Chisty Byzantine planting and care in the open field

Growing your own trees, flowers, fruits at home is a real pleasure for any summer resident. Observing the process of development of a new life, which from a small seed makes its way through the earth, is the most exciting activity that gives a person energy and vitality, he wants to live and move on, despite all the difficulties that await on the way. But this is not only a balm for the soul, but also healthy food for the winter. You can decorate your garden with a corner of decorative beautiful plants.

One of the least popular, but very interesting plants is stachis woolly, which in the common people is also called "Sheep's ears".

Growing by seeds

This plant is perfect for growing at home. as a decorative decoration for a slide or garden in a warm enough climate. Outwardly, "sheep's ears" look very beautiful due to the fact that the whole plant seems to be covered with a white bloom, which is why it has a light color.

If you touch this culture, or even better to step into it with your feet, you can feel like in paradise - it is quite difficult to find a plant so silky, soft and pleasant to the touch. Planting and caring for a woolly cleanser is quite simple, but in order for this culture, in general, to appear in your garden, it must be properly propagated. This can be done by seeds, since they have a good germination percentage. The most suitable months for planting are February or March.

Planting seeds purist of the Byzantine carried out in a previously prepared soil, which is additionally fertilized with minerals or organic matter and must be watered with water.

Now only build a small greenhouse made of transparent oilcloth or old glass... After about 30 days, young plants will begin to hatch from the seeds and the greenhouse can be removed.

Woolly stachis, like other plants, does not differ in the pattern of planting seeds and growing seedlings. After about one month, the plant is dived, that is, it is planted in larger pots at a distance of 10 cm from each other, so that each young organism has more area and the ability to release the root system.

Now the culture is completely ready for transplanting into a garden or vegetable garden, into open ground. But first you need to find out how to carry out the transplant procedure correctly of the Byzantine, how to find the optimal place for the plant and when is the best time to transplant stachis.

Seat selection

Stakhis - rather unpretentious plant to care for... The culture will feel great in the open sun and, at the same time, will not fade. It tolerates drought well enough. If you plant a purse in partial shade, he will also not mind.

Under constant sunlight, stachis grows very large distinctive leaves, the color of which is slightly whiter than that of its "brothers" living in the shade.

However, it would be a fatal mistake to think that this culture can live in complete drought conditions like a cactus. This threatens that the bush will simply throw off all its leavesin order to survive, because it will not be able to saturate them with trace elements and water.

Therefore, if the summer is too hot and dry, then the soil needs to be moistened from time to time. However, flooding the plant with a lot of water will be no less a mistake than not watering it at all. More severe drought, the culture does not like only stagnant moisture.

What kind of soil should our woolly friend choose? In this case, most of the known soil compositions are suitable:

• sandy;
• stony;
• alkaline;
• black soil.

Ornamental plant does not take its roots too deep... Basically, the root system is superficial, which is what makes the crop so versatile in soil selection.

In addition, you no need to transplant stachis from place to place every year... He will feel great in one place for several years. However, in the fifth or sixth year of the growing season, the middle of the plant's flower bed may begin to thin out. The purifier will help save additional cultivation of new seedlings in other places, a complete transplant of the flower bed in a place that is more saturated with useful minerals or fertilization of the soil.

Stakhis will be ready to move to another "place of residence" as soon as the spring night frosts are over, but it will be best to wait until May. When transplanting an entire flower bed, it must be borne in mind that each seedling should be at a distance of about 20 cm from its neighbor. Before planting, it is recommended to apply fertilizer to the soil; this can be done with manure, humus, or simply add chalk to it.

If you are replanting a stachis that has lived a carefree life for five years, then you need to dig out a part of the earth under it and add a new one, rich in microelements, in its place. After that, it remains only to plant our seedlings in a fertile place.

Companion plants

As a single plant, stachis is planted quite rarely, although in this case it will look advantageous. Usually, it is supplemented on an alpine slide or in a garden with other plants or used as a flower bed fence. Therefore, it is important to know with whom he will compete and with whom he will make friends. Among the most preferred companions:

• bushes of pink roses;
• hosts;
• marigold;
• bloodroot;
• splinter;
• astrania;
• geyher;
• sheep;
• ageratum;
• sugar honeycomb;
• silvery wormwood.

