of damaged plants must be dug up and destroyed, and healthy bulbs are kept for half an hour in a thermos with hot water (43 ºC) for prevention.

Bulb rot can be caused by fungal infections such as sclerotinia, fusarium and septoria. The first sign of the disease is yellowed leaves of the plant, then the infection penetrates the bulbs, from which dirty red spots are formed on them. When stored, diseased bulbs become hard and die. These diseases progress in conditions of high air humidity.

Mouse-like rodents, namely voles, house and field mice, feed on the bulbs of the Scylla, and in the spring they eat up its shoots. In order not to allow the mice to destroy the planting of the forest, a protective groove is made around it, into which the poisoned baits are laid and lightly sprinkled with earth so as not to accidentally poison the birds.

The root meadow mite and its larvae sharpen the bottom of the bulb, penetrate into its middle and feed on the juice of its inner scales, which leads to rotting and drying of the bulb.

To kill the tick, they resort to treating plants with insectoacaricides - Aktellik, Agravertin, Akarin and similar preparations.

As a preventive measure, Scylla bulbs are etched with the same drugs before planting in the ground.

Scylla after flowering

After flowering, the flowering shoot of the Scylla is immediately cut off, the leaves are removed only when they themselves completely die off. As for the preparation of the plant for wintering, almost all types of scilla are frost-resistant, therefore they normally hibernate without shelter. But it is better to cover the spruce branches or dry leaves growing in open areas for the winter.

As you can see, planting a scilla and caring for it is not at all laborious, especially since it can be grown by self-seeding.

Types and varieties of scilla (proleski)

Since there are a lot of species of woodland, including in culture, we offer you an acquaintance only with the most famous of them, as well as with the most popular Scylla varieties in floriculture.

Scilla hispanica,

she scylla bell-shaped, she Spanish endymion (Endymion hispanicus), native to the forests and meadows of Portugal, Spain and the south of France.

This is perhaps the most beautiful type of woodland: a plant of short stature (20-30 cm), with a single peduncle and bell-shaped blue, pink and white flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, collected in 5-10 pieces in an erect racemose inflorescence.

Scylla bellflower blooms from the end of May for a little less than two weeks. The bulbs of this species left in the ground need to be covered for the winter. The best varieties of Scylla bell-shaped:

• – Rose Queen - scilla with pink flowers with a lilac hue and a barely noticeable aroma on peduncles about 20 cm high;
• – Sky Blue - large blue flowers with a blue stripe, located on powerful peduncles in a spiral;
• – La Grandes - a plant with white flowers, of which there are about fifteen in each inflorescence;
• – Rosabella - lilac-pink fragrant flowers, collected in a dense inflorescence on peduncles up to 30 cm high. By the evening, the aroma of flowers intensifies.

In addition to those described, the varieties of the bell-shaped creeper Excelsior, Blue Queen, Blue Giant, Blue Pearl, Dainty Maid, Queen of Pinks, Mont Everest, Miosotis and others have proven themselves well.

Double-leaved scilla (Scilla bifolia),

or double-leaved scilla, distributed in nature in the Mediterranean, Crimea, the European part of Russia and the Ciscaucasia. This is the most abundant and undersized species of the scilla.

A plant about 15 cm high bears from one to three peduncles, each of which forms an inflorescence of white or pink flowers with a strong and pleasant smell, up to 15 pieces. The double-leaved scilla, as the name implies, has only two broad-linear leaves up to 20 cm long.

Flowering in plants of this species begins in the second half of April and lasts about two weeks. In culture, the species has been since 1568. There is a garden form bifolia var. Purpurea with purple flowers.

Autumn Scilla (Scilla autumnalis),

or autumn scylla, grows in the wild in the Mediterranean, North Africa and Asia Minor.

This plant gives up to 5 flower arrows 15-20 cm high, on which small flowers of reddish-purple or pale lilac color open, collected in loose clusters of 6-20 pieces.

The beginning of flowering is the end of July or the beginning of August. The leaves of the plant are linear, grooved, narrow, up to 25 cm long. This species has been cultivated since 1597.

Scilla peruviana,

or scilla peruvian, comes from the Western Mediterranean.

