Various types of Potentilla grow in their summer cottage

Description of the plant

Pink cinquefoil - shrub the plant is rather modest in size. The average crown height does not exceed 0.5-0.8 m, the diameter of the bush, depending on the variety, is 0.5-1 m.The pink color is not typical for this plant and gives it a special decorative effect, because most types of Potentilla are observed yellow color of petals. A shrub in the wild is also called Kuril tea, when cultivated it adapts well to various climatic conditions, it can grow in a gas-polluted metropolis or in a rather cold climate.

Pink cinquefoil is a plant of the northern hemisphere that does not require complex care. It belongs to the Rosaceae family, which is characterized by the formation of a large number of buds on the bush and beautiful flowering. The crown of such plants is creeping, the growth is average - per year the increase is 10-15 cm.The leaves have a rich color and a length of no more than 3 cm.

Plant propagation. Diseases and pests

For reproduction of Potentilla, seeds, cuttings, layering and division of the bush are used. The last method is relevant for May or September. The bushes are best tolerated for 3-4 years:

• dig up and rinse the root;
• divide it into parts with a sharpened sterile knife, leaving 2-3 buds on each fragment;
• treat the rhizome with a stimulant;
• plant the divisions in the ground so that the buds remain above it;
• the minimum distance between the bushes is 20 cm.

Cutting and propagation by layering is carried out in July or August. To get cuttings, cut off the tops of the shoots, remove the flowers. The length of one stalk should be about 10 cm. Place the branch in moistened perlite for 1-1.5 months. The room temperature should not drop below + 3… + 5 ° C. You can cover the stalk with a greenhouse.

Sometimes the segments are planted directly into the open ground under a glass jar. The place should be shady. Plant care consists in spraying 2-3 times a day in summer and warming in winter. You will receive the finished seedling by April.

Reproduction by layering is even easier. Choose a low-growing bush, make a groove next to it. Then find a suitable shoot, cut it along the outside and lay it in the groove. Secure the escape with a staple. In a couple of months, its own spine will appear at the point of contact. The plant can be separated from the mother and transplanted.

Cinquefoil in landscape design

Insects and infections rarely attack the five-leafed plant. On the greenery, you can find signs of powdery mildew, rust or spotting, as well as the pest scoop. You can find them out from the photo. An annual variety of Potentilla does not require any additional care in this case. These diseases do not affect decorativeness, and perennials need to be treated. Treat them with Bordeaux liquid or an insecticide like Fitoferm.

This plant is versatile in its decorative functions. A cinquefoil can decorate an alpine slide, a flower garden or a flower bed. Sometimes it is planted just in the middle of the rubble cover. In garden compositions, the flower looks good in combination with lilies, bells or daisies. You can also make a hedge from it.

The use of varieties in landscape design

Charming appearance, bright colors, dense greenery, large flowers - all this played an important role in the popularity of the plant. It is actively used when decorating adjoining plots, creating "living" compositions and hedges, as well as for ennobling the territory.

Shrubs are often planted close together to form a line.Many gardeners believe that in this form the beauty of plants is revealed to the maximum. However, solitary plants are also highly attractive and charming.

Specialists often plant Goldfinger Potentilla along with other shrubs. Yellow buds are in perfect harmony with bright flowers of various types, creating a rich variety of colors.

The fact that the plant does not require special care has also influenced the widespread use of the variety in the design of land plots. The main thing is to choose the right planting site for growing and follow simple agricultural techniques.

Properties of actinidia

The fully ripe actinidia fruit contains fiber, starch, carotene, sugars, pectin substances, vitamins, mineral salts, phenolcarboxylic and organic acids, nitrogen-containing compounds, saponins, alkaloids and other substances that the human body needs. They contain vitamin C, while it is much more than lemons, oranges and black currants. Also, these fruits include vitamins A and P, and their seeds contain a large amount of fatty oils.

Experts advise eating such fruits for diseases of the digestive tract, for anemia, for pulmonary diseases (up to tuberculosis), even for rheumatism, vitamin deficiency, gonorrhea, scurvy, lumbago, colitis and caries.