Care Tips

Woolly stachis is a rather unpretentious plant in planting and care, when choosing a soil and a place for planting. However, even such a culture can keep several important secrets.

Loosening the soil, weeding and watering

As noted earlier, stachis feels great in dry soil and does not tolerate stagnant water well. Watering the crop should only be done in hot and very dry summers. On ordinary spring-autumn days, it is not recommended to water the plant.

Lack of moisture on summer days can be noticed by the fall of the foliage. It is necessary to water the culture in the evening, when the sun shines at a sufficiently large distance. Several young seedlings can be planted in the soil in the spring, since old specimens can stretch upward, discarding young leaves, and because of this, voids will form in the flowerbed, which are best closed for decorative purposes.

If the leaves and stems are too elongated or completely dry, then it is recommended to cut them off. Do the same with the rhizome throughout the summer, which will come out from time to time.

Summer watering coma, stakhis requires careful soil care... From time to time it needs to be loosened, even though the culture does not give deeply growing roots. This procedure is recommended every two weeks.

The plant can be hilled at your discretion, but you can do this no more than 3 times per season, since this way you give the stachis room to develop, and this can lead to overgrowth. You should not rush to loosen the soil. Only do this when the leaves are about 20 cm long.

As for fertilizers, the crop does not need frequent feeding... It will be enough for her to receive a portion of compost once a season.In the spring, young seedlings can be planted in such soil.

Pruning inflorescences

As you have already noticed from the description of the culture, stachis is an ornamental plant. It is considered ideal for curbs, lawns or streams. Of course, the deciduous part of the plant is valued much more than its thin stems, on which the cap of unsightly and small flowers is located. It is difficult to imagine how much force the stachis gives in order to release such an arrow.

Naturally, this is all compensated for with new arrows that die or if new leaves do not develop. But for decoration we need everything to be the same, on the contrary, what to do?

For the deciduous velvet to be saved, the arrows of the inflorescences must be constantly cut off... The shorter the pruning is done, the better it will affect the development of the leaves. The optimal time for such a procedure is considered to be the period immediately after the first flowering is full.

If it was not possible to cut the plant before this, then next year it is necessary from the end of April or the beginning of May to closely monitor the formation of new shoots - cut them off immediately without regret. As soon as warm sunny days come, the plant will give, during the period of active growth, all its strength to the foliage, which over time will cover the earth and delight the horticultural eye with its luxurious appearance until the first frosts.

If winter turned out to be quite snowy and frosty, then replanting the plant to a new place is not recommended. Stakhis will cover himself with a snow blanket and calmly overwinter, and in the spring he will again delight his master with velvet shoots.

In the event that the winter turned out to be dry, but frosty, then it is recommended to cover the plants for the winter season under a dense film, and protect the root system with a layer of mulch.

Sowing seeds in open ground

The plant can be propagated by planting seeds in open ground in the spring, when the threat of night frosts has passed, or in the fall, just before the onset of winter frosts. Slightly frozen soil may also be suitable for planting, but it will need to be warmed up well.

It is very important to ensure that the outside air temperature is not lower than 8 ° C, but also not higher than 20 ° C. About 10 days after planting the seeds, the plant will give its first shoots. The percentage of germination, as in the case of germination of planting material in room conditions, is very high. After that, it will be possible to plant young crops, observing the standard distance between seedlings of 15-20 cm.

Division of bushes

Quite often used method of stachis breeding. From a developed bush, it is necessary to separate part of the foliage along with the root system. This method will allow you to get a new plant in a fairly short time, therefore, it is preferable to use this method for propagating a culture. You can plant and divide the bush at any time of the year, except for winter, which is another plus of dividing the bushes. The most important thing is that there is no scorching sun outside. Therefore, the best time for stachis breeding by dividing the bushes is the end of August, since the weather is still warm enough, but not the same as in the scorching July sun.

Cuttings

As noted earlier, the plant has fairly shallow roots, so propagation by cuttings will also provide you with a quality result. Stachis cuttings are able to adapt to the new land in a fairly short time.

1. Choosing a suitable material for planting from the bottom of the stem of an adult plant.
2. Cut off the cuttings with a sharp disinfected knife at a right angle.
3. We plant the material not too deep into the ground, keeping a distance of 15-20 cm between specimens.

