Perennial vines for summer cottages: their advantages, the names of varieties for Siberia and the Moscow region

Curly indoor flowers create a special microclimate in the house, decorate the interior, make it cozy and visually expand the space. All forms of climbing plants have a healing effect - they absorb carbon dioxide and harmful impurities, thereby improving the microclimate in the house.

The advantage of these plants is that they can be grown when there is a lack of light: away from windows and on the north side. With the help of indoor vines, unusual compositions are created; they decorate dull walls and cover unsightly corners in the house.

Description and varieties

The scientific name for indoor ivy is heder, and the people call it simply loach. The loach, a plant from the Araliev family, is a shrub with many leaves. It got its popular name due to the fact that its adventitious roots cling to and twine around any supports that are nearby.
On one plant there are leaves of two types, depending on the branches on which they grow: flowering branches with light green and whole leaves that have an oblong shape, non-flowering branches with dark green leaves of an angular-lobed shape.

Ivy has flowers that are collected in clusters on the upper branches: the corolla consists of 5 petals, the stamens are also 5, the calyx consists of 5 teeth, the pistil has a short column with a fleshy disc at the base. The loach also bears fruits: yellow or black berries with seeds.

Hedera has many varieties. The most famous of them is ivy, its distinctive feature is its dense roots that cling to the props. But there are other equally interesting varieties. Variety "Elsie kessler»Has leaves of light green color with light veins.

Sort "Glacier" it is distinguished by silvery spots on the leaves and such a border around the edges. Leaves of the variety "Ivalace»Darken over time and turn slightly upward. Variety "Gold child»Has leaves with a yellowish border that turns white over time.

Gold child

Ivalace

Glacier

Ordinary

Elsie kessler

Clerodendrum

Although in greenhouses, other varieties of Clerodendrum are most often cultivated in the form of compact shrubs with star-shaped intense pink flowers with convex, indigo shades, a receptacle, Ugandan Clerodendrum is an evergreen tree-like vine. It attracts lovers of exotic in the interior with picturesque sky-blue inflorescences, reminiscent of butterflies.

Expressive flowers will spice up your surroundings as a trendy highlight in the LECHUZA CANTO Stone low, essential for contrast with the calmer greenery in the surrounding plants. The high sun exposure, the constant moisture content of the LECHUZA-PON substrate as well as the regular fertilization lead to increased growth, which necessitates periodic pruning.

Is it worth growing it at home

Of course, indoor ivy should be grown at home, since it has many useful properties:

Hedera has an anti-inflammatory effect, therefore it helps with various inflammatory infections.
The fruits are used to relieve blood pressure and improve well-being.
You can make infusions from the leaves, which help treat coughs, joint pain.
Infusions from the roots help with burns, the presence of boils and scabies.
Hedera is one of the ingredients in a decoction for bladder stone problems.
In addition, the loach purifies the air from harmful chemical constituents (benzene, xylene).

Chemical composition

This medicinal plant has numerous beneficial properties that are quite actively used in folk medicine. Description of the nutrients that make up the catnip: saponins, bitter and tannins, organic acids, resins, fatty acids, iridoids, triterpenoids, vitamins (including vitamin C), alkaloids, flavonoids, phenol carboxylic acids, some essential oil.

Ivy care at home

Location. Indoor ivy is a shade-loving plant, but in metered amounts. It is better to put it in a place where there is no direct sunlight, but where it will still be sufficiently lit. It is worth remembering that the header does not tolerate location changes, so it is better to immediately choose a suitable place for it and not change it.
The air humidity must be high because the loach feels good in a more humid room. If the room is quite warm, then it needs to be sprayed from time to time and, even if possible, washed under water.
Temperature conditions. Ivy likes cool temperatures, which can reach 16 ° C at night in the summer and 12 ° C in the winter. In the summer, you can keep the chedera outdoors by placing it so that it can feel the air from the street.
Lighting. For the maintenance of the loach, it is important that it has enough natural and artificial light. Therefore, it is better to have diffused lighting or partial shade in the room with it, then it will feel quite comfortable and will not grow slowly.
Watering. Since ivy loves high humidity, it must be watered abundantly in summer to maintain a sufficient moisture content in the soil. In winter, you need to make sure that the soil does not dry out, but it is not too damp, so less water is given to the heder at this time of year.
How to choose a soil? When choosing a soil, first of all, it is necessary to take into account the acidity of the soil, because different plants need a different acidic environment. Indoor ivy grows best on slightly acidic soils, the pH of which is 5.5-6.5. The soil that will provide the best growth for the chedere has the following composition: leafy soil, humus, turf, peat and sand - all these elements should be in a ratio of 1: 1: 1: 1: 1.
Top dressing and fertilization... You need to feed and fertilize ivy differently at different times. In winter, feeding should be carried out once a month with a complex fertilizer for decorative deciduous plants. In spring, summer and autumn, heder should be fertilized every 2 weeks, alternating mineral and organic fertilizers.
Diseases and pests. Indoor ivy is not so easy to bring to a painful state, because it is quite resistant to negative influences. If you are a competent plant breeder, then the hedera will be healthy throughout the growth period. If you are new to this business, then you should know and take into account how negative conditions for breeding a loach can affect its health:
If the heder is kept in a room with low air humidity and is not given a sufficient amount of moisture during watering, then the leaves begin to weaken and fall off.
If you overdo it with watering or fertilizing, then the leaves turn yellow and also die over time.

