How to take care of it properly?
Caring for a crowded bell is not particularly difficult.
Watering
Irrigation of the bell should be moderate, and the frequency is more reasonable to determine in accordance with the condition of the soil. A temporary drought will not bring much harm to the plant.
Top dressing
The culture responds well to the introduction of superphosphate or rotted manure into the ground. Fresh manure is strictly prohibited, like peat, since they contribute to the development of fungal diseases. Fertile or slightly acidic soil will only be enough to enrich with wood ash. In general, any feeding is carried out in such a way that no more than 5-10 grams of minerals fall on one running meter. Fertilization is usually done before and after flowering, when the buds are in full bloom.
It is also important to mention that dried buds need to be removed regularly. Only those specimens should be left that will later be used to obtain seed
In tall shrubs, shoots are removed along with faded flowers. In most cases, the bell does not need additional shelter for the winter.
Experienced gardeners often mention that the growing process can be regulated by lighting. If a shadow appears on the site, then the bell will bloom later, but the process itself will be more abundant and beautiful. In addition, it is important that it is better to slightly dry the soil than to over-wet it. It is better to feed the bell early, not forgetting not only about mineral complexes, but also about organic matter. The transplant can be carried out throughout the summer months. In principle, movement is not prohibited even during flowering, but the buds in this case will need to be eliminated.
History, birthplace of Coleus and cultural use
The plant was brought to Europe in the middle of the 19th century from Indonesia, and immediately gained great popularity as an ornamental culture. Within a few years, 18 new hybrids with various leaf colors were presented at a garden auction in England, which were successfully sold. In those days, the flower was highly valued, new varieties were often named after the crowned heads.
Since the homeland of Coleus is warm and humid tropical forests, it does not hibernate in a temperate climate, therefore it has become widespread as an ornamental deciduous house or greenhouse plant. Indoor Coleus is still one of the most widely grown indoor flowers today. Its many varieties with brightly colored leaves are not only beautiful, they are also fast growing and easy to care for.
In recent years, culture has experienced a kind of rebirth, this time as an element of landscape design. Rapid growth and ease of reproduction, including cuttings, makes it possible to use it as a spectacular annual. In the photos below, Coleus flowers are planted in open ground in the form of a parterre composition made up of plants of various colors. The bushes lend themselves well to haircuts, due to which it is easy to maintain the clarity and even texture of the pattern in such flower beds.
It is interesting to note that in its homeland, in the tropics, the plant is used not only as an ornamental one. There are several species in which edible starchy tubers are formed on branched roots, which are grown as a vegetable in some countries, like potatoes.So, on the island of Java, one of the varieties of Blum's coleus with black oval tubers has long been cultivated as a food product. In Sudan, the "nigro" form is bred with black tubers the size of potatoes and red pubescent leaves, in Madagascar - a variety with small, up to 2 cm long, gray or yellow-pink tubers, and in tropical Africa there are species with large, up to 20 cm, creamy tuberous roots with a delicate, non-fibrous pulp.
Transplanting shrub Potentilla into open ground after purchase
It is recommended to purchase plants in containers with a closed root system. Before buying, you should carefully study the information about the variety and age of the seedling. The best time to plant Potentilla is spring. During this period, there is no risk of freezing thin roots and young shoots.
Site selection and soil
The quinfoil loves stony, drained soil that is rich in organic matter.
Important! Shrub cinquefoil prefers soil with a neutral or slightly acidic reaction of the environment and does not tolerate alkaline soils. If the soil on the site is sandy, add clay, fertile loamy soil and peat
Such areas allow water to pass through well, and a drainage device is not needed here. On heavy clay soils, on the contrary, it is necessary to add sand and organic matter
If the soil on the site is sandy, you should add clay, fertile loamy soil and peat. Such areas allow water to pass through well, and a drainage device is not needed here. On heavy clay soils, on the contrary, it is necessary to introduce sand and organic matter.
Planting process
Planting pits are prepared in the fall. The depth of the pit should be 60-70 cm, it is calculated based on the volume of the root system of the plant in an adult state. The bottom of the pit is covered with a drainage layer of up to 25 cm from pebbles, expanded clay, broken brick. Loose garden soil, humus, peat are poured on top. Clay or sand if necessary. All components are thoroughly mixed.
The plant is freed from the container, placed with a lump of earth in a hole so that the root collar is at ground level, and covered with soil mixture. When the roots are completely covered with soil, they are additionally compacted, and then watered with 10-12 liters of water.
