Sibirinė scylė – Scilla sibirica

Sibirinė scylė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameSibirinė scylė
Latin plant nameScilla sibirica L.
English plant nameSiberian Squill
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 8 to 10
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • early spring - March - April First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitynon-decorative
Ornamentality duration, months1
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupBulbous and corm
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, bulbs. Almost every large bulb produces 1-2 bulbs, which are sensitive for drought. Seeds are sown after picking up. Seedlings begin blooming in the second year. 200 seeds per 1 gram.1000 seedlings per 10 grams of seeds sown.