This plant develops 2-3 flower arrows up to 35 cm high with small bright blue flowers less than 1 cm in diameter, collected in a dense conical inflorescence. One inflorescence can contain up to 80 flowers.

The leaves of the Peruvian Scylla are linear, up to 30 in length and up to 1.5 cm in width.There can be from 5 to 8 of them on one plant.

Siberian beetle (Scilla sibirica),

or scilla siberian, got its name by mistake, since it does not grow in Siberia.Its habitats are the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Crimea, as well as Southern and Central Europe.

The leaves of this species appear simultaneously with the blue flowers containing nectar. The peculiarity of flowers of this species is that they open at 10 o'clock and close at 16-17 o'clock, and in cloudy weather they may not open at all.

The Siberian Scylla has three subspecies:

• – Caucasian (Scilla sibirica subsp.caucasica), found in the Eastern Transcaucasia. Plants of this subspecies have arrows from 20 to 40 cm high, flowers are dark blue with a violet tinge, blooming for two to three weeks from mid-spring;
• – Armenian (Scilla sibirica subsp.armena), growing in southern Transcaucasia and northeastern Turkey. In the Armenian subspecies, the leaves are sickle-curved, the arrows are only 10-15 cm long, the bright blue flowers open in mid-spring and bloom for two to three weeks;
• – Siberian (Scilla sibirica subsp. sibirica) grows in the mountains, shrubs and forests of the Caucasus, Crimea, Western and Asia Minor, as well as the European part of Russia. This is the most famous subspecies of the woodland in the culture. Its plants have 3-4 broad-linear leaves up to 1.5 cm wide, the number of peduncles up to 30 cm high on one plant can be from 1 to 4, azure flowers bloom in mid-spring and bloom for about three weeks. The subspecies has been cultivated since the beginning of the 17th century. The white-flowered form of this subspecies has been cultivated since 1798, it blooms a week and a half later, a sap of a different color, but blooms for almost four weeks. In addition to plants with white flowers, there are varieties with pink and blue colors. The most famous varieties of the Siberian subspecies of Siberian redwood:
• – Spring Beauty - currently the best variety of the species with powerful violet-green peduncles and five to six flowers of a dark purple shade with a diameter of about 3 cm. The variety is very popular in Western European culture. Its peculiarity is also in the fact that it does not set seeds, but it easily reproduces by children;
• – Alba - a variety with very beautiful flowers of a snow-white color, creating a spectacular contrast with the flowers of the Spring Beauty variety.

In addition to the species described, grape, Pushkiniform, Rosen, Tubergen (or Mishchenko), purple, single-flowered, sea (sea onion), Litardier, Chinese (proleskidnaya), Italian, Vinogradova, Bukhara (or Vvedensky) are in demand in the culture.

Scylla: growing and care. Types of scilla

When you hear the name of these flowers, the myths of Ancient Greece with their Scylla and Charybdis involuntarily come to mind. But how terrible Scylla is in ancient Greek mythology, so beautiful is she in the garden in early spring. In our area, another name is more popular - scrub.

Scylla, or scrub

Marina Gerasimenko prompted me to study these beautiful flowers with her spring garden, where, as usual, woods grew. These flowers got their name "scilla" thanks to the sea onion plant (its ancient Greek name Skilla is spelled as Scilla in Latin transliteration).

Scylla belongs to the Asparagus family, although earlier it was referred to as Liliaceae or Hyacinths.

Proleski between the slabs of the garden path Proleski are one of the first plants of spring, many mistakenly mistake the white flowers of the scilla for snowdrops. They can also be pale blue, blue, pink or purple, depending on the species and variety. Due to its unpretentiousness, Scylla is a welcome guest in alpine slides, rockeries and all kinds of flower beds.
Scylla is a welcome guest in the alpine slides, rockeries and all kinds of flower beds

Many "flower gourmets" use scilla for New Year's forcing, planting bulbs in pots with drainage, leaf peat, fertile soil and coarse river sand.

As I said, Scylla is not picky, loves neutral or slightly acidic soils, saturated with leaf peat and rich in humus.