Choosing the best place
In regions with cool summers, Potentilla can be grown in the sun. In hot climates, it is best to plant it in partial shade. On an alpine slide, the five-leafed leaf will feel good in the middle and lower tier, provided there is a good drainage of moisture.
Note! Low-growing varieties can be grown on non-eroded slopes as cover and protective plants
How to plant cinquefoil shrub
To create low borders, cinquefoil is planted at a distance of 40-60 cm from each other. When planting higher hedges, a planting scheme is used with a distance of 60-80 cm between plants. In compositions with other plants, the cinquefoil is planted so as not to overlap it with the crowns of other trees and shrubs, but leave 15-20 cm intervals between them to emphasize the expressive spherical shape of the cinquefoil.
Crassula plants: aeoniums and cotyledons
The culture of their cultivation does not differ from the common one for succulent plants, but aeoniums like a little more nutritious soil, more abundant watering and spacious dishes. Another specific feature is that the main period of growth of aeoniums falls on autumn.
In general, these are undemanding and ornamental plants. In particular, they are good for container planting and for creating decorative compositions in the summer outdoors.
Further you can see the photos and the names of the species of these fatty plants.
Only in good sunlight do the leaves of cotyledons acquire a characteristic bright color. The rest of the culture is simple - a nutritious earthen mixture, quite abundant watering in summer, in winter - careful watering and keeping in a cool place.
How to plant a perennial garden bell.
The soil for planting should be loose, with sufficient nutrients. To do this, peat, humus, turf soil must be added to heavy soils (loam or clay soil).
Bells are best propagated by bushes. You can also grow bellflower seedlings from seeds yourself.
The time to plant your garden bell is very convenient. This can be done twice a season in the fall and spring. Namely:
- perennial bells for a rock garden (these include a Carpathian bell, spoon-leaf, wall, Pozharsky, gargan) are propagated by dividing bushes and nests in spring;
- the same undersized rock garden bells are planted with cuttings for propagation in an unheated greenhouse at the beginning of summer;
- flower bed bells, which are grown as biennials, are planted with seeds in May - June, seedlings are planted in a permanent place in the fall. Growing bells from seeds is a very simple task, even a novice gardener can do.
Flowers are planted in the holes, which are watered abundantly before planting. They lay the bush, straighten the roots and sprinkle it with earth. Planting flowers in the fall must be done so that they take root before the onset of frost.
Growing bells from seeds When to plant
Bellflower seeds photo
Sowing in the ground
- It is possible to sow in open ground in April-May, but for two months before this cold stratification will be needed - keeping in the refrigerator. The seeds are mixed with wet sand and placed in a plastic bag in the vegetable section.
- In addition, the bell at the end of October can be sown before winter - the seeds will undergo natural stratification in the soil and will sprout together in spring.
How to sow a garden bell in the ground
The planting depth should not exceed 2 cm, since the seeds are small and it will be difficult for them to break through to the surface. You need to sow less often so that the seedlings do not clog each other, it is good if you get a 2-3 cm gap between the seeds. After the sprouts appear, they must be thinned out, leaving 4-5 cm of distance. When the plants grow up, they are planted at a distance of 20-30 cm, depending on the variety.
Growing seedlings
How to grow a bell from seeds photo seedlings
To get flowering in the first year of life, it is better to grow seedlings. The seeds are very small, they need to be laid out on the surface of light, loose, permeable soil. Before sowing, the soil must be moistened. You can use the following mixture: humus, sod land, and coarse sand in a ratio of 3: 6: 1. Crops should be covered with foil and kept at 18-20 ºC. Seedlings will appear in a couple of weeks.
After seed germination, the container must be transferred to a bright place, but protected from direct sunlight. The film is removed and looked after in this way: it is watered when the top layer of the earth dries up, the soil around the seedlings is loosened. After a month and with the appearance of real 2-4 leaves, dive the seedlings into a large container, keeping a distance of 10 cm between the plants, or into separate cups.
Bell seedlings photo
A couple of weeks after the dive, apply a low concentration liquid fertilizer complex.
What varieties are bred
Since the sixteenth century, bells have been domesticated in private estates. Alternative colors have been created, there are not so many of them, flowers are enlarged and terry (semi-double) is given.
High-quality peach-leaved bells are recommended to be planted no more than 30-40 centimeters from each other. All of them are frost-resistant two-year-olds or perennials.
Moerheimii
One of the finest semi-double varieties. The girth of the flower is 4-6 centimeters. The color is white, a slightly pale lilac shade at the base of the corolla. The inflorescences are located at the top of the stem. The height of the bush is 70-90 centimeters.
