Goose onion - a tender spring star

First flowers after the snow melts it is always a miracle. They help us feel the imminent arrival of warmth, summer, and relaxation. Then, from May to September, a huge variety of plants will bloom and smell fragrant, but we all know these first flowers well. Among them, besides snowdrop, there are anemones, crocuses, spring flowers and chives.

The latter is the most modest, but deserves special attention due to its healing properties. Goose onion bulbs used in the preparation of decoctions, which treat jaundice and dropsy, bronchial asthma and even epilepsy. You can also make a paste out of them to quickly heal wounds.

In total, there are more than seventy species of this “star” plant in the world. But in our country you can most often find only two or three. This goose onion yellow and small, as well as meadow. The differences between them are not that great. If you come across one of these species, you will definitely recognize it. Some representatives have large and beautiful flowers, others are smaller and inconspicuous. But almost all of them, with a few exceptions, Quite resistant to external conditions and unpretentious. However, there is also a goose onion, adapted only for decorating a greenhouse - this is the Greek onion (G. graeca).

Goose bow makes a wonderful spring necklace rocky gardens. Yellow, like a ray of sunshine and delicate, like the first greenery - it pleases the eye and inspires. If you decide to settle it on your site - give the flower a sunny place and watch how cordially he welcomes spring, blooming his beautiful stars.