Camilla, compacta and other types and varieties of dieffenbachia. characteristics and rules for caring for a indoor flower

Home care rules

Indoor species of Codiaum are quite unpretentious in care, but like all plants, they need conditions that are as close to natural as possible.

First of all, you need to create the desired level of lighting. For all artificially bred varieties, bright light is needed, but you do not need to expose the flower pot in direct sunlight, burns of the leaf plate are possible.

The optimal temperature regime for the Codiaum is in a moderate range. For the summer period, the temperature should not rise above 22C, and in the winter season, you need to ensure that it does not fall below 17-18C. In the summer, if there is a closed loggia, you can install a flower pot on the balcony, but make sure that there is no draft.

The plant tolerates regular spraying and abundant watering very well. The frequency of watering depends on the season. On hot summer days, watering should be at least 3 times, and in winter, a single moistening of the soil is enough. It is easy to monitor the moisture content of the soil, the main thing is to prevent the top layer from completely drying out.

Although the codiaeum is unpretentious, it still needs feeding. For the summer period lasting from March to August, liquid mineral fertilizers are used, which are watered to the plant no more than once a week.

Adequate soil is required for good growth and development. Codiaum prefers slightly acidic substrates, which should contain sand, turf, humus and peat. Expanded clay should be present as drainage at the bottom of the tank, which will protect the plant from excess moisture, and therefore from rotting of the root system.

Adult specimens of Codiaum need replanting every 2-3 years, and young plants need to be replanted annually using the well-known transfer method.

If root rot, signs of fusarium, late blight and leaf blade spotting unusual for this variety are found, it is worth treating the affected areas with a fungicide.

You can find tips on the content of Codiaum by watching the video below.

Flowers and fruits of the canna plant

Canna is a large, showy perennial with branching roots. It grows in warm climates. Reaches 1 - 2 m in height and more. Stems are erect, unbranched, fleshy. Leaves are large, elliptical, pointed, 25 - 80 cm long, 10 - 30 cm wide, arranged in two rows on short stems. They can be striped, red, purple-bronze, green, depending on the variety. Some varieties have dark purple and black-purple leaves. Canna flowers are bisexual, asymmetric, 4 - 8 cm in diameter, odorless, yellow, orange, red, pink. Canna white is less common. Flowers are collected in paniculate inflorescences. In favorable conditions, flowering begins in July shortly after planting and lasts until the onset of frost.

Canna fruit is a three-celled, lucolicidal capsule of oval or cylindrical shape. On the surface of the fruit, there are warty, juicy growths that gradually dry out and fall off, the shell becomes thinner, the capsules crack and release the seeds contained within them. Seeds are black, round, 0.6 - 1 cm in diameter. Arranged in 2 rows. The fruits ripen within 30 - 40 days.

This culture is unpretentious, its only drawback is intolerance to low temperatures. Not susceptible to diseases and pests. It has a strong root system that allows it to grow successfully even in poor soil.

Agricultural technology gymnospermous pumpkin

Gymnosperm varieties, unlike ordinary pumpkins, are much more demanding in terms of care and growing conditions. They are grown in a seedling and non-seedling way. There is no need to carry out any special events - pumpkins with "naked" seeds need watering, dressing, and loosening.

Seed preparation

Seeds can be bought or harvested by yourself - from pumpkins of your own harvest. Rules for collecting and preparing seeds:

• The seeds are taken from pumpkins that are 100% ripe.
• The collected material is washed and dried thoroughly.
• The collected seeds are stored in paper bags.
• Before sowing, the seeds are heated at + 40 ° C for 10 hours.
• After warming up, the seeds are soaked in a germination stimulator for 12 hours.

Growing seedlings

Sowing seeds for seedlings begins 30-45 days before planting in open ground.

The order of growing seedlings:

• Prepare individual containers. Pots with a volume of 500 ml are suitable. Provide good drainage. Plants do not tolerate transplanting well, so you have to do without picking - transplant seedlings from pots directly into open ground. The best option is growing in 10x10 cm peat tablets.
• Fill containers with ready-made cucumber substrate - it is sold in agricultural stores. Or prepare a soil mixture by mixing peat, humus and sawdust in a 2: 1: 1 ratio. Add complex fertilizer to this mixture - dose its amount according to the instructions.
• Properly prepared seeds - warmed up and soaked, plant one at a time in a pot. Deepen each seed 4-5 cm.
• Water the crops after planting. Seeds sprout in 5-8 days.
• Maintain the temperature between +22 and +25 ° C. The optimal daylight hours for seedlings are 12 hours.

