Mukdeniya in landscape design
Any creeping plants, and mucdenias are no exception, are very useful to the garden, because:
- carry out natural soil mulching;
- retain moisture in the soil;
- protect the root systems of other plants from the scorching rays in the open sun.
Mukdeniya in the flowerbed
With proper care, maple leaves have been pleasing to the eye in rutaria and rockeries, gardens and water bodies for many years. Its irregularly shaped leaves contrast effectively with other plants, especially if the maple leaf is planted in the foreground. In combination with lungwort, fern, host, rogers, brunner, you can create impressive garden compositions. Mucdenia looks very impressive with shade-tolerant sedge species, such as Morrow sedge and hybrid sedge. Muchdeniya looks no less impressive in a duet with barberry.
Mixborders and borders with mukdeniya look picturesque. Maple-leaf carpets are picturesquely covering the front gardens and look good around the house. During the growing season, with a change in the color of the leaves of mukdeniya karasuba, the visual perception of the garden will also change. But it will always look well-groomed and delight the eyes of the hosts and their guests.
Thus, the maple leaf is very convenient for growing in gardens, since in addition to its decorative advantages, this plant has practically no diseases. Of the pests, an invasion of snails and slugs can sometimes annoy, and in drought, moderate watering is recommended.
Bryozoan species and varieties
The genus of bryozoans is represented by 50 plant species. In our country, you can find about 12 of them, but it is the styloid bryozoan that deserves the most attention.
Bryozoan subulate
The plant is native to Western Europe and forms dense cushions. The species received its name for the thinnest, like the tip of an awl, leaves. All shoots and foliage are bright green. Flowering occurs in July-September. The Aurea variety is very popular - its shoots are painted in a golden-green hue.
Bryozoan recumbent
The perennial grows up to 10 cm in height. Weakly leafy shoots are colored light green. They form a loose curtain. The leaflets end in a compacted, prickly outgrowth. During the flowering period, white buds with 4 petals bloom. The diameter of the opened flower is 2-3 mm.
Bryozoan bryozoan
This variety forms a dense carpet of branched, leafy shoots. The tough light green leaves completely hide the ground. Irish moss grows very slowly. In June, a small number of five-petalled white flowers with a delicate aroma are formed.
general description
Subulate bryozoan is an evergreen perennial flowering ground cover from the carnation family, forming moss-like cushions about 10-15 cm high, which grow in an even dense carpet. Inside them, their own microclimate is formed, which ensures the unpretentiousness of the plant. Names: in Latin - Sagina subulata (sagina subulata), as well as simply sagina or Irish moss.
Stems:
- creeping;
- branched;
- flexible, not fragile (do not break from a light touch);
- without bud-like shoots;
- covered with glandular hairs.
Leaves:
- small;
- bright green;
- soft;
- length - about 6 mm;
- end with an awn-shaped point, a small soft needle that does not prick.
Flowers:
- white;
- small (no more than 5 mm in diameter);
- located at the tops of the stems;
- emit a subtle, delicate honey aroma.
Abundant flowering, from July (some varieties - from late spring) to September. Growth area:
- Mediterranean;
- Atlantic, Central, Eastern Europe;
- Scandinavia.
Growing places: wet rocky and sandy soils, lawns.Xerophyte - tolerates dry soil well, as it retains moisture. Heliophyte - loves the sun.
Exquisite flowering of galezia of rare beauty
When galezia is called amazingly beautiful, strikingly spectacular and incomparable - all these loud epithets are in no way an exaggeration. Its botanical name is galesia (we often use the name halesia), the plant received in honor of biologist Stefan Hale. But more poetic epithets are much more popular - the snow drop tree, our lily of the valley tree and the English Silverbell Tree - “the tree of silver bells”. Such names really convey the character of this amazing exotic much better.
Galezia (halesia) - Halesia, or lily of the valley tree is a beautifully blooming exotic native to North America. This plant belongs to Styrax and develops in the form of rather large deciduous trees or shrubs. True, it is impossible to enjoy the beauty of a 20-30-meter tree in bloom in countries with harsh winters: galezia never reaches its maximum height, most often limited to 3-5 m.But even when frozen, it retains its natural pyramidal, wide and neat crown.
In our gardens, galezia (chalesia) often develops in the form of a large shrub. It is a fast growing breed that develops slowly only in the early years. The foliage of the galezia is very beautiful, with an elliptical narrowed shape with a sharp tip, leaf plates up to 15 cm long. The dazzling green color of the leaves when blooming creates a surprisingly beautiful background for graceful flowering (greens usually bloom during flowering). Then bright light green is replaced by dark green.
The flowers of the galezia are large, drooping, bell-shaped. The corolla consists of 4 petals. The plant got its nickname "lily of the valley" because the structure of the flower and pedicels really resemble lilies of the valley
But galezia attracts attention even before the flowers bloom: pinkish buds, not yet freed from gray kidney scales, shine on the branches. The appearance of a blooming galezia seems snow-white, although the petals themselves can be either snow-white or whitish-pink in color.
The flowering of galezia cannot be called otherwise than noble. It is unusual, but not in terms of catchy wonder, but thanks to exquisite sophistication and extraordinary elegance. Galezia blooms in May-June, and even though the period itself lasts only 2 weeks, it is impossible to forget the sight of a blooming lily of the valley tree. And from the fact that an amazing spectacle unfolds against the background of a no longer empty garden, but in the soft colors of spring full bloom, the beauty of the lily of the valley tree seems even more dazzling, and the shape of the inflorescences is strikingly touching, jewelry.
You should prepare for the fact that galezia blooms late enough, from 6-8 years of age. And abundant flowering is not an annual phenomenon. The more severe the frosts, the more unstable the winter, the higher the likelihood of damage to flower buds. Therefore, in seasons with medium and stable winters, galezia will bloom amazingly beautifully, and in extremely harsh winters, it may not release a single flower at all or bloom scarcely.
Khalesia, or mountain halesia (halesia tetraptera). Phillip merritt
Cultivation
Bryozoan is used in landscape design as an ornamental garden plant, which creates the effect of slight negligence and vintage on the site:
- on rocky terrain;
- in combination with stones;
- for framing artificial reservoirs, fountains, wells, flower beds and paths;
- in carpet compositions, in container plantings in recreation areas, in rock gardens and rockeries;
- between the slabs of the paths;
- as mulch in a flower bed with bulbous plants (retains moisture and prevents weeds from growing);
- to create mountain landscape installations, Irish hills, fantasy mini-gardens in hard-to-reach corners of the garden;
- as a background for coniferous or succulent groups;
- as an imitation of moss thickets in a Japanese garden.
A short, rapidly growing subulate bryozoan on the site forms a beautiful lawn that does not require regular mowing. If he should be perfectly flat, it is recommended to trample it from time to time. The plant quickly remembers the shape that they are trying to give it. If you want to preserve the undulation of the bushes, you should not do this.
