Description
Intro: 1873. Origin: Southern France, Sicily, Sardinia, southern Italy, northern Iraq, south-eastern Turkey and western Iran. The somewhat 'loose' looking about fifteen cm wide inflorescence is composed of 20-30 beautiful and bell-shaped nodding flowers, sitting atop of approximately ten centimeters long dark stems. The overlapping petals are purple with a cream coloured band and a hint of green. The flowers turn upwards at the end of the flowering period. A particularly valuable cut and dried flower.
BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF AMARYLLIDACEAE
Nectar was the drink of the Gods on Mount Olympus (but it is also a sweet liquid that bees extract from flowers) and from the Greek/Latin scordion, which means: the plant smells like onions. A small genus of plants that, according to recent insights, should be reclassified under Allium.
There are four known species. The plant grows in all well-drained soil types and tolerates both full sun and a shady spot.
