The decoration of any garden will be a hardy and unpretentious soil plating - the luggage is creeping. The name of the culture fully justifies its valuable qualities. Possessing extraordinary stability and unassumature to adverse weather conditions, diseases or places of growth, the luggage is quickly leaving and applies to the plot.
The plant does not give the possibility of developing weed herb and practically does not need to care, while the luggage retains its decorative outfit throughout the warm season.
The only mandatory agrotechnical admission for the cultivation of culture can be the regulation of its uncontrolled reproduction on the site.
How to grow a bum on his site? What is better to choose a variety? How to care for the culture? All questions will be detailed in the article. A selection of photos of plants, including in landscape design, as well as the thematic video lesson will help the best perception of information.
Label Creeping, Plant Description
- Latin baking, translated from Latin «Ajuga REPTANS ", often so flower and referred to as" Ayuga ". Also known numerous names of the luggage used in the commoner: "Dubnitsa", "Failure", "Foreignness", "Dubrovka", "Vologlodka". Such popularity has acquired a plant thanks to its valuable qualities and advantages that will be considered slightly lower.
- Perennial herbal culture, with the colorful name "Calcular Labor", represents the family of Clanotkov. A distinctive feature of this kind is an emergency resistance and ability to quickly spread through the territory, the name of culture is also evidenced by eloquently.
- The hardy plant resistant tolerate any unfavorable conditions is practically not exposed to diseases and grows in one place for a long time, without losing its attractiveness.
- In nature, the perennial can be seen in a variety of places: in the shaded forest or solar clearing, on a spacious edge or in thick thickets of shrubs. The view is widespread throughout Europe, also occurs in the countries of Asia and North Africa.
Morphological Features of the smuggling
- Due to the high polymorphism, the plants of one species may differ in time of flowering, degree of stem, the shape of a stem or painting, both leaves and inflorescences. Despite such a species peculiarity, there are a number of typical morphological signs inherent in the whip of smoke.
- Rhizome perennial short, but tight and thickened. The plant does not give root pig, for which it is highly appreciated by gardeners. The superficial root system of perennial deepens into the soil is no more than 20 cm, or even less.
- Soft and pubescent leaves are tightly fixed in leafy sinuses. The shape of the sheet plate is usually oval, with cloths around the edges. Leaves, at the bottom of the stem, are collected in special high sockets, of which the creeping shoots grow. Lesson on one plant is different: the leaves on the stem - seats, and in the outlets are attached with the help of cuffs.
- Often, Ayuga is called a nickered plant, due to the fact that the leaves are winter under the snow, gradually updating the spring and quickly acquiring their tidy aesthetic appearance.
- The unique soil capacity of the plant - to independently develop more and more new territories, is associated with a rapid rooting of shoots or, as they are also called, the mustache. As soon as the mustache is in contact with the wet soil - they immediately begin to root in a new place. And considering that there is quite a lot of shoots for the season, the plant quickly fills the surrounding space. This feature often scares novice flowerflowers by the fact that it will later be difficult to get rid of unnecessary planting plants. However, it is not necessary to worry about this: the luggage is easily removed from the site by the usual ropping root, thus controlling the dimensions of the flower.
- Before the start of flowering, there are also flowers from the roast sheet sockets. The color-colored stalks of the literal and high, reach a height of 20 - 30 cm, are crowned with small flowers blue and blue painting. Less often found, bred by breeders, the varieties of the luggage with pink and white wrenches. The inflorescence of the perennial - the spikes, the flowers are assembled in the nodes-muve, several pieces.
- The culture of the bee is pollinated, although, with adverse climatic conditions, self-pollization takes place. The fruit of the luggage, multiwest, matures at the end of summer.
- Particularly picturesque plots with lined in the flowering period, when flowerba reminds the flower carpet of the tint of heavenly blue. And the plant blooms for 2-3 weeks from April to July, depending on the climatic belt of growth. Sometimes, in August, the secondary bloom of culture is noted at the expense of the next year's musty.
Floriculture uses the most decorative bidding varieties that are distinguished by bright external morphological signs: the colorful and shape of the leaves, a bright color scheme of inflorescences.
Varietal variety of smuggling
The luggage creeper has quite a lot of cultural varieties and varieties, all of them relate to the category of soil and have catchy, colorful names. Consider the most popular of them:
- Arctic Snow (Arctic Snow) or "polar snow", a young variety, characterized by elegant and unusual coloring leaves. Large, shovels, slightly corrugated grade leaves, stand out in a saturated green colorful of the entire leaf plate and a light, outlined circuit, core.
- Black Skalop(Black Scallop.) Or "black scallop" - no less exotic bidding variety. A low soil plate, with textured and shiny foliage, purple-burgundy shade. Wavy, torn edge of the leaves resembles the form of scallops. In the open, sunny plot, the variety acquires even deeper and rich coloring of the leaves. Color of the bunks - bright blue.
- Chocolate chip (Chocolate Chip)or "chocolate chips" is one of the most low-spirited varieties of a smoky, reaching a height of no more than 5 cm. Differs in very small and narrow oval leaves, chocolate brown shades. Low, but abundant blooms with blue flowers are located close to each other, spectacularly standing out on the flower bed. A slow-growing variety, perfectly feeling like in the shade and in the open area.
