Hyacintoides
Hyacintoides, or wild hyacinth, is also known as Spanish scrub, scilla, or endymion. Don't let the name scare you - this bulbous perennial feels quite good in the middle lane.
This is a tall, stately handsome man 30-45 cm high, strewn with a scattering of purple bell-shaped inflorescences.
It blooms in late spring - early summer. Accordingly, it is planted in the ground in the fall, in September. Planting is carried out to a depth of 10-15 cm, maintaining the same distance between the bulbs.
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Step-by-step instructions for planting bulbous, tuberous and corms.
Bell transplant
Due to the fact that the bell grows a root at a high speed, the pot very quickly becomes cramped for it. If you notice that the buds are drying up and falling off, this indicates that the flower has grown from its pot and needs to be transplanted. For campanula, a wide, low capacity is selected, since its roots grow in width. The transplant should be done when the flower begins to lose its decorative appearance, the buds crumble, and the leaves grow smaller in size.
For transplantation, a drainage layer with a thickness of at least 2 cm is lined in a suitable pot, loose fertile soil is poured on top, which can be bought at a flower shop or mixed yourself from peat, sand and humus in equal quantities. After moving the root system from the old pot to a new one, the free places are filled with soil mixture, slightly compacted and watered abundantly. After transplantation, feeding is carried out no earlier than three weeks later. The transplanting process is carried out in the fall or spring.
The virtues of the bride and groom
Campanula (it is called companella or bell, less often - birdwort, chenille, chebots, bells, bride and groom) grows not only in North America or Asia, but also closer to us - in the Caucasus and in many European countries. There are about 400 wild plant species. They adorn meadows, steppes, forests and even deserts or rocks. Not surprisingly, some varieties are grown as garden varieties, especially in warm Europe.
However, bells can be grown no less successfully in a house or apartment.
Campanula are annual and perennial. But the indoor bell (campanula isleaf) is a perennial. The plant looks like this:
- creeping or hanging shoots up to 30 cm in length;
- bright green leaves on long petioles of small size (from 3 to 7 cm), with jagged edges;
- small (from 2 to 4 cm in diameter) flower-barrels, collected in inflorescence-like inflorescences.
Indoor campanula blooms from the first month of summer to the first month of autumn. The shade of the petals can be blue, purple, purple, white or pink. Flowers are simple, rarely double.
Plants with flowers of different colors (mainly with white and blue flowers) are often planted in one pot. Therefore, Campanula is called the groom-bride.
Check the roots
If outwardly the root system looks pretty good, do not rush to transplant the beauty. First, she needs to be acclimatized in your apartment or house. This is a stressful situation, and if you add a transplant to it with the release of the roots from the soil, it will not be difficult to ruin the flower.
Dilute Fitosporin in water. The concentrate should resemble strong black tea in color. Prepare an irrigation solution from this concentrate: 15 drops per liter of irrigation water. Spill "Fitosporin" on the plant. This should be done as soon as you arrived home and looked at the roots."Fitosporin" will destroy fungi and spores that promote the spread of root and other rot.
Follow-up care
The bell as a whole is an unpretentious and non-capricious plant. He adapts well to new conditions. But like any plant, Campanula requires care.
Watering
On hot summer days, plants need frequent watering. He needs daily small portions of warm water during dry and hot periods. In winter, watering is practically not necessary for a houseplant - only spraying.
Temperature requirements
The plant does not tolerate heat well, therefore the optimal growth conditions for it will be + 22 ... 23 degrees in summer and + 12 ... 15 in winter.
Weeding
In a street flower garden, it is necessary to maintain cleanliness and weed in time to prevent waterlogging of the soil and rotting of the roots. In flower pots, you also need to remove weeds and loosen the soil.
Pruning
Twice a year - in spring and autumn - be sure to remove dried, too thin and elongated, as well as too thick branches. Such stems, in addition to dried ones, can be used for cuttings. It is necessary to change the soil once a year, as the powerful roots quickly deplete it.
Reproduction of campanula
Different types of campanula flower require approximately the same care at home, and their reproduction is also no different. Each flower can be propagated by seeds or cuttings, both methods require a clear execution of the algorithm, they are equally successful and have both their pros and cons.
Campanula - propagation by cuttings
Reproduction by cuttings is carried out only in the autumn season. It is done according to the following scheme:
- We cut off the shoot with several leaves. The shoot must be strong and viable.
- We place the cut shoot in a container with a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 10 hours.
- Then we take out the process from the solution and for the appearance of roots we place it in a cleaned cool hearth for several days.
