Landing features
If you provide all the necessary conditions - fertile soil, a suitable place in the garden and regular maintenance, the host will reward you with good health and a beautiful view.
The best time to plant seedlings is from the end of March to the first half of April.
It is important that the process of blooming of vegetative buds does not begin, the soil has already warmed up well and the threat of recurrent frosts has passed
Seat selection
Hosta prefers to grow in an area where there is access to sunlight during the morning and evening hours. In the sun, its foliage burns, in full shade it becomes pale, and the plant stops growing.
The culture is not demanding to the composition of the soil, but when planted on loams with a high humus content, it will show maximum decorative effect.
When grown on swampy ground, the bush can quickly rot and die. If the soil is poor, sprinkle it with humus, add sand or vermiculite.
Seedling preparation
The main success of growing a plant is the acquisition of high-quality and healthy planting material. The seedling can be purchased at the gardening store.
When buying it, you should inspect the aboveground part and the root system - it is important that they do not have mechanical injuries and signs of disease
Hosta albopicta photo
Landing technique
The disembarkation is carried out in the following order:
- First, holes are dug up to a depth of 25 cm.Taking into account that the Albopicta host forms a superficial root system, the hole should be spacious - up to 50 cm wide.
- If planted on heavy clay soil, it is necessary to fill the bottom with a couple of handfuls of coarse sand or vermiculite.
- The hole is filled with a nutrient composition - 5 kg of garden soil are mixed with ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and potassium sulfate - 50 g of each component.
- The roots are lowered, sprinkled with soil so that there are no voids, trampled, watered. One seedling will require 3-4 liters of water.
- At the end, add mulch from peat or last year's manure.
If you are planting several seedlings, you must maintain a distance between them - at least 80 cm.
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Description
This incredible plant is native to Japan. The bush is compact, but at the same time powerful in size. Fortune belongs to perennials and has wide leaf plates that have a heart-shaped or oval shape. They grow up to 12 cm in length and up to 9 cm in width, forming strong, compact rosettes. The color of the leaves is green with a light blue bloom, along the edges there is a golden or white edging.
The bush is 50-60 cm high. On long, half-meter peduncles, violet, elongated, rather large buds (about 6 cm in diameter) are formed, the flowering of which falls at the end of summer. The shape of the flowers is funnel-shaped, they gather in racemose, multi-flowered inflorescences. The root system is unbranched, well developed. The plant is shade-loving, but some of its hybrids feel quite normal in well-lit areas.
Growing features
Hosta fortune is characterized by rather rapid growth and low maintenance requirements. The soil for planting a plant needs slightly acidic and with good moisture permeability. A mixture of equal parts of peat, leaf humus, river sand and crushed sphagnum is optimal. The site should be chosen shaded or with partial shade. A little water is poured into the dug holes, mineral fertilizers are added, then the seedling is placed in the hole, carefully spreading the roots, and covered with earth.
From above, the soil is tamped and watered, you can also spread a layer of mulch around the plant. Hosta care consists in:
- regular watering (morning or evening);
- systematic feeding 2-4 times per season;
- loosening the soil and removing weeds;
- cutting off peduncles after flowering;
- pruning for the winter.
It is not necessary to cover adult plants for the winter period, they normally tolerate frosts, but young bushes can be covered with agrofibre. Bred to host:
- seeds;
- cuttings;
- dividing the bush.
The seed method is used mainly by breeders to develop new varieties. For him, seeds are sown for seedlings, they create greenhouse conditions for them, and after the appearance of leaves they dive. It is worth planting seedlings in the soil when they have at least 4 buds.
For cuttings, small rosettes with leaves are carefully separated from the bush without digging it out. They are planted in the soil, watered regularly, and make complex dressings. When the plant gets stronger, it is planted in the chosen place.
When multiplying by division, the bush is carefully dug out, divided into several parts with a sharp knife, each should have several buds. They are planted in the same way as when grafting. Hosta fortune looks spectacular in any landing and, with proper care, will serve as a decoration of the site for many years
Hosta fortune looks spectacular in any landing and, with proper care, will serve as a decoration of the site for many years.
An overview of the host plant fortune France in the video below.