The most preferable task in this method of reproduction is tracking the adaptation period of young plants. It is also necessary to carefully monitor the level of moisture in the soil so that the roots of the stachis are not damaged by rot.At the same time, too dry soil is also undesirable, since it can dry out the roots of a young plant.

Cuttings can be carried out in early spring. In the event that the soil has not yet had time to warm up, cover it with foil for a couple of days. For this breeding method, a warm, but not too hot time of summer, autumn or spring is suitable.

Woolly chisel is a herbaceous crop of the Yaroslavl family, growing in coniferous and mixed forests, in forest and forest-steppe areas. The plant is also cultivated in home gardens for future medical use. Popular names for the chisel are hare ears and the Byzantine chisel. The first name was invented because of the white edge on the leaves of the culture.

Description

This plant is considered perennial, has massive elongated leaves tapering downward. They seem to be wrapped in light gray down, which makes them especially decorative and beautiful. This is the beauty of a woolly chisel. His photo is presented below.

The flowers of the culture are small, lilac-pink and lilac in color, in dense spike-shaped inflorescences, placed on oblong peduncles. Chisetz blooms in June-September. Due to the fact that the peduncles are elongated, they often fall on the ground due to rains.

Growing conditions

The plant is very fond of light, grows remarkably in open and sunny areas, but it can also be bred in partial shade. The culture is winter-hardy, it prefers light drained soil with a certain composition of rotted manure or plant fertilizer. Woolly cleaver develops very well in dry areas. In moist soil, it quickly rots, and the luxurious pubescence of its leaves is lost. Tubers left in the soil for the winter season do not die. The growing season of a flower is 130-140 days.

Planting a plant

You can start harvesting areas for planting cuttings, grown seedlings and rooted cuttings in the middle of summer. For 1 sq. m you need to add 20 g of potassium sulfate, 50 g of ordinary superphosphate and dig up the soil to a depth of 30 cm.Then select the roots of the weeds and add at least 10 kg of organic feeding.

In August, it is already possible to plant the future woolly chisel in a permanent place, distributing it at a distance of 30-40 cm between crops. The soil should be light (ideally - loamy and sandy loam), drained, not very wet, without stagnant water, properly fertilized.

Care

In principle, the flower does not require any special care. This is a completely unpretentious plant, and it is easy to care for it. All soils are suitable for him, with the exception of those that contain too much moisture. The woolly handsome man is not only cold-resistant, he also withstands drought perfectly and does not need constant watering. At the same time, it is undesirable to water the leaves; it is enough to moisten the root system.

After the flowering of the peduncles, you should get rid of them. You need to trim them as far as possible. You can also remove the spoiled lower leaves to allow new ones to recreate a lush and wonderful look again.

Already an adult woolly cleaner, who spent the winter in an open area needs special feeding. A mixture of mullein or chicken droppings with ammonium nitrate is suitable for this. It will be enough to fertilize the flower twice in spring with such a top dressing.

Young seedlings planted at the end of the spring season will need to be filled with mineral fertilizers every 15 days. If organic feeding is not available on the farm, herbal extract can replace it. Nettle, for example, contains all the essential trace minerals. The plant can become even more decorative and beautiful if its flower sprouts are cut off at the moment of bud formation. And it will acquire a very spectacular appearance of the woolly chisel (the photo below demonstrates this).

Reproduction

Such a culture is bred by three methods: cuttings, dividing the bush and seeds. For cuttings, the lower shoot is mostly used.They need limited moisture to take root, and control must be made to ensure that they do not rot. The method of dividing the bush is good in any season except winter. For separation, it is not necessary to dig out the entire bush, you can simply cut off a part and transplant.

Woolly scum: growing from seeds

Basically, this flower is grown from seeds. The best time to sow seeds for seedlings is March. In less than 3 weeks, the first shoots will appear. A young plant is slightly different from an adult. Its leaves are not fuzzy at all, and this is why at first many gardeners may think that they have messed up the seeds.

Around the end of May, when the seedlings of the culture grow up and get stronger, it can already be planted in open ground. It should not be forgotten that the soil lump on the flower should in no case be destroyed.

