Garden decoration methods are almost endless. All new and new varieties of plants appear by the efforts of breeders with unpretentious character and beautiful decorative qualities. We invite you to get acquainted with a small elegant alissum. As a garden culture noticed him not so long ago.
Alissaum: culture description
Alissaum is a compact soil perennial, belonging to the family of cruciferous. In wildlife, it grows in Asian countries, Africa, in the south of Europe, as well as in the southern part of Siberia. Alissa multipleness is impressive: today there are about 170 species of this plant. All of them have distinctive features regarding the size and color of flowers. Alissum varieties are annual and perennial. The Alissaum is more resistant to a decrease in temperature, not allowed in care, but compared with annual "relatives" has a shorter period of flowering.
Culture quickly won the location of Russian flowerflowers. Nature lovers rated the honey aroma of the plant, as well as a varied palette of its flowers. In addition, the leaves and flowers of Alissum are often used in traditional medicine and cosmetology.
Alissaum - a beautiful herbaceous plant 10 - 40 cm in height. He has semi-enjoyable severe stems and gray-green, long and narrow leaves. Strongly crowded inflorescences of small flowers are pleasantly surprised by a pronounced sweet odor. Numerous varieties are varying with yellow, purple, lilac, red, white or pink buton. Abundant bloom comes in April-May. In anticipation of frosts on the outflower plant, fruits appear in the form of pods filled with small and flat seeds.
Due to the decorativeness and natural pricifications of Alissaum became a popular garden culture. The drought-resistant plant is grown mainly as an annual. A variety of coloring and excellent fragrance helped the Alissum to become a frequent guest in landscape design compositions, containers and alpinery. We offer you to evaluate the decorative alissum in the photo:
Alissaum: Types and varieties of plants
Decorative garden flower growing most often exploits several types of elegant plants:
- Sea Alissa (Lobulyaria Sea) - best takes good in southern latitudes. The height of this doodle shrub varies from 10 to 40 cm. It has sharpening shoots and miniature silver foxes of oval shape. Coloring small inflorescences is distinguished by variety: you can find pink, red, white, purple and light lilac flowers. Lush flowering continues from April to September;
- Alyssum Rock - a strong perennial height up to 30 cm has well-developed branches and looks like a hemispherical bush about 40 cm in the diameter. He has light gray oblong and pubescent leaves, against the background of which the small inflorescences of juicy flowers are beautifully looking. The first bloom begins in the spring, and the second - at the end of the summer;
- Alyssum Ampel - the most attractive type of family. The plant received wide popularity thanks to its numerous long shoots, which are a picturesque cascade hanging from pots and vases. During flowering, the Ampel Alissaum turns into a lush ball consisting of brushes of small colors. The plant has a strong pleasant fragrance;
- Alyssum Silver - a tall bush 80 cm in height. In the period from May to July, the plant is transformed, covered with citric yellow color;
- Alyssum Pyrenean - It is not difficult to guess that Pyrenees consider the birthplace of the plant. Its height does not exceed 15 - 20 cm, but the lush flowering lasts all summer.
The most famous varieties of Alissum are:
- Violet Konigin is a neat downstream plant (about 15 cm), putting on a beautiful purple outfit during flowering period.
- Tim Tim is a miniature soil alissum (up to 8 cm high) with snow-white flowers. During the growing season, it looks very elegant - the flowering is long and very magnificent.
- Princess In Perf - the Alissaum of this variety is simply created for vases and porridge. The plant is remembered by hanging, long (30 - 40 cm) shoots and pleasantly smelling light lilac flowers.
- Easter Bonnet Dip Rose - This Alissum has saturated pink flowers and incredibly beautiful bloom.
- Plenum is a medium height shrub (about 30 cm), on which yellow flowers with terry petals appear during flowering.
- Compactum is an incredibly tasty smelling Alissaum, decorated with a scattering of elegant bright yellow colors. Reaches a height of 15 - 18 cm.
Alissaum: Gring Subtleties
To transform the household plot with a modest charm of Alissum, carefully examine the technology of growing plants from seeds. By this way, the flower can be planted for seedlings or immediately make a straight fit into the ground.
