The mimulus, who came to our lands from the Australian continent and America, is popularly called the lipstick. This is a very beautiful and spectacular herb that perfectly complements the landscape design and does not require complex maintenance. Another name "monkey flower" indicates the distant similarity of the shape of the flower with the muzzle of small animals. Outdoor sponges will be an excellent solution for any flower garden. The variety of colors makes it possible to decorate the site in an unusual and attractive way.
Popular varieties of astrania
- Astrantia ‘Abbey Road’ is a variety with large reddish-purple inflorescences with dark purple wrappers. Height 45-60 cm blooms from mid to late summer. Prefers semi-shady places, but can grow in sunny places, provided that they are sufficiently moist. The plant is bright, juicy, expressive, a godsend for shady corners of the garden.
- Astrantia ‘Buckland’ is a cultivar with pale pink inflorescences against a background of silvery-green wrappers. Blooms from June to September. Plant height 65-70 cm. Grows in the sun and in partial shade.
- Astrantia ‘Claret’ is a variety with wine-red buds with transparent wrappers of the same color. Height is about 50-55 cm. It blooms for a very long time, from June to the end of September. Looks very nice in large groups under the trees. Prefers semi-shady and shady places. Can be grown as a container crop.
- Astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’ is a powerful, tall (75-80 cm) variety, with blood-red inflorescences. Differs in very long flowering - from late spring to late summer. Prefers light shade.
- Astrantia ‘Lars’ is a variety with dark red inflorescences with lighter wrappers. Blooms from June to late September. Prefers light shade. Height 55-70 cm.
- Astrantia ‘Moulin Rouge’ is a variety with inflorescences of a unique dark wine-red tone, the wrapper is even darker, almost black. Blooms from early to late summer. It can grow both in an open sunny place and in partial shade. In the shade, the color of the flowers becomes weaker.
- Astrantia ‘Ruby Wedding’ is a variety with dark red inflorescences. They bloom in early summer, flowering lasts until early autumn. Height 55-65 cm. Prefers moderate shade.
Kostienets masonry. Red Book
Masonry bone
Family Kostenets - Aspleniaceae Kostenets moth - Asplenium ruta-muraria L.
Category and status. ... 2 a. It is a relict species with a disjunctive habitat and declining numbers as a result of changes in conditions of existence or destruction of habitats.
A brief description of. A small, up to 10 cm, perennial rock fern with a short, rather thick rhizome, triangular or oval-lanceolate wintering fronds. Sori are located along the veins, oblong or linear, often merging with each other. Sporulation in July-September (1).
A brief description of. In the Amur Region, the only known location is in the Shimanovsky District, 5 km southeast of the village of Chagoyan (2).
Outside the region in Russia, this fern is distributed unevenly in the Caucasus, Urals, Siberia and the Far East (3-6), outside Russia - in North America, Europe, North Africa, China, the Himalayas, Mongolia, Japan (1, 3, four).
Features of ecology and phytocenology. Xeromesophyte, shade-tolerant species. Grows in the cracks of limestone rocks.
The number and state of local populations. The approximate number of the only population in the Amur Region is about 50 individuals, it is decreasing due to human economic activity (development of lime deposits). In the event of the construction of the Nizhnezeiskaya HPP, the location may be flooded by a reservoir.
Limiting factors. The small number of an isolated population, confinement to specific habitats; development of lime deposits.
Security measures taken. In the Amur region until now it has not been guarded. The species is included in the Red Data Books of the Khabarovsk Territory, Primorsky Territory, Sakhalin Region, the Jewish Autonomous Region and other constituent entities of the Russian Federation (7-11).
Necessary security measures. Search for new locations, control of the state of the population, creation of protected areas for the protection of the species.
Cultivation opportunities. It is possible to grow in rock gardens and use retaining walls for landscaping (12), but it is difficult to take root and slowly grows in culture (13).
