Aichrizon (tree of love): description of species and recommendations for home care

Diseases and pests: ways to control

• If the succulent was over-watered, moisture stagnation in the soil could result. The root system is not able to process all the moisture; in this case, the roots are affected by various types of rot. The flower is removed from the ground and the roots are examined.

  Rotten brown roots are removed. The remaining light healthy roots are washed with a pink solution of potassium permanganate and dipped in a crushed tablet of activated carbon. The earth must be thrown away, the pot must be washed and filled with new soil, a plant must be planted in it.

• A mealybug can settle in the root system. It feeds on the juice of the roots. The plant in this case lags behind in growth. If you pull the earthen ball out of the pot, you will see white insect nests on it. To combat it, the soil is watered with Aktara's solution.
• The mealybug is also found on the shoots. It resembles sticky pieces of cotton wool. These cotton balls are removed by hand with ear sticks and then sprayed with soapy water.
• A spider mite may appear on the plant. In this case, Aichrizon is treated with Fitoverm solution at a concentration of 2 ml per 1 liter of water.

Sinking

Falling leaves signal that the earthy clod is overdried or waterlogged. If a bush is close to heating devices in winter, or stands under the scorching sun in summer, the foliage begins to crumble.

Leaves fall off during the flowering period, in this case it is normal. If the bush sheds its leaves in late autumn, it means that it is preparing for winter rest.

Sluggish and shriveled leaves

If Aichrizon has sluggish, wrinkled leaves, it means that he is experiencing insufficient watering or there is no watering for a long time.

As soon as the plant has received sufficient moisture, the leaves will become fleshy and elastic again.

Elongated stems

In insufficient light, the shoots begin to reach for the light. The stems become thin and elongated. In order for the aichrizon to return its beautiful shape, the elongated shoots are trimmed, and the pot is rearranged to a more illuminated place.

Aichrizons are similar to a money tree, but they are distant relatives, since they belong to the same family. These are succulents, easy to care for and unpretentious, which even a beginner can grow. On our site you will find information about growing an interesting indoor plant - prostrate Aichrizon.

Aichrizon is not a capricious plant and if you pay enough attention to it, it will thank the owners with lush flowering. Unpretentiousness and simplicity in growing attracts novice amateur flower growers. If you form a bonsai-style succulent, a real small tree will appear on the window.

The tree of love in folk signs

In the photo, the aichrizon tree pleases the eye, but it brings more pleasure with its meaning. The home flower has a magical power that affects the fate of people.

Superstition says that the tree of love has many positive effects:

• establishes peace and understanding in a married couple;
• brings good luck to the house;
• gives rise to romantic feelings in people in love;
• enriches the atmosphere with positive emotions;
• eliminates negative feelings and attitudes;
• reconciles relatives and friends.

The flower is considered an excellent gift for a wedding of a young couple and a wedding anniversary. It strengthens love, brings patience and understanding to the relationship of the newlyweds.

Signs for lonely people

For singles and bachelors aichrizon is just a godsend. The plant gives hope for building personal happiness, fills a person with confidence and charm.He embodies dreams of meeting the chosen one and helps to create harmonious relationships.

There is an important sign

If a person has love for a partner in his heart, who is often a guest, it is necessary to pay attention to the state of the aichrizone. A lush crown and a blooming look are proof that this is a worthy couple for a lover.

Aichrizon and prosperity

The Ever-Golden Bush helps to increase the owner's income. Aichrizon flower really attracts wealth to the house, if it was grown by its owners. Buying or planting money tree sprouts, residents will witness unexpected gifts of fate: winnings, bonuses and financial finds.

But superstitions warn against the aichrizon flower, presented in the form of a present. The donated plant has the opposite properties and becomes the cause of large waste, losses and lack of money. If you were presented with a money tree, be sure to pay with a coin or a bill, then it will attract profits.

Home weather forecast

Aichrizon is a family talisman that provides joy, peace and love. The flowering species of the plant proves that there are good relationships in the family, understanding and happiness reign.

