Decorative shrub of a family of peers 5 letters. Honey Heath: Landing and Care

Greetings, dear my readers. After all, how it turns out: the cold goes on us with a complete move, and we have whims, more abruptly than in pregnant women. Then we give the conifers, and now I wanted madonos. Looking at my irrepressible girlfriend, which, as I think, is no longer doing anything, except for my green, I involuntarily remember the old good joke: "And Monsieur knows a lot about perversions!" Is that "monsie" to replace "Madame" - and so yes.

Turn to the origins of the plant. The first mention of it is still in ancient legends. According to legend, plants were invited to settle on the slopes of non-frozen hills, which for some reason have not yet been decorated with no vegetation. Plants answered the creator with a decisive refusal, and only heather disadvantageously agreed. And as a reward for humility was generously awarded God, having received a badge of the honey aroma, indescribable beauty and unpretentiousness. Particularly valuable is considered heath Honeycapable of prolonged by Old-timers to extend beauty and youth. I do not assume to say how true it is, but the fact that it is precipitated all other types and varieties of honey that is precisely all the other types and varieties of honey, scientifically proven for all its properties. In fairness, I will note that in taste, unfortunately, much more modest than the other types of honey.

Heather refers to fluttering perennial shrubs. Belongs to the family of heather and is the only representative of the species. There are no less than twenty decorative varieties. It is intended for garden growing. Refers to healing mednel. Related plant can be considered Eric, which also applies to the family of heers, being, nevertheless, by a representative of another species. By the way, often Erica is accepted for heather, which is not entirely correct.

Height of height is relatively small and is only thirty-seventy centimeters. But the decorativeness of this plant is simply not in comparison with anything. It blooms peers in small and very fragrant flowers of small size. They are very very similar to the bells collected from the inflorescences. Stems, very bushy, as if buried in silk bedspreads of gentle colors. And even the leafs of this wonderful plant do not take decorativeness. They seem to be rolled into small tubes. By the way, thanks to this small feature of heather, it is often confused with juniper, until flowering begins. And it begins closer towards the end of summer. Especially beautiful heather after the onset of the first frosts - precisely at these moments of the foliage of heather acquires yellowish-crimson shades.

And the inflorescences, even being slightly frostable, stalling on the branches, as if not wanting to leave the native places - how beautiful it is and touching, my friends! The decorativeness of heather is truly difficult to overestimate. Well, very exquisite plant. Landscape designers prefer to combine healed planting with dwarf coniferous rocks, decorating with gardens, borders and alpine slides.

Interesting fact: Heather has adapted for a long time to survive on the most seemingly non-binding soils and places, which reached symbiosis with the simplest fungal microorganisms. It is from them that he receives assistance in the mining of nutrients from the depleted soil. In fact, if you look at the root system, you will see that it is simply in the networks of mushroom threads. Fungi, in turn, in literal sense They are fed by the life forces of the plant, so that in the fertilizer of heather almost no need is observed. This is how, thanks to the care of mother-nature, heather and survives without any problems in the most scanty conditions.

Now we run short on the characteristics of the soilwhich are preferred for the most fast and efficient height of heather. Heather grows perfectly in the climatic conditions of the middle strip by our great and mighty country. And if the soil on your site is also acidic slack and loose, consider that the ideal growing conditions for heather are created. He loves to be in open sunny places, although it can carry a little shading. But the alkaline or clarified heather's soil is unlikely to take place. If you plan the heather in the vases or garden containers, mix three pieces of peat, part of the sand, part of the coniferous soil and part of the sawdust and mix well. Are you an idealist? We agreed, then for coniferous land, go straight into the forest and dig it at a depth of at least five to six centimeters. If some miracle you already have a bit of the upper peat, you can do without sand. Each meter cubic land can be additionally enriched with 70-80 grams of sulfur.

So, consider landing your heather on the plot

To begin with, arm the shovel and remove the top soil layer for one pin, after which it must be replaced by the prepared soil. After that, the soil is slightly plugged - you can even just go through it with small steps, the effect will be achieved. Next, the soil needs to be acidified - pour it. For irrigation, a solution of ten liters of water and a hundred grams of apple six percent vinegar can be used.

And you do not need to think that the heather can only be planted in the spring. We did not in vain bought it now, because the landing under the winter is also quite acceptable. Of course, when landing in springtime, heather will be much easier to root, so that and the winter will be much easier for him to survive. It is possible to plant it in almost any way but seed. If you want to do with low blood, do not take seeds. After all, seedlings, glasses, bush depends, the top cuttings, in the end.

