Kandyk Pagoda: variety description, planting and care in the open field, 15 best species

Kandyk variety Pagoda is a plant that blooms in March with amazing inflorescences. Many gardeners choose it to decorate the garden. Bushes are undemanding to care, soil, safely take root in different climatic conditions. To successfully grow a culture, you should familiarize yourself with all its features.

What is a kandyk

Amazing plant kandyk is an original bulbous spring culture. Canine tooth belongs to the Liliaceae family. The Greek name is "Erythronium", meaning "red", this shade was the first flowers found by growers.There are 25 varieties of culture.

Description of inflorescences

Buds are similar to lilies or cyclomens, there are 1-2 flowers on 1 peduncle. In the corolla there are 6 elongated stems, gracefully bent petals 15-20 mm long. They are colored yellowish, crimson, pinkish and white.

Appearance of bushes

Bushes grow up to 50 cm tall, decorative leaves. From the base of the shoot, leaves are oblong, green in color with brown spots. Depending on weather conditions, pollen falls on the last days of April or the beginning of May. The fruit includes a box of seeds.

Growing places

Under natural conditions, kandyk "lives" in the mountains of Western Europe. The flower prefers cool, open, bright areas in the temperate or subtropical zone. Many people like culture due to its unpretentiousness, high resistance to frost up to -50.Erythronium harmonizes with other bulbous plants.

Popular flower varieties

There are 11 popular types of erythronium, widely cultivated in the gardens of gardeners from the CIS. They differ from each other in the color of the pollen, the height of the plants.

American

A variety of kandyk native to America, differs in small sizes up to 18 cm. Leaves with speckled, brown-green patterns and six petal bright yellow inflorescences. The middle is brown, only one flower blooms on the peduncle.

Whitish

Inflorescences are snow-white, with a yellowish center. The plant has 2 basal leaves of an oval-elongated shape, green in tone with brown spots. Buds solitary, with recurved petals. The height of the bushes is about 10-25 cm.

Henderson

An unusual type of kandyk is a bright purple color at the edges of the petal, turning white towards the middle and almost black at the base. Large orange stamens stand out against a rich dark background. Bushes reach 20 cm in height.

Mountain

Kandyk mountain grows on the alpine lawns of the North-West of America. The bulb is not wide, elongated, the stalk reaches 45 cm in height. The leaves are oblong-ovate, emerald color. On the arrow there are 1-3 white or pinkish inflorescences with an orange base of leaves.

Lemon yellow

North American type of kandyka with oblong-oval, patterned leaves and cream inflorescences. The petals are bent and broken, in the middle there are bright yellow centers. The flower changes color over time, by the end of pollen, the petals turn pink.

Oregonum or turned away

Kandyka variety Oregonum is found in natural conditions on the shores of the USA and Canada. Bushes grow up to 20-40 cm tall, primrose with large leaves. They are covered with a pattern of light green, emerald specks, small powder-colored flowers. The plant is capricious about the conditions of detention.

Caucasian

Kandyk is distinguished by a narrow bulb up to 3 cm long. The stem will grow up to 20 cm. The leaves are gray-gray, with a marble pattern. The inflorescence is long, up to 4 cm in diameter, white or pale yellow.

Japanese

In Russia, the area of germination of the Japanese kandyk is the Far East region, Sakhalin, the Kuriles. Bushes 15-20 cm tall, with 2 narrow spotted leaves, single flowers. The petals are elongated, bent up, pinkish or purple. At the base there is a pattern of dark dots, stripes or spots.

Hybrid

Kandyk hybrid combines all varieties formed during the symbiosis of different variants of erythronium. The most popular subspecies include the following specimens. center, reddish edging and deep green leaves

Scarlet White FangHarmony

	Variety with bright purple inflorescences, white ring of raspberry dots, yellowish center, brown leaves with green dots
	Kandyk with whitish buds 6 cm in diameter, yellowish center and green leaves
	Flowers up to 8 cm in diameter, petals pinkish at the ends, whitish towards the base, deep green leaves
Olga	Variety with lavender-pinkish buds in dark purple dots, white edging at the ends. The leaves are leathery, small, brownish-green.