- Then we take the soil (a mixture of peat and sand) and plant the shoot in it to a depth of about 3 cm.
- Cover the pot with plastic wrap.
- Spray the plant with water at room temperature at least once a week. It normally takes several weeks for the campanula to take root.
Campanula from seeds at home
Campanula is capable of propagating by seed, the key is when to plant the seeds. This breeding method can only be successful in spring. For seeds, you need to take small cups, into which a small layer of moist soil is applied, a layer of dry soil is placed on top, and the seed is placed
There is no need to water the seeds, it is only important to periodically spray them from a spray bottle
Seeds sprout relatively quickly, without requiring special care, depending on the temperature and moisture of the soil. Do not rush to transplant sprouts into a pot - this can be done only after at least three leaves appear on them. Otherwise, the small plant may not cope with the stress of the transplant and die.
Campanula withered - how to revive?
For all its unpretentiousness, this flower will not tolerate complete neglect or mistakes in care. If, for some reason, all or part of the campanula has dried up, what to do, is it possible to save the plant? First of all, let us tell you the bad news - if the flower has dried up completely, nothing can be done, it is dead. If the campanula began to dry out partially, you can try to reanimate it.
The first step is to understand the cause, which can be anything from dry soil to a disease, and eliminate it.
If all the shoots of the campanula began to dry out from above, but the bottom of the plant at the root is alive, you can cut the flower almost to the root and provide ideal conditions for it - soil, temperature, fertilizer. If the root system is alive and well, there is a high probability that the flower will come to life safely and will soon start up new shoots.
If the plant still has green shoots, even if not quite strong and full of life, they should be cut off and tried to root. This is done in the same way as the reproduction of campanula at home by cuttings described above. If there are several shoots, it is highly likely that at least one of them will live.
Diseases of room campanula and the fight against them
Even if the campanula flower gets perfect home care, this cannot completely insure it against diseases and pests. The good news is that almost every problem can be dealt with if it is recognized on time. What can campanula get sick with?
- Gray rot. The cause of the disease is too frequent watering. The plant becomes lethargic, the stem and root system are affected. If the decay process has not gone too far, the flower can be saved by removing the affected parts and transplanting it into new soil.
- Spider mite. It is easy to recognize by the appearance of thin cobwebs on the leaves of a plant, causing the most damage to the flower of all possible parasites. Treatment with an insecticide will save you from the problem.
- Shield. It is easy to recognize by its characteristic brownish-brown spots, and if you look closely, you can see small insects sucking the sap from the plant. Insecticides are used to fight the pest.
Signs and superstitions
It is believed that buying a campanula for growing in the house should be a couple, planting both the "groom" and the "bride" in the same pot so that they generate positive energy for the house.
Gentle bells know how to collect other people's negative influence, prevent quarrels and help to cope with stressful situations. The bride and groom bring harmony to the house, have a calming effect on the nervous system.
It is recommended to give Campanula to newlyweds for a wedding, and couples who want to have a child should put a pot with a plant in the bedroom. If you take good care of the plant, and it suddenly dies sharply, it means that your campanula has taken damage directed at your person. Thank the flower for its help and bury it in nature.
Diseases and pests
If an illiterate or irregular care is carried out for a campanula, if there is no regular watering or the temperature and humidity level constantly jump in a room with such a flower, the appearance of pests or diseases on it becomes only a matter of time.
The most common ailments and pests that campanula can suffer from, and methods for effectively dealing with them.
Root rot
Signs of this disease are the appearance of characteristic dark spots on the leaves of the flower, blackening of the stems of the plant, as well as the presence of mold in a pot with a substrate.
After that, the roots of the plant are placed for half an hour in a container with fungicides, then transplanted into a new pot with a layer of drainage and new soil.
Gray rot
Among the most famous symptoms is the appearance of characteristic gray fungal spots with villi on the shoots or leaves of the flower. The treatment of the plant is identical to the treatment for root rot, but in this case the campanula should be watered with a solution of potassium permanganate once a week.
Pests
If the plant is grown indoors, then the risk of infection with some kind of parasite is minimal, but the eggs of some pests can get to the plant through untreated soil or garden tools. The most frequent "guests" of campanula are spider mites, scale insects and common aphids. Ticks can be identified by the presence of characteristic white cobwebs on shoots and leaf plates, scale insects look like small brown spots that adhere very tightly to leaves, aphids usually form whole colonies, and it is impossible not to notice it. In the fight against these pests, treatment with insecticidal preparations should help.
How to care for campanula, see below.
