Gotanya, landing and care in the open soil

Beautiful and bright flowerbed is a central decoration of any garden plot. Therefore, every owner seeks to plant the most beautiful and unusual plants, while creating unique garden compositions. The choice of colors is a rather complicated process that requires care and thoughtfulness. The unmistakable option will be the acquisition of such a flowering plant like walney.

This is an African flower of amazing beauty, which is its kind and similarity with a bright heavenly star, will delight with its magnificence during flowering. At the same time, the care of it is so simple that even the novice gardener and flower shovel.

In this article we will look at the main features and description of the Flower of Gotania, as well as we describe the most popular species and varieties of this African handsome man. We will tell you more about all the peculiarities of its cultivation and care in the open ground.

Features and Description of Gotania

Gotanya is a flowering plant that can be both one-year and perennial. In our climatic conditions, this flower is most often grown as an annual, as it does not tolerate the cold. This flower belongs to the Astrov family and is complexcell. Only looking at this bright flower, his similarity rushes with the usual, habitual chamomile. However, Gotanyan has larger inflorescences and amazes a variety of colors, from bright yellow to saturated red.

The birthplace of "Golden Chamomile" is South Africa, thereby explains the love of this plant to the bright sun and intolerance to strong cold weather, although the long-term gating can withstand the autumn and winter frosts up to -7 degrees. Most often in the nature of Gotanyania is found in Mozambique, Tanzania, Angola, sometimes in Australia and New Zealand.

Description of Gotania:

• Gotania in nature is a perennial plant, however, in our territory, this flowering plant can be found two species, one-year and more years old. In addition, many years of shop can winter in open ground only in southern regions.
• This flower is a low-level plant. Height very rarely exceeds 30 cm, so perfectly suitable for flower beds, mixboraders, alpine slides and stony gardens. Alternatively, due to low growth, shops is often used as an ampel plant and plant in suspended pots.
• The stem, depending on the species, may be short, and sometimes absent at all.
• Gotany leaves have a bright rich color and there are different shapes, quite dense structures. Most often from the bottom side is covered with a light flush, which protects the plant from cold and excessive moisture evaporation.
• The main value of gotsenia is flowers that in diameter can reach 5-9 cm. Are single inflorescences consisting of long tongue flowers, in the center of which are small tubular flowers of another color.
• Amazes a variety of coloring colors of gotsyania. You can find bright yellow, orange, reddish shades, which painted almost the entire flower, with the exception of the middle itself. Typically, the central part of the gotsy flower has a darker shade. All these bright petals are located around the yellow core.
• On average, up to 35 inflorescences can simultaneously appear on one plant.
• This plant blooms from the beginning of July and until the very end of the season.
• An interesting feature of this flower is that on a cloudy day all his petals are folded into the bundle. And they are revealed only with the advent of the sun.
• On our territory, Gotania is grown to winter in the open ground, and then to the spring, they transplanted into the pots, in order to decorate the flower leaf next season.
• To date, about 40 types of shops are known, which are characterized by coloring inflorescences.

Popular views and varieties of gotsyania

Gotanyan has a large number of species that are most often different than coloring inflorescences. To date, about 40 species of this unusual chamomile are brought by breeders from around the world. Many species were created specifically for certain climatic conditions, in this way annual grades of gothing for areas with a colder climate.

The most popular kinds of gotsyania include long-sided, periody, shiny, pillars, hybrid and others. Let's consider each of them in more detail.

Gotanya Dolnutelkova

This type of gatzania is grown as an annual plant. Height can reach 20 cm, which is ideal for alpine slides and small stony gardens. Leaves from long-tape gothic one-crushing bright green, from the bottom side slightly flooded. Inflorescences are represented by single baskets, which in diameter reach an average of 7 cm. Inflorescences consist of tongue and tubular petals. The tubular petals of bright yellow color, and the petals at the base are painted in brown.

Gotana brilliant

The second name of this type of flower is harsh. This is one of the most popular types of gotsyania, which is characterized by bright inflorescences. In height, 30 cm can be achieved. The leaves of shiny shops are solid, less often peristological, bright green. A distinctive feature of this species is the presence of brown or white spots at the base of petals.

Gotany Potse

This type of gatzania is very similar to the brilliant, has the same height of bushes and a bright coloring of the inflorescence. The difference only consists in sizes of inflorescences. At the mouth of Pili, the flowers are reached in diameter 11 cm, which will benefit from any flowerbed or lawn.

Gotanya Perform

The name of this type of gatzania received thanks to the form of his foliage - it has a peristoid-depleted flower, less frequently blade. In the height, this shop can reach 20 cm. Inflorescences are represented by single baskets, which consist of bright orange tongue petals with a dark ring at the base. Bright yellow core.

Gotanya Pavlinia

This type of shop differs from the other unusual form of leaves. They are narrow and long, can grow 20 cm long. The color is bright green. Inflorescences are represented by yellow or orange tongue petals that have a darkest circumference. The core consists of yellow tubular petals. In diameter, inflorescences can reach 8 cm.

