Heidebraut
The bushes of the variety are narrow, the leaves are sparse, and the stems are always directed upwards.
Rotschopf
Just like the previous variety, it differs in narrow bushes and straight stems, but its leaves are decorated with a beautiful burgundy border.
It has more lush bushes that grow in width and spread the stems in different directions.
Variegata
The small height of up to half a meter gives the variety of lightning gray "Variegata" a special decorative effect. In addition, it has very elegant foliage - green with yellow veins. This so-called variegated color has made this variety very popular.
Strahlenquelle
The stems hang from the wide Strahlenquelle bush in the form of peculiar arcs. This "weeping" shape of the shoots makes it an excellent decoration for the site.
Skyraser
It is a very tall representative of the genus of lightning, it can reach a height of 2.4 meters. At the same time, the fragile stems of the "Skyracer" variety stand compactly to each other and break easily.
Windspiel
It also has a large size - up to 2.1 meters. It is not so brittle and flutters very nicely when the wind blows.
The ears of this variety hang effectively in all directions. The height of the graceful "Fountain" reaches 2 meters.
Staefa is a compact cultivar, columnar in shape, its height does not exceed one and a half meters.
Use in landscape design
Cereals are popular in landscape design today. For all their simplicity, these plants are very graceful and can become an excellent backdrop for other garden dwellers. The lightning itself can also become a worthy decoration of the site, since it has interesting colors and develops beautifully in the wind, resembling a living fountain. And this applies to both high and low varieties.
The famous landscape designer Wolfgang Oeme, known for his compositions of a huge number of herbs, very highly values the lightning. He considers the landing of lightning on a dark background especially effective.
You can plant it even in the foreground, despite its growth, since through it other plants will be clearly visible - it will become a kind of veil through which more distant plans are visible. The plant looks especially impressive when illuminated by the setting sun, as well as in the morning in frost or dew drops.
This plant, of course, does not become the main bright accent of landscapes, but its modest charm can be skillfully played in various compositions. When the blue lightning, especially beloved by gardeners, releases purple spikelets, its decorative effect increases. Variegated varieties are even more pleasing to the eye with their variegation.
Remember that plants like lightning need space to enhance their beauty. Planted in a mixborder, the bushes will look good in a composition with low-growing plants. They also look good in rose gardens.
A great place for lightning is a summer cottage pond. Here she will feel at home, more precisely, as in her natural habitat. And the pond itself, framed by flowing stems, will look even more beautiful. Plant zippers in the rock garden, along the sides of the garden paths. Rudbeckia, asters, tenaciousness, helenium, periwinkle will become good neighbors in the flower beds for her.
Moliniya has long gained popularity in Europe, and today it and other cereals are increasingly being grown in the summer cottages of our country. The modest beauty and grace of its stems gives scope for imagination to lovers of landscape design. The genus of lightning includes both compact and giant varieties, among which you can certainly choose a plant for yourself.
An overview of the lightning in the video below.