The appearance of the culture reflects the essence of the home atmosphere:

• Timely flowering, bright shade of aichrizone leaves indicate peace and well-being in the house.
• If the tree dries up or withers, this is an alarming bell, announcing a difficult microclimate in the family, frequent quarrels and quarrels, hidden grievances and misunderstandings.

Care

Aichrizone home care is simple and generally straightforward.

Lighting

The flower needs to be given a lot of light, but it is important that it is diffused. To achieve this, you can block the pot with a curtain or a piece of loose fabric.

When placing dishes with a plant, it is recommended to place them on windows on the east or west side. To achieve uniform growth of all parts of the bush, it is recommended to periodically unfold the container with it in a circle.

Temperature regime

Most of the time, it is sufficient for aichrizon to maintain a standard room temperature. In winter, the plant needs rest, so the temperature should be no more than 8-10 ° C - otherwise, the branches will stretch out and the leaves will fall off the bush.

Humidity and watering

Like other representatives of succulents, Aichrizon does not require high air humidity and frequent watering. Due to the moisture accumulated in the parts of the plant, it will receive a sufficient amount of water every 3 days. In summer, it is recommended to water the bush with warm water, arranging a shower, and in winter this is prohibited.

Before watering aichrizon, it is imperative to pay attention to the appearance of the leaves. If they are dense and rather elastic, then the plant does not need watering.

Watering the flower is required when the leaf plate begins to lose turgor and becomes lethargic. This happens when the earthen ball is about half dry in the pot.

Therefore, it is better to take a little water, since more damage can be done by waterlogging than by drying out the soil. With strong drying, watering is required in small portions 1 time in 2 days, controlling the condition of the plant.

Pruning and shaping the crown

In order for the aichrizona bush to have a neat crown, it needs pruning. During it, weak and strongly elongated branches are removed, doing this in early spring. For greater splendor, the plants pinch the tops of young shoots.

Top dressing

In summer, the plant needs top dressing every 2 weeks. To feed a flower, you need to choose a fertilizer that contains a low level of nitrogen.

Transfer

In order for aichrizon to fully grow and bloom regularly, he needs an annual transplant (you do not need to take a wide container, since each next pot should be slightly larger than the previous one).

To prepare the soil, you need to take 4 parts of sod land and 1 part each of humus, sand and earth (preferably leaf). Before planting, a thick layer of drainage is poured onto the bottom of the pot, for which it is better to use expanded clay.

Features of home cultivation of the tree of happiness

Dracaena is an ideal ornamental culture that even a novice florist or just a lover of indoor plants can easily grow. However, despite all its unpretentiousness, the flower still requires care, in case of neglect of which, it is unlikely that it will be possible to grow a healthy and beautiful plant.

Lighting

The plant prefers bright light, but can grow in partial shade. It should be borne in mind that variegated dracaena need good lighting more than species with solid leaves. When choosing a place for a flower, it must be borne in mind that burns may appear on its leaves from exposure to direct sunlight. For this reason, it is necessary to choose a location with bright but diffused lighting.

Temperature and humidity

Dracaena, as a native of the tropics, likes to grow in conditions of warmth and high humidity. In the summer season, the flower is best kept at a temperature of 19 to 25 ° C. In winter, the shrub can grow in a cooler room, the air temperature in which should not fall below 10 ° C. However, the plant does not react well to draft, which must be taken into account when choosing a place for its placement.

To avoid waterlogging of the plant, the pallet can be equipped with drainage, which is usually expanded clay or pebbles. The leaves of a flower covered with dust cannot fully breathe, therefore experienced flower growers recommend periodically removing dust from the plant with a slightly damp soft cloth.

Watering, fertilizing, loosening the soil

The tree prefers moderate watering. In summer, it is enough to water the flower 2 times a week, and in winter you can reduce the number of waterings to 1 time in 7 days. However, you should not allow the soil to dry out deeply. As a rule, drying of the top 2–3 cm of soil indicates that the tree needs watering. Watering the plant can only be done with well-separated water at room temperature.