Information sources. 1. Tsvelev, 1991; 2. Gorovoy, Kreschenok, 2005; 3. Krasnoborov, 1988; 4. Shmakov, 1999; 5. Smirnov, 2002; 6. Rubtsova, 2002; 7. The Red Book of Khabarovsk ..., 1999; 8. Red Book of Primorsky ..., 2008; 9. The Red Book of the Jewish ..., 2006; 10. Red Book of Sakhalin ..., 2005; 11. Red List ..., 2004; 12. Schmick 1996; 13. Konovalova, Shevyreva, 2004. Compiled. I.A. Epiphany.
How to plant Astrantia seedlings
Astrantia can reproduce by self-seeding, while there is a possibility of loss of varietal traits, as the people say: transfer. Therefore, it is desirable to control this process. Note that the seeds of varietal plants will not necessarily retain all varietal characteristics, but they will also be interesting. You can sow a starfish before winter, and thin out the seedlings in the spring. True, in this case, we are not insured against any whims of nature, in case of late frosts we can be left without flowers.
This means that it is better to grow seedlings, especially since no special knowledge or skills are needed.
- The seeds need to be stratified (for the winter, put the seeds of astrantia in the vegetable box of the refrigerator), and in March, sow them in light soil, shallow.
- Water, maintain the temperature at about 22˚C, keep under a transparent cover until the first shoots appear.
- Then put in a very lighted place, moisten the substrate, after the appearance of a couple of leaves, the seedlings must be thinned out.
- After a couple of weeks, we dive the seedlings in separate pots, make sure that there are no stable drafts, two weeks before planting in the ground, we begin to harden.
- As soon as we can leave the seedlings at the hardening site for a day, they are ready for planting.
Common ostrich. Botanical description of the Common Ostrich
The Common Ostrich (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is a perennial fern that got its name from the similarity of its leaves with the feathers of the Ostrich, and for the black stem it is also called the Black Fern. The plant belongs to the Onokleev family.
The rhizome of the Common Ostrich is rather thick, vertical; leaves are dimorphic, vertical. Vegetative sterile photosynthetic leaves, or, as they are called, trophophylls, reaching up to 1.5 m in length (in the wild nature of Asia - up to 4 meters) and up to 40 cm in width, are double pinnate. They form a funnel, in the center of which there are short, once feathery, fertile spore-bearing leaves (sporophylls) with cylindrical segments, inside which sori are hidden. Sporophylls appear later than trophophylls, they are very similar to the feather of an ostrich. In spore-bearing leaves, the edges of the segments are rolled up to the midrib.
Young Ostrich sporophylls are light green, then dark brown, thereby creating a contrast with sterile light green leaves.In autumn, sterile leaves wither, but spore-bearing leaves remain for the winter. In spring, the spores are released, while the edges of the leaves unfold.
The Common Ostrich reproduces by spores and with the help of stolons. The spores of the plant are large, they begin to germinate in spring, as soon as the first rains fall, without a dormant period, immediately after dispersal. The spores contain a significant number of chloroplasts and are therefore green in color.
The most decoratively attractive Ostrich Ostrich looks in June.
Vegetative propagation of astrania
It can take two ways: dividing the mother bush and by small pieces of rhizome. In the first case, the timing is spring and autumn, and in the second - only until the moment of awakening and the beginning of the growing season of the plant. In specialized stores, it is the rhizomes of various varieties that are most often sold. Astrantia, planting and caring for which will take a little time, reproduces well in this way, and the survival rate is high. The only thing worth paying attention to is the root system. Before purchasing a plant, carefully inspect the rhizome if it is open. If astrantia is in a container, then take a look at the leaves, they should be bright, with normal turgor, without signs of damage. When buying rhizomes in the spring, you can plant them immediately in the ground, if it's winter outside, then use small containers with light and nutritious soil.
Heilantes silver. Heilantes Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes fragrans
Rocks, walls of buildings. Central Europe, Mediterranean. The plant is about 10 cm tall with 2-3 feathery evergreen leaves (fronds). Light, partial shade. The gaps between the stones, filled with a moisture-consuming substrate. Drought-resistant. Reproduction by dividing rhizomes in the spring.
