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Winged ammobium (Latin Ammobium alatum) - flowering culture; a representative of the genus Ammobium of the Asteraceae family. A native of Australia, it also grows there in natural conditions. One of the plants included in the group of dried flowers is used not only in decorative gardening, but also in flower art (creating winter and summer bouquets and various crafts, including paintings).
Characteristics of culture
Winged ammobium is represented by perennial herbaceous plants with a height of 40-70 cm with erect, highly branched stems, equipped along the entire length with comb-like protrusions-wings, thanks to which the plant in question received this specific name. In the process of growth, winged ammobium forms a rather large and powerful bush, over which numerous inflorescences-baskets rise. Stem leaves are small in size, whole, at the base fused with comb projections (or wings), basal leaves are oval, elongated, narrowed at the base, collected in a rosette.
The flowers of the winged ammobium are tubular, very small, bright yellow in color, collected in baskets, reaching a diameter of 1.5-2 cm and surrounded by a wrapper consisting of membranous white petal-shaped scales with a structure. Fruits are elongated achenes, equipped with a saucer-like filmy tuft. Winged ammobium blooms from mid-late June to the onset of frost. The flowers, when flowering, acquire a brown color, and the petal-shaped scales of the envelope are strongly bent.
Currently, several varieties and varieties of winged ammobium are presented on the garden market. Of these, var is the most popular form. Grandiflorum (Grandiflorum), represented by plants up to 80 cm high, with powerful stems and large inflorescences. Among the varieties, gardeners prefer Bikini (Bikini), it is represented by plants no more than 40 cm high with inflorescences-baskets, the same shape and size. Unsurprisingly, the variety has been awarded several gold medals at European flower shows. The variety is ideal for decorating alpine slides, flower beds, ridges and borders.
Growing features
Winged ammobium is photophilous and drought-resistant. It develops best on permeable, loose, nutritious, moderately moist, sandy or loamy soils. On heavy, clayey, waterlogged and acidic soils, plants feel defective. Otherwise, winged ammobium is undemanding, including in care. The care consists in the standard procedures for most flower cultures, namely weeding, loosening, fertilizing (twice a season with complex mineral fertilizers) and rare watering during a prolonged drought. As already mentioned, winged ammobium is distinguished by high drought-resistant properties, but at the initial stages of growth, plants need regular and moderate watering, the future state, as well as the abundance and quality of flowering, largely depends on this.
Propagated by winged ammobium seeds. In regions with a cool climate, the seedling method is used, in the southern regions - by sowing seeds in open ground or a greenhouse. With the seedling method, the seeds are sown in seedling containers in mid to late March. Seedlings of winged ammobium appear in about a week, after another couple of weeks they dive into separate pots, preferably peat ones. By the way, sowing can be carried out in special containers with peat tablets. Ammobium seedlings are transplanted into open ground at the end of May, the soil for the plants is pretreated, freed from weeds and fertilized. The distance between the plants should be at least 30 cm. Immediately after transplanting, the soil is abundantly moistened, then watering is carried out as the soil dries up. After a couple of weeks, watering is reduced. At the same time, fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers is carried out.
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