Planting clematis and outdoor care
The plant is long-lived. Therefore, before landing, you need to choose the right place of his permanent residence. The plant belongs to the light-loving species. The flower will feel great in open sunny areas. Light partial shade is also suitable. But the constant stay of clematis in the shade will entail a decrease in the quality of flowering.
Landing steps:
- a landing pit is dug 60 * 60 cm in size, the depth is about the same;
- the top layer of the earth must be completely cleaned of weeds and mixed with equal parts of peat, humus and sand;
- many gardeners add 150-200 grams of bone meal, lime and ash to the soil;
- drainage to the bottom is laid in the case of dense and clayey soil;
- the roots are evenly spread over the pit and sprinkled with soil;
- it is better to cover the peri-stem circle with mulch.
It should be taken into account that the larger the root system, the larger the size of the planting pit. If clematis is not planted deeply enough, it will grow poorly and risk freezing in winter. Planting can be done in spring or early fall.
Hybrid Niobe Clematis is undemanding in content. But nevertheless, the necessary standard manipulations will have to be carried out:
- in dry weather, clematis is watered infrequently, but abundantly;
- feeding is carried out 4 times per season, alternating between organic and mineral composition;
- in the spring, the first shoots are necessarily directed to the support, otherwise they become very tangled, and it is not possible to separate them;
- in the fall, the plant is cleared of old branches and leaves, and pruning is also carried out.
Mostly young specimens require attention. When the plant is 3-4 years old, it is considered an adult.
Landing
The plant is recommended for planting in the beds somewhere in April or even in May, when the return of frost is no longer expected. An alternative might be autumn, but before it gets colder.
The place for clematis of the "Taiga" variety is chosen very carefully, since further transplantation, which injures the roots, is not recommended. As mentioned above, the plant does not tolerate shade well, so the selected area should be high-quality illuminated throughout the day. In addition, protection of the crop from drafts is also important, since a strong wind can break stems and shoots. Clematis should not be planted next to the wall of the house, fence or some kind of outbuilding, as fungal diseases and rotting of the roots are likely due to the resulting shadow. The culture will grow for a long time, and its flowering will be unsatisfactory.
It is important that from wall to bush remains from 30 to 50 centimeters
For "Taiga", a fertile and loose soil with a neutral or slightly acidic pH level is suitable. Ideally, this should be wet loam, as heavy clay will negatively affect the condition of the roots. Of course, close ground waters should also be avoided. Before direct planting, the soil must be loosened up, and also enriched with useful components. Experts recommend using a couple of buckets of humus, a bucket of coarse sand, a bucket of peat and lime, one and a half glasses of complex mineral fertilizer, half a glass of superphosphate and a glass of wood ash.
It is better to take seedlings with a closed root system, since they are much easier to tolerate "transportation", and then adapt to the situation. Clematis used for this purpose must have at least 3 healthy roots, the length of which is 10 centimeters.Immediately before planting, the seed is stored in a space where the temperature is 2 degrees Celsius. On the day of planting, the plant, remaining in the container along with the earthen lump, should stand for about half an hour in a container filled with settled water at room temperature.
The hole is pulled out in such a way that its depth is 60 centimeters, and its diameter also reaches 60 centimeters.
It is important to maintain a gap of 30 cm between individual clematis in the case of planting one variety, as well as a distance of 1.5 to 2 meters when planting different varieties. The bottom of the hole must be filled with drainage 10 centimeters thick
You can use different materials for this purpose, for example, pebbles, pieces of brick, sand or gravel. A soil layer is necessarily formed on top of the drainage.
A seedling is placed in the center of each hole so as to go 5-10 centimeters deep. The existing gaps and voids should also be filled with earth and slammed a little. Clematis "Taiga" must be watered and then mulched with pieces of bark. Professional gardeners advise planting annual grasses side by side so that they create shade at the base of each plant.
