The erythronium pagoda is a flower that pleases with its bloom in early spring. It has an unusual color, so many gardeners use it to decorate the garden. Caring for erythronium is not difficult. The article will tell you everything you need about this plant.
Botanical Description
Erythronium is also called kandyk. The flower is perennial and belongs to the Liliaceae family.
Appearance story
Kandyk Pagoda in vivo grows in Europe, North America, Japan, Siberia, the Caucasus. It grows better in the mountains, in cool, open and bright areas. The Siberian species is listed in the Red Book. This is a new flower for Russia; it amazes with its beauty many gardeners.
Erythronium pagoda has another name - kandyk
Plant features
Kandyk is a flower that begins to bloom in early spring. Its buds resemble lilies. The most common shades of petals are yellow, purple, white, and pink. It grows to a height of 47 cm. Belongs to the bulbous type of plants. Has decorative flowers.
For your information! Kandyk plant bulbs are taken for food. They are also used as medicines. Previously, tubers were used to recover from worms and colic, as well as an aphrodisiac.
Habitat Kandyka - open area
Description of the types of erythronium
Listed below are the most popular types of Pagoda kandyka.
American
This species grows in the subtropics and central parts of the USA and Canada. Flowers grow in the mountains. The onion resembles the shape of an egg. Leaves reach a length of 20 cm, a width of 5 cm. There are small brown spots on the leaves. Peduncle length of approximately 0.3 m. Petals have a bright yellow color. Sometimes there is a purple tint.
Whitish
This species blooms in the central parts of Canada and the United States of America. It resembles an American look. Petals can be pink, purple or blue.
Whitish look
Multi stem
Grows in temperate zones of the USA. Its distribution areas are bright forests and wet cliffs. Leaves have a reversed shape. Yellow-cream flowers with an orange base. Peduncle has from one to three flowers.
Henderson
It grows in Oregon in light forests and dry meadows. It appeared in Europe in 1887. The bulb has an oblong shape and short roots. The leaves have dark brown spots. The shoot reaches a length of 10-30 cm. On the bush from one to three flowers.
View of Henderson
Mountain
Grows in the northwestern United States. Prefers alpine meadows. Bulb of oblong shape. The stem reaches a length of 0.45 m. The leaves have the shape of an egg, to the base they are very narrow. The flowers have a pale pink tint. Bract orange.
Lemon yellow
Grows in the temperate part of the United States. It is found in mountain forests. There are spots on the leaves. Stem height 10-20 cm.
Note! The flowers are pale yellow. When they fade, they turn pink.
California
Grows in the forests of California. Leaves have a dull oblong shape. On their surface are spots. Leaf length up to 10 cm. The stem reaches a length of 0.35 m. Flowers are white-cream tone. At flower growers, such varieties are popular as:
- Kandyk Erythronium White Beauty (White Beauty). Erythronium White Beauty has snow-white flowers with a dark brown ring in the middle. Perianth leaves look like a Chinese pagoda;
- Harvingtown Snowhouse. Cream-colored flowers with a yellow base.
Large
It grows in the steppes of the United States and Canada. Also found in forests and mountains. The roots are short, onion is located on them. Stem length 0.3 to 0.6 m. Leaves oblong lanceolate. Their length is 0.2 m. On the stem from one to six flowers. Petals are pale yellow. The most popular varieties of this type:
- white - petals are snowy white;
- golden - yellow flowers;
- Nuttal - red anthers;
- Rubens - pink-red petals.
Large view
Oregonum
It grows in the subtropics of the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada. Length from 0.1 to 0.4 m. There are spots on the leaves. They are oblong. Perianth leaves are creamy white. A distinctive feature - loves moisture. Known varieties of this type:
- wrapped white-flowered - white petals;
- Johnson's wrapped - dark pink color of buds;
- wrapped white - white-cream flowers.
Tuolumni
The Kandyk Tuolumni Pagoda grows only in Sierra Nevada. Reaches 0.3-0.4 m. Green leaves 0.3 m long. The flowers are yellow with a golden tint. The most famous varieties:
- Pagoda - yellow-lemon buds;
- Congo is a hybrid that is created by crossing a turned away and Tuolumni species. The flowers are yellow with a grayish tint.