Other parts of the vine are not devoid of healing properties. For example, the bark contains cardiac glycosides and tannins, due to which it has a sedative, tonic, expectorant and hemostatic effect.

Actinidia is often used for belching, heartburn and other problems with the digestive system; it also has an unexpressed laxative effect and improves the digestion of meat.

On the basis of this plant, the drug "Polygamol" was developed, it is distinguished by a general strengthening property, it is also able to support cardiac activity and increase diuresis. For angina pectoris, actinidia tincture is used. Infusion and decoction, prepared from the roots, are used externally for sciatica, painful sensations in the joints and for gout. The peel and juice of the berries improve appetite and have a wound healing effect.

Also, this plant is used during the treatment of colds, bleeding, and also when getting rid of parasites. An ointment is made from the berries, which is used after bone fractures, and also for massages.

Contraindications

Any new product or drug should be used with caution. Actinidia has no special contraindications

However, eating its berries should be abandoned by those who suffer from varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, and also people with high blood clotting. If you eat a lot of such fruits, then this can cause the development of an intestinal disorder.

Healthy recipes

There are many very healthy recipes for actinidia, for example:

1. Infusion of fruits. Dried fruits must be placed in a container with water. They are boiled over low heat for 60 minutes. The cooled infusion must be filtered. The infusion is consumed after a meal in small portions, it helps to prevent cancer.
2. Berry ointment with a regenerating effect. Fresh berries must be ground very well. They are combined with crushed mustard seeds and with a fatty base (for example, you can take lard). This ointment is used after fractures and during massage.
3. Bark decoction. 20 grams of bark must be crushed very well. Then it is combined with 1 tbsp. freshly boiled water and kept in a water bath for 30 minutes. The cooled infusion must be filtered. If metabolic processes in the body are disturbed, they drink such an infusion in 2 or 3 large spoons 3 times a day.
4. Infusion of flowers and foliage. Take 20 grams of crushed leaf plates and flowers. The mixture must be combined with 1 tbsp. freshly boiled water, then it is kept in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. The cooled infusion must be filtered. It is necessary to drink the infusion 3 times a day for 1/3 tbsp.with angina pectoris and rheumatism.

Actinidia pureed with sugar - a source of vitamin C for the whole winter

The best varieties

Varieties of bush Potentilla are very diverse. There are tall specimens, and there are also quite undersized ones. In addition, they differ in different levels of winter hardiness and different requirements for climatic conditions. Not all varieties are the best for the Moscow region, Central Russia, and northern regions. First of all, Potentilla is divided according to the shade of flowering.

Orange palette varieties

First of all, this is the Red Ace shrub:

• differs in low growth - up to 60 cm;
• leaves of an openwork type, color - light green;
• flowers of a coral tone, at the top will be pink-orange;
• blooms from June to October;
• prefers partial shade, moisture.

Deidown is another spectacular variety:

• height - up to 70 cm;
• width - more than a meter;
• the buds are red-red, flowering begins in late spring and lasts until October.

"Tangerin":

• dense shrub with dense foliage;
• round crown;
• leaf plates are green, with a gray tint;
• if the plant is planted in a sunny area, its flowers will be of a golden tone;
• shrubs growing in partial shade are decorated with orange inflorescences.

Hopley Orange:

• undersized shrub up to half a meter high;
• the crown reaches a meter in width;
• begins to bloom in late spring and ends in mid-autumn;
• inflorescences have a beautiful, dark orange tone.

"Mango Tango":

• compact shrub;
• low, up to 60 cm;
• foliage is light, green, very showy;
• flowers are large, two-color type;
• shade - orange with a red tint, the center is yellow.

"Tangerine":

• round bush, spreads;
• height - up to 50 cm;
• leaves are grayish green;
• flowers are orange, with a yellow center;
• in partial shade, a copper tint appears.

White

Snow-white varieties, first of all, are represented by the luxurious Potentilla "Abbotswood".

Characteristic features of the variety:

• the bush is quite compact;
• height - up to a meter;
• the crown resembles a pillow;
• foliage is light, green;
• bloom begins in June, ends in mid-autumn;
• flowers are racemose, small in size;
• ideal for curbs, rock gardens.