Motsenia monofilad

This type of gatzania refers to the lowest, height can reach only 10-15 cm and is represented by fluttering stems and leaves. Can be used as soil plants. The leaves of a rich green color, from the bottom side slightly pubescent. The inflorescence is represented by a small basket of bright yellow color, in diameter up to 5 cm.

Snow-white walney

This species received its name due to the color of foliage. All leaves are covered with an abundant whitish gun. Stem at the base was a weird. From the center, blossoms grow with beautiful bright inflorescences.

Gybrid gazania

This type of gatzania appeared thanks to the efforts of breeders and became one of the most popular among gardeners. If the species gotsyania during cloudy weather turns out their petals into buds, then the varieties of hybrid shop can boast of independence from sunlight. Most often, hybrid varieties are obtained by crossing gothicia shiny and long-toll. Hybrid shopping has the same bright inflorescences and saturated-green leaves, however, in contrast to species, is more resistant to adverse weather conditions. In height can reach 30 cm, the stem is completely covered with whole-wide or carved leaves. Inflorescences in diameter reaches 8 cm and painted in various colors: from yellow to reddish-bronze.

Popular varieties of gatsania

• Gotany Daibrek - a plant with a height of up to 25 cm, inflorescences are of different colors.
• Gotanyan New Dei - led by Dutch breeders. Height can reach 25 cm. It is an early flower, as it starts blooming in the spring. Inflorescences are white, bright yellow. Pink, red.
• Gotanyan New Dei Bronze Shaidees - is distinguished by the bright colors of inflorescences - bronze.
• Hybrid walney Big Kiss - has large inflorescences, which in diameter can reach 12 cm.
• Gotania Frost Kiss - Flowers of this variety has a rather unusual coloring with contrasting longitudinal stripes on the petals.
• The melt of the talent - a feature of this variety of gatzania is that in the absence of the sun, the petals do not twist.

Methods of reproduction of Gotania

Gotanyan can multiply in two ways: seeds and vegetatively. The seed method is the most common, however there are some types of shops that multiply only with stalling. For example, terry shops, they simply do not give seeds.

Reproduction seeds in the ground

You can immediately sow the seeds of gating in the ground, but it should be remembered in this situation that this plant will bloom only in 2-3 months. After all, Gotania has a very long vegetative period. Seen shopping seeds need spring after the last frosts, the main thing is to make sure that there will be no return cold. Before boarding, the soil is preparing well, they hammer it and fertilize. Seeds are seeded by the piece, at a distance of at least 25 cm. At the same time, the landing material is plunged with only 1-2 cm. This method is more suitable for southern regions, since there in March the light day is already quite long. For other territories, the method of evicting seeds to seedlings is perfect.

Gathering reproduction Shatoya

You can search for gating on seedlings in early March. To do this, use high cups, preferably individual. It is necessary to maintain the root system of gating, which has a rod shape and grows quite long. If you use one container, then seed seeds are necessary at a distance of 5 cm from each other, while it is advisable to do it in a checker order. For landing, light and loose nutrient soil is used.

Seeds do not plunge into the soil, they can simply scatter on the surface of the earth and sprinkle slightly. From above, they can be covered with a transparent film or glass. Watering preferably from the spray gun to eliminate the possibility of flushing seeds. The optimal temperature for the germination of seeds is 20 degrees. It is in such conditions that you can get the first sprouts after 1-2 weeks. In the open soil, Gotania is planted already in May. At the same time, the seedlings are neat together with the earthen room, so as not to damage the root. Plants planted in the prepared and fertilized soil at a distance of at least 25 cm from each other.

Pencornia reproduction

This method is not so popular as seed, and applies only for some varieties of shop.

• At the end of the summer, a sharp knife must be cut off lateral shoots with a length of no more than 10 cm.
• All cuttings must be with the heel, otherwise they do not fit.
• After that, the lower sheets are removed and the cuttings itself is processed by a solution of Kornin to stimulate the growth of the root system. It is enough to lower the cuttings into a container with a solution for a couple of hours.
• Goting cuttings plant in tanks with nutrient soil.
• Further care consists in periodic watering. For more rapid germination of cuttings of the container, you can cover with a transparent film.
• Looking into the open ground, the rooted cuttings can already be in March.

Preparation before landing shopping

To obtain a beautiful and blooming plants, it is necessary to carefully prepare. It is important to choose the right place to land a shop and prepare the soil well.

Choosing a place for landing shopping

Gotania is a flower whose homeland is South Africa. Therefore, he is used to arid weather and dry soil. It is such a place that it is necessary to choose a plant for this to fully enjoy it bloom. Gotania will grow perfectly at open sunny sections of your garden. You can choose a place on a small hill, as the flower does not tolerate the climbing groundwater. In the absence of such a place, you can create a drainage system.

When choosing a place to land, be sure to consider which composition you want to see on your site. This flower is perfect for the flower, alpine slides and stony gardens. Alternatively, it can be grown in the suspended pots on the manner of ampel plants.

Soil preparation before landing in the open ground

Gotanya prefers to grow on light and loose soils, while well-drained. It is perfect for the growth of this plant soil mixture consisting of peat grounds, turf and deciduous soil. At the same time, when leaving the place of landing, mineral or complex fertilizers can be added. It is important to make a good drainage layer to remove excess moisture and prevent the root system.

