Aquilegia, perennial for the garden of the buttercup family, which has good frost resistance. In Russia, this flower is called a dove or Orlik, t. To. The shape of the buds of this plant from a distance it resembles a small figure of a bird.
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planting aquilegia
Aquilegia used for planting seeds. This allows to diversify the vegetation area with differently colored flowers. There are buds and large size, which can reach a diameter of 10-12 cm.
Columbines can be planted in the second half of April and the end of August. First, prepare the substrate of peat, humus and sand. To improve air permeability and moisture in the soil it is desirable to add a small amount of perlite or vermiculite.
At the bottom of the container is first laid a thin layer of expanded clay. If necessary, it can be replaced crumbled sheet of foam. Poured on top of the soil and lightly moisturized. The seeds are evenly distributed over its surface. Top cover they do not need. Too deep planting is the main cause of poor germination of the plants.
First shoots will have to wait a long time. As soon as they are a little older, it is desirable to transplant them in separate containers. For this purpose, make good use of disposable cups peat.
Then all the winter you need to take care of seedlings, ensuring it adequate moisture and light. Aquilegia bloom after planting in open ground already for next summer.
Flower can be propagated and cuttings, and dividing the bush. Use for this purpose is already available on the site of the bushes, so to enrich the different varieties of Aquilegia flower bed will not work.
For cuttings usually take the side branches. It is best to cut the shoots in autumn or spring, when the bush is not leaves. Such planting good taking root and root.
When cutting cuttings watch, that each piece had 2-3 buds. Place the cut with powdered powdered activated carbon to disinfect. If desired, treated with any stimulant, promoting the development of the roots.
Bury the cuttings in the soil to 1 cm and pritenyayut from the scorching sun. Until it has in escaping own root system, the soil should be kept moist. After root formation irrigation is carried out more moderately. On domiciled young plants transplant next spring.
Aquilegia not tolerate the division of the bush, so this method is used only for the preservation of rare varieties. Undergo the procedure, you can brush over 5 years. To do this, dig the plant and the rhizome is cut with a sharp blade into 2-3 pieces. cut site should be wiped with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, to prevent develop putrefaction. Delenki placed in a light sandy soil and moderate watering. fertilizer plants can be carried out only after complete adaptation.
care of plants
Aquilegia is easy to tolerate drought and does not like water stagnation. Water the plant needs only a protracted period of absence of rains, planting and transplanting. The rest of the bushes enough precipitation. Periodically with flower beds need to remove all the weeds and loosen the soil around the bushes.
Transplant is recommended only in case of emergency, ie. A. Plant does not tolerate this manipulation and then long to adapt to the new conditions.
Fertilization is essential for lush flowering plants. Feed the plants three times during the season. The first manipulation occurs in the second decade of May. By making the bushes organic or chemical fertilizer. You can use humus or compost. In one plant is sufficient to take 500 g of organic. If nitrophoska applied, then under the bush 1 is made of 5 g. It lightly covered with soil and irrigate.
In late June or early July, make a potassium-phosphorus compounds. In August Columbines fed only potassium compounds.
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