Alba
The leader among its species set. Perfectly white bells with a diameter of up to 5 centimeters, like a cloud envelop the stem from above. The height of the bush reaches one meter.
Cerulea
This varietal individual has a blue color.In adulthood, its height is 45-70 centimeters. The size of the basket is 4-5 centimeters.
Kohler blue, loosely spreading bush 75 centimeters in size, coverage up to 0.5 meters.
0.5 meters high, terry look. Forms many large white bells.
Snow White
The stems reach a height of 80 centimeters, and the bush grows in the same volume. The flowers are not very deep, dazzling white.
Round-leaved bell
The round-leaved bell is a perennial herb of the bellflower family, 18-40 cm high. The rhizome is thin, branched, creeping, forming small tufts. Stems are numerous, sometimes solitary, basal leaves are pinno-petiolate, kidney-shaped, cordate-ovate, large-toothed or, less often, almost entire stem leaves are lanceolate. Flowers are collected in a spreading, paniculate inflorescence; sometimes numerous, drooping or tilted. Corolla blue or light purple, 12-20 mm long, shallowly incised. Blooms in July-September.
The round-leaved bell is found in Western Siberia (all regions), in Eastern Siberia (all regions), in the Far East (Priamurye, Okhotsk region, Sakhalin, Kuriles). It grows on the edges of forests, in meadows, in bushes.
For medicinal purposes, roots, grass (stems, leaves, flowers), flowers are used.
In the grass of the round-leaved bell, carbohydrates, pentosans 12.89%, inulin, ursolic acid, sitosterol, alkaloids, nitrogen-containing compounds were found: betaine, choline; polyacetylene compounds; phenolcarboxylic acids and their derivatives: caffeine, chlorogenic, p-coumaric, ferulic; tannins, esculetin; flavonoids 0.74%: luteolin, cynaroside, 7-0-beta-genziobioside, 7-0-beta-rutinoside and 7-0-luteolin primveroside, rotundizide, 3-0-beta-D-galactoside rhamnetin. Stems and leaves contain vitamin C.
A decoction of the roots in Belgium is used for throat swellings. A decoction of the herb has hemostatic properties; tincture on vodka (rinse) - with angina. Infusion of flowers is drunk for epilepsy.
It has been established experimentally that a decoction of herbs, an alcoholic extract have anticonvulsant properties.
Methods for the preparation and use of the round-leaved bell:
- 3 tablespoons of crushed roots of a round-leaved bell in 2 cups of water, boil for 6-7 minutes, leave for 2 hours, drain. Take 1 / 3-1 / 2 glass 3-4 times a day for throat swellings and oral neoplasms.
- 1 teaspoon of alcoholic tincture of the herb 1:10 in 0.5 cups of boiled water. Use for rinsing with sore throat.
- 1 teaspoon of flowers in 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 30-40 minutes. Drink 0.5 cups 3-4 times a day before meals for epilepsy.
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How to plant?
Planting a crowded bell occurs subject to several important conditions. You should choose open and well-lit areas or areas with partial shade. Planting can be carried out immediately on flower beds or in decorative containers, the volume of which will be from 1 to 3 liters. Since the shrub will begin to grow in the future, it is necessary to maintain a certain gap between individual specimens.Approximately every four years, an actively developing culture is divided into parts, then planted separately.
It is important to prevent stagnant moisture, so when planting, it is recommended to avoid low-lying areas. Since the presence of weeds negatively affects the condition of the bell, you will also have to regularly weed the weeds.
In principle, a culture is able to develop on various soils, but soil mixtures with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction are most suitable.
Planting and leaving
It is better to plant flower bushes in partial shade with diffused sunlight.
It is important that in the place of future planting, groundwater is located as deep as possible without touching the root system of the plant. Stagnant water is one of the causes of fungal and infectious diseases of the culture
Despite the high adaptive ability of the bell to take root on soils with different compositions, it is advisable to choose light loamy soils for it. Heavy soil is diluted with sand, humus, compost from rotted grass and leaves, mineral additives are added to it.
A few days before disembarkation, the following preparatory work is carried out:
- digging up the ground;
- weed it from weeds;
- lime the soil with an acidic reaction.
Landing is carried out as follows:
- drainage material is placed in the planting hole - fine gravel, coarse sand, and on top - a nutrient mixture with wood ash and complex fertilizer; fresh organic matter is contraindicated for a bell, as it can provoke the development of fungal infections;
- having planted a bush, the soil under it is pressed tightly to the roots and watered moderately.