Heilantes the most graceful Cheilanthes gracillima Experiments with this American rock fern showed that its gametophytes remained alive after 9 months of drying and after placing them in conditions of sufficient moisture, they developed normally. In nature, gametophytes were also found at an age of about a year and, therefore, survived the dry summer period and the winter that followed. As in culture, these gametophytes showed numerous proliferations and vegetative growth. Sporophytes of this species are able to delay the dispersion of spores during the dry season. Its spores ripen in April-May, but during the entire dry season they persist in sporangia on leaves, folded into an almost cylindrical shape. Only with the arrival of rains, usually in autumn, the leaves unfold, and then the spores dissipate.
Heilantes Kuna Cheilanthes kuhnii Found only in the extreme south of the Far East. Fern rocks and slopes in the forest. Korotkokornevischny rosette hemicryptophyte 10-30 cm high, with a short rhizome. The petioles are reddish-brown, the leaf blades are broadly lanceolate, twice, less often thrice-pinnate, dark green above, whitish below with pubescence.
Heilantes eagle-eyed Cheilanthes pteridioides
Rhizome in black-brown films. The leaves are short, dull green, leathery, glabrous above, sometimes with glands below, oval-oblong, thrice pinnately dissected. The petioles are shiny, brown or black, very thin, like the stem, covered with films. Segments of the 1st order are triangular, the segments of the last order are very small, narrow-oblong, obtuse, the lowest are obtuse-lobed, the uppermost ones are completely merged. The edge of the fertile segments is solid or discontinuous, membranous, entire or with very short cilia. Disputes appear in June-July.
Heilantes Persian Cheilanthes persica Listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. It is found in the cracks of limestone rocks in the Caucasus, in the Crimea, in the mountains of Central Asia, in the Eastern Mediterranean. Quite winter hardy look. Fern 8-30 cm tall, with a short rhizome and reddish-brown, shiny petioles.The leaves are oblong in outline, twice, thrice-pinnate, and the feathers are small, swollen, rounded.
Heilantes pterisous Cheilanthes acrostica
Heilantes parted by Cheilanthes distans Australia. Perennial rhizome fern up to 12cm tall. Straight feathery fronds with wide obtuse stipules, pubescent below.
Heilantes silver Cheilanthes argentea
Included in the Red Book of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Siberia, the Far East, Japan, China, Mongolia. It lives in crevices and at the base of rocks, on rocky slopes, especially limestone ones, in the forest belt, forest-steppe and steppe. Very winter hardy species. Height 10-25 cm, short rhizome, pentagonal in outline, pinnately-separated leaves on reddish-brown petioles. Dark green above, below covered with white or yellowish, mealy bloom. Forms small turf.
Heilantes thin-leaved Cheilanthes tenuifolia Homeland - Australia. Perennial fern up to 40cm tall. Creeping short chestnut brown rhizome. Dark green frond 3-4 times divided with shiny triangular stipules.
What is the time to plant Astrantia in open ground
As a rule, planting seedlings of Astrantia in open soil is recommended in the last days of May or the first days of June. For planting, both a well-lit area and one located in a small shade of trees are suitable. The soil must be nutritious and loose, and its composition can be almost any.
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Application in garden decoration
The lipstick is a very delicate and beautiful flower that will perfectly fit into the architecture of any garden and house area. It is used to decorate the house and the area at the entrance. The plant showed itself best of all when decorating:
- borders;
- alpine slides;
- discount;
- small flower beds;
- hanging window pots.
Open lips and yellow ones become excellent solutions for decorating the coastal area of artificial reservoirs. And in shallow water, several varieties of mimulus can grow, including copper-red, speckled and red.
Plants growing in the pond do not need to be deeply buried. A little immersion in the soil is enough for them. Together with other flowers, they can perfectly decorate an artificial pond or a small stream near the house. Such a composition looks gentle and attractive, it will delight with a beautiful color all summer long.
How to properly land astrania
There is absolutely nothing complicated in planting and caring for such flowers. When planting between the bushes, a distance of 0.3 to 0.4 m should be observed.It should be taken into account that after planting the plant should be at the same level at which it grew in the pot. Around the planted plants, the soil should be tamped, and then they are watered very well. The flowering of Astrantia grown through seedlings begins after 3 years.