In the open soil, the seeds of Alissum are sown in late April - early May. The optimal landing depth is 1 - 1.5 cm. The proceeding shoots immediately thin. Gardeners with experience are recommended to sung seeds shortly before the arrival of winter, in November. This will allow future plants to pass natural stratification, and in the spring to make a strong sprouts.
How to prepare the soil and plant the seeds
The seeds of the soil culture are very small and sprinkled reluctantly, therefore the risen of the plant is the most reliable method. On the seedlings of Alissaum sowed in the spring - the March or beginning of April is suitable. The ideal environment for the development of seed is lightweight, fertile soil with limestone. For planting, a wide, but not a deep planting container is chosen, fill it with well-moistened soil and laid out to the surface of the seeds evenly, after which they are gently pressed into the ground. Please note that you do not need to fall asleep their land. Finally, the container is placed glass and leave it in a warm place with an abundance of scattered sunlight.
To rose as much germs as possible, the temperature regime is important, limited +10 - 15 ◦C, as well as regular soil moisturizing and container ventilation. The first shoots will appear after 7 to 9 days. To preserve gentle sprouts, they provide moderate watering and sufficient lighting. Watering is better organized through the pallet with water, which put a container with a seedler. When the semissions are growing the first real sheet, a comprehensive fertilizer on mineral-based is introduced into the ground.
How to care for seedlings
When the sprouts acquire a pair of real leaves, seedlings are seated into separate small pots. If the shoots are strong and grow quickly, they do not need a dive, it is better to immediately plan the Alissaum into an open ground. Picked seedlings need to harden with the arrival of May. Tanks with young sprouts are exposed to a balcony or terrace, gradually increasing the time of their stay in the fresh air. After a month, seedlings are ready for landing in the garden.
Alissaum: landing
The search for a suitable place for alissum in the open ground will not take a long time, because drought-resistant and not afraid of the cold plant is distinguished by amazing unpretentiousness - even stony areas will be suitable. However, one unconditional condition for good growth of Alissum in the open ground is still there: the place of its landing should be well covered during the day. The soil bushes are not acceptable even partial shading.
The plant will be comfortable in lightweight and moderately nutritional soil with good drainage. In a very fertile land, the bush will quickly grow up, but bluffing badly. Also should not be expected from the alissum of lush flowering on excessively moistened or wetlands. Despite the fact that Cold Alissaum is not afraid, the optimal time for landing to the open ground is the end of May - the beginning of June. The plant quickly adapts to new conditions, if he is lucky to get to the sunny plots surrounded by stones and stoves.
When landing, the distance between adjacent bushes leaves about 20 to 30 cm. Remember this condition, digging the wells in the ground. Landing pits should be completely slightly a bit in the size of the earthen com on the roots of the plant. It is not necessary to plant a very deeply alissum. When all bushes occupy their legal places in the garden, they immediately watered them. Bushes, which, over time, will be very different, divided and searmed. After 6 - 7 weeks of Alissaum will release the first sprouts - the correct sign of the rapid flowering.
Alissaum: main care
Since the soil shrub is distinguished by a good temper, to care for it is a pleasure.
Subtleties of watering
If the Alissaum grows in a light soil, which freely absorbs water, drink it will be often a lot. It is important to ensure that the water is not stored - it will destroy the plant much faster than drought. To understand whether it is time to water the Alissaum, break the soil around the bush to a depth of about 4 cm. If dry is dry, we drink the plant.
There is an opinion on the need to mulch the earth around Alissum immediately after its landing. This has its own logic: mulch will help the soil to remain moistened longer. Nevertheless, loosen the area where the Alissaum grows, you need regularly.
Fertilizer program
Perennials feed 2 times a season. It is best to start when the plants begin to actively grow shoot. For this purpose, it is best to choose a mixture based on nitrogen (at the rate of 1 pp. Urea and 1 tbsp. L. Agrikolay-7 per 1 bucket of water). Alissaum, which is about to bloom, "treat" complex mineral jogging.
Annual cultural representatives fertilize more often - approximately 4 times in 1 growing season. For the first time, the bush is feeding before flowering. The mixture is brought under the root to not damage the flowers and leaves.
The need for trimming
In the spring, many years of alyssum should be helped to be able to transform: the bush is eliminated from dry, affected shoots and leaves. The same makes the same after flowering. When the plant is flashing, all shoots are cut to approximately 5 - 6 cm and remove all the blooms. Thanks to this care, the Alissum will not only look neatly, but also be able to bloom.