Scylla transplant Does not like swampy places, the soil should be loose and moist. It is better to plant this plant in the shade, but the scrub will also grow in lighted places. one.Seeds 
You need to collect the seeds of Scylla then, when the boxes turn yellow and start to crack (this is about the end of June). After collecting them, they must immediately be sown into the ground, since their germination rate is very low.
Scylla seed pods (immature).

2. Bulbs

During the growing season, an adult bulb gives on average about 2 children. When the foliage of Scylla dies off (June), feel free to plant the children in the ground on about 3 cm deep and about 5 cm apart. 
Scilla peruviana Bulb Therefore, if you find it in the wrong places after the snow melts, do not be surprised. Scylla does not require special care, but if you feed it with nitrogen and potassium fertilizers in early spring before flowering, it will bloom and multiply better.
Carpathians in early spring

In the first year, Scyllus needs shelter for the winterespecially if you planted it in an open place. You will find recommendations for sheltering bulbs in the article Mistakes when preparing a garden for winter. Shelter of plants.

If you need to transplant or divide the plant, then try to do it not earlier than in 3 years... For the first time, the planted scilla is watered and loosened the surface of the soil, it can be mulched so that moisture remains and there are no weeds.

There are about 90 types of scyllas, "scattered" in the meadows of different European countries, including in the vastness of our country. When the garden is just awakening from sleep, two-leaved scilla (Scilla bifolia) begins to bloom. She pleases the eye with blue, white, pink flowers. It blooms in the second half of April and lasts about 2 weeks. This is a low plant (up to 15 cm) with 3 peduncles, on which, like stars, about 15 flowers are scattered. In the south, you can find a double-leaved forest with delicate white flowers - in the Crimea, the Mediterranean. This scilla species has a very strong and pleasant scent that attracts butterflies and bees.
Later, the Siberian scrub (Scilla siberica) begins to please the eye, it blooms with beautiful blue or white flowers.
Siberian beetle (Scilla siberica)

She has several beautiful subspecies: Scilla sibirica subsp. caucasica, S. sibirica subsp. armena (Siberian scrub, Caucasian subspecies, Siberian Siberian subsp. Armenian), etc.

The name of the species was given by mistake, the birthplace of the Siberian Scylla is the south of Russia, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and it does not grow in Siberia. In the spring, it forms a “carpet” of beautiful, densely growing blue flowers. Leaves of this type of scilla appear along with flowers.
Forest carpet in spring forest
When the seed pods ripen, the leaves dry out. Scylla of this species rests all summer, and in autumn it begins to gain strength in bulbs and form the rudiments of leaves and flowers. The flowers of the Siberian forest, like an alarm clock, open their beautiful cups by 10 am and close by 5 pm. This species is very sensitive to the sun: if it is raining or cloudy, the flowers will not open. The leaves of the Siberian Scylla are like "solar batteries": in cloudy, cool weather, they practically lie on the ground in a horizontal position, absorbing ultraviolet light as much as possible, and in hot, sunny weather they rise almost vertically to the stem and flowers. Propagated by seeds. During vegetative propagation, the species is not renewed and the plant does not rejuvenate. Later, the Tubergen's spade (Scilla tubergcniana, Scilla mischtschenkoana) blooms later than the others.
Scilla tubergeniana, Scilla mischtschenkoana). Uleli, sv.wikipedia.org She pleases the eye with blue and white flowers. On the perianth leaves, like a vein, a blue stripe is visible. Leaves are juicy green, long, elongated. One bulb gives birth to about 4 small arrows (about 15 cm), on which, like stars, about 7 flowers grow. At the same time, at the end of April, it bloomsRosen's scrub (Scilla rosenii)... The bright green leaves seem to wrap the stem around. If you walk through the meadows of the Caucasus, she will definitely meet you there, “smiling” with 1-2 beautiful blue flowers with a lilac hue. Anthers of cyclamen-like flowers are bright blue, filaments are flat, snow-white.
Rosen's Scilla (Scilla rosenii). Do not think that there are only spring flowers, there are species that cannot part with gardeners even in autumn, for exampleautumn forest (Scilla autumnalis). The time of its flowering falls on the beginning of August. She is a frequent visitor to Crimea, but she also meets our gardeners. The flowers are blue with purple edges, but more often lilac-blue.
Autumn scilla (Scilla autumnalis).