Nephrolepis. Description of nephrolepis
Nephrolepis is a genus of ferns of the Lomariopsis family, but in some classifications it is included in the Davalliev family. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words nephros (νεφρ -) - "kidney" and lepis (λεπίς) - "scales", in the form of a veil.
The genus Nephrolepsis includes about 30 species, some of which grow in open places and therefore tolerate sunlight well. Nephrolepis grows in tropical areas in America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia. Outside the tropics, nephrolepis are found in Japan and New Zealand.
The shortened stems of the plant give rise to thin horizontal shoots on which new rosettes of leaves develop. The leaves are pinnate, maintaining apical growth for several years and reaching a length of 3 m or more.Sori in nephrolepis are located at the ends of the veins. They are either rounded or elongated along the edge, like in nephrolepis acuminata. The veil is rounded or oblong, fixed at one point or attached along the base. Sporangia on legs, uneven ages within the same sorus. The spores are small, with a more or less clearly distinguishable feather bed.
In addition to the usual reproduction with the help of spores, nephrolepis easily reproduce vegetatively. On their rhizomes, ground leafless, rooting shoots covered with scales are formed, similar to strawberry mustache. It is a very effective breeding agent. Within one year, one plant can form over a hundred new ones. Some species of this genus reproduce with the help of tubers, which are formed in abundance on underground shoots - stolons.
Astrania care
Caring for Astrantia in the open field is reduced to dosed periodic watering, loosening the soil and timely top dressing. Loosening of the soil around the roots of a perennial should be carried out as carefully as possible so as not to damage the delicate root system. Watering the plant should be carried out periodically, preventing the soil from drying out in the beds, but without overflow.
Advice! For the long flowering of Astrantia, it is necessary to cut out the faded peduncles in a timely manner.
In winter, caring for Astrantia consists in warming the bushes wintering in the open ground with spruce branches. In early spring, with the onset of warmth, spruce branches should be removed, preventing the bushes from drying out.
Types of Budra
Ordinary budra the height reaches 40 cm, the stems creep along the ground, and the branches rise. The leaves of the upper layer are closer in shape to the heart, the lower ones are more rounded. The buds are painted in a light purple, purple hue, sometimes reddish. Forms a little bunches - 2-3 buds in a bunch at the top of the stems. Blooms in May or early June, the scent is mint, strongly pronounced.
Ivy budra a herbaceous plant can reach a length of up to 60 cm. Flowers are more common purple and blue, the leaves are standard - kidney-shaped or heart-shaped. Belongs to the group of nectar plants.
Ivy budra the smallest flower variety, barely reaching a height of 20 cm. Forms very dense rugs, and the stems spread along the ground up to 50 cm. The leaf cups are short, not heart-shaped, more like buds. The smell of flowering buds is pleasant, not very pronounced. The flowers form groups of 3-4 buds, they are found mainly in a lilac-blue hue.
Variegated budra grows up to 15 cm in height, forms less dense, then beautiful carpets. The stems have many shoots, they stretch 40 cm in length. The leaves have white edges, spots.
There are no hybrid catnip species. You can grow the plant at home and in the garden.
Pruning astrania
Astrantia pruning is carried out at the end of flowering. The plant itself is not aggressive, but it can easily spread by self-seeding. Therefore, it is better to cut the inflorescences so that the starlet does not crowd out other plants.
Cosmetic pruning can be done in early spring. In adult Astrantia, the lower leaves are cut off. Thanks to this, you will prevent the appearance of fungal diseases.
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General information
The branched stem takes root and can grow over a large area if not restricted. Budra is widespread throughout Russia, but beyond the Urals in some regions it is absent. Dense thickets are found in river floodplains, in deciduous forests with an abundance of maple, willow, alder and linden.
The flowers of the budra varieties are blue or light lilac. Flowering begins in May and lasts up to 60-90 days. The smell of the flower is strong, comes from all parts of the plant, some varieties smell unpleasant.
