2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
This unpretentious bright flower will become a flower bed decoration, it blooms for a long time and intensively, and its flowers look like delicate quivering butterfly wings. Many novice (and even experienced) gardeners are wary of escholtia, suggesting that it requires some kind of special care
In fact, this is not the case.
A little about eschsholzia
This amazing flower came to Europe from North America. The first attempt to import Escholzia by a Scottish botanist was unsuccessful, for some reason the seeds he brought did not germinate. 20 years later, the seeds were again brought to the mainland by a Russian expedition, which included the naturalist Johann Friedrich von Eshsholtz, after whom the flower was named.
The plant blooms for a very long time, but the lifespan of each flower is only 3 days, while the flowers open only in clear sunny weather, on a gloomy day they remain gathered in buds.
Currently, the choice of escholzia varieties is huge, but I think the most spectacular
"Apple blossom",
his flowers are bright pink with corrugated petals, somewhat similar to a poppy,
"Peach Sorbet"
with full creamy flowers, "Fruit Crush"
with bright caramel flowers, semi-double, corrugated petals. The flowerbed looks especially beautiful if these varieties are mixed and planted together. Such a flower bed attracts the eye with its brightness, but at the same time the tenderness and weightlessness of flowers.
Planting and breeding escholzia
Escholzia is propagated by seeds. The shelf life of the seed is about 3 years, but it should be remembered that every year the germination of seeds is lost. Although, this unusual flower reproduces well by self-sowing, it is worth sowing it in a flower bed once and no longer have to think about seeds. To be honest, you will have to think about where to put the extra seedlings, since it gives a lot of seeds and their germination rate is very high.
Seeds are sown in open ground, without growing seedlings, in spring or autumn. There are no special requirements for the soil, any will do, the only thing is if you have completely depleted soil, then it is better to add peat or compost to it, especially if you do not plan to change the planting site of the escholzia for the next few years.
In the fall, you need to sow seeds in the ground in October-early November (if November is warm) so that they linger until spring. In the spring - as soon as it gets warmer, in the middle of April it is already possible to sow. The seeds are carefully scattered over the flower bed, lightly sprinkled with earth or mulch on top.
After the sprouts appear, we monitor their growth and after the appearance of 4-6 true leaves, we cut it so that the distance between adjacent sprouts is 15-20 centimeters. Do not be sorry and be sure to thin out, otherwise the flowers will be frail and weak.
Extra plants that have been pulled out should not be transplanted to a new place, as escholzia is one of the few plants that do not reproduce by seedlings. The only way to transplant to a new place is to dig it right out of the clod so that the plant doesn't even notice the transplant.
Care
For what I love eschsholzia, it is for its unpretentiousness. It requires virtually no maintenance. All that is needed is to periodically water during dry times, loosen and remove weeds from time to time. Watering should be carried out in the evening, when the heat subsides and the flowers close for the night.
In order for the escholzia to bloom longer, it is advisable to remove the faded flower stalks and seed pods. Some of the seed pods must also be removed because then you will be tortured to remove unnecessary sprouts.
It is enough to feed the escholzia once a season, on the eve of flowering, with any fertilizer for flowering plants.
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