Growing A Rustic

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

The ubiquitous Rugwort can be grown in an open field flower garden, on a cherished garden bed with medicinal herbs, or in a flower pot standing on a windowsill or hidden in a decorative shell, a pots hanging on the wall

Talking about the Omnipresent Rustic, we got acquainted with a very small number of species of this plant, of which there are more than 3000 botanists in nature. Naturally, the requirements for the living conditions of a plant growing in various climatic zones are different. Therefore, we will try to figure out those species that may appear in our gardens or dwelling.

Pick up time and place

The open ground groundwort, which is a shrub with ordinary leaves, is planted in the spring in mild climates, and in the fall in cold climates, so that the plant hardens.

Late frosts are dangerous for herbaceous species with succulent leaves, so they are planted when warm weather is firmly established.

Indoor plants reproduce successfully in the spring and summer, and in winter it is much more difficult and unproductive to do this.

Most species of the Ground Rose are lovers of sunny places, but not very fond of direct sunlight. Some people tolerate partial shade.

Soil and fertilizing

Acidic soils are not suitable for the Rustic; he prefers slightly alkaline or neutral soils.

Succulent species are watered regularly in summer, with less watering in winter. Excessive watering leads to rotting of the plant, so do not overdo it. Non-succulent species like abundant watering during the active growing season. Once every two to three weeks, watering is combined with mineral dressings. But nitrogen fertilizers are not as relevant for the Rose Flower as for our home-grown plants.

Maintaining appearance

Shrubs such as Gray's Rustic require pruning to compact the shrubs.

Succulents with unconventional leaf shapes, such as Rowley's Rustic, become bald over time, losing their ball-shaped leaves. In such cases, you can sprinkle the bare stems with earth, and they will take root, giving new life to the plant.

Rowley's godson

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In a hot desert, Rowley's Rustic grows, adapted to store moisture in its leaves, from which they acquired a spherical shape and look more like berries than plant leaves. Juicy green leaves-berries just ask for a mouthful, but under their beautiful shell hides

poisonous filling … Therefore, if you are tempted by an unusual plant to decorate your home with it,

be careful

Although life in the desert has taught the plant to be unpretentious, only when favorable conditions are created, Rowley's Ragwort will give its flowering, exuding a subtle spicy aroma. And the diffused light, neat moderate watering with warm water, loose soil, low-nitrogen fertilizing, the temperature in summer around 25 degrees, and in winter plus 15 degrees are favorable for him.

Reproduction

Herbaceous species of the Rustic can be propagated by seeds, but the procedure takes time and patience, and therefore it is easier to purchase ready-made seedlings.

Shrub species are propagated by cuttings, layering, dividing overgrown bushes. Cuttings are harvested in summer, and in climbing species - in spring, cutting off the tops of the plant at an angle. Having processed the cut with growth stimulants, after a month and a half, a formed bush is obtained, if the stalk is provided with a shaded, but hot and humid place.

Enemies

It is very important to properly organize watering of the Rustic, since excess moisture causes decay, and a lack of moisture causes the leaves to dry out.

Drafts are the enemy of grassy species.

They love to feast on the leaves of the whitefly plant, more precisely, its larvae, as well as mealybug and green aphid.