Indoor ivy can also suffer from the appearance of pests if you do not periodically carry out a proper inspection. The following pests can attack the cheder:

Red spider mite bites into the stem and spreads quickly, destroying ivy, thanks to active reproduction.
Mealybug infects leaves, releasing liquid adhering to them and spreading a fungus that contaminates the plant. Also, the worms try to juice the shoots and leaves, thereby inhibiting the growth of the loach.
Greenhouse thrips activates in particularly hot weather, if ivy does not receive the right amount of moisture. It damages the leaves by infecting them and causing rapid yellowing and dropping.
Aphids, like mealybugs feed on plant sap, infect leaves and shoots. Winged aphids, which can fly from one ivy to another, are especially dangerous.
Thyroid glands, and more specifically their young larvae, stick to the loach, which is why such a white plaque is formed on its different parts, in fact, these are densely sucked thyroid glands. The harm of this insect is that because of it the leaves turn yellow and fall off.

To treat ivy for harmful effects, the following are usually done:

The use of drugs Actellic, Karbofos and Aktara. Two milliliters of one of the drugs must be dissolved in a liter of water and irrigated and sprayed with this solution.
Re-processing should be carried out every three days until the prepared solution runs out.
If the stage of the heder's disease is neglected, then a deeper treatment should be carried out. It consists in washing that part of the plant that is not in the ground with an insecticidal solution.

The transplant should be carried out in order to improve the nutrient medium of the soil in which indoor ivy grows. Signs of the need for a transplant:

Roots begin to sprout through holes in the drain, which slows down growth.
Loach leaves begin to wilt, and no growth is observed.

Young ivy should be transplanted every year. If the plant is 3 to 5 years old, then the old soil is only replaced with a new one.

Heder transplant takes place in several stages:

Abundant watering of the entire plant to wet and soften the earthy coma.
Drainage is laid out in the prepared pot on the bottom to allow the roots to access the air and allow moisture to seep free.
Direct transplanting of ivy from one pot to another. Here it is important to ensure that the root collar is neither deep in the ground, nor on the surface.
Next, you need to press the ground with your fingers, leaving the edges for watering.
Watering and spraying the plant.

Pruning. If there are bare shoots on the ivy, then they need to be cut off completely, leaving a couple of buds. After pruning, new shoots will grow in this place, moreover, several pieces in one place of the cut. Also, do not forget about pruning those shoots that look weak and unhealthy, they need to be cut without leaving buds.

General information

A feature of climbing garden vines is a thin stem that does not allow them to hold massive foliage vertically. Decorative vines for the garden adapt to survival by attaching themselves to vertical supports with tendrils, suckers, shoots, thorns and auxiliary roots.

Vines originate from the tropics and subtropical countries of Africa, Asia and America, but have long been acclimatized not only in European territory, but also in the harsh Siberian and Far Eastern conditions. Photos of vines for the garden delight all lovers.

There are many varieties of climbing plants, which are generally classified into two broad categories: one-year and perennial. Both groups include decorative and fruiting varieties.