The heart-shaped or round leaves of the flower retain their greenery all winter. Gradually, old leaves are replaced by new ones: growth begins in April, ends before flowering, and the second wave starts in August and ends before the first frosts. The buds are located in the deciduous axils.
Fact! Due to the smell of budra, it got its second name - catnip - it strongly attracts fluffy pets.
Diseases and pests of astrania
Zvezdovka is also notable for being resistant to diseases and pests. But too frequent watering and constant stagnation of water can lead to fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew. In this case, you can use fungicides after cutting off the affected areas. Astrantia is suitable for any climate and any soil. Unpretentiousness in care and resistance to disease make the starfish almost an ideal perennial.
It is important to know that in addition to the fact that Astrantia will be an unpretentious, but very decorative plant in the garden, it can be used in folk medicine. If there is a need to cleanse the body in case of various poisonings, then a decoction can be prepared from the roots and other parts of the plant, which will help to do this.
Species diversity
Although in natural conditions it grows in the tropics, some of its species have nevertheless gained popularity, decorating not only the interior, but also the landscape design of our area.
This representative of the tropical flora looks spectacular on alpine slides, retaining walls, and also rock gardens. Popular, for example, is the onion-bearing asplenium (also called viviparous), which is resistant to temperature drops to zero.
The nesting asplenium, which is completely unlike it, is known, first of all, for the continuous feathery leaves rising from the root rosette.
A variety of anticum (osaka) attracts the attention of flora lovers with wavy feathery leaves.
Ivy budra medicinal properties
Dogmint has been successfully used to treat various diseases and is included in the medicinal garden of those who prefer natural remedies:
- helps with diseases of the upper respiratory tract, even if they become chronic;
- eliminates runny nose and cough with phlegm;
- you can use the medicine to fight inflammation, germs and wounds;
- some sources mention the antidiabetic properties of the plant;
- use it to treat the bladder, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, liver.
Budra can be used in the form of baths, compresses for gout and wounds, as well as some skin diseases.
Important! The dosage of budra should be strictly observed, since it belongs to moderately poisonous plants. In the United States and Latin America, budra is grown specifically for medicinal purposes, although official medicine does not recognize the benefits of the herb.
Propagation of budra by cuttings
The simplest way to propagate catnip is by cuttings:
- Take a stalk from the mother culture, put it in wet sand or water;
- After a few days, roots will begin to form on it, after which you can plant the plant in the finished soil;
- A separate pot will help contain active growth.
Medicinal budra is an unpretentious plant, but if the conditions of detention are violated, diseases develop.
Varieties and types of mimulus: photo
Features of growing anemone
Among the variety of species and varieties, anemones are completely unpretentious, and there are those that require special care, and this difference is explained by the fact that some anemones have rhizomes, while others have tubers. Species with rhizomes are easy to grow, and mistakes in the care of tuberous anemones lead to serious consequences.
There are several things to consider if you are interested in growing anemones.
- Firstly, these flowers require mandatory watering in dry, sultry weather.
- Secondly, autumn feeding should be carried out with complex mineral fertilizers, and fertilized with organic fertilizers before planting or during growth and flowering.
- Thirdly, in winter, protect the anemones from frost by covering them with dry leaves.
- And the last thing: it is best to propagate anemones in spring by root suckers or seeds sown closer to winter. We will dwell on all these features in more detail below.
Gubastic in landscape design
What to plant a mimulus with a photo of flowers In the background, a tenacious Ayuga
Mimulus is beautifully combined with blue and blue flowers: forget-me-nots, brachicoma, meconopsis, veronica, cornflowers, tenacious, nemophila, blue lupine, etc. You can add gentle pink to the blue color, which will bring special notes of romanticism to the overall landing.
Gubastic mimulus on a flower bed photo
Plantings with low-growing blue ground coverts, for example, with rejuvenated plants, look original.
However, mimulus looks great in mono-plantings, against the background of decorative stones.
