An unusual and unpretentious plant with bright colors will certainly become one of the most important decorations of a garden or flower garden. Perennial Verbena is a favorite plant of flower beds, as it is ideal for our climate and is able to decorate any landscape.
The main characteristics of Verbena
Verbena plant grassy or shrub can reach height from 20 cm to 1 meter, sometimes higher. Motherland Verbena is South America, where it is considered a perennial plant and grow a height of more than a meter. This is achieved through a warm climate and a small frost. Under our climate, the cultivation of annual verbena becomes possible.
Description Verbena:
- On the territory of Russia, with the exception of southern regions, annual Verbena varieties are grown in open ground.
- Verbena has many names that gave it different peoples of the world: tear juno, the blood of Mercury, grass grace, a witchcraft plant or holy grass, which, according to Christians, has the ability to heal wounds and protect against evil spirits.
- It has more than 250 breeding varieties and species, thanks to which gardeners can easily choose the species like and coloring of the Verbena colors.
- Verbena has straightened or stranded stems, which depends on the landing site of this plant.
- Verbena leaves oval or rounded shape, light green, have a slight omission and zabbin on the edges.
- Verbena flowers, depending on the variety and view, there are different colors: white, gentle pink, red, blue.
- On each flower, five petals, which gives them the shape of the whites. They are collected in big inflorescences, each of which can be from 20 to 30 flowers.
- Flowers Verbena long enough, from July to late autumn.
- Verbena is distinguished by a low threshold of frost resistance, freezes frost not more than -4 degrees.
- Seeds Verbena ripen in small boxes and have a very small size.
- Verbena is used to decorate the flower, looks beautifully in porridge or hanging baskets.
The most popular varieties and types of Verbena, their brief description
To date, more famous than 250 varieties and types of Verbena, who have their own features and differences. Conditionally, you can allocate two groups: sharpening and bush.
Let us consider in more detail the representatives of each group.
Verbena Ampelnaya (sharpening)
This verbene group is suitable for cultivation in porridge, in suspended boxes in balconies, for the formation of flower carpets. Differs in low growth and fluttering stems. When used in KashP, the stalks can hang 60 cm, and when creating carpets on the soil, up to 5 square meters. m. Of the brightest ampel verse representatives, the following can be distinguished:
- Verbena Ampelnaya "Snow Queen". Very beautiful and spectacular plant. A distinctive feature is a different colors in one plant. Therefore, this variety is ideal for hanging caspo and pots, where you can see the flowers of all colors of the rainbow (5 shades): from white to red and dark blue.
- Verbena Ampelnaya "Imajinishn". Another type of low-speed Verbena, which is perfect for drawers, creating carpets and cascades. This variety is characterized by fairly large purulent flowers, which are collected in inflorescences in diameter up to 5 cm. It has low growth and sharpening stalks.
- Verbena ampelnaya "Moon River". Enough young grade plants. His shoots reach a length of 45 cm, which are beautifully hanging from the suspension pots. Flowers have a lave-colored color.
All other Verbena varieties belong to the bush group and are grown in the open soil. Below is a description of the most common.
Hybrid Verbena
This variety is one of the most beloved and popular among flower water. It has an average in height of size, a distinctive feature is a very branched bush, the stalks of which are reached in a height of up to 60 cm. The leaves are rounded, covered with vile. Hybrid Verbena has a different colors coloring, which makes it indispensable in landscape design.
Conditionally hybrid verbena can be divided into compact and large-flowered, depending on the size of the colors.
The compact verbiene includes the following varieties:
- Amethyst - this plant is characterized by the presence of blue flowers, grows up to 30 cm;
- Dasler - the plant has bright red flowers, height reaches 25 cm. Flowers since the beginning of June.
- Crystal - Compact bush, stalks have a big branch. White flowers are collected in inflorescences up to 6.5 cm in diameter. Reaches a height of 25 cm.
- Pink delete - a compact bush, which is covered with inflorescences with pink flowers. Starts bloom since July.
The most popular varieties of large-flowered Verbena:
- Etna - one of the earliest blooming varieties, begins blooming already in May. It has bright red flowers with white eyes inside. A shrub can reach height to 50 cm. Perfect for the design of flower beds and flower beds.
- Defiance is a fluttering bush 25 cm in height with bright red inflorescences. Flowers have cream eyes inside.
- Julia is another grade of hybrid verbena. It features bright purple purple flowers with white eyes inside. The plant reaches 40 cm in height. Begins to bloom in June.
- Cardinal - bush, which reaches a height of 40 cm. It has a bright red-colored inflorescences with a diameter of 4-5 cm.
Canadian Verbena
This plant belongs to the lowest, the height barely reaches 20 cm. The stem has a four-pod, around which beautiful openwork leaves are paired. Flowers are collected in bundles and have pink, purple or white color.
Tough verbena
Another kind of verbena. It is characterized by pinching stems and small inflorescences of lilac or pale blue. Usually at the ends of the shoots collected three small inflorescences. Reaches a height of 30-35 cm.
Verbena Buenos Ishes
This is one of the tallest varieties. Some varieties can reach a height of up to 1 meter. The leaves of this verbena have a pointed oblong shape. Flowers of violet pink shades.
Gallery Photo Verbena different varieties
It is possible to see the differences in different types of Verbena in more detail and clearly on the photos suggested below.
