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Nectaroscordum (lat. Nectaroscordum) - a flowering fragrant perennial from the Onion family, which is a close relative of onions. The name of this plant is formed by two Greek words: the first word is nectar, which translates as "divine drink", and the second word is scordion, that is, "garlic". The second name for nectaroscordum is the Sicilian onion.
Description
Nectaroscordum is a bulbous herbaceous perennial. Its single spherical bulbs are devoid of rhizomes, and peduncles from half a meter to one and a half meters long are invariably clasped at a fairly decent height by the last leaf. The length of all other leaves can reach twenty centimeters, and their average width is one and a half centimeters.
With the onset of May or June, bizarre loose inflorescences begin to appear on the plants, each of which is formed by drooping bell-shaped flowers in an amount of ten to thirty pieces. These flowers exude an amazing sweetish aroma! Inflorescences have the appearance of bundled umbrellas and are characterized by unequal pedicel length. By the way, from a distance, such flower stalks are very reminiscent of shuttlecocks for playing badminton. The flowering of this plant usually occurs at the very end of spring or at the beginning of summer. As for its fruits, they look like spherical leathery bolls that ripen immediately after flowering.
This genus is represented by only two species.
Where grows
The main habitat of nectarcordum is the mountainous regions of Western Asia and Southern Europe. It is quite possible to see it in the Crimea, Bulgaria, Asia Minor, as well as in the Mediterranean forest zones.
Usage
Nectaroscordum is widely used as an ornamental plant, in addition, it is very readily used to create luxurious shady gardens - all of its varieties are characterized by a very high decorative effect! This beautiful plant will become a real decoration of almost any flower garden and will help you quickly decorate empty "islets" on the site! In the cut, this handsome man also stands great, in addition, the nectar corpus dum is often dried for the purpose of subsequent use in ikebans.
Growing and caring
It is best to plant nectar corpus on fertile well-permeable soils enriched with organic humus. Also, bright sunlight is desirable for the plant, although, in principle, nectaroscordum feels pretty good even in slight partial shade. As a rule, these handsome men are planted at the very beginning of autumn (usually in September, but sometimes this is done in October as well) at a distance of thirty centimeters from each other and deepening them by about ten centimeters.
In leaving, nectaroscordum is very unpretentious, so even a novice amateur gardener can easily grow it. Abundant watering is not required for this plant, moreover, excess moisture can easily provoke its decay. So it is quite enough to water the nectar scum just once a week. And if precipitation often falls in the region, there is no need for watering at all!
The good thing about nectarosoridum is that it reproduces and multiplies independently without much effort, that is, you do not need to apply any special efforts in this case. In general, this plant is propagated in the fall by dividing the strongly growing bulbous nests (in this case, the bulbs are divided one at a time). It is quite permissible to propagate nectaroscordum also by seeds - they usually ripen closer to the end of the summer season.