Water the seedlings regularly as they dry out. Avoid waterlogging. Feed the seedlings with complex fertilizers once a week - as soon as the shoots appear. Start hardening a week before disembarkation. Take the seedlings outside - first for half an hour and, gradually increasing the duration of the walk, bring it to 3-4 hours.

The pumpkin planting scheme depends on the variety:

• Bush pumpkin is planted according to the scheme 70x70 cm.
• Medium-winged - 70x140 cm.
• Large-plaited - 200x100 cm.

Planting seedlings into the ground begins when the soil warms up from +14 to +16 ° C. Usually such conditions are created in May-June - the exact time depends on the climatic conditions. Only strong seedlings are transplanted into the ground.

Transplant procedure:

1. Prepare your garden bed. To prepare it, pour the following components into the hole if the climate is dry, or directly on the ground if the climate is humid:
   • mullein - 2 buckets;
   • black soil - 1 bucket;
   • superphosphate - 1 tbsp. l.
2. Make a depression in the prepared bed.
3. Pour 3 liters of warm water into the hole.
4. Plant the seedling in the hole using the transshipment method. And if the seedlings are grown in peat tablets - just place them in the holes along with the "container".
5. In order for the seedlings to take root faster, temporarily shade them with large leaves - for example, burdock will do.

Seed planting in open ground

In the southern regions, where spring starts early, the seedless pumpkin cultivation method is practiced. The soil is prepared in the traditional way - in the fall it is dug up and organic matter is brought in for digging.

Sowing begins when favorable circumstances develop - the soil warms up to + 14-16 ° C, and the likelihood of recurrent frosts will be excluded.

The order of sowing pumpkin seeds in the ground:

• Loosen the soil before transplanting seedlings. The depth of loosening is 6-7 cm. Harvest the rhizomes of the weeds while loosening.
• Dig holes. The optimal diameter is 30-40 cm, the depth is from 7 cm.
• Pour 1-2 liters of warm water into the hole.
• Add humus (5 kg) to each well, as well as superphosphate (75 g), ash (200 ml) and potassium sulfate (100 ml). Mix the ingredients thoroughly with the soil.
• Plant 3-4 seeds in each hole - with an interval of 3-4 cm. Planting depth - 5-6 cm. Sprinkle them with soil and mulch with peat or humus.
• When shoots appear, choose the strongest of 3-4 shoots. Pinch the rest.

Botanical description

Dieffenbachia (Dieffenbachia) belongs to the Aroid family and is an evergreen plant that grows in the tropical zone of South America.

Distinctive features:

• has succulent thick stems topped with large variegated leaves;
• the height of an adult bush can reach 2 meters;
• flowering in indoor conditions is a rather rare phenomenon, in nature, the culture blooms in April-May;
• the inflorescence is an ear located on a green-creamy bedspread;
• after flowering, red or orange berries form in place of the cob;
• the culture is fast growing;
• the leaves of the plant perform a decorative function, their color is very diverse - they can be decorated with dashes, spots or stripes, depending on the variety.

In the photo below you can see how dieffenbachia blooms, a rather rare phenomenon.

How to choose?

As you can see from all of the above, there are so many varieties of dieffenbachia that you can simply get confused in them. They differ not only in the size of the plant itself, but also in the shape, color and size of the leaves. For general convenience, the plants were divided into two main subgroups - small-leaved and large-leaved.

When buying, you should also consider the potential growth of plants, some of them can grow up to 2-3 meters. If the size of the room allows you to have such a large plant, you can safely choose the variety "Mars" or "Amoena". They look very impressive in country houses, cinema lobbies, offices and other public places.

For a small city apartment, bush varieties are recommended. Many of these varieties do not grow too much in height, for example, "Mix" or "Sublim" grows only up to 40-50 cm.