Verbena Ampelnaya "Snow Queen"
Verbena Ampelnaya "Imadzhineysh"
Verbena hybrid "Amethyst"
Verbena hybrid "Etna"
Verbena Canadian
Verbena Buenos Ishes
Three ways of reproduction of Verbena
Like many other blooming plants, Verbena can be multiplied by three ways: seeds, cuttings and dividing bush.
Reproduction seeds.
After the inflorescences on the Verbiene are swinging, small boxes with seeds appear. They can be collected independently, but they are very small and do it will not be easy. The easiest way to get seeds for the cultivation of Verbena is to buy in specialized stores.
Seed recreation
Easy to one of the most common ways. Since in this case you can get early seedlings. You can start to plant seeds already at the end of March or in early April. For landing used boxes filled with land with mandatory content of sand and drainage.
Seeds are scattered over the surface of the soil, the earth is not needed. The box is then covered with a film or glass to create a greenhouse effect. After that, two days best place the drawer near the battery for swelling seeds. Then you can remove into a sharp place for full germination. After picking, it is necessary to make fertilizer to get a healthy and high seedlings of Verbena.
Reproduction of cuttings
This method is suitable for the breeding of varieties of verbena, which have no seeds. To start cuttings can be in late February. To do this, cut off the top, where there are 4-6 pairs of leaves. The cut is best to handle coal. The leaves should be removed, leaving only the top.
Next prepared cuttings placed in the soil. Perfect for both sand and sand-peat mixture in equal proportions. Cuttings are immersed in the soil to the lower unit. Top can be covered film. After a couple of weeks will begin to develop the root system.
Reproduction of the division of the bush
According to the method reproduces only Verbena officinalis which has many medicinal properties.
The process of planting in open ground verbena
After the plants were transplanted into individual pots and swoop down, you can start planting marigolds in the ground. The main condition is the absence of freezing, since verbena hardiness has a low threshold and may die. Therefore, before planting, make sure that the frost did not anticipate.
Process planting marigolds is as follows:
- The best time for transplanting into the ground - the end of May, because there is less chance of frost.
- Choosing a place to land. Preferably verbena sunny place without unnecessary shadow. If you put vervain in the shade, the bush will be extended greatly and will grow only foliage.
- If you planted a few plants, you need to keep a distance between wells. If verbena compact, you can leave a distance of 20 cm If you are planting a makeshift form of creeping -. 25-30 cm.
- It is necessary to prepare the hole. At the bottom of the drainage necessarily place for removing excessive moisture. The drainage can be used as broken brick, concrete block or shingle.
- Verbena seedlings do not require a lot of organic matter, since its excess it will not bloom.
- The ideal primer for verbena be sand or sand and peat.
- If the soil is dry, it is necessary to pour into the hole on the 2 cups of water. If planted in the rainy or wet weather, watering is not necessary.
- Next, dip the seedlings in the hole, cover the root system of the earth and pressed lightly with his hands.
- In the first days after planting verbena needs moderate watering.
Features care verbena
As the process of verbena planting, caring for it does not require much effort. But by following a few rules, you will get a beautiful and healthy plant that will delight you with abundant flowering.
Care verbena:
- In the first days after planting required moderate watering.
- During flowering, it is also necessary to often water the plants, it stops only closer to autumn. However, it is necessary to follow, whatever the plant, otherwise it may die.
- You can loosen the soil immediately after watering to help access the oxygen to the roots.
- Weeding is needed only at the very beginning of the growth of the plant. After its expression, it is optional.
- Replace loosening and weeding can be mulled. To do this, foliage is used or a special decorative mulch, which at the same time and decorate your plot.
- For abundant flowering, it is necessary to cut faded inflorescences.
- Several times during the season, Verben can be picked up with mineral fertilizers. But do not overdo it, the excess fertilizer will contribute to the growth of foliage, but not blossom.
- With proper watering and care, the verbian is practically not subject to viral diseases and garden pests. In the invasion of the Tly, you can use insecticides.
On the presented photos of the care of Verbena, you can see all the main features of this process.
Loosening
Watering
Using Verbena in Landscape Design
The cultivation of Verbena in the household plots is becoming increasingly popular, as it has a bright appearance and unpretentiousness to the care. Verbena is an ideal plant for decorating flower beds and flower beds. Different varieties with their bright color will perfectly fit into the composition, where other flowers will be adjacent next to them. For example, asters.
To decorate your home or gazebos, ampere verberies are perfect. You just need to purchase beautiful chest or make drawers. So you will get an elegant and bright decoration, which will be happy to please you with your colorful colors.
Verbena can be planted in pots and, thereby, decorate the entrance to the house or veranda. Alternatively, you can make the framing of the garden path.
To give the landscape of your refinement, Verben can be used to create carpets on soil or cascades. This is perfect for the alpine slides.
Therapeutic properties of Verbena
More ancient people considered Verben with a healing plant, having endowed it with unusual properties. Some Verbena varieties are really widely used in traditional medicine. These include verbena medicinal and verbena lemon.
Verbena is used to purify vessels, for cholesterol output. Due to the presence of tubyl substances, verbena is used to treat lightness of the stomach and absence of appetite. It is also possible to use it to normalize pressure.
In folk medicine, the entire above-ground part of the plant is used. The raw material is harvested during flowering.
Verbena is used for the manufacture of verbena oil, which has an antiseptic property. It is manufactured by distillation of leaves with steam.
If you are inexperienced flower water - this does not mean that you will not be able to transform your site. Verbena is the perfect assistant in this. Not demanding to care, it will long decorate your garden with bright colorful flowers.
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