The purist unfolds all his amazingness and charm in an open and abundantly sunlit area. After some time, the leaves of the culture begin to feather down little by little, acquiring their natural appearance and silver color. By the end of the summer period, you can already observe a real living carpet in the garden, which will not lose its beauty even in winter. The plant can withstand frost remarkably and looks very unusual against the background of snow.

Those who want to grow something original and very unusual in their garden can safely plant a magnificent flower - a woolly purse. Planting and caring for such a wonderful culture will not be difficult, and will bring great pleasure to gardeners.

Byzantine chisel, he is woolly stakhis, he is "sheep's ears" - a charming and unpretentious plant with silvery fluffy leaves.

Woolly chisel. Photo by the author He settled in my garden for a long time: a neighbor shared shoots, which have since turned into chic, fleecy "rugs" and spread out in different flower beds. Of course, these "ears" also came to the new garden.

The plants are still small, but in the next season they will form a pretty lawn, and after a year it will be possible to settle the scrub further.

A young plant of a purifier. Photo by the author There are countless options for using this plant in flower beds. This is great border: Bushes without peduncles are low, grow very densely and, due to the elegant silvery color of the foliage, create an effective framing of a flower bed or garden path.

Looks great and feels great in woolly rockeries, on the retaining walls, in rocky gardens... It is undemanding to the soil, tolerates drought easily, loves light - an ideal plant for a rock garden.

On the other hand, in partial shade, it also grows well, and therefore it can be successfully planted under bushes. In such a composition, the cold color and unusual texture of the leaves of the chanterelle can become a winning accent. It is only important to make sure that the shade is not too thick, and that the neighbors are undemanding to food. On too fertile soil and with a lack of lighting, "sheep's ears" can turn green, losing their charm.

Infinite room for imagination is left by all sorts of combinations with other decorative deciduous plants... Here, for example, how he settled down between the hosts and the cypress milkweed on the shore of the pond

Cleaner with hosts by the pond. Photo by the author Own flowers at the purist are nothing special, and high, often unstable peduncles make the plantings untidy. Therefore, I try to cut them off; when the plant is grown as an ornamental foliage, this procedure is highly desirable. Especially, cleaning the cleaner that actually ends.

But how expressive is the luxurious, silky foliage against the background of other flowers! Due to its neutral color, the purse is appropriate in almost any composition, and will look new every time.I especially like restrained, noble combinations with blue and white colors, but red, yellow, pink, lilac look, perhaps, no worse. Here, take a look, for example: chisel against the background of flowering chives

Woolly chisel against the background of chives. Photo by the author By the way, for planting the woolly both spring and autumn are suitable. At the same time, old, overgrown plants can be divided, the rooted shoots of which are easily separated and take root well in a new place.

I read that in regions where winters are harsh, a light shelter for plants is recommended, but mine hibernates well without it. And in early spring, it is enough just to remove the old, brown and dried foliage and take care that it does not stagnate at the roots water is his main enemycausing root rot and death of the plant.

I also like to iron the leaves, which are soft and extremely pleasant to the touch. Perfectly cheers up!

A leaf of a woolly chisel. Photo by the author If you don't have a chaste tree in your garden yet, try to find a small corner for it. I am sure: you will certainly love these glorious "sheep ears"!

Chistets is the name of a whole genus of ornamental herbaceous and semi-shrub plants. In total, about 300 different species are known, most of which have been introduced into culture. In household plots and gardens, as an ornamental plant, you can very often find a woolly purse, or as it is popularly called sheep's ears.

Woolly chisel - refers to herbaceous plants of the lamb family, which in the wild like to grow in coniferous and mixed forests. On their plots, many people breed it for aesthetic decoration and broad medical purposes.

A photo in which you can see the woolly chisel. On the foliage, a white edge is noticeable, because of which the grass is called sheep's ears.

general description

This plant is perennial, has large oblong leaves that taper downward. Thanks to the light down, they look very beautiful and especially decorative.

The flowers that the plant has can have a different color, depending on the variety. So the Byzantine purse blooms with small pink and lilac flowers, and the annual purse blooms, for example, with white flowers. Flowers growing on grass are placed on elongated peduncles, which often hang to the ground, especially after rain. The flowering period falls at the beginning of summer and continues into autumn itself.

