2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Fruits, vegetables, berries on the site are just wonderful, all their own and tasty. But I want to please the eye with an elegant and blooming flower bed. In recent years, the selection of various decorative flowering crops in specialized stores is huge, which is not there! And I want to buy something interesting and unusual for the site. I recommend that you purchase myrikaria. It compares favorably with other plants with silvery-gray leaves, blooms for 2-3 months, and the flowers exude a pleasant aroma
A little about myrikaria
Mirikaria is a shrub with small scaly leaves with reddish-brown or yellow-brown shoots. This perennial plant came to us from Asia. Almost the entire space from Altai to Tibet is considered its homeland, but it is especially often found on the Mongolian and Chinese plains. For landscaping areas, 2 types of myrikaria are most often used (in total, there are about a dozen of them):
Daurskaya
Foxtail (foxtail)
Their main difference lies in the arrangement of the peduncles: in the foxtail inflorescences they are located at the top of the branches, and in the Daurian inflorescences on the lateral branches.
Mirikaria is very fond of light and wet areas, which will need to be considered when choosing a place to plant it. It tolerates pruning well, easily and quickly recovers after harsh winters, even if it had to be "cut" completely, leaving only a stump.
The flowering of myrikaria begins around mid-May and lasts for 2-3 months, the flowers do not open all at once, but in turn, flowering begins from the lower branches and gradually moves to the upper branches.
Planting and caring for myrikaria
Mirikaria is perhaps the best plant for those who do not like to take care of plants, but at the same time want their site to please the eye with beauty. This plant is extremely unpretentious, it is not susceptible to various diseases, garden pests do not like it. In addition, it easily tolerates heat, even at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, it grows calmly, and cold, without freezing to the ground.
To plant this ornamental shrub, you need to choose a bright place, but if possible shaded, with slightly acidic or neutral soil, preferably a peat substrate, but at the same time it grows well on fertile garden soil or on loamy soil.
Mirikaria loves moisture very much, but easily withstands drought, requiring only poor watering - about 10 liters per 1 bush for 10-14 days. But if the soil moisture is regular and sufficient, then the shrub will grow faster and bloom more actively.
During the spring-summer period, it is necessary to feed 1-2 times with special fertilizers for heather plants. In addition, annually in the spring, it is advisable to mulch with humus or peat, then the shrub will delight you with a more saturated color of leaves and flowers.
Pruning
Mirikaria needs constant pruning. If you do not carry out this simple procedure, then over time, after 7-9 years, the shrubs will simply grow stiff and lose their beauty and originality. Therefore, do not neglect this operation. You need to prune 2 times a year: in spring and autumn. Spring pruning will help get rid of frozen and dead twigs, and autumn pruning will help form a shrub of the desired shape.
Reproduction
Propagated myrikaria by seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush. The last two methods are optimal. When propagating by cuttings, it is necessary to cut off branches about 20-25 centimeters long during the entire vegetative period, then immerse them in growth stimulants for 2-3 hours and plant them in any container. Rooting is pretty fast. But in the first year, it is better not to plant young growth in open ground, as it does not tolerate wintering in open ground. And in the second year, you can safely leave in a permanent place, without fear of death.
When propagating by seeds, it is desirable to stratify the seeds, this will increase their germination up to 95%. This operation is not necessary, but then the germination rate will be approximately 30-35%. Seeds are scattered over the surface of the ground in a box, without sprinkling them with soil. Water gently, in drops or with a spray. Roots appear in 2-3 days, and sprouts in 7-8 days. After warming, the seedlings are planted in open ground.
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