Mimulus lipstick in garden design photo
Flower mimulus (lipstick) - description
Although the flower of the lipstick is a perennial, it is grown in culture as an annual plant, although some species can withstand frosts down to -20 ºC. In height, herbaceous species of mimulus reach 70 cm, and semi-shrubs grow up to one and a half meters. The stems of the plant are branched, erect or creeping, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves are opposite, most often ovoid. Irregularly shaped monochromatic or spotted flowers up to 5 cm in diameter are collected in loose brushes. The corolla of the flowers is tubular, with a bipartite upper lip bent back, and the lower three-lobed lip is pushed forward. The fruit of the plant is a box with small brown seeds, which, when ripe, cracks in two.
Mimulus looks great in a flower bed, in rock gardens, suspended structures and containers. It is also used as a ground cover plant.
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Growing aconite
Many types of Aconites are quite winter-hardy. When placing in the garden, it should be borne in mind that Aconitum anthora and Aconitum carmichaelii should be planted in elevated sunny places. The rest easily put up with waterlogging.
Aconites tolerate transplantation well. It is convenient to do it in spring or autumn, when the stems have not yet grown or have already been cut. The size of the planting pit should be such that the rhizome fits freely in it. Before planting, the pit is filled with full mineral fertilizer (15–20 g per planting pit). The root collar is deepened by 1–2 cm.
Aconite is very easy to propagate vegetatively, by dividing the rhizomes: in spring or autumn, the bush is easily divided into parts. The landing distance should be at least 25-30 cm.
Reproduction by seeds is also possible. But in Aconites the embryo of the seed is not fully developed, so the seeds can sprout only after a year, when they are ripe. You can achieve faster germination of seeds by applying pre-sowing preparation, in particular, stratification. Seedlings usually bloom in the 2-3rd year. Varietal characteristics are not preserved during seed propagation.
Possible name confusion
Many plant varieties are bred and harvested by seeds for sale in foreign breeding nurseries, from where they are purchased in bulk by Russian firms. When they are packed in packages, foreign names are translated into Russian in different ways, and are often simply ignored and replaced by new ones, invented on their own. In this regard, it is quite possible to buy the same varieties under different names from different Russian producers. The analogy, alas, has to be drawn independently. To avoid such cases, it is recommended to buy different varieties of lipstick, and many other seeds grown abroad, from the same company to minimize such confusion.
Growing a lipstick from seeds
The difficulty of seed breeding lies in the extreme smallness of the practically pulverized seed. Just one gram of it contains up to 7000 grains! For this reason, there is no need to talk about their uniform distribution over the surface of the substrate, and overspending is inevitable.
Sowing is carried out in the first half of spring on a moist and slightly compacted soil. It is not necessary to sprinkle the seeds, but it is advisable to cover the top with glass or film to maintain moisture and general microclimate. At the stage of the second pair of true leaves, it is necessary to thin out the sowing, combining the procedure with a pick. High temperature for germination of seeds is not required; under normal room conditions, shoots can be expected after 2 weeks.
Preparing for planting anemone
Preparing the soil for anemones
Before planting anemones, you need to choose a planting site and prepare the soil. The site will need a spacious, shaded and protected from drafts. Anemone rhizomes grow strongly over the season, but are so fragile that they are damaged by contact, and this must be taken into account. Moreover, anemones do not tolerate extreme heat and drafts. The soil is well-drained, loose and fertile. Loam or deciduous soil with peat is best. To create an ideal structure, add plain sand to the soil, and you can reduce excessive acidity, which is harmful to anemone, by adding dolomite flour or wood ash to the soil.
What does budra grass look like?
Ivy budra is a perennial herb with leaves wintering under the snow and remaining green until spring. It got its name from the creeping and rapidly rooting shoots. Just like ivy, budra, under suitable conditions, assimilates large areas in a few years, displacing plants competing for water and nutrients. It covers not only the ground with a thick carpet, but also the fallen tree trunks.
Above the surface of the soil, ivy-shaped budra rises no more than 15 cm, and then during flowering. Tetrahedral, slightly pubescent shoots are located in a horizontal area, able to take root at each node. Stems 15-20 cm long, rarely 50 cm long, strongly branched and slightly raised at the ends.