The planted bells are irrigated as needed when the topsoil dries up, even in dry times. Planting is carried out after the snow melts or at the beginning of autumn for successful rooting before the cold weather. Care includes periodic weeding and loosening of the near-stem zone. Bells are fed only once a year, in spring - with phosphorus, potash and nitrogen-containing compounds.
The exception is the budding period, when minerals are also added under the bushes. Withering stalks must be removed to help prolong flowering. After flowering, the brown bolls are harvested to prevent self-seeding, with the onset of October, the stems of the plant are completely removed.
Canal care in the garden
Top dressing
During the growing season, cannes should be fed twice or three times; for this, mineral fertilizers are used. When the bushes are watered, fertilizer in granules should be poured onto the soil surface near them, after which the earth is loosened. For 1 square meter of the plot, from 40 to 50 grams of a nutrient mixture is taken, consisting of 12 grams of nitrogen, 10 grams of potash and 25 grams of phosphorus fertilizer.
Watering
Watering the bushes should be systematic and moderate until the stems appear. After the beginning of flowering, it is necessary to increase the abundance of watering, but one should not allow stagnation of liquid in the root system. If waterlogging occurs regularly, this will lead to the development of a bacterial or fungal disease, as a result of which the buds turn black and die off.
Pests
In addition to the diseases described above, nematodes can harm the root system of the cannes, and the caterpillars of butterflies can harm the foliage. To get rid of such pests, the bushes need to be sprayed with insecticidal preparations.
Growing
Inflorescences that have already faded must be removed. From the beginning to the middle of the growing season, it is necessary to remove weeds in a timely manner. When the bushes have bloomed and before the first frost, they must be hilled high, in this case you can protect the root collars from frost damage. When the cannes growing in the garden have finished blooming, they need to be watered less and less until the watering stops altogether.
Cannes - outdoor cultivation and care
Preparing for winter
Before the frost begins, the bushes should be huddled high, which will help protect the root collars from severe frosts, if this is not done, then rot may appear on them during storage in winter. As soon as the first frosts pass, the shoots from the bushes are cut off at a height of 15 to 20 centimeters, and then the rhizome is dug out together with an earthen lump. Then the bushes are removed to the place where they will be until the onset of spring. A cool place with diffused light and moderate humidity is perfect for this.
Rhizomes must be placed in wooden boxes, while they are sprinkled with a mixture of sand, peat, soil and sawdust of non-coniferous trees. It is best if the moisture content of the mixture is about 50%, while the temperature should be from 6 to 8 degrees. During the storage period, systematically inspect the rhizomes, and as soon as rot appears on them, the affected area is cut out to healthy tissue, while the sections should be treated with iodine. You should also try to maintain the recommended level of humidity and temperature, avoiding sudden changes in temperature.
If desired, the rhizomes can be placed on the refrigerator shelf until spring. To do this, the rhizomes extracted in autumn must be thoroughly washed using running water, then they are placed in a solution of potassium manganese for 24 hours, after which they are dried and each tuber is individually wrapped in a paper sheet. Then they are placed in the refrigerator on the vegetable shelf, while in winter they must be systematically examined for rot.
Also, dry rhizomes can be folded into a plastic bucket, they are covered with a layer of dry soil and stored on the balcony. During severe frosts, a container with tubers is brought into the house and placed on the floor near the balcony door.
Also, tubers are perfectly stored in a container in the soil in a cool room (no more than 15 degrees). The container can be placed in the attic, loggia or veranda. Water the ground once every 2 weeks with a little water.
In regions with mild warm winters, the rhizomes are stored directly in the garden. They are dug up and stacked on a site that is not flooded by melt water in spring, and also has reliable protection from the wind. From above, they should be covered with dry sawdust, while the layer should be about 20 cm.
Cannes - when to dig, where and how to store?
Indoor Crassula Plants: Pachypitums and Sempervivums
The flowers have no significant decorative value, but the pachyphitums themselves are very good. Their small size, undemandingness (care, as for echeveria), the ability to grow some species in low light conditions make these plants interesting for indoor floriculture in different directions.
Of course, excessive watering and fertilization can ruin the beauty of these succulents from the Tolstyankov family, and if there is a lack of light, they will lose their color brightness. However, if you do not allow extremes in caring for sempervivums, this is one of the most grateful plants. They grow rapidly and multiply easily by layering rosettes. Many hybrid forms are widespread in the culture, including resistant cultivars with their own names. Natural species - about 35.
