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White cinquefoil, erect, shrub and other types

In total, there are 320 varieties of Potentilla, but only these types are suitable for home cultivation:

Potentilla varieties: description and photo

Of the presented types of Potentilla, there are varieties that have also gained popularity in home cultivation:

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• Planting Potentilla Herbaceous cinquefoil from seeds
• Planting shrub Potentilla

• Potentilla care How to care

Planting Potentilla in the open field

The flower is planted in partial shade, the soil is dry sandstone. The earth is dug up and leveled in advance.

Often, seeds are sown before cold weather, then they carry out natural stratification, and in spring, simultaneous shoots are observed. The selected place is well loosened, adding humus, they do this in advance so that the earth settles. The soil is carefully leveled with a rake, the planting material is scattered over the surface and the ground is covered.

When the seedlings appear, they are dived at a distance of about 10 cm, cleaned of weeds. Fortified shrubs are positioned so that the interval between them is 20-40 cm.

In order not to spoil the planting material, seedlings are often used. In this situation, the seeds are used in March:

• prepare boxes and fill them with a mixture of peat and sand, taken in equal proportions;
• moisten the soil;
• seeds are placed on the surface;
• the crops are covered with polyethylene;
• provide a temperature of + 15 ... + 18 ° С;
• after the formation of two permanent leaves, cinquefoil is transplanted in different containers.

They are placed in open ground at the end of the summer season.

The choice of location depends on the variety. There are both capricious and unpretentious types. For example, shiny cinquefoil is placed in dry sandstones on the southern side of the site, white - in partial shade.

When planting seedlings in the ground, it is recommended to follow this plan:

1. Make a hole. A layer of gravel is placed at the very bottom, and then a 1/2 hole is filled with a substrate of sheet soil, humus and sand (2: 2: 1).
2. The neck of the rhizome is placed so that it is located above the trench. Empty places are filled with garden soil, rammed and watered.
3. A month after planting, the soil is regularly moistened, preventing moisture stagnation.
4. Rapid drying of the soil is prevented by mulching the area around the shrub with sawdust, bark and straw.

Reproduction of Potentilla

Flower propagation is performed in three ways:

• division of the bush;
• layering;
• grafting.

It is recommended to divide the root system from the age of four. The bush is taken out of the ground and, using a sharpened disinfected knife, is divided into parts. Each new flower should have two to three buds of growth. The rhizome is treated with a growth stimulant and the cinquefoil is placed in the soil. The distance between the seedlings is 20-40 cm.

Reproduction by layering is the easiest way. Shoots growing from below are selected and an incision is made along their outer side. The cinquefoil is bent down, laid with an injured area in a previously dug groove, and covered with earth. By the fall, a rhizome appears, it is separated from the mother shrub and moved to a new site.

Apical shoots about 10 cm long are prepared for cuttings, the buds are removed. Rooted in a vessel filled with slightly damp perlite, or in the ground, covered with a container on top. Sprayed twice a day. All buds that appear are removed. After rooting, the cuttings are transplanted to another place and are already looked after as an adult plant.

Medicinal use of Kuril tea

The chemical composition of this tea

Due to the fact that this tea grows in places with a cold climate, it allows it to absorb a variety of nutrients and vitamins. For example, it contains components such as vitamin C, flavonoids, which are antioxidants and reduce the risk of radiation sickness. It also contains rutin, tannins and various tannins. It also contains components that help to quickly and easily assimilate all the vitamins found in this tea, so the tonic effect of this tea begins to be felt immediately after the first mug with the drink.

Potentilla care

When caring for a plant, weeding, loosening the soil, watering, feeding and removing wilted buds are carried out. Water application is performed only if there is no rain. Once every two weeks, use a bucket of warm water, pour it under each bush.

With spring mulching of the site with peat and sawdust, the frequency of weeding and loosening decreases.Mulch is added several times over the summer.

They feed the flower three times a season, apply a mineral-type fertilizer intended for flowering plants. Purchased from a specialist gardening store. In a very hot summer season, spraying is rarely recommended.

Mister summer resident warns: diseases and pests

The shrub has good immunity and rarely suffers from insects and diseases. But there are a number of pathologies that still affect the cinquefoil:

• rust;
• spotting;
• powdery mildew.

If an annual was struck, then no action is taken. In September, the shrub is already thrown away, and the summer decorative effect will not decrease in any way. In the presence of diseases in perennials, they are treated with fungicides. Colloidal sulfur or Bordeaux liquid works well. Of the pests, the plant is occasionally affected by scoops. They are eliminated using insecticides Decis and Fitoverm.

Rules for the preparation of Kuril tea

Collecting a plant

The procurement of Kuril tea begins during its flowering period and can continue until autumn, when the flowers fall off and lose their properties. In order to prepare the maximum amount of tea, tough gloves can be used, since the branches of the plant are quite strong and can injure.

Drying the plant

The plant must be sorted out and the yellowish leaves must be separated. You can dry them either in the shade in the fresh air, or in a warm room that is well ventilated. It is recommended to cover them with gauze so that various debris or insects do not get on the drying, Kuril tea is dried quite simply and does not rot.

White cinquefoil: useful properties and contraindications

White cinquefoil is widespread in folk medicine, because its beneficial properties contribute to the fight against such pathologies:

1. Problems with the functioning of the endocrine system. Used for the treatment of thyroid diseases, with its dysfunction. Using cinquefoil, knots are removed and toxins are eliminated from the body.
2. Gynecological pathologies. Decoctions of the plant normalize the monthly cycle, dissolve uterine cysts and neoplasms (even of a malignant nature).
3. High blood pressure. Promotes a decrease, normalizes the functioning of the heart and blood vessels.
4. Obesity. Used to improve metabolic processes.
5. Stress. Medicines containing the plant have a positive effect on the central nervous system. Eliminate mental disorders, help to survive emotional upheavals of various strengths, relieve depression.
6. Abscess. All inflammatory processes of the skin or damage obtained mechanically pass faster if they are treated with tincture of white cinquefoil.
7. Gastritis. Medicines with the addition of the plant have a positive effect on the state of acidity in the stomach. Relieve sharp pains, relieve sensations.
8. Diarrhea. Cinquefoil contains tannin components that quickly eliminate this problem.

But, despite all the positive properties of the plant, there are also contraindications to the use of drugs based on it:

• low blood pressure;
• colitis that accompany atomic-type constipation;
• urolithiasis (the plant provokes the movement of stones that get stuck in the ureter and cause an inflammatory process in the organ);
• carrying a baby (bleeding occurs, which negatively affects the condition of the baby);
• lactation (the effect of a flower on a child through breast milk has not been studied, therefore experts do not recommend taking risks).

If we take into account all the contraindications to the use of Potentilla, then the plant is able to get rid of many pathologies. And with high-quality care, it will delight you with its flowering for a long time.

Modern use

In many places, there is still a hunting tradition: during the brewing process, add a little Kuril tea to boiling water, which is the prevention of various infections and helps in the fight against known viruses, which is also confirmed by medicine. An aqueous decoction of dried leaves of quinfoil shrubs is used to disinfect and wash any wounds and skin lesions in the field, healers generally recommend using it to treat skin diseases.

Now the therapeutic and decorative properties of Kuril tea are appreciated. Quinta-leaf shrubs are often found in flower beds and on alpine hills.