Alissaum: reproduction options
A bush is breeding with seeds and cuttings.
Reproduction of seeds
The easiest way to get the Alissaum from seeds, which are distinguished by an excellent germination. The undertaking is long-term, but productive. The better the quality of the seed, the greater the shoots. Seed seedlings are sown in mid-March. Note some of the nuances of this procedure.
The seeds of Alissum tiny, so they can not be very far away into the soil - they will not sprout. Instead, crush the planting material on wet ground, and then press them with a spoon to her surface. After that, cover the container with the film. Massly sprouts will be thrown out after 11 - 15 days, provided that the temperature in the room will not be below 8 - 20 ◦S. Shoots are very vulnerable, so it is best to water them in the pallet. During this period, you need to monitor the humidity of the soil with double attention - excessive revengery provokes the development of the black leg in seedlings.
When the sprouts acquire four full-fledged sheets, he is picking. A little later, when sprouts are adapted, they are fed by a complex universal mixture. With the first truly warm days of May, the seedlings begin to temper, bringing landing containers to open air.
Sprouts need abdomen, straight sun rays can destroy them. At first, the order procedure is limited to 20 - 30 minutes, but gradually this interval must be increased by bringing the time of the seedlings on the street to several hours a day. In the open garden of the garden rapid seedlings plant at the end of May. After a month, Alissaum thanks the caring owner first blossom.
Reproduction of cuttings
The drawing for the reproduction of Alissum is applied slightly less frequently. When an adult bush is becoming long escapes, some healthy strong twigs are cut off. They are planted into the sandy-peat mixture, after which it is arranged with a greenhouse with a film or glass. The cuttings can be immediately planted into the open ground and each of them hide under a glass jar or cut to half a plastic bottle. Successful rooting cuttings will provide frequent temperate watering.
Alissaum: Care after flowering
Little to care for the plant during its active growth, you still need to properly prepare it to winter.
Seeds for breeding culture are collected in autumn (second half of September - the beginning of November). It is better to do this into dry mad weather. To collect as much minor seeds as possible, the land under the alissum bush is covered with a large cut of bright fabric and begin to thoroughly rub dry inflorescences between the palms. The assembled material is transferred to a dry warm room for drying, and then they are collected in a bag of dense tissue and leave until spring.
Cutting for the winter Alissum is not required. So that the plant felt comfortable, the land around it is covered with a thick layer of mulch, and the bush itself is sprinkled with dry leaves or hide under nonwoven shelter. If winter is given to the snow, the alissum can be bought by an additional nonwoven material.
Alissaum: Diseases and Pests Plants
- The main danger to the plant is the pest of the cross-color flea. To expel the insect, the bushes are irrigated by a liquid acetic essence in the calculation of 1 tbsp. l. on 1 bucket of water. But such treatment is only suitable for adults and strong bushes.
- Alsisum can also suffer from the invasion of the caterpillars. To destroy the pest, prepare infusion on tobacco and economic soap.
- Beyonda and cabbage moths are getting rid of antibacterial drugs such as Kinmix and Lepidoocyte.
- As a result of strong oveurgement of the soil, the root system of Alissum is often destroyed by phytoofluorosis. The situation can be corrected by the processing of bushes by systemic fungicides - ordn, duct.
- When the foliage struck false malievous dew, it is worth using ready-made fungicides by Oxychom and the Odan. From the real pulse dew, the bush will save the processing of the Bordeaux mixture.
- From the virus tobacco mosaic to cure the Alissaum will not work, as the disease does not succumb to treatment.
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Alissaum: Combination with other plants
The modest charm of Alissum turns it into a successful background for other, brighter, plants. A good company by the soil shrub to make tulips, irises, forget-me-not, lilies, phlox, roses. The colors of the Alissa himself will only emphasize the riot of paints of the neighbors.
The rubber, outbreak, geranium, Turkish carnation and heliotrope will also find a good place next to the lush bush. The Alissaum in purple color will become a good party for yellow velvets and silver tips, the Alissaum with white flowers will emphasize the beauty of lines of blooming begonias, petunia and salvia.
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