You can learn about other types of woodlands, including rare and exotic ones, from the article by our expert Lyudmila Uleiskaya. Flowers of my childhood are woodlands.

Plant these delicate flowers in your garden and they will delight you with their transparent beauty from early spring to late summer.

Persistent Scylla, or blueberry: description of species, rules of cultivation and care

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Scylla is one of the first to bloom in spring. Behind the most beautiful name hides an equally beautiful flower: scilla, which got its name in Latin thanks to the culture of the sea onion (Latin scilla). She is one of the first to bloom in spring, along with snowdrops, decorating forest edges with their fragile-looking bright blue bells.

Botanists disagree on whether to attribute this plant to the hyacinth family (due to the presence of the bulb) or asparagus. As for the tips for breeding and grooming, everything is pretty definite here, and this article will help everyone who wants to get a little miracle to fulfill their intentions.

Terms and rules for planting scilla in the garden

Typically, the spill line is planted along paths, around trees, in mixborders, rockeries and on alpine hills - modest flowers can decorate almost any corner of the garden.

Conventionally, all varieties of scilla can be divided into spring flowering and those that dress up in early autumn. The first type can be planted from the third week of June, and the second - 30 days before the development of peduncles.

Proleska prefers shady places, but species that bloom in spring are best planted in a fairly well-lit area.

The procedure for planting spines in open ground is quite simple. You need to start with preparing the soil.

The most suitable soil for Scylla is organically rich soil with humus and a whole arsenal of minerals.

So, in the selected area, holes are dug a few cm deep (depending on the size of the bulbs), and future flowers of the scilla are placed in them. The desired distance between seedlings is 5-10 centimeters.

Advice: To make the scrub feel comfortable, you can add a little forest land with foliage and bark to the soil for planting (just not the bark of conifers!). Required soil characteristics include moderate moisture and medium acidity (pH 6.5-7).

Proleska prefers shady places

General characteristics and appearance of streaks

In the wild, Scylla grows in the temperate and subtropical zones of Europe, southern Africa and Asia. The plant can certainly be found on flat and meadow areas, in the mountains.

It is a low-growing bulbous perennial that blooms in early spring.

For the similarity of bluish flowers with the bells of the familiar snowdrop, Scylla was also nicknamed that, adding to the name "blue".

The common features for all varieties of the creeper are oblong leaves and bare peduncles with collected in inflorescences or single symmetrical flowers. Shades of 6 petals can range from blue to pink.

Features of growing a scilla in the country (video)

Species diversity of forest forests

Scylla has more than 90 subspecies, most of which are found on the mainland of Eurasia, but some (for example, Scilla violacea) grow in the mountains of the Republic of South Africa.

Interestingly, the scrub is an ephemeroid: it spends most of its life cycle in the ground, releasing the stems from the bulb only for a while, and then continuing its life cycle only as a root with accumulated nutrients.

Below are the varieties most actively cultivated by garden owners:

Scylla bell-shaped

Latin name: Scilla hyacinthoides (scilla hyacintoides). It is considered the most beautiful variety of woodland: on a low stem (up to 30 cm) there is an erect inflorescence that unites 5-10 bells up to 2 cm in diameter in a brush. Scylla bell-shaped is decorated with flowers for the first 12-14 days of June. For the winter, the bulbs of this plant must be covered.

Scylla bell-shaped

Scylla hyacinth

This type of woodland is distinguished by high decorativeness of dense inflorescences., so in some countries, such as Israel, the variety is grown for cut. The height of the hyacinth-like scilla reaches 0.8 m.

Scylla hyacinth

Siberian Proleska

You can recognize this variety by its ovoid bulbs, reaching a diameter of 2 cm, wide basal leaves and azure flowers on gracefully curved pedicels. This is a low variety of woodlands: 10-20 cm.

The growing season starts from the third week of April, and flowering lasts only 14 days. At the end of June, the Siberian Scylla hides underground again, having managed to sow the surroundings with its seeds.

The flowers of Siberian woodland can be white, pinkish and sky blue.