- Multicolor (Multicolor)or "Multicolor" - an elegant and bright grain grain with a wide color range in the range of one plant. The gentle of the color of the leaves varies depending on the lighting intensity: from pink with orange and red elements to dark green with yellow and purple specks. Inflorescences, like most people, has a blue color. This picturesque grade grows better in a half.
- Burgundy Glow (Burgundy Glow)or "Burgundy glow" is a very common variety characterized by burgundy-purple leaves with raspberry-purple strokes, along the edge moving in a light kaima. Attracts flowerflowers with variable and variable, depending on the conditions of growth, coloring leaves. Shadow provides more rich and bright colors of foliage for this variety. The composition of the soil also affects the change in shades in the leaves. As for the inflorescences: there is a different coloring of the whites.
- Atropurpurea (ATROPURPUREA)or "Tempurnaya" - a popular decorative variety of luggage with dark red, sometimes brown or purple leaves and a bronze tide. A brilliant grade plate, glossy, slightly corrugated. Flowerons with inflorescences of dark blue color grow up to 20 cm. Do not having creep steps, the variety retains compactness and high density. Running, culture forms low, but thick, carpet panels. Grade - Sun-Sulad.
- Variegata Variegata - Slowly growing grade, characterized by a more rounded form of leaves, gray-green shades with unevenly distributed cream border around the edge. Prefers halftime, losing the motley and brightness of the paints in the sun.
There are also other interesting varieties of smuggling, such as: "Silver Queen", "Bengal Fire", "Toff Chip", "Dixie Chip", "Pink Elf", "Broadband Variam" and others.
The breeding of the worker Czzuchka
Like most of the representatives of the flora, the luggage creeping is multiplied with seeds or part of the plant. Seed cultivation is justified only in the case of a primary planting of the plant on its plot. As you know, the collected seeds will no longer repeat signs of varieties from maternal culture. In addition, the luggage is multiplied by the Samiew, also losing the initial signs of the variety.
Therefore, in the reproduction of the belly, more often use 2 vegetative techniques - the separation of an adult plant with a part of the root and separation from the maternal individual of the separated mustache or sockets. This method is not complicated and not time-consuming, allowing to preserve the decorative signs of the luggage.
Seed fashion
- Buying the seeds of the luggage smoke better in specialized flower shops. Then the seeds are guaranteed to provide a high germination.
- Seed seeds immediately into open ground, in the prepared grooves, sprinkling the earth.
- Seeds sow autumn or spring.
Vegetative way
- We carry out vegetative reproduction in the spring (when setting warm weather) or in the fall (before the onset of cold weather).
- In the separation of the adult plant with a part of the rhizomes, equivalent root collines with 2-3 interstices are obtained. Before breeding, the plant is abundantly watered for several days, then digging and cut into a sharp knife. This method of vegetative reproduction is carried out early in spring, before flowering. The obtained seedlings are planted into the ground.
- For breeding escapes, child cutters (sockets) are separated from the maternal bush with roots for landing for a new place. It is recommended to leave at least three outlets on one plant to improve the survival rate. You can separate the parent plant on separate sockets throughout the vegetative season when an active shoot of shoots is underway.
- After planting seedlings, they are watering them. Effective, young plants in the future do not need frequent watering.
- Survival of shoots with vegetative reproduction is quite high.
Fabric Creeping, Landing Technology
Given the absolute unpretentiousness and high adaptability of the luggage, planting and subsequent plant care will not take a lot of trouble.
Choosing a place
A special role for the development of the plant, the choice of place does not play: it grows perfectly both in the sun and in the shade, both on Suglinka and on sandy soil types. In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to the variety of smuggling, when changing the lighting intensity, affects decorative leaf shades. Therefore, it is necessary to select a place with a varietal cultural preferences. Most varieties still prefer halftime.
Flowers practiced by the landing of the lives also in the zone of the priority circles of trees or near shrubs. The surface root system of Ayuga does not in any way interfere with deep roots of trees, and, on the contrary, prevents the spread of weed grass.
In addition, it is also necessary to take into account the fact that the luggage does not make it possible to go on it like on the lawn grass. The gaze of a fragile plant will quickly die.
Preparation of soil
In order for seedlings when landing quickly fit and rooted, the soil must be wet and explosion. Culture favorably reacts to light, aerobic and fertile soil. In the absence of such, the drainage layer is prepared before landing, feeding and necessary additives are made. The optimal version of the soil mixture is: turf, sand, humid and peat.
Features of landing
When planning the seedlings of the luggage, in April-May, you can not be afraid of frosts, thanks to the cold resistance of the plant. The luggage perfectly tolerates a temporary decrease in temperature to - 10 ºC.
Seedlings should be seedlings with an interval of 15-20 cm (or more) from each other, given the rapid reproduction of child escapes next season.
Capturing young plants in shallow pits, it is necessary to ensure that the growth point of separated shoots remains at the soil level, and all the roots were well risen.