Reproduction

The propagation of indoor ivy is carried out in several possible ways:

Reproduction by layering. Part of the lash-shoots are buried in the ground next to the main plant, making cuts on their lower side, and fixed in an arched shape. After the roots appear at the cuttings, they are separated from the main plant and planted in another pot.
Propagation by cuttings. Ivy with aerial roots reproduce better in this way. Cuttings are cut from the top of the heder and planted in a pot of 3 pieces. Further, they are covered with foil to maintain the desired moisture level. They should stay in this state for some time, after which the film is removed.
Reproduction by shoots. A shoot with 10 leaves should be placed on the sand and pressed so that only the leaves remain on the surface. After 10 days, roots are formed on the stem near the buds, located below ground level. Then the shoot must be removed and cut so that one leaf and root system are preserved on it. After that, it is quite possible to plant a loach on the street. Under such conditions, it will quickly take root on the soil. It is important to remember that the cuttings must be treated with a powder, which will contain root hormones. With such a sequence of actions, the only possible drawback of a header will be the low speed of its rooting.

So you know.

Ivy budra (Glechoma hederacea) - a perennial winter-green herb of the family of the lamellar or labiate. The range of this small grass covers the entire territory of Russia, although in some regions beyond the Urals it is absent. This herb grows most lush in the floodplains of rivers on rich alluvial soils, it is also often found in deciduous forests with an admixture of linden, maple, alder, willow.

Wild budra leaves winter green, so its carpets never lose their decorative effect. They are round or heart-shaped in shape, crenate along the edge. Old leaves are gradually replaced by young ones, which grow in two waves - the first begins at the end of April and ends before flowering, the second, on the contrary, begins after flowering ends in August and continues until the first frost. The flowers are typical for the family - two-lipped, purple-lilac or bluish, collected in 2-6 pieces in the leaf axils. The plant blooms in May and blooms until early August.

The variegated variety "Variegata" is widespread in the gardens of Russians. The background of the leaf is bluish, and on it there are sharply outlined white spots, sectors, sometimes a border. Shoots spread low on the ground, not rising above 7-10 cm. The variety practically does not bloom.

In our nursery, we managed to isolate another variegated budra form. Her leaves have a dark green background, usual for a wild form, and are covered with golden-yellow spots of various shapes. We named this variety “Golden October”, because the leaves of the plant are most intensely colored in August-October, after the heat subsided and the onset of relatively warm cloudy weather with intermittent clouds and rains.

Answers to frequently asked questions

How to water ivy? In the warm season, it is necessary to water it at intervals of 2-3 times a week. In no case should the soil dry out excessively, as this negatively affects the growth of the chedera.
A couple of tricks that can help a grower with ivy propagation. If you transplanted it, and after 7-10 days new shoots have not appeared on it, it may lack minerals and fertilizers for productive growth. In this case, it makes sense to change the land, which will be more rich in nutrients. The size of the section of the plant, from which a new one will then appear, should vary from 10 to 20 cm. Thanks to this, the root system of the hedera will receive an acceptable amount of micronutrients, which will allow the buds to bloom and give the loach a new life.

In general, ivy is a very unpretentious plant that does not require excessive maintenance. For its successful growth and development, it is necessary to ensure the optimal level of feeding, heat and humidity, with the help of which the heder will grow.The loach is quite suitable for use in decorating a particular room due to its appearance, which makes it akin to a vine.

Annual vines

There are more than one hundred varieties of climbing plants with a lifespan in one season. All of them are different in appearance and other features, but they are distinguished by common characteristics, for example, a long stem with missing side shoots. Usually they braid hedges, terraces, walls in well-lit places. Vines are light-requiring, they need enough light for normal development.

At the planting site, the soil must be carefully dug up. Annuals are planted annually. They have the ability to scatter seeds around and displace nearby flowers. The owner of the site has to make sure that this does not happen.

Formation

Liana is an indoor flower, so it should serve as an interior decoration. The main thing here is not to miss the moment and give the growing loach the right direction, as well as shape its exterior. To do this, you need to purchase or make yourself a wall or pot support. Of course, a plant can form by itself, climbing up a wall or a rack, but it will be better if the owner is engaged in its formation. Those branches that need to be split open are pinched in the area of the apical shoot. After that, the lateral processes begin to break through the plant.

In order to obtain a long main lash, it is constantly wrapped around the installed support in the desired direction and carefully fixed. Indoor liana, such as passionflower, crawls by itself, using antennae. You can control the direction of its advance by removing unnecessary mustache.

In addition to climbing plants, what other indoor flowers cannot be kept in the house?

It is extremely important to know about this, since some species pose a great threat to human and animal health.

All plants of the family Euphorbia, Solanaceae, Aroid, Aralia, all varieties and types of lilies, rhododendrons and azaleas are not advised to be kept indoors.
What kind of indoor plants are low-toxic? This group is made up of indoor flowers of the Amaryllis family - aloe, geranium, dracaena, yucca, Kalanchoe, amaryllis, clivia, etc.
Which houseplants are safe? Currently, there are many home colors that are completely safe for human life and health. For example, uzumbara violets, orchids, gloxinia, various types of succulents, hibiscus and others.