The top layer of the soil in which the tree grows must be loosened periodically. This increases the air permeability of the soil and regulates its moisture, which has a beneficial effect on the condition of the root system.

During the period of active growth, which falls on the warm season, the tree needs additional feeding once every 2 weeks. In winter, the flower does not develop so actively, so fertilization at this time of the year can be applied only once every 30 days.

It is recommended to use complex fertilizers as top dressing. for palms and dracaenawhich can be purchased from specialized stores. The main thing is not to feed the flower with fertilizers, which contain a large amount of phosphorus.

Trimming and shaping

Dracaena does not need to be pruned. Cutting off the top of the flower is carried out in order to restore its decorative effect. The fact is that the older the plant becomes, the more it becomes similar to a palm tree. The tree stretches upward, and the trunk gradually loses old leaves, in the place of which new ones no longer grow. The bare, leafless trunk spoils the appearance of the flower.

In this case, the top of the tree with 5-7 leaves is cut off, leaving only 4 leaves on the trunk, and the cut point treated with hot wax is covered with a polyethylene bag. Under the influence of heat, the buds will awaken and give life to additional lateral shoots, with the appearance of which the polyethylene can be removed from the trunk. After such manipulations, the dracaena will become more magnificent and will look more like a bush.

Diseases, pests and methods of dealing with them

Improper plant care can lead to various diseases. For example, in the case of irrigation with poor-quality water, speckled spots appear on the lower parts of the leaf plates.For this reason, it is worth using exclusively settled or filtered soft water for irrigation.

An excess of moisture in the soil leads to rotting of the stem, wilting and the appearance of moist brown spots on the leaves. Lack of moisture, in turn, leads to the appearance dry brown spots on leaf blades and their wilting. You can get rid of the problem only by establishing watering.

If the plant is kept in a cold room, its leaves become soft, begin to curl, and their tips turn black. In this case, it is necessary to remove the painful leaves with your hands, and move the tree itself to a warmer place.

Dracaena can be affected by spider mites, aphids, scale insects and thrips. You can cope with them by treating the shrub with insecticides. Fitoverm and Actellik can be used as insecticides.

Location in relation to light

When choosing a place for a tree of love, it is important to take into account its requirements for lighting:

• The light-loving succulent is best in the south, southeast and southwest. This is where the plants stay in the open sun at any time of the year. The exception is the summer sun, the plant must be protected from it so that burns do not appear. Therefore, I cover the window with a transparent cloth or thin tissue paper. Then openwork, diffused lighting is created. The same effect can be achieved with louvers that open in the desired position. If this is not possible, the aichrizons are rearranged deeper into the room, where direct sunlight does not fall. At the end of summer, the flower pot can be returned to its original place.
• A perfectly acceptable place is a western or north-western window sill. In this side of the world, the shadow is present from morning to 12 noon. In the second half, the plant arrives in the light. Summer care for him is the same as in the south - shading is required in the scorching heat.
• There is no point in growing succulent plants in the north and northeast. The shadow comes here most of the day. If you keep a plant in such conditions, its stems become thinner, stretching towards the light. Leaves become small and sparse, flowers often do not form.

Botanical species used in indoor floriculture (photo)

Aichrizon is a typical succulent, the geographical homeland of which is the Mediterranean. In our conditions, it is grown only as a houseplant.

Aichrizon is a tree of love.

Differs in a peculiar appearance:

• Diamond-shaped leaves are collected in rosettes,
• Small flowers of bright yellow color are like stars and are collected in dense inflorescences-brushes.
• The height of the plant depends on the species.

In the indoor assortment of succulents, the following representatives of the genus are common:

Pruning

The domestic variety can be grown in the form of a trunk (trunk completely free of leaves) or in the form of a classic shrub. It will take a lot of time and effort to create an aesthetic, neat crown.

The tip should be carefully pinched from the hatched sprouts and fragile lifeless processes should be eliminated

Pruning is not allowed during the rest of the plant in winter. It is at this time that the culture can stretch and change shape after the hot season. Pruning is carried out exclusively during the active growing season. Competent timely pruning contributes to the renewed state of the plant.