Label Creeping, Care Features
Plant care is not laborious and reduced to a minimum of agrotechnical techniques.
Watering
The most important period for the culture in need of regular irrigation is the time of landing and rooting of the shoots of the luggage. Then, moisturize the soil as it dries is the key to the rapid rooting of sockets. During the rest of the time, a rare moderate watering of this soil plants is carried out, and even then in the case of a long drought. The employment easily transfers the lack of moisture for a whole month.
Weeding
Quickly growled at the landing site, the luggage does not make it possible to break through weed grass. On the other hand, this culture itself captures more and more new free areas and sometimes needs a certain control. Then, gardeners have to restrain the aggressiveness of the bidding, smelting it as weed. Another controlling reproduction, the method can be a laying in the soil, along the border of flower beds, special coorative materials (stones, slate, synthetic fiber) that prevent the spread of perennial.
Podcord
It is better to use the organics as feeding and additional fertilizers: ready-made complex fertilizers or overwhelmed dung compost, peat, wood ash. They are entered both in liquid form, under the root and dry, sprinkling the area from above.
Trimming
Sometimes, the flowers conduct a cutting of the bidding inflorescences in order to preserve the holistic and expressive decorative type of plant.
Pests and diseases
Educational is hardy and resistant to various diseases, a plant. Culture practically does not get sick and is not subjected to pest attacks. An exception can be only the invasion of slugs or snails appearing with the moisture. Beloved delicacy, soft and gentle leaves of the luggage. To protect the pests from pests can eliminate (if possible) excessive moisture and the use of mechanical techniques to combat mollusks, when the flower leaps are sprinkled with a small layer of gravel or watered with a lime solution. If these events have not been prevented from "naughty", they use chemicals of struggle (Molluscide meter).
Occasionally, in conditions of high humidity, the plant is amazed by fungal rot. The fungus causes rotting roots and shoots, the flowering and development of the soil industry stops. In such cases, it is necessary to remove all damaged parts of the plant, and then process it with special fungicides (Fundazole, copper vigor, burglar mixture).
Preparation of bidding for winter
Although the belly creep is recognized as a cold-resistant plant, in harsh nozzles it needs additional shelter. Napnik or dry foliage will prevent the frozen culture. Young, first year, seedlings, in any case, it is better to hide on the winter.
Application of the smuggling clasp
Usage in landscape design
Perhaps this is the main purpose of this unusually colorful and ornamental crops. Landscape designers have long used Ajuga reptans as an indispensable and, last but not least, undemanding groundcover.
Zhivuchka versatile in a variety of seating places: on a bed with tall flowers on the slopes or among rocks on the banks of ponds or along the sidewalk paths.
Given the signs of virtually evergreen plants zhivuchka often planted in winter gardens or as a pot culture.
A shade-loving plants used growers for planting in areas inappropriate for other flower crops: under trees or bushes, in shaded areas or adjoining park area.
As regards the question of compatibility of plants, it is important to take into account the diverse and bright colors of leaves Ajuga reptans, because of what the "neighbors" plants is better to choose plain and quiet tones of color and culture. Ayuga complements and brings a motley variety on a background of green mass of most plants.
In addition, next to the zhivuchka better to plant the plants are equivalent to "not allowed" to oppress themselves and displace from the site. After actively grow perennial able to easily displace and stifle small, delicate and fragile flower culture.
Excellent look zhivuchek landing on the background of ferns, irises, delphiniums or loosestrife. Not less spectacular landing ayugi in compositions with coniferous or deciduous shrub.
Zhivuchka valuable decorative features is its high adaptability to growing conditions and the preservation of an attractive ornamental species throughout the warm season.
Medicinal properties of plants
In addition to valuable decorative qualities, Ajuga reptans is actively used in folk medicine as a remedy.
Reduces inflammation, promotes healing of wounds and to stop bleeding, optimizes metabolic processes - it is not the whole list of the medicinal properties of plants.
Ayuga diuretic, antiseptic, astringent, expectorant and enveloping properties.
Therefore, many people's healers apply champs, a rumor or tincture of the luggage in the treatment of diseases such as rheumatism, tuberculosis, diarrhea, angina, bronchitis, gall-eyed disease, ulcer and others. The external plant is applied with injuries, abrasions, wounds or rinsed with a decoction with excessive hair loss.
However, we should not forget that the use of any folk remedies is justified and safely only after consulting with the attending physician. Self-medication can adversely affect health.
So, the original plant, called the "Labor Creeping" on the right one can assign the title of "Universal Plant". Possessing valuable decorative qualities, the luggage, absolutely does not require increased attention of the flower. It is easily and in a short time will close any unsuitable for other crops, the site of the garden-park zone. Moreover, after that, the area will be completely transformed, and it will look very impressive, thanks to the beautiful color of the soil leaf. In addition, the texture of the "air flower carpet" will not leave anyone indifferent, and during the flowering period only enhance a pleasant impression.
A frost-resistant and unpretentious plant, ayuga, ideal for growing novice gardeners amateurs. Even if there is absolute absence of any experience in this area, the plant can easily come true and quickly multiplies on the site.
Fabric creeping, photo
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