Siberian Proleska

Grape curl (Peruvian)

Native to the western shores of the Mediterranean, this variety is thermophilic. The characteristic features include several relatively high peduncles (30-35 cm) with bright blue flowers, collected in a conical inflorescence (sometimes in one inflorescence there can be up to 80 flowers!), And linear, gradually tapering leaves. The variety blooms at the turn of May and June.

Grape curl (Peruvian)

Double-leaved scaffold

The beautiful inflorescences that appear in mid-spring attract bees and butterflies with a strong and pleasant honey scent. This is a relatively low plant, reaching a height of no more than 15 cm, with three peduncles, on which you can see a scattering of blue, snow-white or pink stars. The growing season ends by May.

Double-leaved scaffold

Scallop (Chinese)

Another name is Japanese Barnardia. In the wild, it is found in eastern China, on the islands of Japan and the Korean Peninsula.

Autumn-flowering perennial is decorated with small pink flowers (there can be up to 100) twice a year: in the middle of summer and in August-October.

In the temperate climate of Russia, this plant fully develops only in botanical gardens and greenhouses: in the open field, the Chinese spit for the winter needs to be covered.

Scallop (Chinese)

Scylla autumn

The flower gives life to 5 peduncles approximately 20 centimeters long, on which you can see from 6 to 20 pale lilac small flowers, collected in a loose brush.

The leaves of the autumn woodland are narrow and grooved, no more than 0.25 m in length. You can recognize the onion of this variety by its conical shape and light gray husk.

The plant, which is not distinguished by high decorativeness, blooms in July-August, being inferior in beauty to spring-flowering crops.

Scylla autumn

Italian Proleska

This eye-catching flower is found in the thickets of Italy, Switzerland and France. Distinctive features of the variety: a small egg-shaped bulb, 4-6 oblong narrow leaves (up to 1.5 cm wide), thin stems and a cluster of many flowers with long blue petals. The variety blooms in June.

Italian Proleska

Proleska Litardier

Other names: amethyst, meadow. Despite the spectacular appearance of the variety, it is practically unknown in culture.

Differs in summer flowering period (in July), with a branching root system and an arrow not lodging at fruit. Pedicels of the lower flowers are much longer than the upper ones, due to which an oval inflorescence is formed.

In open ground, it bears little fruit, but it lends itself well to vegetative propagation with the help of ovoid bulbs.

Proleska Litardier

Pushkin-shaped scaffold

As the name suggests, the variety resembles a pushkin.The plant is found in the mountains of Central Asia (ranges of the Tien Shan, Pamir-Alai) at an altitude of 3200 meters above sea level. A stable and unpretentious cultivar in breeding, it reaches a height of 10-20 cm.

The inflorescence of such a scrub is racemose, has up to 10 flowers of a pale blue, less often bright blue color, and the leaves are wide and linear, there can be from 2 to 5 of them. The growing season begins in April.

Pushkinia-shaped scaffold blooms for the first two weeks in May.

Pushkin-shaped scaffold

Reproduction of scilla bulbs and seeds

There are two ways to breed a spit: with daughter bulbs (vegetatively) and with the help of seed pods-fruits (generatively). Let's consider these two methods in more detail.

During the growing season, Scylla acquires several "descendants", forming 1-2 pcs. new bulbs, dressed in a thin shell. They are used as planting material. After the leaves die off (this usually happens in June, but it may depend on the variety), you can safely start planting the forest or wait for autumn, keeping the bulbs in the peat in a cool place.

Important! Daughter bulbs should be separated from the mother only in the third year of their life. In one place, a Scylla can live from 5 to several decades. The holes are dug about 3 cm deep at a distance slightly exceeding the depth of the holes.

How to plant a scilla (video)

Some gardeners use a method to increase the number of children formed: it is necessary to cut off the bottom of the onion and place it in a separate container. After the offspring begins to form on it, you need to tear off the small bulbs with tweezers and plant them. Thanks to this technique, you can get up to 28 new shoots per season.

For seed reproduction, fruits are collected from the ground in the form of capsules or the seeds themselves, if the plant is prone to self-sowing. The ideal time to collect planting material is the end of June, when the fruits turn yellow and begin to crack. Planting should be carried out as soon as possible, because woodland seeds have a low germination rate.