Not all types of this beautiful plant are appreciated by gardeners, since there is one type of purse, which is a kind of weed - annual purse. The plant is 2-lobed, it also belongs to the lamb. It grows in very large areas, especially from forest-steppe zones. To a large extent, it infests and damages orchards, vegetable gardens and fields with crops of grain crops.

The one-year-old scrub (photo below) prefers loose soil with a moderate level of humidity. Most often they grow in areas with active sunlight. High drought tolerance. Taproots, straight stems, pubescent or glabrous, capable of branching. The height of the weed is 20-50 centimeters. The leaves are oblong, opposite, with blunt ends not covered with down. The flowers are white or pale yellow with red spots, hiding behind the axils of the leaves. The heyday falls in June-September. The fruit is a nutlet, tetrahedral shape (2mm by 1.5mm).

One-year-old scrub.

Growing conditions

A prerequisite for growing a woolly chisel is the presence of a large amount of light, so experts advise planting it in open areas of land where sunlight is well received. The grass thrives in light, drained soil, which was fertilized with manure or plant-based fertilizers before planting.

Cleaner.

The Byzantine Chistess takes root well in areas with a dry climate, since in a very damp earth it begins to rot quickly, and all the beauty of its leaves and flowers is lost. Those tubers that remain in the ground for the winter period do not die, but on the contrary tolerate frosts very well. The growing season of a flower takes 130-140 days.

Plant care

The woolly chisel does not have any peculiarities regarding care. The plant is absolutely unpretentious and very easy to care for. All types of soil are perfect for him, except for too wet. Sheep ears not only survive severe frosts well, but also cope well with drought, which, in turn, does not require constant watering. It must be remembered that it is not advisable to water the leaves, it will only be enough to moisten the root system.

After the flower stalks fade, they need to be cut off. The cut should be as far from the top as possible. In addition, spoiled foliage at the bottom of the grass must be removed in order to allow young leaves to grow, which will restore the splendor and beauty of the plant.

An adult Byzantine chastetz, which was in an open area throughout the winter, requires mandatory feeding during warming. For this, you can use a mixture of organic fertilizers with nitrate. For the best result, it is advised to make two dressings in the spring.

Young specimens that were planted at the end of the spring season should be fertilized with mineral fertilizers every 2 weeks. Top dressing of organic origin can be replaced with herbal extracts (nettle, which contains all the necessary trace elements, is well suited for this).

Planting a plant

It is best to carry out the preparation of the soil in the area on which the woolly purse will be planted in the month of July. For 1 square meter of land, you need to apply about 20 grams of potassium sulfate, 50 grams of superphosphate, and dig all these components to a depth of 30 centimeters. If you have weed roots, you must completely select them, and add another 10 kilograms of organic feeding.

In August, all young plants will be ready to be transplanted to a permanent location. You need to plant a purse at a distance of about 30-40 centimeters between two herbs. The soil should be light, well-drained and free of excess moisture (especially no stagnant water).

Reproduction

The purist is bred in three different ways: cuttings, division and seeds.

1. To create a cutting, the lower part of the shoot is usually used. In order for them to take root well, you should monitor the moisture level, as they easily rot.
2. The division is good because it can be used in any season except winter. For separation, you do not need to dig up the plant completely, it is enough to cut off part of the root and transplant to a new place.
3. Growing by seeds is the most basic breeding technique for woolly purse. The most favorable sowing period is the month of March. After sowing, it takes about 3 weeks to the first shoots. Young shoots have some differences from adults, this is especially evident in the leaves. The foliage of a young sprout is not fleecy, which is why more than one gardener thought that he was mistaken with the choice of seeds.

Somewhere at the end of May, the seedlings should grow and get stronger, which will make it possible to safely transplant them to an open area of ​​land. Do not forget that the soil ball must remain intact.

All its unusual beauty, the woolly chisel shows just sprouting in an open area of ​​land, where the sun often shines. After some time, the leaves begin to feather, acquiring their natural appearance and silver color. At the end of summer, the gardener can already admire the real, live carpet, which will delight him even in winter.

For those gardeners who want to have on their site, some unusual, and at the same time beautiful plant, it is advised to plant a woolly purse. Planting and caring for a plant does not require large expenditures and efforts, and in return it will bring only aesthetic pleasure from its specific appearance.