The method of growing hybrid kandyks does not differ from other variations of the culture.

California White Beauty

North American variation of Kandyka White grows in the dry forests and mountains of Northern California. The onion is large, with two leaves, creating a basal rosette, raspberry-green peduncles with 2-3 large buds.The leaves have a bright green color, along the edges of the wave. Petals are white, cream, with a rich yellow center. Pollen falls at the beginning of April, lasts until May.

Tuolumnia pagoda

Pagoda variety cultivated in the Netherlands, famous for its high growth for its species - up to 40 cm. Petals lanceolate, 4 cm long, golden yellow or lemon, with a light green base. Widely found variety with spotted foliage and rich yellow flowers.

How to grow kandyk in the garden

To grow kandyk in the garden, you must adhere to the deadlines, choose the right place, carry out competent planting work, and organize care. Even an inexperienced gardener will be able to cope with the cultivation of erythronium.

Terms of planting operations

It is recommended to plant kandyk in August, but not in spring, otherwise the plant will get sick and die. You can plant a plant in the fall, in early September. It is important that when landing, the air temperature is at least +10-15 degrees.

Where to plant kandyk

Choose a darkened place, under bushes of trees, or plant bushes on the north side of buildings. The soil should be acidic, light, with good drainage.

Soil preparation

2 weeks before planting, leaf humus, sand with large grains are introduced into the ground. When the open ground is too acidic, peat, ground chalk can be used. Before planting, bone meal, humus, superphosphate and ammonium nitrate are added to the ground per 1 square meter.

Sowing in the ground

Before sowing kandyk seeds, grooves are made in the ground 30 mm deep, with a distance between them of 100 mm. Ripened seeds are placed in prepared pits, at a distance of 50 mm. Seed material is covered with soil, watered abundantly. The first seedlings will sprout in the spring; in the last days of April, their height is about 40 mm. If the seedlings are low, this indicates a lack of nutrients and water.The first bushes bloom in 4-5 years from the appearance of sprouts.

Sprouting seedlings

When growing seedlings from bulbs, they are immersed 10-15 cm deep. After, the seedlings are mulched, watered.

Proper Care Management

Kandyk is easy to care for, all you need is regular watering, fertilizing, pruning, transplanting. Plants should also be treated with insecticides and fungicides against diseases, beetles.

Irrigation

Kandyk should be irrigated in May, if the spring is without rain. During the growing season, 2-3 irrigations are carried out with settled water. After each irrigation, the earth is loosened, removing weeds.

Fertilization

In the 1st year after planting, kandyk does not need to be fed. It has enough nutrients introduced into the holes before sowing. In the following seasons, the circle is covered with mulch from deciduous humus or peat. You can also add mineral compounds for ornamental plants.

Formation of bushes

Kandyk does not need to be trimmed. With the motive of maintaining decorativeness, dried leaves can be removed during the growing season. The next pruning is carried out after the death of the ground part of the flower.

Transfer

Kandyk bushes should be transplanted after 4-5 years, because in one place they turn into nests. When transplanting, the culture is propagated by dividing the bulbs. Manipulation is carried out in July or August, when the erythronium has a dormant period. The leaves should turn yellow, the bulbs should have time to accumulate the strength spent on pollen. Children are transplanted into prepared grooves. Fault points are pinched with coal powder.

Diseases and harmful insects: prevention and treatment

Kandyk has a strong immunity to diseases and harmful insects. With stagnant moisture, an attack by fungi is possible. To bypass the development of pathology, the beds are treated with a fungicide like Fitosporin.

Wintering

In the southern regions with warm winters, kandyk can be left uncovered. Residents of the middle and northern regions should cover the bushes with a thick layer of dried leaves and needles. They remove the warming carpet at the end of March, when there will be no frosts.

How a flower reproduces

Kandyk is bred with seeds or babies. In the first case, all American varieties can be propagated, except for the many-stalked erythronium. They have been collecting seeds since June, but only after the full formation of the boxes. Their contents must be on the surface of the plot.

According to experienced gardeners, slightly unripe specimens are cut off, after which they are placed for ripening in a ventilated place with low humidity. Sow seeds or bulbs in the last days of summer.

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