Anemones: planting and care

Charming and gentle anemones are popular with many gardeners not only with their impressive appearance, but also unpretentiousness in planting and care. This garden culture fully justifies its name "daughter of the winds", since the slightest whiff of changeable breeze makes the delicate petals of its numerous flowers tremble. To learn how to grow an anemone flowers on the plot is not at all difficult.

Anemones are considered a garden plant "with a history", as some species are known to growfrom the XVI century. This perennial herbaceous culture with a tuberous or rhizome system is characterized by the presence of many decorative leaves, divided into graceful lobes. The flowers of the anemones presented in the photo look extremely impressive: they are very large, often have a bright color, can be either single or collected in umbellate inflorescences. As a rule, anemones in the country, on the site near the house, please their owners with flowering in the spring, but there are many of their species blooming in the summer and early autumn.

Choosing a place for planting and preparing the soil

Initially, the grower needs to determine the place for planting flowers - anemones. For this purpose, it is advisable to give preference to a very spacious area, protected from possible drafts. It is worth paying attention to the illumination of the chosen place, because this culture likes the sunlight or a comfortable penumbra. At the same time, for the anemones fatal sunny afternoon sun.

The choice of loose, slightly acidic, fertile soil with good drainage at the dacha will be the key to successful planting of anemones and subsequent careless plant care. Optimal - hardwood with added peat or loam. To improve the soil structure and prevent water stagnation, too heavy soil will require the addition of sand. The use of soil with high acidity can be fatal for the crop. Therefore, to reduce this indicator, it will be necessary to add wood ash or dolomite flour.

Planting anemones

Before planting anemones, the grower will need to perform germination of the tubers, pre-soaking the last. It is forbidden to stay tubers in water for a long time, as this can provoke their decay. It will be correct to wrap the tubers for 5-6 hours in a cloth moistened with warm water, which is added to the root stimulant - zircon( epin), aloe juice 1-2 drops.

Then the tubers should be placed in a low pot filled with moist soil with the addition of sand and covered with a polyethylene film or glass. It is worth noting that the moistened tubers are laid out on the surface of the soil in the pot. It will be necessary to periodically moisten the soil to prevent it from drying out. After 10 days, the tubers will be covered with roots, growth points. This is a signal for planting them in a pot with a depth of 2 rows of a planting sprout upward. The optimum temperature is + 12 ºC.

When deciding when to plant anemones in open soil, the grower should focus on the period when the temperature indices in the street and in the premises are equalized. With regard to the depth of planting, the optimum is considered a 5 cm hole or 2 thickness of the planted tuber. For hardening of leaves of anemones, not accustomed to the sun, it is desirable to ensure their darkening for 7 days.

Care for anemones

The main care for this plant is to maintain an optimal moisture regime to prevent excess water in the soil, destructive for the roots. Mulching activities, involving the use of foliage of fruit trees, will help to protect the earth from excessive drying.

Since planted anemones are characterized by increased sensitivity to care measures, it is advisable to refuse their weeding, replacing it by ripping the weeds by hand to prevent damage to the roots of the crop.

Watering

Anemones - a drought-resistant plant that easily withstands a lack of soil moisture, content with periodic precipitation. This is the reason that the gardener may well limit himself to additional irrigation of culture only during its active growth, as well as the formation of buds.

Top dressing

The implementation of anemones is recommended during the formation of flower buds, as well as during the flowering period. To do this, liquid organic material. The use of fresh manure is unacceptable, as this can lead to the death of the plant.

Reproduction of

When propagating this culture, horticulturists, as a rule, do not use the vegetative method. Also, the seed method was very small spread due to the very low germination of the anemone seeds.

To improve the germination of seeds, stratification can be applied. The depth of planting of seeds is small, since it is difficult to break through a massive soil layer with a tender and sparse plant shoot. It is worth noting that specimens grown by the seed method bloom only for 2-3 years after planting them.

For the propagation of anemones, the optimal division of the rhizome, which should be performed at the beginning of the spring season, is optimal. On each divided tuber should be present 2 - 3 points of growth, responsible for providing the required amount of green mass in the future.

Photos of flowers anemones

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