Tiarella Verry

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Tiarella Verri (lat. Tiarella wherryi) - flowering decorative culture; a representative of the genus Tiarella of the Saxifrage family. It occurs naturally in the southeastern regions of North America. In Russia, it is cultivated on personal household plots, although the species is not very popular, many prefer its closest relative - heart-leaved tiarella. Some scientists and botanists argue that tiarella verry is a subspecies of thyrella sercellulosa, because it has similarities in the structure of leaves and flowers, and differs only in the absence of stolons and the degree of winter hardiness.

Characteristics of culture

Tiarella Verri is represented by small and neat bushes up to 30 cm high with rounded leaves (often with a pattern or spots), collected in rosettes, above which long peduncles flaunt, bearing straight racemose inflorescences consisting of white or pink star-shaped flowers. Unlike tiarella cordifolia, it does not grow, but it looks no less attractive, it gets along well with other floral and decorative cultures.

Tiarella Verry is less winter-hardy; for the winter it needs a cover with non-woven material, peat or foliage. But spring frosts are not terrible for tiarellas. It should be noted that tiarellas are decorative even after flowering, but to improve their appearance, faded inflorescences must be removed. In autumn, the foliage will change its color to orange, reddish and brownish shades, as a result of which the plants will acquire a rather attractive appearance.

Currently, more than 30 varieties have been bred, differing in the color of foliage and flowers. All of them are amazingly beautiful and deserve the attention of gardeners and florists.

The most common varieties:

* Dark Eyes (Dark Eyes) - the variety is represented by plants with rounded juicy green foliage with dark purple veins and pink flowers;

* Seelton Key (Silton Key) - the variety is represented by plants with rounded graceful foliage of green color with rather narrow lobes and pink flowers;

* Dunvegan (Dunvegan) - the variety is represented by plants with light green narrow-bladed foliage and large graceful pink flowers, collected in conical inflorescences;

* Pink Bouquet (Pink Bouquet) - the variety is represented by plants with green round foliage and pink flowers, the variety is abundantly flowering;

* Inkblat (Inkblat) - the variety is represented by plants with dark green leaves with purple veins and pink flowers;

* Oakleaf (Oaklif) - the variety is represented by plants with slightly elongated green foliage and pink flowers;

* Tiger Stripe (Tiger Strip) - the variety is represented by plants with dark green foliage with dark purple veins and pink flowers;

* Ninja (Ninya) - the variety is represented by plants with dark green narrow-lobed foliage with purple veins and pink flowers, collected in cylindrical inflorescences.

Landing

Planting and transplanting verry tiarella can be carried out throughout the growing season, but division is best done before or after flowering. Sowing must be done in the spring. The soil for growing thiarella should be loamy, moist, permeable, loose, slightly acidic or neutral. It is not forbidden to cultivate a crop on acidic and sandy soils, but in the second case, more frequent watering is required.

After planting or transplanting, plants are watered at least 1 time per day for 2 weeks. The planting hole is prepared with dimensions of 20 * 20 cm. The soil taken out of the hole should be mixed with wood ash and compost, the introduction of complex mineral fertilizer is optional. In the future, the soil in plants is mulched with foliage or peat, since the lower part of the rosettes is very bare, which significantly spoils the appearance.