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Yaskolka (lat. Cerastium) - light-loving drought-resistant perennial from the Clove family. The second name is cerastium. The Latin name for yaskolka was given by the shape of its fruit-boxes, which are very similar in appearance to a horn (the word keras is translated from Greek as "horn").
Description
Yaskolka is an annual or perennial, the height of which can vary from fifteen to thirty centimeters. Branched or simple stems of this plant can be either ascending or creeping. Small and densely pubescent whole leaves of the Jascola are located opposite.
The little white flowers of the yaskolka reach two centimeters in diameter and gather in spectacular corymbose inflorescences. The corollas and sepals of this plant are lanceolate and five-leafed, and its white petals are mostly two-incised, either by one third or half. Sometimes at the tops, they can be whole or notched. As for the stamens, there are usually ten stamens, a little less often - three or five. And you can admire the flowering of this beauty in late spring and early summer season.
The fruits of the chickweed have the form of oblong-cylindrical and almost always curving under the tops of the capsules, which open with ten (occasionally eight or six) cloves. And its rounded kidney-shaped seeds are usually colored in rich brown tones, while they are finely blunt or acutely tuberous.
In total, the genus of Yaskolka includes over a hundred varieties.
Where grows
It is possible to meet the chrysalis mainly in the temperate North American regions, as well as on the territory of Eurasia.
Usage
In ornamental horticulture, two varieties of jascola are quite actively used - the Bieberstein jaskolka and the equally widespread felt jascolka. However, the use of this plant in gardens, of course, is not limited to only these varieties.
In order to form more compact and lush clumps from the chippings, it is recommended to prune the shoots of overgrown specimens immediately after flowering.
Best of all, shrapnel will be combined with many other drought-resistant plants - it is especially good to plant such compositions in elevated areas, while the soil should be well-drained and certainly with the addition of sand. In such conditions, beautiful plants practically do not need care, since weed vegetation in this case becomes absolutely uncompetitive.
The leaves and flowers of this beautiful plant bring a rather successful neutral and at the same time surprisingly delicate whitish tone to any garden compositions. And this feature allows you to successfully combine the chisel with flowers of a wide variety of shades - purple, pink, as well as blue-violet, orange, rich yellow, and so on.
The shingle is perfect for planting on slopes, as well as on rocky hills or in low curbs. It goes especially well in this case with armeria, bells and a number of other not too tall plants.
Growing and caring
It is recommended to plant chickweed in areas that are not subject to stagnant moisture, as well as in properly heated areas. By the way, on dryish poor soils, this plant will actively resist weeds. In general, this drought-resistant and light-loving beauty is very undemanding to soil fertility.
Watered chickweed only when dry periods are established, and this beauty does not need feeding at all.
The shingle is propagated both by sowing before winter and by dividing the bushes in early spring, as well as by summer cuttings or spring sowing of seeds (seedlings in this case will bloom only at the end of summer). At the same time, planting of this plant is recommended to be renewed every three or four years.