As you know, Dieffenbachia comes from a tropical climate, so almost all varieties cannot stand cold and poor lighting. All pots with plants must be wrapped in a transparent film that protects the flower during temporary storage. If you are purchasing dieffenbachia for aesthetic reasons, it is worth looking at small bush varieties. If you want the plant to also bring benefits (meaning its cleansing properties), it is better to choose varieties with large leaves. The larger their surface, the more bacteria they absorb.

For information on how to care for dieffenbachia at home, see the next video.

Peculiarities

Strictly speaking, this is not one variety, but a whole series. It is noted that it perfectly tolerates jerks of temperatures, changes in humidity and gusts of wind. The height of the "Picobella" bushes does not exceed 20 centimeters. From late spring to mid-autumn, petunia produces relatively small flowers. Their diameter does not exceed 4 centimeters.

Due to the abundance of flowers, it is very difficult to even see the foliage. The spherical bush looks harmonious and attractive in any setting. It can be grown:

• in an ordinary flower bed;
• in a flower pot;
• inside the suspended planter.

Petunia from the milliflora group forms very strong stems. It is characterized by a variety of colors. Such crops can be white and cream, pink and red, salmon color. So far, only yellow, black and rich orange varieties have not been developed. But what is already there is enough to decorate any place.

Features of planting and care

The optimum age for planting seedlings is 5-10 years. Fir concolor is usually planted in April or September. The recommended depth of the planting pit is 60 cm. The distance between the holes should be at least 4 m.Immediately before planting the seedlings, it is necessary to lay drainage (crushed stone or broken brick) on the bottom of the planting hole, on which a mixture of humus, peat and sawdust is laid.

Young seedlings need a lot of moisture, so the first 2-3 weeks after planting, the trees should be watered regularly. Adult firs do not require watering, even during dry periods.This variety does not impose any special requirements for self-care at all: the crown of the tree does not need pruning and shaping, the plant does not need to be covered for the winter or protected from strong winds. The exception is young seedlings, which in the first year or two after planting are recommended to be covered with spruce branches for the winter in order to avoid frostbite.

Young seedlings need a lot of moisture.

The first feeding of the tree is introduced no earlier than after 3 years after landing... Before fertilizing the roots of the plant, it is necessary to thoroughly loosen the soil around the trunk of the fir, without deepening below 20 cm. Any universal industrial product is suitable as a fertilizer. After the introduction of top dressing, the soil around the tree must be mulched to avoid pest damage to the fir. In general, monochromatic fir rarely gets sick, but prevention is never superfluous.

The monochromatic fir does not tolerate a transplant - they plant a tree once and for all. Soil mulching is done using sawdust or peat. The soil around the trunk is loosened to a depth of no more than 30 cm so as not to damage the root system of the tree.

Cannes classification

Amazing flowers have several basic types and many wonderful varieties.

The main types of cannes

Among the variety of cannes, three types of plants are distinguished, which are easy to distinguish by their characteristic features:

1. Orchid (orchid) cannes. Spectacular medium-sized bushes up to 2 m high with green leaves. In some varieties, the foliage has a purple tint. The highlight of these cannes are large flowers up to 17.5 cm in height, which are similar to orchid flowers. They consist of wide petals with wavy edges. Such flowers in lemon Suevia, yellow in the red dot by Richard Wallace, orange in the red strokes of Andenken en Pfitzer.
2. Small-flowered deciduous cannes. Large bushes from 1.5 to 3 m in height bloom with small flowers, no more than 6 cm in height. They have narrow petals, but cannes leaves are large, green or purple. Such cannes grow mainly in natural conditions; they are rarely planted in the garden. Sometimes you can find the Durban variety with orange leaves with pink-yellow-green stripes.
3. Cannes Crosey. Compact bushes with a height of 60 to 160 cm are distinguished by a bluish bloom on the leaves. Small, up to 10 cm in height, inflorescences are very similar to gladiolus flowers. The flower petals are bent, like the varieties of red-crimson Livadia, rich red America, bright red President.

