Elegant White Line

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

Ocheretnik white is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, in the Far East, as well as in Western Siberia. At the same time, it is included in the lists of rare plants and in the Red Data Books of a number of Russian regions. This rather nice plant grows mainly on the outskirts of swampy lakes and in moss bogs (especially sphagnum). White ocheretnik is an excellent solution for decorating reservoirs. This elegant plant is often compared to fireworks

Getting to know the plant

White ocheret is a friable perennial endowed with scaly rhizomes, representing the sedge family. The height of its sinewy and rather strong triangular stems ranges from ten to forty centimeters, and the width of the narrow-linear leaves of this plant reaches 1 - 2 mm. These grooved linear leaves can be either stem or basal.

Inflorescences of this beautiful plant form from two to eight slightly spaced or one apical spikelet. Filmy covering ovate-elliptical scales are whitish at the edges, turning brown at fruit and pointed at the tops. Often, one top flake and one to three bottom flakes are sterile. All scales are arranged in spikelets in two rows or spirally.

The flowers of the white sedge sit on long peduncles in the axils of the upper leaves or are arranged in bunches at the tips of the stems. As a rule, they are bisexual, although the upper flowers can sometimes be male. This delicate plant blooms mainly in June.

The fruits of a wonderful herbaceous perennial are in the form of compressed nuts with extended bases of the columns and tapering to the spouts. Fruiting oregano white usually bears in July.

In nature, the populations of the white-fronted ossuary are characterized by a small number and rather small areas, and this plant lives very scattered. The specificity of its habitat and the drainage of swamps are the reason for the gradual decline in its population.

The use of a white ossuary

The white gum is used to decorate meadows and decorative ponds. For floral arrangements, this lovely perennial makes an excellent cutting material. He has proven himself well as a dried flower. In addition, this plant produces excellent and highly nutritious hay, readily consumed by livestock.

How to grow

It is best to plant white ossicles on damp banks, swamps and shallow waters. This is done, as a rule, with the onset of spring. It is usually planted in containers, and the planting depth is from two and a half to five centimeters. As far as the soil is concerned, it can grow on almost any soil, from swampy to sandy. However, slightly acidic loamy soils are the most suitable for its cultivation.

Propagation of the white frit occurs mainly by seeds, although it can also reproduce vegetatively. By dividing the bushes, it is usually propagated in the spring or after flowering in early summer. Once every few years, it must be divided, since a radial growth is characteristic of the white osshelet.

The white willow is rather winter-hardy, but in the open field it is able to winter only in the southern regions of Russia. And in the middle lane, it should be placed for the winter in a container with water on light cool windowsills or in a cold greenhouse.

In care, the white ossuary is very unpretentious. It is incredibly flexible - this feature makes it capable of withstanding both summer drought and periodic flooding. However, despite its unpretentiousness, this bizarre plant reacts very positively to monthly feeding. As for the lesions by pests and various diseases, those were not observed in this plant, respectively, in this regard, the white ossum would not cause absolutely any trouble.