The Vici variety is also quite beautiful:

• snow-white, showy flowers;
• juicy red stamens are located in the center;
• bushes are spherical;
• height and width - about one and a half meters

Yellow

Yellow Potentilla is a luxurious decoration of the landscape.

Golden Dwarf:

• grows up to 70 cm;
• very dense, branched bush;
• branches are red;
• flowers are large;
• the shade of the inflorescences is gold.

Goldstar:

• differs in very large flowers - about 5 cm;
• blooms late, in July;
• flowers are juicy yellow.

"Elizabeth":

• the crown is compact;
• leaves are green, with blue and gray tones;
• blooms long and profusely;
• height - up to 80 cm;
• width - up to 1.2 m;
• inflorescences are yellow, bright.

Cream

Tilford Cream:

• height - about 60 cm;
• the crown is wide, about a meter in diameter;
• spectacular foliage, juicy green tone;
• soft creamy bloom;
• blooms in late spring, fades in early autumn.

Primrose Beauty:

• spherical shrub;
• high, more than a meter, and about the same width;
• profuse flowering, the whole bush is strewn with cream-colored flowers.

Pink

Lovely Pink:

• undersized dense bush up to half a meter in height;
• dense type crown width - up to 80 cm;
• abundant buds of a rich pink hue;
• does not fade in the sun.

Belissimo:

• compact type bush - up to 30 cm in height;
• the crown is rather branched;
• the foliage of a young plant is light, darkens at maturity;
• flowering is very effective, abundant;
• inflorescences with semi-double, bright pink;
• blooms from June to September.

Pink Queen:

• small bush, creeping type;
• height - up to 60 cm;
• sun-loving;
• flowers are pale pink;
• very undemanding to care for.

"Princess":

• height - up to 80 cm;
• inflorescences are large;
• the shade of the petals is juicy pink;
• loves the sun.

Danny Boy:

• hardy branchy shrub;
• height - up to 80 cm;
• the crown in width reaches one and a half meters;
• leaves are green with silver;
• tolerates winter well;
• blooms from early summer to September;
• inflorescences with wavy petals, dark shade, crimson with pink.

Ecru is a very spectacular shrub covered with delicate, beautiful flowers.

The most famous variety is "Kobold":

• miniature;
• height - up to 60 cm;
• it grows more than a meter wide;
• foliage green, light;
• flowering begins in June and ends in September;
• the flowers are small, in the tone of ivory.

Red

Marianne Red Robin:

• low, up to half a meter, bushes;
• round crown, up to 80 cm;
• foliage is light, light green;
• profuse flowering, petals have a red tone with an orange tint.

Royal Flush:

• height - about 50 cm;
• wide crown - up to a meter;
• the flowers are juicy red, gradually acquiring a pinkish tone.

Potentilla plant, its types and varieties

belongs to the pink family, the most popular among the species are white cinquefoil and galangal cinquefoil. These plants are widely used in medicine, both official and folk, with many medicinal properties.

Cinquefoil has more than 500 species and varieties of shrubs and semi-shrubs. The plant can be annual and perennial, its distribution area is Siberia, the European part of the CIS countries, the Urals and the Caucasus. Many plant species are used for medicinal purposes.

The root system in most species is pivotal, with a strong rhizome. Stems, depending on the species, can be straight, creeping and creeping. The leaves of Potentilla are often divided into three lobes, like strawberry, the edge of the leaf plate is indicated by uneven denticles, the upper part of the leaves is covered with soft nap.

Cinquefoil bloom in June (depending on the species) and bloom until late autumn. Inflorescences are umbellate and paniculate, the flowers of the species are on average 2 cm in diameter, ordinary or double. The color of the flowers is diverse: all shades of the rainbow, except for too dark purple colors. At the end of flowering, a fruit is formed - a multi-root.

