In this article we will tell you about the beautiful plant of the genus of the Lutikov family - about Clematis "Blue Angel". This is a rigid rising plant, which grows mainly in a moderate climatic belt and in subtropical, exclusively in the northern hemisphere. Very often, the flower growing this beautiful flower in their home expensive areas, because it decorates the yard at all time.
Clematis "Blue Angel": Botanical Description of the Plant
Clematis - this plant, which has another name - clematis. It is very fond of light, heat, moisture and fertile soil. In the wild they grow in forests, river valleys, the hills and bushland. In fact, Clematis - this vine, which twisted and scansorial stems. Although sometimes there are direct.
The leaves of clematis are opposite. They look whole and trifoliate. Blossoms in the spring. It has large flowers, they are single with stamens and carpels. Each flower sepal 4-5. There is the fruit of clematis - it mnogooreshek, whose long peristovolosistye spouts.
Clematis was the first cultivated in Japan, from where he came to Europe in the 16th century. The Russians began to cultivate this flower is only 200 years ago. First, clematis was Greenhouse plants, and then it began to be planted so as to cover the exposed walls, trunks, arbors, trellis, pergolas.
If the description of Clematis 'Blue Angel' you like, and you decide to put him in his yard, then we will share with you how to do it right.
How to Grow Clematis Blue Angel?
Clematis "Blue Angel" can be grown in two ways:
- From seed. Germinated seeds of the plant can be used only if they have been collected in the current year and stored in bags made of paper in the correct storage temperatures (18-23 ºC):
- sow seeds needed in late March - early April. So they quickly sprouted, pre-soak them necessary. The duration of maceration is 10 days. Please note that during this time you will need about 5 times to change the water;
- in the capacity in which you are planting the seeds of clematis, you must first put the prepared substrate. It should consist of soil, sand, peat, taken in equal proportions. This substrate is first necessary to moisten;
- spread the seeds on the substrate. Be sure to do it just one layer. Sprinkle the seeds on top of the sand. The thickness of the sand layer should not exceed 3 cm;
- seal the sand, and on top put a mesh or glass;
- keep the room in which to germinate the seeds, the desired temperature. It should be 25-30 ºC;
- if in the process of growing seeds of weeds will appear, then they must be removed.
- Of seedlings. Seedlings emerge from the seed. Therefore, this stage is a continuation of the previous one:
- as soon as you notice the first shoots, make sure that they got the sun's rays, but not at a right angle;
- when the seedlings appear leaflets, they need to dive and transplant into separate containers;
- if in the street of spring, and frosts are no longer foreshadowed, you can begin a transplant of Clematis seedlings into a shaded area. The soil here should be easy;
- if several seedlings are planted at once, then take care that the distance between each was 15-20 cm;
- periodically, after this, Clematis needs to be quenched. Thanks to this procedure, the flower will increase the actively root system and better branch;
- in the fall of Clematis Saplings, it is necessary to bite, and in the spring to transplant in the trench, the depth of which should be at least 7 cm. Immediately, then remove the shoots. It is allowed to leave only 3-4 nodes;
- 3 years after the seedlings germinate and develop, they can be transferred to a permanent place. You will understand this on the root system (roots should germinate up to 15 cm long).
Clematis Blue Angel: landing and care
Clematis refers to the number of plants that require particularly approach and not superficial knowledge. We will introduce you to the main nuances that you must take into account if we decided to plant this amazing enthusiastic plant in our paralisian.
How to plant Clematis Blue Angel?
To begin with, we suggest to understand the main issue - in what place and at what time of year it is best to land so that the plant gets along and bloom:
- First, the place where you want to plant Clematis "Blue Angel" should be very well protected from draft. Be sure to be lit by natural sunlight, only so that there is a shadow during when the sun will be in the zenith. It is not recommended to plant Clematis "Blue Angel" at the wall of the house (the distance from it should be at least 30 cm), especially in the place where you have a waste pipe. Rainwater will fall on the plant, which will spoil it.
- Secondly, it is necessary to choose the right soil. It should be slightly alkaline, sublinous, fertile, fertilized and draned. It is preferable to choose a hilly territory so that the roots of Clematis do not rotate near the groundwater.
- Do not feather the soil for Clematis by manure, sour peat.
- Thirdly, closing Clematis can not only in spring. It is permissible to make landing and autumn, and in the summer. If suddenly it happened so that you bought Clematis saplings in the fall, but did not have time for some reason to plant them, it does not mean that the seedlings will have to throw away. It is quite realistic to save them. It is necessary to simply provide for this necessary conditions: let the seedlings grow in the same containers, but are located throughout the winter indoors at a temperature of +5 ºC. Just be sure to sprinkle the roots of seedlings with soil (it is desirable to use sawdust mixed with sand). If there are shoots for this time, you must cut them off. It can also happen that the roots of Clematis will die. Before disembarking (in a few hours), soak the roots in the water so that they are swollen and prepared for transplant.
