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Bulbocodium (Latin Bulbocodium) - a flowering plant from the Haricorn family. The second name is brandy.
Description
Bulbokodium is a relatively small bulbous, stemless perennial, which during its flowering period can reach eight to ten meters in height. And the leaves of this plant reach twenty centimeters in length and sit on petioles covered with small brownish specks.
The covers of the inflorescences of the bulbodium are equipped with pretty wavy edges, while they are greenish on the outside and crimson on the inside. As for the ears, they are painted in deep dark purple hues. The diameter of the opened buds of a blooming bulbodium often reaches seven centimeters, and the fruits of this plant look like compact bolls. By the way, up to three flowers can form on one plant at the same time, and all these flowers boast a pleasant-looking lilac or pale pink color.
The bulbocodium also has a fairly close relative - this is the colchokium, or autumn crocus. But in general, the genus of the bulbokodium has only two species - the spring brass and the multi-colored brass.
Where grows
Bulbocodium grows mainly in the steppes located in the southern part of Europe. It is quite possible to see him in the Mediterranean, as well as in the territory of Central Europe.
Usage
Bulbokodium is often planted in groups, as well as in rocky gardens or border plantings. It will look very cool on terraces with balconies or on colorful alpine slides. And the flowers of this plant look great in small terracotta pots and in glass vessels through which their corms are visible. The most important thing is not to water them: with this approach, dry corms almost always begin to bloom on their own. And then, when their flowering ends, you can transplant them into open ground.
Bulbokodium goes well with fragrant violets, oak anemone, anemone, spring flowers and a number of other primroses.
Growing and caring
It is best to plant the bulbodium in sunny areas, on rich, drained, loose and nutritious soils. This plant feels quite well in partial shade.
Moderate watering is required for the bulbodium, and with the onset of early spring or late autumn it will not hurt to pamper it with good complex mineral fertilizers.
The bulbodium is propagated with the help of daughter corms (two or three new bulbs are formed on the plant annually) - this is done towards the end of June, after the vegetative parts of the plant die off. It is quite permissible to resort to seed propagation - in this case, the seeds are sown in the fall (it is best to sow them in a substrate prepared from compost with sand), and with the onset of spring you can already admire the first shoots. As for flowering, it usually starts only in the fourth or fifth year after sowing the seeds. It is especially good to propagate wild species with seeds. And the division of the bulbocodium is carried out every three to four years.
As for pests and diseases, they infrequently affect the bulbodium.
