Features Of Growing Aralia

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The flowering garden plant Aralia belongs to the Aralia species. This is a beautiful spreading plant, often grown in gardens, ornamental flower gardens, biological reserves. What types of this plant exist, and what are the features of its cultivation?

Aralia. Appearance

It is a short tree, shrub or large perennial plant with a branched, spiked top. The grass can reach 50 centimeters in height, and the trees sometimes reach 18-20 meters.

Aralia sheds its leaves every autumn, and in spring it dismisses them again. The leaves of the plant are quite large. The flowers are small with stamens when blooming. When fruits appear on the plant, they can be immediately noticed, they are of an interesting dark purple color in the form of berries.

The plant can grow not only in garden conditions, but also in the wild. Loves forest soils, edges, mixed forests, conifers. Among coniferous trees, places of tree felling, burnt edges of the Aralia can grow to impassable thickets and thickets.

There are many types of aralia, more than thirty. Most often, this plant grows in Asia, can be found in America, its central and northern parts. We will tell you about the most famous aralia species growing and cultivated in our area.

Aralia Manchu

Gardeners also call this type of this plant high aralia. There is also an older name for the Manchurian Aralia in Russia - thorn tree or devil tree.

In fact, the high Aralia is slightly different from the Manchu. The latter has wider leaves, and on the inflorescences there are a large number of umbellate flowers. In Russia, this variety of aralia grows well (and even by itself) in the eastern part of the country, on Sakhalin, in the Primorsky Territory, in the Kuriles.

Aralia Schmidt

Or heart-shaped. Also grows wild and very well in the gardens of the Russian Far East. It looks like a herbaceous perennial up to two meters in height. The root of the plant is thick, fleshy, large, and aromatic. Flowers are yellow or light green, small flowers are enclosed in an umbrella. The heart-shaped aralia blooms from July to September, and its fruits ripen at the end of August.

Where and how is aralia used?

First of all, aralia, as a very unusual and amusing shrub that blooms almost all summer, is used to decorate a garden, a suburban area, a summer cottage landscape.

The plant is not demanding on moisture, soil condition, transplantation is excellent. For these qualities, gardeners love her everywhere throughout Russia.

Aralia can be used in the garden as an option for hedges that are practically impassable. Especially at the time of flowering, high Aralia will be good in this regard.

Moreover, the plant is healing. It is used for various diseases. For example, with asthenia, hypotension, stress, depression, fatigue, atherosclerosis, to improve sexual function in men. Aralia is an excellent stimulant for the healthy functioning of the central nervous system, especially after traumatic brain injury.

Infusions and tinctures of aralia are used in psychiatry, for nervous diseases, gastrointestinal problems, diabetes, ARVI and ARI. In general, it is a general tonic containing valuable vegetable protein, trace elements, useful vitamins and minerals.

Features of growing azaleas

When choosing a garden aralia, pay attention to its variety, type, display of complete information from the seller about planting and caring for the plant. Aralia seedlings should be purchased in the spring. Each seedling should be in a large amount of soil. The soil in which the seedlings are kept must be moist. Transportation to the place of disembarkation must be carried out exclusively in containers and in wet ground. In appearance, the seedlings should be healthy, not withered. Pull the aralia lightly out of the container with soil. If it easily gives in and comes out, separating from the clod of earth at the roots, it means that it has not taken root well in this place, which means that it will also take root badly in your garden.

Don't plant aralia in the sun-drenched meadows of your garden. She needs partial shade of varying intensity for the successful development. But you can still plant some types of deciduous azaleas in those places of the garden, where it is often light and warm the sun.

Azalea soil should be acidic. Aralia does not tolerate loam, calcareous soils. Water the azaleas liberally. But again, depending on the season. Make sure, most importantly, that the soil on which they grow is not dry.

Spray the shrubs with moisture, place them near ponds in the garden. That is, it should be remembered that azaleas are very fond of moisture in the air and soil. Water the azalea from time to time with acidified water as a top dressing.

In winter, protect the azalea by mulching soil up to five centimeters thick. If this is required by the seller's instructions for this type of azaleas, cover them with spruce branches, tie a tree or shrub with burlap with it.