Good luck to you!!!

Hedera

Usually this plant is called in a simple way - indoor ivy. This flower has carved deltoid leaves and strong creeping shoots. The plant is not considered difficult to care for. It loves moderate shade and moist soil. However, do not fill in the cheder, a too wet clod of soil will destroy the plant.

Such ivy has small growths on the stems. If the stem reaches a place favorable to itself, then clinging roots appear from these growths. Ivy grows where this root fell. Be careful. If, deciding to get a heder, you hang or put a pots with another plant next to it, then ivy will not behave very modestly. He can "reach" with a branch to the soil of a neighboring pot and safely "land" in it.

In nature, this plant entwines entire slopes of rocky hills and even the mossy walls of old houses. It grows very quickly and hides bare spots. If you need to decorate such a corner in your room as soon as possible, ivy will cope with this task and will not cause difficulties.

Don't expect the chedera to bloom. The plant produces buds only at a fairly old age (10-13 years). No room contributes to such a long life of this ivy.

Anthurium climbing

To disguise the stem of the scindapsus, slightly bare from the bottom, the bathroom was added climbing anthurium, by this time, having collected a good amount of plump dark green leaves on the northern windowsill. And even those who set the first fruits - a bunch of pearls.

Climbing anthurium. <>

He also liked it there, the shoots began to actively grow and release aerial roots, in the spring he bloomed and already tied many pearl clusters. The rating of the bathroom has jumped at times.

The only difficulty in handling anthurium is the fragility of the stems and leaves. Attach them to the support with the utmost care. Only aerial roots, like rubber ones, and nothing is done to them with any handling. They are white, they do not spoil the view, and with sufficient humidity they climb from everywhere.

The rest of the plant is also very unpretentious. And his health is all right. The growth rate is slow at first, then medium, tillering well. Broken shoots take root willingly.

Cissus rhomboid

Initially, I wanted greenery. Lot. So that it trailed along all the walls, hung from somewhere. Flowers are optional. For some reason, I am indifferent to the flowers in the room, in contrast to the flowers on the site. First appeared cissus rhomboid "Ellen Danica" - a completely "unkillable" plant.

Cissus Rhombifolia ‘Ellen Danica’. <>

He grew up near the south window, rather calmly surviving the summer twilight due to the lilac covering the window. And the winter dryness of the air does not care for him. For the first two years, it gracefully hung from a hanging planter, increasing the green mass. In the third year, he moved to an outdoor, noticeably more spacious, and received a support on the wall. A year later, pulling up his antennae on the support, he reached the ceiling, caught on the curtain and began to master the ceiling space, dropping all his garbage from there onto the floor.

It was necessary to wipe, spray and collect dried leaves from a stepladder. The leaves dry out most often due to excessive moisture. It is difficult to dry it, but pouring it is easier. There was a precedent in the next department at work: the leaves began to dry up and compassionate colleagues, of course, intensified the watering. By the time the main "grower" returned from vacation, the vine had lost half of its baldness and looked very sad. Barely pumped out.

So, my cissus took up a third of the wall and part of the ceiling of a rather large room, hanging from everywhere and collecting all the house dust. At the same time, he looked very cheerful, especially after wiping and spraying. I have never been ill with anything, violently growing and clinging to whatever it gets.

Since it clings tightly with its antennae, it is impossible to move a branch or shoot with little blood, you have to mercilessly cut the antennae, and sometimes the stems. Cut and finely cut (15-20 cm) shoots willingly and quickly take root in water. Since light is not particularly needed for rooting, vases with green scraps of vines are placed throughout the house, even in the hallway.

In the fourth year of cultivation, after returning from vacation, having collected all the garbage that Cissus had thrown over during my absence and wiped the leaves from dust, I thought: maybe I can get by with less greenery in the room? There were kind people in a nearby office building, they took my plant entirely. And even dragged to the place and hung up without much damage.

Overdose

You need to be careful when using Budra for self-medication. It is very important to observe the dosage, as in large quantities the herb causes poisoning, and symptoms can be:

weak pulse;
heat;
hard breath;
bleeding.

Overdose intoxication causes severe sweating, salivation and tachycardia. Breathing problems may occur.