The Indian canna is also a fairly large group. Photos of some of its representatives can be seen later in the article. A feature of this type of culture is the ability to reproduce not only vegetatively, but also with the help of seeds. In addition, almost all Indian cannes are late flowering. They bloom in July or even August, but bloom until October-November (depending on the growing region). But such flowers are different in height. So, a dwarf yellow Pak grows no more than 60 cm in height, while a white-flowered Eurika stretches up to 1.5 m.

Different fission factors

In the literature, you can often find another group of cannes, in which growers include all spotted varieties. They are called so - Cannes Spotted, which means "spotted, stained, speckled" from English. Often in stores in Cannes, they are sold under this name.

Another general classification of cannes depends on the time of flowering and the color of the leaves. According to the timing of flowering, they are divided into early and late varieties.

According to the color of the leaves, cannes are also grouped into two groups:

• green-leaved cannes with a characteristic, green, color of foliage without additional shades;
• red-leaved varieties - in which the leaves are colored purple-brown.

Now let's dwell on Cannes varieties that differ in flowering period and study their representatives.

Pest control

Most often, the spur suffers from the following pests:

With proper care, the New Zealand delphinium responds with vibrant colorful blooms every summer for several years.The method of care should be chosen taking into account the region of residence. In the north, conditions should not be created for the second flowering in the summer. In the southern regions, it is recommended to organize repeated flowering for the plant, on the contrary.

Delphinium - the noble vertical of the garden

Video - New Zealand delphinium: sowing seeds

This class includes perennial delphiniums with a rather high (120-180 cm) erect stem. Inflorescence type - large candles (up to 100 cm), semi-double, in different shades. The size of each individual flower is up to 7 cm in diameter.
The main disadvantage of Pacific delphiniums is their short lifespan (no more than 5 years). In addition, in the Russian climate, they are often susceptible to diseases, therefore, they require careful personal care.

The most attractive and resistant to adverse conditions varieties of Pacific delphiniums:

Belladonna hybrids

The varieties of delphiniums of the Belladona group are formed by large-flowered and labiate species of this plant. Representatives of this class are characterized by branched paniculate inflorescences (5-20 flowers each) and dissected leaves. Bloom, as a rule, closer to mid-July.

The most famous varieties of Belladonna hybrids:

Marfin hybrids

Delphiniums of this class are in great demand among flower growers (these are Russian varieties), since they are perfectly adapted to the conditions of our climate. In terms of quality and decorative indicators, they are in no way inferior to their foreign counterparts. Delphinium varieties belonging to this class form neat bushes reaching 180 cm. Large inflorescences are in the form of a pyramid, with semi-double flowers of different colors.

Quality varieties of Marfin hybrids:

Breeding this flower is very painstaking and it will take a lot of patience and effort to get beautiful flowers. Delphinium was bred by crossing perennial plants and can grow in a permanent place for up to 10 years. Then you can divide the bush and plant it in different places.

The most popular varieties of orange for home growing

The following varieties of oranges are considered the most popular for growing at home:

• Torocco Rosso - a variety of Sicilian blood oranges with golden-red fruits and red flesh; have a characteristic delicate aroma and soft, sweet and sour taste;
• Navelina is a high-yielding variety of Spanish oranges, early fruiting and disease resistant. Medium-sized fruits with sweet, juicy, orange flesh with few seeds;
• Vanilla is a variety of Chinese origin, distinguished by medium-sized fruits of a yellowish-orange hue. At the time of flowering, orange trees fill the room with a heady aroma of citrus;
• Pavlovsky - one of the best indoor varieties of orange, having a height of no more than 1 meter and strewn with delicious bright orange fruits;
• Washington Navel is a low-growing variety, excellent for indoor cultivation, unpretentious and cold-resistant; fruits are round, orange in color, with excellent taste.

Read the article Useful properties of an orange.

Orange - bright, juicy, aromatic, healthy - that's all about it. Food of the gods and a healthy treat for both adults and children. Remember the ancient Greek myths about Hercules. In his eleventh feat, he stole the golden apples of the Hesperides, which grew in the garden of Atlanta. It is believed that these "apples" were actually oranges.

What else can you add to our story about the orange? Probably only the fact that even monuments have been erected to this wonderful citrus - in Odessa, Izhevsk and in the Turkish Fenech.