Domestic varieties

Aichryson homemade (Aichryson x domesticum)

Selected species, the basis for breeding was taken the Sinuous and Dot Aichrizons. The spherical bush form is formed due to the good branching of the plant. It grows up to three tens of centimeters both up and in breadth.

The stems end in rosettes, collected from small (two centimeters) leaves of a fleshy structure, saturated green with white pubescence of the plate. Long (two-thirds of the bush) peduncles are sprinkled with small fragrant flowers of yellow shades. It is possible to admire a flowering plant for up to six months under favorable conditions.

Aichrizon home

Aichryson tortuosum

The ancestor of the previous species has similar growth characteristics in size and shape. The differences are the shortened stem of the rhomboid leaf, the proportionality of the length of the shoots with the diametrical size of the collected rosettes. The leaf surfaces are covered with silvery pile on a light green background. Flowering begins in the last spring month, and can last until November. The flowers are beige.

Aichrizon meandering

Aichryson sedifolium

A semi-shrub succulent grows up to forty centimeters in height and is not very voluminous (up to 13 given measuring units). Thin straight branches bear rosette ends of fleshy, closely spaced, clavate leaves with no pubescence. The sheet surface is painted with delicate green tones with the addition of yellow and red shades.

Flowering occurs in the second half of spring and lasts only a couple of months. Flowers, yellow with gold, collected in large inflorescences, frame Aichrizon. During this period and state of dormancy, partial fall of the deciduous canopy is inherent.

Aichrizon purum-leaved

Aichryson laxum

The wide, square-like bush type is not inferior in height to its predecessor, and even surpasses in width. Differs in rhomboid fluffy leaves, located along the entire shoot on long petioles. The foliage color is green. Small sun-like stars of flowers in voluminous inflorescences adorn the plant for six months, starting in spring. With the last withered flowers, the succulent is freed from most of the foliage.

Aichrizon prostrate

Aichryson punctatum

The stems of the shrub, covered with translucent thick villi, stretch out a little short of half a meter. The main tone of the shoots is green with a brown addition. Leaves on long petioles are arranged in a rosette manner, colored green with weaker pubescence (in comparison with twigs). Small, star-shaped flowers are located in the yellow inflorescences of a loose shield. The plant is covered with a starry veil for six months.

Aichrizon point

Proper home care

Properly organized care of aichrizon at home allows you to grow a beautiful plant that will bring many moments of happiness to its owner. For a start, it is worth choosing a suitable place to stay for this handsome man. It is best if it is a north or northeast window.

On other windowsills, it is necessary to hang the tree with a thick layer of gauze in the morning hours. With a frequency of 1 time per week, it is necessary to turn the pot by 10 degrees.

This agrotechnical technique allows you to form a uniform spreading crown. An excellent place for growth and development is a distance of up to 1.5 - 2 meters from the window, covered with a transparent veil, which lets in a sufficient amount of sunlight in a diffused form. Therefore, aichrizon flower is successfully used for interior gardening of country houses, apartments and offices.

The second important condition for proper home care is to ensure the optimal ambient temperature. You should not allow even the slightest drafts, this leads to the complete dumping of the deciduous mass and even the death of the bush

During active growth and development, an air temperature of at least 20 degrees Celsius is required. In winter, after the end of flowering, the temperature should be lowered to 8 degrees Celsius. This can be done by moving the love tree to the basement or to the glazed loggia.

Watering the plant

Watering is carried out as the earthen coma dries up. Often this should not be done in any case, since there is a high probability of decay of the root system.

• In summer, watering is carried out about 1 time in 3 days.
• In winter, the frequency of watering is reduced to 3 times a month.

It is possible to determine the need for watering by assessing the turgor (saturation) of the leaves. You can lightly press on the crown with your palm on top. Or you can just touch the leaf. If there is no elasticity, then watering is needed.

