Toadflax - popular plants for borders and rocky gardens, which they decorate their colorful buds. The structure of this kind of annuals, biennials and perennials herbaceous plants include, blooming for a long time, often from mid-summer to late autumn. Perennial species are usually short-lived, but they often breed self-seeding.
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Flowers with a spur and bilabiate rim, with the characteristic spots on the lower lip. Narrow fleshy leaves located on the stalk in pairs or whorls. Most of the species, leading its origin from the northern temperate zone, are hardy, but Linaria genistifolia ssp. daimaiica (toadflax gorechavkolistnaya) and I. triornithophora (L. troeptichya) can not withstand long periods with negative temperatures.
Recommended species and varieties
G. alpina (Alpine toadflax)
Dense inflorescence purple or purple flowers about 2 cm long with a yellow or orange spots in throat bloom in late spring and summer. Bluish or blue-green lanceolate leaves up to 1 cm in length. This evergreen perennial or biennial plant forms a cushion. The height and diameter of the plant - 10x25 cm.
«Purpurea»
The flowers are dark purple.
L. genistifolia ssp. dalmatka (L. gorechavkolistnaya Dalmatian)
Spike inflorescence of this great semi-evergreen plants formed canary-yellow flowers 2-4 cm in length with orange spot on the lip. Blooms from mid-summer to early fall. The vertical stems are seated upward green lanceolate leaves to 12.5 cm long. Winter hardiness is low. The height and diameter of plants -1h0,6 m.
L. tagossana (L. Moroccan)
Violet-purple flowers to 1.5 cm long with a yellow or orange spot formed on the lip spike inflorescence. Blossoms in the summer. Narrow leaves of up to 4 cm in length. Annual thin, upwardly directed shoots. The height and diameter of the plant - 10h15sm.
«Carminea»
The flowers are pink and carmine.
Excelsior
In hybrid flowers from white to yellow and pink to red.
«Ruby King»
The flowers are a deep maroon-red color.
L. purpurea (L. purpurea)
Purple flowers of fine semi-evergreen perennial to 1.5 cm long form long spike inflorescence. Blooms all summer and early autumn. Narrow green or gray-green leaves about 6 cm long. The height and diameter of the plant - 1h0,6 m.
«Canon Went»
Pink flowers with orange throat and gray-green leaves.
I. triornithophora (L. troeptichya)
Flowers are magenta and yellow, to 5 cm long, bloom in summer. This short-lived perennial semi-evergreen direct gray-green leaves are oval or lanceolate long 2.5-7 cm. Winter hardiness is low. The height and diameter of the plant - 1x0,5 m.
L. vulgaris (L. vulgaris)
The bright yellow flowers of this rapidly spreading herbaceous perennials up to 3 cm in length are collected in the short or long inflorescences. It flowers from mid-summer to mid-autumn. Vertical, often branched at the base of the stems of a large number of elliptic pale green or gray-green leaves 2.5-6 cm long. Too aggressive plant. Traditional Russian trudnoiskorenimy weed gardens. The height and diameter of the plant - 30-45h60 cm.
cultivation
In central Russia perennial species lnyanok in some winters can freeze solid. Plant in spring in well-drained soil in an open, sunny place. L. alpina prefers sandy soil on a raised flowerbed or stony garden.
reproduction
The seeds of annuals should be sparsely sown in the spring on a permanent place. The seeds of perennial plants are sown in a greenhouse in the winter or early spring. It can be propagated by dividing the bushes in the spring or green cuttings in spring or early summer, as well as self-sown plants transplanted in early spring.
Perennial species require regular renewal of the seed.
Pests and diseases
Usually not affected.
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