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Caucasian rezuha (lat. Arabis caucasica) - an evergreen flowering perennial plant of the genus Rezuha (Latin Arabis), ranked by botanists in the Cabbage family (Latin Brassicaceae). At first, Caucasian Rezukha was considered a subspecies of Alpine Rezuha (Latin Arabis alpina), but further genetic studies of the plant showed that it is an independent species of the genus. Of course, it is difficult for an ordinary grower to separate these plants, which have many similar external details. Caucasian rezuha is a popular garden plant with abundant and aromatic spring flowering. A wonderful spring honey plant.
What's in your name
Both words of the Latin name of the plant are associated with the place of its growth.
The first word “Arabis” refers to the territories associated with Arab settlements, and the second word, which is a species indicator, orients to the rocky slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.
This does not mean at all that the Caucasian Rezukha cannot be found in other regions of the world. For example, this plant is considered native to the Mediterranean and South-Eastern Europe. But it so happened in the world of botany that the given initial names of plants very rarely change, although this also happens. In addition, as a rule, plants do not manage with one official name in Latin, but are overgrown with many popular names. This often leads to confusion and disputes between growers who like to defend their name.
Description
Caucasian rezuha is a herbaceous evergreen perennial plant with a height of 20 to 40 centimeters, forming clumps of up to one square meter in area. The plant is obliged to the formation of dense clumps of creeping aerial shoots, sometimes shortened, but more often long and branched, capable of easily rooting and wintering under the snow without health losses.
Small evergreen leaves with a whole leaf blade are lanceolate. The edge of the leaves is decorated with denticles, and the surface is covered with dense pubescence, which turns green leaves into grayish-green.
Throughout the spring months, Caucasian Rezuha demonstrates a lush, abundant flowering formed by hermaphrodite (bisexual) flowers, which share their nectar and pollen with bees pollinating the plant. The delicate, slightly overlapping flower petals in the amount of four can be colored white, yellow or pink, and exude a pleasant honey scent. To prolong the floral charm, wilted flowers are removed, stimulating the plant to produce new flowers.
Usage
Caucasian rezuha is a very frost-resistant plant. Its evergreen leaves perfectly withstand frosts down to minus 35 degrees Celsius, hiding under a layer of snow, or with a layer of mulch where there is not enough snow. This makes Rezukha Caucasian a popular ornamental plant with spring blooming in a very wide range of the Northern Hemisphere of our amazingly beautiful planet. Moreover, the frost resistance of Caucasian Rezukha is combined with unpretentiousness to living conditions, ease of caring for a plant that gives abundant spring flowering.
For Caucasian Rezukha, both a sunny and a shady landing site are suitable. But the plant will behave differently depending on the place. In a sunny place, the flowering will be more abundant and longer, but in order to achieve the growth of the plant in breadth, using it as a ground cover, a place in the shade will be more suitable, which is naturally provided by tree crowns when Caucasian Rezuha is planted in the near-trunk circles of trees.
The plant is easy to propagate in all sorts of ways: by sowing seeds, stem cuttings, layering, or by dividing overgrown clumps.
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