To stimulate the growth of new deciduous mass, it is necessary to take a warm shower 2 times a month. For this, the plant is placed in a bath and watered abundantly with water at a temperature of about 30 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.

For the dormant period, water procedures stop completely until the plant comes out of hibernation. Caring for aichrizon at home involves the introduction of mineral fertilizers and the formation of a crown.

For feeding, you should use complex fertilizers with a low nitrogen content, otherwise you can never wait for flowering. But regarding the formation of the crown - there are many options.

You can grow a bonsai-style tree on 1 stem, or you can create any green sculpture. Aichrizon is great for this kind of creativity.

To stimulate flowering, a cramped pot, rare watering and diffused sunlight are needed. After flowering, a dormant period is required. The plant does not die after flowering, so you should not remove the peduncles.

Reproduction of aichrizon

If it is not possible to obtain layering, you can resort to sowing seeds. They emerge in about 20 days. Seedlings grow and develop rapidly. In the future, reproduction is carried out by layering and cuttings, which can be harvested in April and October. Rooting can be carried out in water or in a loose substrate, covering the cutting with a glass jar or film greenhouse.

What difficulties can arise when growing an aichrizon flower?

Very often, novice florists are faced with various problems that can be easily solved with experience and knowledge. What difficulties can arise?

The first is the regular fall of foliage. Incorrect watering and nutritional deficiencies are to blame. But flowering should not be stopped in any case. If the foliage is shed after the end of flowering, this is a sign that after a dormant period, the aichrizon will give even more peduncles. In this case, it is necessary to increase watering and apply additional fertilizing weekly for 30 days. Then give the plant a dormant period of 2 months. And you can enjoy the magnificent view again.

When growing a flower of aichrizon under conditions of "warm" wintering, the stems stretch out and become bare, forming an irregular skeleton. Here you can only root the tops and thereby rejuvenate the plant. Although in some cases pinching of the apical bud and pruning of the central stem helps.

The plant is resistant to most pests and diseases. But it can be affected by various types of rot, which is the result of improper care.

Reproduction

You can get a new plant in one of two ways - from seeds or leaf cuttings. Learn more about each of them.

Cuttings

The planting material is the leaf top of the rosette or one plate. Reproduction is carried out in this order:

A stalk, no more than 10 cm long, is carefully pinched off from the shoot, and left in a dark place for a day. During this time, the cut dries up and fades slightly.

This precaution is necessary to prevent pathogens from entering the wound. After drying, a protective film forms on the cut.
The landing boxes or boxes are filled with coarse sand. Prepared cuttings for rooting are placed in it.

You don't need to cover the landing

The survival rate occurs in a warm and bright place with moderate humidity.
When the sand dries, it is carefully sprayed from a spray bottle. The planting cannot be poured, otherwise the stalk will rot.
Rooting occurs after about 4-6 weeks

Then each plant is transplanted into a separate pot with fresh succulent substrate.

Sowing

The seeds can be purchased from a flower shop or by harvesting ripe seeds from your plant.

If, nevertheless, a decision is made to get a young plant from seeds, you need to adhere to the following recommendations:

• Use well-ripened seeds. Unripe grains will not sprout.
• For sowing, a mixture of sand and leafy earth is used in a 2: 1 ratio. Too fertile soil is not needed, the seeds do not germinate in it, but rot.
• A box or box with a side height of 8-10 cm is filled with a substrate.
• The seeds are placed on the surface of the substrate, slightly deepened and sprinkled with a thin layer of dry sand.
• Moisten from a sprayer with a fine nozzle so as not to knock the seeds.
• Cover with transparent plastic wrap. It is best to use food, it adjoins well to the walls of the container. The result is a mini greenhouse.
• She is exposed in a well-lit, warm place, without drafts.
• The greenhouse is opened daily to ventilate the substrate.If the sand is dry, it is moistened with a sprayer.
• The first shoots will appear in 15-18 days.
• When the seedlings form 2 true leaves, they are dived into large boxes or cassettes. Peat tablets are also suitable.
• After another month, they are planted in separate pots with a substrate for succulents.