Decorative bow (Allium) is planted in the garden for beauty, it is close, so to speak, a relative of garlic and onion, bred by breeding. In the world there are about 600 types of decorative onions. Onions are eaten, and its flowers are admired. These are the most unpretentious flowers that bloom for a long period.
Decorative bow on the flowerbed looks elegant and elegant. In addition, his landscape designers are used to decorate parks. Because of the color of the flowers in all the colors of the rainbow, it is great for creating flower arrangements.
It blooms for a long time, almost two months. Decorative bow grows well with peonies, poppies, irises. Also, such a bouquet will stand in a flowerpot for a long time.
Decorative bow: varieties and types
Decorative bow divided into several types. These are ephemeroids that bloom in spring and summer, and all the rest of the time are in a sleeping state; and food alliums (chives).
The most popular varieties of onions that grow in the garden are:
- Karatav onions have wide leaves with a blue-green shade. It is not eaten.It blooms in late spring - early summer. Flowers of pink color, remind a balloon.
- Golden onions bloom with yellow flowers somewhere in the month of July, with beautiful bluish leaves.
- Ostrovsky's bow is the most beautiful with pink-purple flowers, the flowers resemble a huge ball.
- The most popular chives. It is planted along the curb. This is a perennial plant with pale pink flowers, sometimes purple, which resemble an umbrella. It immediately germinates as soon as the snow melts.
- The inflorescences of yellow onions resemble small umbrellas, and the flowers resemble small bells.
- The homeland of round-headed onions is the Caucasus. It usually blooms in August. Flowers are painted in a soft pink color with lilac shade. The shape of the inflorescences resembles an oval. Not afraid of small frosts.
- Allium Blue is the most favorite type of bow that landscape designers use. Flower color - gently blue. The leaves begin to fade as soon as the first flower appears. It is sometimes called royal.
How to choose the right place for landing
Decorative bow will decorate any suburban area, or garden path.It can be planted in pots on the balcony. There are no strict requirements for choosing a place. The main thing is that it was sunny. In the shade it is recommended to plant a variety such as a bear; the shadow of deciduous and fruit trees is best suited.
The soil is best to choose neutral with good drainage, so that the plant could receive oxygen in sufficient quantities. You need to choose a fertile land. Try not to be zealous with watering, because the bulbs of plants are not very fond of moisture.
Onions can be planted with seeds and bulbs. Seeds bloom on the second after landing in the ground. Allium is able to grow in one place, without a transplant, for several years. It is recommended to pull out and transplant seedlings, if the bushes grow very densely.
We plant decorative bow right
Before landing decorative bow in the ground it is necessary to prepare the ground. The plot is dug up, so its drainage qualities improve.
Do not forget about fertilizer
Then you need to fill the ground with rotted compost, apply mineral fertilizer, which contains a lot of trace elements. It is also useful to fertilize the soil with potassium, it has a positive effect on the plant.A lot of potassium is in wood ash.
Allium planting is recommended in the fall, in the third decade of September. The bulb must have time to take roots and firmly "catch" them in the soil. But some varieties of onions are planted in the ground in the spring. It all depends on when allium blooms. Varieties that begin to bloom in May, recommended to plant in the fall, and those in August - in the spring.
The basic rule of planting onions are: the depth of the hole should be equal to the length of the three onions. Small onions sit higher than onions larger. After onion planting, it is necessary to make mulching of the soil, to make compost or peat.
Sometimes, after the end of the flowering period, the bulbs are dug out of the ground, especially if it is wet and cold. Then they must be dried and stored in a dry ventilated room at a temperature of 20 degrees. So that the bulbs do not collect moisture during storage, they can be poured with sawdust.
Peculiarities of care
Care decorative bow quite simple. Weeding onions, timely and moderate watering and feeding. The plants are watered only when there is a forty-degree heat outside, and a hot, dry wind is blowing.
Allium is fed in the spring, when the first leaves appear, fertilizer, which contains a lot of mineral substances. And in the autumn period - fertilizer with the content of phosphorus with potassium, which is carefully buried in the ground. Sometimes onions, for lush flowers, are fed during the active period of bud formation.
The bulbs, in order to protect them from excessive moisture, are dug up when the leaves completely dry and the seeds ripen. They are stored in a cardboard box or wooden box. You need to choose a place with good ventilation. If, nevertheless, you have normal soil, then onions are left for the winter hut in the open field.
Repotting decorative bow engaged in every 4 years. More often they do not advise, since the nests expand strongly, and the decorative appearance decreases. You can not break off the wilted leaves, so to hide this fact, they are planted with plants that help hide this flaw.