Description
Clematis (clematis or vine) belongs to the Buttercup family - it is a perennial herb, whose habitat is countries with a subtropical or temperate climate. Russia also became one of these countries after the Polish breeder Knoll bred winter-hardy varieties of cultivated clematis varieties that can survive in our difficult weather conditions. Clematis Niobe is one of these varieties.
Characteristic features of the Niobe variety:
- it is a perennial herb with vines-shoots growing up to 2-3 meters, with the help of strong tendrils growing on the stems, the plant is able to stay in a vertical plane by clinging to supports;
- trifoliate leaf plates, saturated green;
- flower petals are painted in many shades of red: burgundy, crimson, lilac, in the center of the flower there are elongated stamens, predominantly bright yellow, along the edges of the six petals there is a slight curl;
- flowers of large diameter, the largest specimens reach 15 cm;
- flowering of clematis niobe begins in the third year of planting and lasts from early summer to late autumn;
- the plant prefers neutral or slightly acidic fertile soils, well fertilized, loose;
- the landing site should be illuminated by the sun for most of the day;
- clematis Niobe propagates vegetatively, that is, by rooting part of young shoots and cuttings;
- to strengthen the long and heavy vines of the climbing clematis Niobi, special supports are required, depending on the artistic composition conceived by the designers, they can be very diverse: high fences that need to be hidden, bare tree trunks, pergolas and peculiar arches.
The varieties of all clematis are divided into three groups according to the method of pruning, Niobe belongs to the third of them:
- The first group - the formation of flower ovaries occurs only on last year's vines.
- The second group - flowering on the growths of the current year and partial on the branches of the last year,
- The third group - flowers bloom only on vines that have grown in the current year.
We will tell you more about how to trim Niobe clematis a little later.
The best varieties from the Zhakman group
1. "Victoria" is a time-tested, old, late disease-resistant and unpretentious variety of clematis. In the early days of the blooming field, the corollas of this clematis are painted in a rich reddish-purple color, then their petals gradually turn pale and become mauve by the end of flowering. On long (up to 4 m) lashes of "Victoria", a huge number of large six-petal flowers are formed, while most of them, as a rule, are concentrated on the tops of the vines.
2."Blue flame" is an old variety of Russian selection with large (up to 18 cm in diameter) flowers that bloom in the third decade of May and stay on the bushes until the end of June. With good care, this clematis blooms one more time - in early September, but the second wave of its flowering is not as abundant and long as the spring one. Corolla petals of this variety are painted in dark ultramarine color and decorated with a thin longitudinal stripe, 2-3 tones lighter than the main color. Clematis is very tall - the height of its lashes can reach 4 m.
Clematis "Blue Flame"
Attention! A specific feature of the variety is the different (over the years) flowering intensity. "Blue flame" can bloom profusely for 2-3 seasons in a row, and then suddenly it starts "lazy" and forms few buds for a year or two
3. "Romance" is an Estonian variety that does not bloom until mid-June. The color and shape of the corollas of this clematis are very unusual. The narrow velvety petals of "Romantics", with the tips bent down, are painted in salt, a deep purple color, which in the thick shade appears black. A certain gloominess of the general tone of flowers is "enlivened" by their bright yellow centers. The lashes of this variety are medium-tall (their length rarely exceeds 2.2 m), the flowers are not large - up to 10 cm in diameter.
4. "Nikolay Rubtsov" - clematis with medium size pink-lilac flowers that bloom in late May and decorate the shoots until the end of June. This clematis blooms very profusely - in some years, the blossoming buds cover the liana so densely that the foliage of the plant is not visible behind them. The center of the corolla in this variety is small, pale yellow, the petals are not wide, slightly wavy at the edges.
Clematis "Ville de Lyon" 5. "Niobe" - a clematis of Polish selection with crimson-red, at the time of bud opening - almost black flowers. As the petals live, the "darkness covering them" dissipates, and by the end of flowering, only a narrow maroon-violet border remains from it. The first flowers of "Niobe" are quite large, 14-15 cm in diameter, the last - barely half of their size.