Planting catalpa in open ground

And it is necessary to plant and care for catalpa in the same way as for any decorative tree. In nurseries or garden centers, one-year or two-year catalpa seedlings are available for sale. Landing in open ground is carried out in the spring, before sap flow begins, or in the fall, when leaf fall ends. For planting, you need to choose a well-lit area that has reliable protection against gusts of wind, the fact is that large and extremely fragile leaf plates of such a tree are easily injured in a draft. It is very good if in the selected area the occurrence of groundwater is as deep as possible. This plant needs space, therefore, a distance of 4 to 5 meters, no less, should be kept between the seedling and any other plant. The depth of the planting hole should be 100 centimeters and the width 70 centimeters. Prepare the soil mixture to fill the hole, for this combine humus, leafy soil, sand and peat, taken in a ratio of 3: 2: 2: 1. This mixture must be combined with 5-8 kilograms of wood ash and 50 grams of phosphate rock. This soil mixture should have an acidity of 6.5-7.5.

At the bottom of the planting pit, you first need to make a drainage layer, the thickness of which should be 15 centimeters. Crushed stone or broken brick can be used as drainage material. After that, the pit should be covered with a soil mixture saturated with nutrients almost to the top. Then the root system of the seedling must be placed in it, then the hole is completely filled with the same soil mixture. After the soil is slightly compacted, the plant needs to be watered abundantly. During planting, try to keep the root collar of the tree slightly above the soil surface. At the same time, when the water after irrigation is absorbed into the soil, the root collar of the catalpa should sink to the ground level.Do not forget to mulch the trunk circle with any organic material after watering (peat works well).

Catalpa. From sowing seeds to planting.

Herbaceous varieties

1. 1 Nepalese cinquefoil.

The varieties discussed above are perennial shrubs. Herbaceous varieties cannot be ignored. Of particular interest is the Nepalese Potentilla Miss Wilmont. This perennial with straight branched stems reaching a height of 0.5 m, and rather large pink-red flowers with a diameter of 2.5-3.0 cm, collected in paniculate inflorescences.

In recent years, it is the Nepalese Potentilla that has been popular among gardeners, the cultivation and care of which is within the power of even inexperienced growers.

Even an inexperienced gardener can grow Nepalese Potentilla seeds from seeds. Seeds are laid out on top of the ground and sprinkled with a small layer of earth. After 2-3 weeks, seedlings appear, and after another 2-3 weeks, the sprouts dive and are planted in a permanent place in the garden. For successful germination of seeds and growing seedlings, the air temperature should not fall below + 18 ° C.

Nepalese cinquefoil needs the same lighting and soil composition as shrub varieties, and timely feeding will ensure good growth and abundant flowering. However, it must be remembered that when planted with seeds, the plant will bloom only in the second year.

Nepalese cinquefoil also reproduces by dividing the rhizome in a simple and effective way. To do this, in the spring or autumn, they dig up the mother bush and cut it into several parts with a sharp disinfected pruner. Delenki are planted in a permanent place in the garden, set aside for future bushes. When planting in a row, a distance of at least 0.3 m is left between the bushes so that the overgrown Nepalese Potentilla does not drown out the neighboring bushes.

Nepalese cinquefoil does not require special care - all the same agrotechnical conditions are applicable to it as for shrub varieties.

1. 2 White cinquefoil.

Unlike its "congeners", white cinquefoil grows only 8-25 cm in height. This perennial herb is used in folk medicine and pharmaceutical industry. Useful, from a medicinal point of view, are rhizomes harvested in the fall. Leaves and stems do not have healing properties and are of no value to herbalists.

The rhizomes of the quinfoil contain trace elements: silicon, aluminum, manganese, zinc and iodine. The iodine content gives the plant a special value - the composition of many medicinal preparations intended for the treatment of thyroid gland diseases include extracts and extracts of cinquefoil.

The white cinquefoil herb grows in Europe, occupying the territory from the Volga to Central Europe, it can be found in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Italy and Yugoslavia. If the Nepalese cinquefoil prefers light areas, then the white loves semi-shady places and is found on forest edges, in copses and meadows. It is used by gardeners as a ground cover plant that suppresses the growth of weeds. This type of cinquefoil is grown even as an ampelous plant, planted in hanging pots.

Important: Due to the intensive development of forestry and agriculture, the plant can be seen less and less - in many countries, where herbaceous cinquefoil used to be ubiquitous, it is included in the conservation lists of endangered species