Comment! Shoots grow much shorter when exposed to the sun than in the shade.
The leaves are opposite, that is, they come out of one node, and are arranged in pairs, symmetrically to each other, which is clearly visible in any photo of ivy budra grass. Their shape resembles a heart or a kidney, the edge is crenate with rounded denticles, the veins are clearly expressed. The size does not exceed 3 cm, the color is green, the petioles are of medium length.
Thin, fibrous roots break easily. But this has little effect on the general condition of the plant. Each node, touching the soil with sufficient moisture, takes root, without separating from the mother bush, supplies it with water and nutrients.
Ivy buddra undergoes two bursts of growth of leaves and shoots per season. The first begins in early spring and fades away with the beginning of bud formation. After flowering, the aerial part again enters the phase of active development. It stops only with the onset of frost.
Where budra grows
Ivy budra grass grows almost throughout Eurasia in temperate zones up to the Far East. It is absent only in some areas of the Trans-Urals. The culture came to North America along with settlers; in the central and adjacent states of the United States, it is considered a malicious weed.
Ivy budra grows in meadows, forests and bushes, along river banks, in private plots, neglected vegetable gardens and farm fields. Dog mint makes its way even through the asphalt of megalopolises, mastering abandoned lawns, the area near fences and along roadsides there.For culture, the main thing is that there is at least a little fertile soil and periodic watering.
Important! Dogmint will not grow on dry sandy soils.
When and how ivy budra blooms
Budra flowers are small, bisexual, tubular, 1-2.2 cm long, located in the middle or at the tops of the shoots. The corolla is two-lipped, violet-blue or bluish-lilac, the pharynx is often white, with dark strokes and specks. The upper part of the flower is short, split in two. The lower one is protruding, consists of four segments, with a bright purple spot in the middle. You can clearly see the structure of the dog mint flower in the photo.
The buds are collected in the leaf axils in 2-4 pieces. They open shortly after the beginning of the growing season - in April-May. Flowering is long, sometimes lasts until August. Dog mint fruits are prefabricated nuts, the seeds ripen by July-August.
Comment! Although ivy budra is considered a good honey plant, bees visit it more willingly in the absence of other flowers.
What is the smell of dog mint
The smell appears if you damage or rub the sheet with your fingers. Sharp and specific, not everyone likes it. To be more precise, few people would call the aroma of ivy budra pleasant. It resembles a mixture of mint and sage.
Comment! In combination with other scents, the ivy buddra aroma takes on new shades and becomes so interesting that it is often used as a perfume in the preparation of drinks or marinades.
Features of breeding budra
The plant propagates easily by self-seeding and takes root in the nodes as soon as they come into contact with the soil. You can breed dog mint yourself:
- layering;
- dividing the bush;
- planting green cuttings directly into the ground in spring or immediately after flowering;
- sowing seeds early in the season or before winter.
In order for the rooting of budra to be successful, it is enough to regularly water the planting. Cuttings will take root better in a slightly shaded place. As soon as new leaves appear, the dog mint can be repotted.
Planting anemones
Planting anemone tubers
Planting an anemones does not imply any special difficulties, the main thing is to determine the growth point. In pre-treated, swollen tubers, bud tubercles are visible, and it is clear how to plant them. But if in doubt, remember: the top of the anemone tuber is flat, so you need to plant it with the sharp end down. If you are confused by the shape of the tuber, plant it on the side. The hole for the anemone should be 30-40 cm in diameter and 15 cm deep. At the bottom of the hole, you need to pour handfuls of humus and ash, then place the tuber, sprinkle it with earth and crush it slightly. Water the planting site of anemones flowers well.
Planting anemone seeds
By the time of planting, anemone seedlings should have at least two leaves. Seedlings are planted in the ground in a slightly shaded area in the second year of growth. If planting is carried out in the fall, the sown area is covered with branches or leaves from frost. Anemones grown from seeds will be able to bloom only after three years.
As for the timing of planting tubers or seeds, you can ensure that anemones bloom on your site from April to November if you purchase different varieties and plant them at the optimal time for each of them.
