Ungernia victoris
Ungernia victoris
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Ungernia victoris is a fairly cold-hardy plant, but dislikes wet conditions, especially in winter[1]. Requires a sunny position in a deep, well-drained, humus-rich, sandy soil[1]. The plant produces its leaves in the spring, these wither as summer approaches and then the flowers are produced later in the summer[2]. Plant the bulbs with their growing tip at soil level - they have the ability to adjust themselves to their preferred depth[1]. Plants are very susceptible to predation by slugs and snails[1].
Propagation
Seed - best sown when ripe. Division of offsets when the plant is dormant[1]. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Ungernia+victoris>
Pollinators
Insects
References
- [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
- [2]Flora of the USSR. — Komarov. V. L. · Israel Program for Scientific Translation · 1968 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN - ↩︎An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [3]Plant Sources of Galanthamine: Phytochemical and Biotechnological Aspects — Berkov S. et al · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2009.10817633 · ISBN 1310-2818 ↩︎
- [4]An overview of Ethnomedicinal plants of Uzbekistan — Khojimatov O.K. et al · 2020 · http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.20.08.1-19 ↩︎
- [5]Galanthamine from snowdrop—the development of a modern drug against Alzheimer’s disease from local Caucasian knowled — Heinrich M. & Teoh H.L. · 2004 · http://10.1016/j.jep.2004.02.012 ↩︎