Take at least a gag, for example. With the gaze, so that you understand, heather in the power to multiply and without your intervention. Old Hungal trunks, including sprigs, begin to track and root themselves - this is exactly how new numerous pigs appear. So if you are planning to stay at your heather, some particular plot in your flower bed or garden, it follows it for the same convenience to protect the artificial fence or to build a kind of blockage. If you, on the contrary, decided to help a little this wonderful plant, pour the halter shooting shoots at least a two-chamber layer. If you fasten the resulting mound, a year later, you will have ready-made strong seedlings, which are simply separated from the parent plant and planted in separate wells.

Now as applies to landing seedlings heather

Distance between landing wells It should be at least half a meter from his friend. The sizes itself should be at least twice the root volume. Before you sit, you should find out another important detail: their root system grows horizontally, but when buying a ready-made container seedling, the roots look bored to the center. So here: they need to straighten! The seedling is added only to the level of the root cerv. At the end of the landing, the soil is slightly tamped - it can be done even with hands. Saplings need abundant irrigation and subsequent mulching peat. Peat may well be replaced by sawdust or slips of crust bark. It is coniferous rocks that accumulate in the cortex of mycorrhiza, which heather is necessary as air. If on your site, the soil is clay, be sure to take care of drainage. You can fasten the bottom of the planting fossa with pebbles, rubble, broken bricks. The main thing is that the layer is not thinner than two or three centimeters.

Well, if you still do not have enough extreme in life, go for seeds. Immediately warning - this undertaking is not for the faint of heart. Forces and time you kill the mass! Prepare the plates in which the seeds are poured into the two-chamber layer, after which they must be moistened and cover the glass with a glass lid. Seaman germination begins only for the third week. That's it then to them and it is time to "move" in wooden boxes. Soil composition, we have already managed to discuss how much I remember.

Full seedlings you get approximately through a month. In order for it to be fully in force, it is necessary to maintain the temperature at the level of no more than 18-20 degrees. Also, the soil must be constantly slightly moistened. If seedlings are driven out during the summer, take the boxes at least sometimes on fresh air. And this is not the end. So you understand the whole scale of the tragedy, planting heather in open sad Earlier than two years later, it is still impossible. In general, do you need it?

Here on this issue and let's stop, so that you have the opportunity to thoroughly think about it from all sides. Goodbye, my good.

PS: The easiest of the heather propagate the fission of the root. By the end of the summer, it is necessary to simply dig a bustard of heather and cut into pieces of its root system, but we do not shake the ground! Each defense should be young sprouts. From old stems we get rid of - everything is ready, you can plant.

Heath, landing and care for many, are legendary plants. They grow in many European countries and several myths are associated with them. From nature, this plant is hardly, unpretentious, and is also one of the best honeycomb. Those who are fanatically belong to landscape design His plot is simply obliged to pay attention to heather. Landing and care for them are simple, appearance Very effect. And the flowering time is long. In addition, even after a fruit, the heather shrub remains very decorative. Because after drying, his brush does not lose their bright shade and shape.

Heath. Landing and coloring

This plant is not very high - it never exceeds the meter. Heath foliage can be a variety of shades: besides green it happens bronze, yellowish and even red. Flowers small, glazing. They are collected in the middle size of inflorescences resembling a brush. In nature, they most often have a lilac inheritant shade.

Decorative heers (landing and care for them are simple) can bloom white, crimson, cyclamina flowers. The first half of the year is approximately August - the plants adorn the garden mostly foliage. But after blooming and until late autumn, they please the palette of bright brushes. The gardener must take care of a number of conditions that will allow him to grow a bright and lush heather on his plot. Moderate Sun or a small halftime, an acidic soil reaction, high humidity - part of them. But you don't need to feed your heather. For the winter it would be good to warm up with the help of mulch from sawdust, humidiation, needle or crushed bark. In addition to the shelter, it is also a little acidify the soil, and also delay moisture in it. Heather multiplies with air chains in spring before pruning. The branch is flexible to the soil, fix and fall asleep the earth. The chains will quickly open the root system. You only need to carefully monitor the level of moisture. Heather is a plant that is very steadily almost to all pests, except for phytoophulas. Forming spend once a year, after a bunch. It stimulates the formation of more lush brushes for the next year. At the same time, it is necessary to avoid attaching to the shrub unnecessarily its charm in peculiar "lochmatiness".

Heather in the culture and life of different countries

Empty, overgrown with this plant, cover a significant part of Europe. There is also it in Siberia, in the northern part of Africa, in North America (there are immigrants from the UK there). In Scotland, the heather was widely used for the production of mattresses, brooms. And the dye, which is extracted from this plant, was used to decorate national clothes. Heather - Madonos. It is often planted near the apiary. Heath El. - Traditional drink produced in Scotland from the second century of our era. Dabtion and Andromeda - two more plants from the family of drowning, which are similar to each other. They are more winter-hardy. By the way, heather in homeopathy is used - it has a property to reduce pressure and a light diuretic effect.