If you decide to plant the Clematis "Blue Angel" in the spring (it is typical of the territories where the cold climate), then you will need to follow these rules:
- Landing should be carried out in April-May.
- Each seedling should have at least 1 escape.
- It is necessary to plant a sapling in the pit, the dimensions of which are 60x60x60 cm.
- The bottom of the pit must be filled with rubble, broken bricks as a drainage (a layer should be 10-15 cm).
- Feature the soil with a compost (you will need at least 3 buckets for this), sand and peat (these components will need 1 bucket), dolomite flour (enough 500 g), superphosphate (150 g). All these components need to mix each other, but only then pour out into the pit.
- Discover immediately supports for shoots. The height of each support should be 2.5 m. Their necessity is explained by the fact that they must support Clematis when there will be windy weather.
- Put the seedlove on the substrate, just definitely neatly distribute the roots by the pit. Pull the plant prepared soil. Note that underground should remain 10 cm cervatis neck, but also the plant barrel to escape.
- I should not fall asleep at once.
- Fill the seedling with water. You will need 1 bucket. After that, the soil immediately inspire peat.
- If you land out several seedlings immediately, then you note that the meter distance should be maintained between them.
If you decide to plant a seedling of Clematis "Blue Angel" in the fall (this is typical for the territories on which the warm climate is retained for a long time), the landing rules are as follows:
- The landing should happen in late September-early October.
- The seedling should have vegetative kidneys.
- The process of planting a seedling in Earth is the same as in the spring. Only the pit should fall asleep completely.
- Mulch the pit is preferable to dry leaves.
- Each seedling Loutrasil is covered, although you can use another material.
How to care for Clematis Blue Angel?
Careful for Clematis "Blue Angel" is not difficult. Certain with this task will be able to any person who was not engaged in gardening at all. What you need to remember first of all, causing this plant:
- Clematis is very moisture. He needs to provide abundant watering 1 time in 7 days. Only in the summer this procedure can be done 2-3 times a week, provided that the window is strong.
- If you have not been mulched by the soil for the winter, then in the spring you will have to constantly disappear after each watering. Simultaneously with this process, we will also need to remove weeds.
- If you have just planted a plant into the soil, then do not abuse the use of fertilizers. Because of this, the plant can simply be controversial. It is recommended to apply only nitrogen during the period when Clematis is actively growing, phosphorus, when it wonders, potassium, when buds are formed, minerals after trimming.
- In the spring of Clematis "Blue Angel" you need to water a solution of flour and chalk.
- In the fall, when frequent rains are coming, pour the trunk of Clematis ashes, otherwise the roots of the plant rot.
- Install the supports for your climbing plants at home. You can make a beautiful army for this. The main thing is that the thickness of the pipe, according to which Clematis will be placed, did not exceed 2 cm in diameter. However, the material from which the arch is made should be very dense, because the plant as it is grouped. It is better that the arch is covered also with a special metal grid, so Clematis will be very beautiful and evenly to bother.
Clematis are flowers that are very often suffering from different diseases, so the gardener needs to constantly monitor the status of colors and petals of the plant. We offer to figure out in detail, from which pests and ailments Clematis "Blue Angel" may suffer:
- From the fungus, because of it the finished plant fades. His fabrics lose elasticity, as a result of which dried and wither. Such may cause the inhabitants of the soil in which Clematis grows. They will destroy the root system of Clematis with their malicious activities. Each spring so that this does not occur, fertilize the plant soil with solutions of Fundazola or azocene. If affected plants appear, they need to be removed completely, and the land in which it grew is treated with the drugs that we called higher.
- From rust. It manifests itself on the leaflets and shoots of Clematis Orange Pillows. The color of the leaves becomes brown, and the shoots are generally deformed. So that this does not happen, it is necessary to spray Clematis by a snack mixture, oxychom or copper chlorokis. These same drugs are treated with dark gray necrosis, ascothyosis, cylindrosporiosis.
- From the yellow mosaic. This disease, unfortunately, cannot be cured. If it happened to your Clematis, you will have to get rid of it. To prevent the development of such a disease, you simply do not need to plant the Clematis "Blue Angel" next to those plants that are most susceptible to sick with such a notch. These include:
- host;
- sweet pea;
- delphinium;
- aKVILIA;
- phlox;
- peonies.
Clematis Blue Angel: Photo
Clematis "Blue Angel" - a very beautiful plant to which you need to treat with attention and love. No wonder this plant was angry in their verses poets with world name. It, unfortunately, will not please you with some kind of special aroma, but will give a wonderful mood and decorate any summer day with its stormy bloom.