If this happens, you should call an ambulance and take calcium chloride, activated charcoal or laxative, which is why it is important to carefully observe the dose of ivy budra.

How to use ivy in landscaping

Ivy are widely used in landscaping the interiors of residential and office buildings, gardens, parks, and personal plots. Skillfully combining them with wood, ceramics, and other plants, magnificent compositions are obtained.

A great advantage of ivy over other groups of plants is the possibility of their vertical placement, which saves the green area.

The climbing ivy plant is able to conquer the walls of the house without additional supports. It is difficult for this root-growing plant to climb only on smooth glass and metal vertical surfaces.

White or very light surfaces that strongly reflect the sun's rays can also harm it. Two or three ivy plants are capable of creating a large mass of greenery in a short time, which will protect in summer from direct sunlight and overheating, and in winter the walls of houses from excessive heat transfer.

When planting ivy in the country as a ground cover plant, it can get along with trees such as maple and birch, which have a highly developed surface root system and therefore usually have no neighbors.

If common ivy is bred in a room culture, it must be transplanted once every three years, increasing the diameter of the pot by 2 cm.

Many types of ivy are widely used for vertical landscaping. Common ivy is suitable for the neighborhood of stones, both natural and artificial. However, the use of ivy in green design is somewhat different in the northern regions.

Since common ivy can hibernate only under a snow cover, all the shoots above it freeze over. Therefore, you cannot create a solid green wall or sheared figures from it. It is suitable for creating low curbs, which, if necessary, can be covered for the winter.

Common ivy is successfully combined with shrubs, perennials, forms a magnificent pair with standard roses. The reddish color that ivy acquires in early spring and late autumn well sets off snowdrops and primroses.

As shown in the photo, variegated forms of common ivy in the garden give picturesque combinations with perennials and purple-leaved shrubs:

Irish ivy quite frost-resistant, therefore it is used for planting near stone walls and fences, shading arched alley structures and tunnels.

Colchis ivy in favorable conditions forms decorative bedspreads on stone fences of city houses, walls and country villas.

Carpathian ivy fairly hardy, but does not form a continuous coating. It is used to decorate individual areas or gaps in the stone slabs of the fence.

Garden ivy used to decorate external hedges, dividing fences inside the site, beautiful framing of a gazebo or pool.

This ivy in the garden grows quickly and luxuriantly in a very short time, so it can be used to refine old stone hedges, unsightly walls or the facade of a building. Bright flowering bushes look good against the background of a hedge of garden ivy.

Dwarf ivy varieties with small leaves can be planted in boxes outside the window, where they will grow for a long time. It is better to plant a large-leaved variety in a large container.

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Syngonium

The representative of the Aroid family has green foliage and variegated. More often they prefer to plant variegated varieties. An adult specimen forms a tuft of roots under each of its leaves in the hope of catching on to a suitable support or to the ground. Diffuse lighting and a temperature of 18-25 degrees Celsius are comfortable indicators for a vine. Watering is regular, but not plentiful.

It will not be difficult to propagate syngonium. Each root under the leaf plate, touching the moistened soil, grows safely, and a new young specimen is obtained.

Rafidofora

Slowly, but quite confidently, it is gaining popularity in our country. All the refinement of the plant lies in the feathery leaves. The flower quickly finds support and climbs almost any protruding area. Scourges can be up to 4.5 meters long. Rafidophora needs pruning. Watering infrequently. But it is necessary to moisten the leaves and air around the plant at least once every two to three days. Prefers diffused light. In winter, there comes a period when watering is reduced to once every ten days.

Monstera

A spectacular flower with huge carved leaf plates up to half a meter in length and width. In a home environment, it is better for a monster to grow in spacious rooms. The thick stem has many drooping roots. With them, the monstera masterly clings to any bulges. For this reason, the plant must be provided with a reliable and strong support. Loves damp ground and good, but not too bright lighting. Monstera reveals all the beauty in the fifth year of her life.

Epipremnum or scindapsus

The perennial evergreen indoor vine is prized for its leaves. They are quite dense and polished. The shape of the plate is close to cordate. The foliage can be variegated or a uniform green color. The length of thick stems increases to thirty centimeters per year. In general, epipremnum is capable of growing four-meter lashes.

A rather non-capricious specimen that feels great with moderate watering. This indoor vine, the photo of which is presented above, will delight you with gorgeous foliage only under the condition of bright, but diffused lighting. Be careful with the plant as it is quite poisonous. Therefore, you should only take care of it with gloves. Also, keep the plant away from children and pets.