2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
For various reasons, many wild plants leave the earth's expanses, remaining only in the memory of people or in multi-page encyclopedias. Not all people are indifferent to this. Plant enthusiasts are trying to shelter endangered species in the botanical gardens of scientific institutions, in the vastness of summer cottages. Such plants include a perennial named "Sun Clausia", listed in the Red Data Books of eight Russian regions
Studying the habits of the savage
Ten years ago, Marina Aleksandrovna Martynova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, drew attention to the Siberian perennial wild woman, which gives food to hardworking bees and has a very decorative appearance.
She set herself a number of tasks to study the habits of the plant, its biological characteristics, in order to preserve the qualities and abilities of Clausia as much as possible during its cultivation, rationally using natural gifts when creating modern green landscapes.
She presented her long-term observations in a scientific dissertation.
Love for beauty
It is unlikely that among the many flower cultures that are popular with summer residents and listed in catalogs, you can see the name "Sun Clausia". But word of mouth was the best advertisement at all times. We will use his services so that the work of people who love the beautiful creations of nature and who are trying to save endangered plant species by “taming” them will not be wasted.
The habitus of Clausia the sun
Growing in the wild, Clausia cannot boast of high growth and an abundance of flowers in inflorescences. Its simple stems do not exceed 40 cm in height, branching slightly closer to the top. A rosette of petiolate oblong small leaves of the first year of life acquires a leafy peduncle only the next year. The stem and leaves of the plant are armed with glandular hairs that protect it from uninvited, malevolent guests.
The small-flowered inflorescence-raceme is collected from lilac-purple or purple-pink flowers with fragrant petals, the size of which varies from 10 to 20 mm.
As if feeling a person's care for himself, in the culture of Klausia the sunflower increased the length and width of the leaves and strengthened her decorative data. Although no increase in flower size was noticed, the number of flowers in inflorescences increased, and simple stems were enriched with side shoots, giving the bushes a pleasant splendor.
Growing Clausia sunshine in culture
Abundant flowering continues for 45-50 days, starting after the May holidays, while the lifespan of one flower does not exceed a week. The noble pink-lilac-purple flowers are replaced by rather large pods with seeds sticking out in different directions, somewhat reducing the decorative effect of the plant.
Not counting on the mercy of nature, Klausia sunshine is not picky about soils, settling on chalk, calcareous and stony slopes; in pine and larch dry rare forests. However, having moved under the care of a person, she loves additional watering, to which she responds with larger petals and fresh flowers.
This is a surprisingly delicate plant that does not pretend to foreign territory, although it has a root-sprouting nature. Klausia gives in to creeping wheatgrass, malicious sow-thistle, nimble bindweed, but gets along well with narrow-leaved lily, carnation, pseudo-petal basil.
It reproduces by offspring, which, unfortunately, do not take root well, so they must be separated from the mother with a lump of earth. Sowing seeds is more favorable in the spring, embedding them in the soil to a depth of 1 cm. The seedlings that appear a week later are thinned out and watered regularly.
The low-growing plant is suitable for stony gardens, rock gardens and other types of flower gardens, in which it will become a pleasant neighbor for perennials.
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