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Brandushka (lat. Bulbocodium) - a light-loving, flowering perennial from the Haricorn family. Another name is bulbokodium.
Description
Brandushka is a relatively small corm perennial, the height of which reaches eight to ten centimeters during the flowering period. And outwardly it is very similar to crocuses! The stalks of the brandu are very short, and they always go deep into the bulbs. And the length of its leaves, located on petioles covered with small brownish specks, can sometimes reach twenty centimeters. As a rule, the leaves of this beauty are collected in three or four pieces in small, but very cute rosettes. Sometimes you can see spectacular longitudinal stripes on them. By the way, the leaflets of the brandy appear along with its flowers!
The bedspreads of the brandu inflorescences are equipped with fancy wavy edges. From the inside they are purple, and from the outside they are greenish. As for the ears, they are characterized by a rich dark purple color.
Where grows
The main habitat of the brandy are located in the southern part of the European territory of the steppe. In addition, this plant is quite widespread in Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
Usage
Brandushka is often planted in group plantings, as well as in rocky gardens and in border plantings. This plant will look very cool as part of rock gardens or rockeries. And the best partners for the brandy will be a wide variety of primroses: fragrant violet, spring, as well as anemone (lubik, lovely and oak) - all these plants easily cover the spaces between various trees and shrubs with a luxurious solid carpet. Brandushka, which is highly decorative, really deserves the closest attention!
Growing and caring
It will grow best in rich garden, loose and well-drained soils with moderate moisture. And the areas for growing this beauty are best selected as light as possible. However, light shading is also quite acceptable.
In general, the brandy is very unpretentious in care - it needs to be watered moderately, in addition, in early spring or with the onset of late autumn, this plant will not hurt to pamper it with full complex mineral fertilizers. In the spring, such fertilizers are sprinkled directly over the snow that has not yet melted, when the soil has not yet had time to dry out properly. Systematic feeding will in every possible way contribute to the better formation of corms. But it is better not to use nitrogen-containing fertilizers or organic matter, since, contributing to the rapid development of foliage, they at the same time will simultaneously deplete the corms. As for mulching, the brandy is usually mulched with small pebbles, needles of forest trees or sawdust.
Reproduction of the brandy is carried out mainly by sowing seeds or planting daughter corms. Seeds are usually sown in autumn, while the first shoots can be seen only in spring, and the brandy will begin to bloom only in the fourth or even in the fifth year. And reproduction by daughter corms is carried out towards the end of June, immediately after the dying off of the vegetative parts of the plant occurs. As a rule, the division of baby bulbs is carried out every three to four years.
The brandy is very, very rarely affected by any pests or diseases (this is due to its rather short vegetative activity), so there is no need to worry too much about this.
