2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Among the many magnificent flowers of the Aster family, the colorful Gaillardia stands out for its bright juicy colors. It would seem that her chamomile petals could be used to tell fortunes whether he loves me more than his car or our dacha, but for some reason a hand is not raised for such a thing. And therefore, her inflorescences delight from June to autumn frosts, and I feel his love without fortune-telling
Flower of peace
Born in the west of America, when the foot of a European had not yet set foot on these lands, the flower received its name in France in honor of Gaillard de Bondarua, a patron of the arts and patron of the science of botany.
Without a passport and border visas, Gaillardia managed to penetrate many countries, demonstrating to people that life on Earth can only be preserved by beauty, love and sanity, and not borders with high walls and barbed wire. Borders only give rise to strife and wars, meaningless, destroying, not protecting fragile life.
If the rulers of the "great" powers relaxed their neck muscles even for a moment and lowered their gaze, wandering over the heads of ordinary mortals, to the ground, they would admire the bright play of colors and the tenderness of Gaillardia and forget about missiles, fighters and other monsters that destroy life.
Legends
A colorful Gaillardia carpet gives birth to legends. For example:
Once upon a time there was a seamstress. She sewed bright baby blankets from small scraps of fabric left without work. The children slept well under such blankets in the bedrooms, which were poorly heated due to the economy of firewood. Everyone thanked the craftswoman and rejoiced at her art.
Once an evil sorceress from a neighboring village saw those blankets and was jealous of the dressmaker. And envy, like rust, eats away at the soul, haunts as long as the object of envy exists happily. And the witch sent damage to the skilled craftswoman. The girl began to wither by leaps and bounds, and melted like an Easter candle.
But creativity cannot be destroyed by any intrigues. It will make its way through the thickness of the earth. In the spring, the grave was covered with a bright patchwork quilt made of Gaillardia, and people admired it until the snow covered it from the severe frost until the next spring.
Growing Gaillardia
Gaillardia - another unpretentious perennial (there are also annuals) can decorate your balcony, loggia, terrace, front garden, flower bed, alpine slide, rabatku, Moorish lawn or settle down as a bright spot on the uniform green of the lawn.
Propagated by seed and root division. It is better to sow seeds early, for example, in April. Root division is carried out both in early spring and in September, long before frost, so that the bushes have time to take root in a new place.
Loves the sun, then it blooms profusely and for a long time, if you remove the faded beauty.
He does not like stagnant water, drought is preferable for her. Therefore, it grows better on light, dry, fertile soils, slightly acidic. Does not tolerate manure fertilization.
If her simple needs are satisfied, she will delight with flowering in one place for four to five years. Gaillardia bushes come in different heights, from 30 centimeters to one meter. Tall ones sometimes need additional support.
Varieties
Gaillardia spinous - the ancestor of all future hybrids, surprising with the originality of the reed petals or the density of double flowers. I like her more than her sophisticated followers. I love natural simplicity.
Although the multicolored spinous Gaillardia can hardly be called simple. Up to 4-5 shades are combined in one flower. The yellow tips of the petals gradually turn pink, then the heart of the flower begins with a burgundy rim, yellow-green in the center. And all this multicolor against the background of lush green leaves. Such a flower is just a guide for needlewomen on how to combine different colors when knitting, sewing and making other works of creativity.
Popular varieties of spinous Gaillardia are: Bremen, Burgunder, Goblin (dwarf variety), Kobold, Tommy, Tokayer, differing from each other in the color of the petals.
Gaillardia spinous can be diversified
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