The soil where the seeds are placed must be rich in nutrients and well aerated.... With generative reproduction, it should be borne in mind that these plantings will bloom only after a couple of years from the moment the seeds enter the ground.

Scylla is a wonderful culture that fits into any landscape

General rules for caring for Scylla

In general, the scilla is a rather unpretentious plant, capable of adapting to almost any proposed conditions. However, for successful cultivation in an environment unusual for him, you need to follow a few simple rules:

• Scylla loves shade, with the exception of spring flowering varieties. A good solution would be to plant a spit next to other crops in a flower bed or in a mixborder;
• Once in three to four seasons, division and transplantation of the woodland is carried out;
• Scylla will gratefully accept nitrogen, potash, phosphorus and humus fertilizers in early spring;
• Planted in open areas, woodlands need additional insulation for the winter season;
• In order to avoid the uncontrolled spread of the culture, it is necessary to cut off the testes in a timely manner;
• Recommended water temperature for irrigation is 20-23 ° С. Water the plants carefully, trying not to get on the inflorescences. The optimal time for watering is in the morning. At the same time, stagnation of moisture in the soil and general waterlogging of the soil should not be allowed;
• Disease prevention includes watering with a fungicidal solution in early spring;
• If the scrub is nevertheless attacked by such pests as a bear or a beetle, it is necessary to remove the larvae and adults mechanically. The onion hoverfly and the root onion mite bring great harm to the scilla. You will have to get rid of these insects with an insecticide. To prevent an attack, the bulbs should be carefully checked before planting;
• If you wish, you can start forcing the plant. For this, Siberian and two-leaved scrub are best suited.In September, 6-8 bulbs are planted in a pot and kept in a cool room. In February, the sprouts are placed on a well-lit window (temperature - + 10-12 ° C);

Varieties of scilla (video)

Scylla is a wonderful culture that will fit into any landscape, adapt to the conditions provided and will delight the owner of the site with its uncomplicated but charming flowering.

The growing season and shades of flowers are different for all varieties, so gardeners have a huge choice. In addition to its decorative properties, some varieties of sapling have a healing effect, for example, Chinese sapling.

Thus, growing a Scylla in your garden is both beautiful and useful!

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Proleska (Scylla) - blue snowdrop - Good-Tips.Pro - Useful magazine

With the arrival of spring warmth in gardens, flower beds and alpine hills, true connoisseurs of ornamental plants appear these beautiful, blue, flowers. Some call them blue snowdrops, others confuse them with liverwort, and still others call them Scylla, using the Latin name.

Proleska (Latin Scílla), so called these perennial, bulbous, plants of the Asparagus family. In the old days, botanists attributed the spade to the Hyacinth or Liliaceae family. The word "Scylla" in translation from ancient Greek means "sea bow". But there is another name for this flower - blue snowdrop.

In nature, there are a large number of species of blueberry, most of which grow in various parts of the Old World and Asia.

Scylla is able to adapt well to any local conditions, has good frost resistance and is easy to care for.

Among the advantages of the woodland are excellent resistance to diseases and high decorative qualities, which are perfectly suited for alpine slides, rockeries and mixborders.

The flowers of the Scylla Scylla are usually blue, but pink, white and purple are found. Bluewoods bloom, as a rule, in the spring (which is why they are confused with snowdrops), but they also bloom in autumn.

Choosing a landing site

Proleska feels great in places where there is relatively little light, but it can perfectly take root in illuminated areas. The plant is unpretentious to the composition of the soil, but prefers loose and moist soil, and does not disdain acidic soils.

Scylla is very unpretentious and can grow on heavy soils with the addition of humus. In order for them to bloom better, in early spring they must be fed with nitrophos. After watering, the soil must be loosened to a depth of 2-2.5 cm and covered with humus.

Types of woodlands

Proleska is a blue snowdrop. Wikimedia Commons

The most popular among gardeners-florists and professional landscape designers is Siberian brook.

This type of woodland has broad-linear radial bright green leaves.

Its peduncles 10-12 cm high bear 1 to 5 drooping, blue-blue flowers about 2 cm in diameter with small blue anthers.