Siberian
It grows in southern Siberia and Mongolia. The bulb is egg-shaped. The stem is 0.12-0.35 m. Petals of a pink-purple color. Brownish leaves with a green pattern.
Caucasian
It is found in the mountain forests of western Transcaucasia. The bulbs have an ovoid-cylindrical shape. The length of the stem is 0.25 m. There are spots on the leaves. Perianth yellowish or white.
Caucasian look
For your information! It tolerates frosts poorly.
European
It grows in subtropical and temperate zones of Europe. The color of the stem is pale pink. Its height is 0.1-0.3 m. Petals are white, pink, purple. On the stem is one flower. The grade is frost-resistant.
Japanese
It grows in the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Karelia and Japan. Bulbs are cylindrical lanceolate. Stem 0.3 m. The leaves are oblong. Their length is 12 cm. A bud of purplish-pink color.
Hybrid
These are varieties that are obtained as a result of a combination of several species. The most famous among them:
- White Knight - snow-white flowers;
- scarlet - flowers of deep raspberry color;
- White fang - pale yellow buds.
Kandyk: landing and care
Growing kandyka is a simple process. He needs a rare watering. Mulching is sometimes required.
Watering
During the growing season, watering should be in moderation. Do not allow moisture to stagnate or the ground to be excessively dry.
Important! At the end of June, the flowers fall, but watering is required to continue, as the bulbs remain in the ground.
Spraying
The flower does not require additional spraying.
Humidity
Excess moisture is not needed for the plant in question. If the flower is waterlogged, then it can become sick.
Priming
The following soil is required for planting kandyka: leaf turf, garden soil, humus, sand are mixed.
Top dressing
In the first season, fertilizers are not applied. After falling flowers need organics. In the spring make mineral fertilizers.
Winter Care Features
Trimming the plant is not worth it. When the flower enters a state of rest, the ground part can be removed. Kandyk is frost-resistant, so it can be left in the open ground. However, if the region has severe frosts, it is better to cover the plant with dry foliage and spruce branches.
When and how it blooms
The flowering of erythronium begins in early spring. The flower consists of six leaves. Its color, depending on the species, can be white, cream, pink, blue.
Large-sized flower drooping. Flowering time - 1 month.
How to breed
There are three options for how to propagate this flower.
Seed planting
The flower in question can be propagated by seeds or children.
Note! All American species can be grown with seeds.
Pre-seeds are not processed before planting if they are planted before winter. Those seeds that are planned to be planted in spring need to be stratified. To do this, they must be kept in a plastic bag with wet sand in the refrigerator for three months.
Important! The main thing is not to miss the moment when the seed boxes begin to open, otherwise they just fall to the ground and multiply by self-seeding where the grower did not want to.
The soil must be dug up and treated with an ant preparation.
It is better to plant seeds before winter. It is necessary to sow in rows with a distance of 10 cm. The distance between the seeds is 5 cm. It is necessary to deepen by 3 cm. After planting, abundant watering is performed. Shelter for the winter is not necessary.
Shoots will spring up in the spring. Bulb development is a long process. Flowering will occur in 4-7 years.
Bulb planting
When planting bulbs for each species, there are certain requirements. Deepening of Euro-Asian varieties is carried out by 10-15 cm, and American ones by 16-20 cm. The interval in both cases is not less than 15 cm.
Bulb propagation by children
With this method, flowering will be next year. Landing is made at the end of June. Step-by-step instructions on how to do this:
- Prepare the wells.
- 3-4 bulbs are placed in each hole.
- Sprinkle with earth, compact and pour.
Possible problems
Erythronium is a disease resistant plant. Pests of the plant are bears, moles and mice. Rodent control is done using traps. For the bear, they make pits, put fresh manure there and cover it with something. When many pests gather there, they are destroyed.
Erythronium is a plant that is often used to decorate a site. It is also popular due to the fact that planting and caring for kandyk in the open ground is a simple process. The plant is resistant to disease and has good winter hardiness.