Goting landing process in open ground

Having waited for a comfortable time for landing, making sure that there is no threat of return freezers, you can proceed to disembarking this plant in open ground.

Features of the landing of gating in open ground:

• First of all, in front of the landing it is necessary to order seedlings to harde in vivo. To do this, a couple of days before the start of the landing, remove containers with seedlings for several hours on fresh air.
• Prepare a place to land. Well reappear and explode the soil, as well as prepare the wells for the planting material.
• Each well should be a little more root system with a lore earth. There should be no less than 20 cm between the wells.
• On the bottom of the wells, put a layer of drainage to prevent stagnation of groundwater. Little pebbles, broken brick or gravel can be used as a drainage.
• Next accurately remove seedlings from the container. It is best to use a long scoop to do not damage the root of the plant. If you have grown to gatzania seedlings in separate cups, you can land plants with them.
• Plants are placed in separate landing pits and put on soil. Carefully compact the soil around the shop.
• Be sure to abundantly pour each plant.
• Important is the use of mulch. Thus, you will prevent the evaporation of moisture and reduce the appearance of weeds. As a mulch, you can use the bark of trees, dry sawdust or peat.
• If you are afraid of return freezers or cold nights, for a while, young seedlings can be covered with a film.

Features of the care of gatzania in the open soil

Further care for gatsania will not be much difficulty, even inexperienced gardener will cope with all the stages. When careing, the main thing is to take into account the features of this blooming plant, as well as the main nuances of growing this flower in the habitat.

Watering Gotania

Gotana is a southern flower, so it is characteristically perfectly feeling in hot summer conditions. This plant is distinguished by excellent drought resistance. However, it is necessary to remember that gotsyania will delight you with stormy bloom only under the condition of regular irrigation. Watering shops need moderately, but regularly. Or choose for yourself another water mode: rarely, but abundantly. The main thing is that when landing you do not forget to create a good layer of drainage.

Loosening and mulching

After irrigations, it is necessary to blame the Earth in the rolling collar, since Gotanya prefers to grow in light soils saturated with oxygen. After loosening, do not forget to plug mulch. It will help the plant for a long time to keep moisture and prevent the appearance of weeds. As a mulch, you can use a dry peat or sawdust.

Podchar

The optimal feeder for gazania is frequency once every 4 weeks. As a fertilizer, it is best to use complex mineral fertilizer per 25 g per 1 sq. M. You can feed the plant during irrigation.

Fighting diseases and pests

Gotania is strongly susceptible to the emergence of various pests and fungal diseases.

Gotania diseases:

• Gray rot. This disease appears on plants with irregular watering mode and a long-term wet water in the roots. Signs of this disease are brown spots on the leaves. It must be borne in mind that this is a fungal disease and it quickly spreads to other plants. With the appearance of such symptoms, it is necessary to treat the plant by burgue liquid or special fungicides. However, the easiest way to prevent this disease is: Purifying properly, planting a plant at a sufficient distance from each other.

Pest of shopping:

• Cute tick. To combat such pests, it is necessary to use special preparations - insecticidal solutions. Plants are fully processed and covered for several days with a film. It is recommended to alternate drugs so that the tick does not have time to get used to them.
• Aphid. This pest can be collected manually or flushed off the water pressure. Alternatively, you can land near the gazania plants that scare the tool - garlic or onions. The best insecticides special preparations of insecticides are best helped, the solution of which is processed by all the plant.

When and how to collect shop seeds

To reproduce this extraordinary flower, many want to assemble seeds on their own. But this is not so easy to do. In our climatic conditions, very rare gothic seeds have time to mature. The exception is very hot summer. Also in garden sites are usually grown hybrid varieties of gating, and with seed landing, they lose all their species signs. The complexity is also the seed collection itself. They are very similar to the dandelion seeds - the same air. And at the slightest blow of the wind, they just fly away, even if they managed to mature. If you still configured to get seeds yourself, then pre-renewing a few scenery gauze so that the seeds do not fly away.

Gotana during flowering

In order for this flower to stop you please your bright and abundant bloom, be sure to periodically cut the faded buds. Thus, you will stimulate the emergence of new inflorescences. For trimming, be sure to use a sharp knife and spend this procedure in dry weather.

Gotana in winter

In our climatic conditions, even perennial grade of qatsania cannot be winter in the open ground. There are two options, firstly you can simply destroy the flooded plant, and the next year to plant new ones. But, as an option, in the fall, you can dig up the strongest and healthy bushes and transplant them into spacious pots. Then transfer all the containers with the colors to the room with good lighting and the average temperature of 8-10 degrees. Care will be periodic watering. In the spring you can simply transplant the bushes of gotsyania back to the open ground.

Stock Foto Gotania in landscape design

Gotanya looks great in various garden compositions. All features of this flower in the landscape can be seen on the proposed photos.

Gotania in stony gardens

Gotanya in combination with other plants

Using gothicia in alpine slides

Gotanyania is an African guest in our garden sites. However, with proper landing and timely care, you can get a chic flowering plant that will decorate you the garden until the winter.