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Felted felt: planting, cultivation and care
Felted felt - an attractive perennial plant with white small flowers, which have the form of an asterisk; Is a decorative decoration of any rock garden, although in nature is more common as a weed. A representative of the clove family, a nipple - comes from the Balkans, lives practically all over the world, and is most often found in the northern regions. Flowers larvae and lepidoptera often feed on the flowers.
Description
In nature there are more than 100 species of this plant - inconspicuous, modest, complementing any landscape (from the alpine slide in the garden to the endless steppe spaces). Many species of pimples have hairy leaves, the height of the plant varies from 5 to 45 centimeters.
The most demanded among gardeners is the felted felt, the cultivation of which does not require special knowledge and effort. Otherwise it is called "summer snow". The white flowers of the plant, characterized by a felted felt ("crystal waterfall") in the summer heat, resemble a snow carpet, located on silvery-gray leaves. Flowering in this variety lasts 30 days.
The jasper as an element of garden decor
The jask is used to decorate alpine hills, decorate rose gardens, low curbs, create hanging barriers, and also as a ground cover plant. Densely tangled stems form a dense carpet of silvery-white color, which is given to him by small, pubescent leaves of a silvery hue. Emerging in June, white flowers make this carpet of natural origin even more expressive. Planted between the stones, the flicker quickly covers them with a fluffy white carpet, animating the external picture.
Felt felt, reviews of which unpretentiousness cause a huge desire to settle it in their own garden, grows close to the ground. Gardeners say that, in spite of the fact that this plant is ground-covering (that is, it is able to cover the ground), it does not have any kind of aggressive character of growth, although it spreads to nearby territories quite quickly.
Reproduction
Seeds, propagation and division of the bush are three ways in which the felt felts reproduce. Cultivation from seeds is rather laborious, therefore it is used less often than the other two methods. When the flower grows in the room, seed germination will occur in half a month after planting. In the garden sprouts planted after the end of all frosts or in the fall. If the jask is grown from seeds, it will only bloom for the next year. Cuttings are produced in the spring, the shoots are rooted in the garden in the penumbra or greenhouse.
Felt felt felt well on sandy-loamy or light soils; Plant the plant is recommended in sunny places, maintaining a distance of 25-30 cm when planting. It will not be superfluous to feed organic (5-7 kg per square meter). It is advisable to transplant every 5-7 years. The flicker is light-loving, drought-resistant and frost-resistant.
Felted felt: care
Care for such an unpretentious hardy plant is to weed out and get rid of excess shoots, which you can use to reproduce it. Shoots that have faded, should be cut and removed. Felted felt treats trimming, which should be done regularly to give the plant a neat decorative appearance. The flower does not like an excess of moisture, therefore it is recommended to moderate regular watering in the summer and its reduction in the rest of the time. Sometimes in snowless winters the plant can die, therefore it is recommended to cover it with coniferous lapnik. Felted felt is resistant to pests, but with an overabundance of moisture, it can be affected by a fungus.
Natural garden carpet
The flower felted felt fits well with various plants, especially looks beautiful against the background of blue or blue bells. In small rock gardens use dwarf species that form picturesque mats 5-10 cm high, not inferior in terms of decoration to the best tall representatives. It grows at a tremendous speed, quickly filling empty spaces, sweeping away smaller, weaker plants on its way, and yielding to resignedly strong and large representatives of the flora. Felt felt is used to create a background, as well as a ground cover plant under trees and shrubs.
It is the jacquard that can fill the devastated zones in the garden: unpretentious to water, it will revitalize stone areas, even those where other flowers do not take root. Flowers single, white, up to 1.5 cm in diameter. Flowering lasts about 30 days. It can also grow calmly in the shade of trees and under bushes, while feeling quite tolerable. Against the backdrop of the trees, the sponge looks very harmonious, animating the external picture. This is a great background for the bushes. Sculptured felt as a decorative plant can be found in many gardens of the planet.
Species of the pirate
For decoration by gardeners, the alpine jask is also used, a low-growth plant, which is distinguished by its peculiar pubescence among its relatives. Decorative appearance can give him timely removal of dried flowers and cropping of leaves by several centimeters.
The Biberstein flicker is a herbaceous plant, characterized by a significant puff. The height can reach 20 cm. The flowering period, which begins in the spring days, is approximately 20 days. The flower is completely uneduous, resistant to drought, but requires sufficient illumination. It grows at an incredible speed, so regularly it is necessary to remove shoots. Leaves and stems are densely pubescent. The origin is Crimean, therefore it has the second nickname - "Crimean edelweiss". Used for decorative purposes to fill the voids between the stones and cover large dry areas.
A field flicker can grow in any conditions: both from the stem root, and from the entangled system. Able to take the form of a vertical plant, lianas, lumps. The height reaches 30 to 45 cm. The plant is slightly hairy in structure, the leaves are spear-shaped, oblong and linear. Inflorescence can consist of a single flower, consisting of 5 petals, and from a cluster of several.
A white whit, like its relatives, grows very quickly. The height reaches 60 cm and above. A special charm is given to a tall bush by a snow-white color, which is created by white flowers and silvery stems. The stem is creeping or raised. Leaves remain until frost.
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