Siberian Proleska blooms in April, 15-10 days after the snow melts. Buds and leaves appear after the first thawed patches, similar to snowdrops. Siberian blueberry looks great in any, even neglected garden. Sometimes there is a white variety of this blueberry, which blooms 8-10 days later than the blue sister.

Siberian beetle (Scilla siberica).

Variety

Spring Beauty (Spring Beauty) - currently considered the best variety of this species, with powerful purple-green arrows and 5-6 large dark purple flowers, reaching a diameter of 3 cm. The variety does not set seeds, but reproduces very well as a baby. It is widely used in Western European floriculture.

Variety Alba (Alba) is a variety with snow-white flowers. In plantings with the previous variety, it creates a wonderful color contrast.

Rare types of woodlands

Proleska Bukhara, or Proleska Vvedensky (Scilla bucharica Dessjatova = S.

wedenskyi Pazij), which is found on fine-earth and stony slopes at an altitude of 1500-3400 m above sea level, from black forest to steppe belts and juniper forests in the Western Pamir-Altai.

This species is very rare. The plant is named after the famous Russian botanist A.I. Vvedensky.

Proleska Vinogradova (Scilla winogradowii Sosn) is naturally distributed in the forests of the mid-mountain zone, up to the upper limit of the forest, in Western Transcaucasia and North-Eastern Turkey. The plant is named in honor of Borjomi nature researcher PZ Vinogradov. Proleska Vinogradova thrives on loose, rich soils.

Double-leaved scrub. Dunkle sternhyazinthe

Double-leaved scaffold (Scilla bifolia L. = S. nivalis Boiss) grows in the wild in the south of the European part of Russia, in the Ciscaucasia, Crimea, Mediterranean. Two-leaved forest is a rare in our gardens, undersized and abundantly flowering species of forest.

The plant blooms very early, even earlier than the Siberian blueberry. Prefers loose rich soils, on light dry soils it becomes shallow. Under the conditions of the garden and good growing conditions, the number of flowers in the inflorescence (up to 20) and the size of all parts of the plant increase noticeably in the two-leaved creeper. This species is propagated by seeds.

Pushkin-shaped scaffold (Scilla puschkinioides Regel) is widespread in nature in the half-savannas of Central Asia, grows on fine-earth and stony slopes, at an altitude of 850–3200 m above sea level.

In appearance, it resembles a pushkin. The plant begins growing at the end of April and begins to bloom in the first half of May for 10-15 days. The species is stable in cultivation and unpretentious. In the middle lane on the alpine hills sometimes freezes.

Self-seeding on lawns.

Growing features

Portuguese scaffold. Wikimedia Commons

In one place, Scyllas are grown for 5-6 years. During this time, they grow strongly and give a large number of peduncles, which creates a decorative effect. All scillas are very good for small spring bouquets. They are suitable for distillation, especially for the New Year, which is especially valuable for the gardener.

Scylla is not demanding on soil and lighting, it is easily propagated by seeds. She easily tolerates a transplant even during flowering. However, the bulbs must be harvested during the yellowing period of the leaves, and planted in the ground in late August-early September. The plant is winter-hardy, hibernates without shelter.

Scylla reproduces well by seeds and daughter bulbs. Immediately after cracking the seed pods (approximately the end of the first decade of July), the seeds must be collected and sown immediately into the ground, as they very quickly lose their germination. Seeds can be sown directly into the soil, or previously into a container. It takes 2-3 years from the moment of sowing to flowering.

Scylla bulbs. foac.org.uk

Blackheads reproduce well with the help of baby onions or by cutting off the bottom of the bulb and planting it. Children can immediately be planted in open ground.

When breeding with the bottom, it is planted in a separate pot. When babies are formed on the bottom, they are carefully torn off with tweezers and planted separately.

When propagating with bulbs, bulbs of three years are used, that is, from the moment of planting to the moment of reproduction, 3 years should pass. Planting depth depends on the type of plant and the size of the bulb. The bulbs are planted at a depth equal to their height. The distance between plants should be 20-50% larger than the size of the bulbs.

Shedding bulbs are dug out after the leaves die off and immediately planted in a permanent place. If planting in a permanent place is not possible, then they are stored in peat in a cool room until the end of August - early September, and then they are planted in the ground.

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