Rejuvenated room. Young - garden decoration with "stone roses"
It is easier and faster for the young to reproduce vegetatively. From the mother plant, daughter children-rosettes are split off. It is not advisable to propagate by seeds. But if it is not possible to get a young rosette, then you can try to grow it from seeds.
The seed method of growing a crop implies a long development cycle and a complete loss of varietal qualities of a flower. This breeding method is justified only in order to obtain new hybrids with interesting leaf shapes or colors.
Getting seeds on your own is problematic: you need to have heterosexual plants blooming at the same time and guess the moment of flower breakdown, which is only possible experienced gardeners or breeders.
The choice of material for sowing
Seeds were very small, dusty. These small peas can only be seen with a microscope. With the naked eye, it is difficult to distinguish young seeds from cactus seeds, for example.
Soil preparation
For planting seeds, it is necessary to fill shallow containers (depth 3-4 cm) with a mixture of sand and peat chips (1: 1). Another soil option: coarse washed river sand and garden soil in a ratio of approximately 2:1.
If there is no possibility and desire to prepare soil for sowing seeds, you can choose ready-made soil for cacti and succulents in the store, but add some charcoal to it, which will protect root system from excess moisture and decay. By chemical properties the soil should not be acidic.
After filling the containers, the soil must be leveled and moistened with a weak solution of any biostimulant - Kornevin, Heteroauxin, Zircon (2-3 ml per 1 liter of water).
Sowing
Sowing seeds can be carried out at the end of winter or in early spring(February March). It is necessary to take a bag of seeds and evenly distribute them over the surface of the container. Seeds are buried in the ground no more than 1 mm. It is not necessary to sprinkle with earth on top. Can be powdered with a little sand. Cover the container with foil or glass.
For good seed germination you need:
- Provide bright diffused light and a constant air temperature of about 23-25º C.
- The soil must always be kept moist. Watering is carried out 2 times a week.
- It is also necessary to ensure the ventilation of containers for 10-15 minutes a day, that is, remove the film or remove the glass.
Growth and development
The first shoots will appear in 5 days, and after 7-10 days you can see friendly seedlings of a stone rose.
Reference. After two weeks, the glass (film) can be removed completely. Watering the plant should be moderate.
Small rosette seedlings can be planted in separate bowls two months after planting the seeds. During this period, the size of the outlet reaches 1 cm or more, they can be picked up and work normally with them.
When transplanting, the distance between the bushes should be from 3 to 15 centimeters, depending on the . The pot in which the plant will be transplanted must be drained with nut shells or expanded clay for one third of the capacity. After transplantation, care for the plant is normal, as for an adult plant.
Care
When can we expect flowering?
- A week after sowing, the first young seedlings hatch in discordant rows.
- After a month, all viable seeds germinate and slender green rows of the plant are visible in the container.
- After two months, the seedlings are decorated rosettes that need to be transplanted into separate containers.
- Three months later, each rosette was young rooted in its container.
- In two years, rarely in a year, young blooms.
Each rosette rejuvenated blooms only once in a lifetime, and then dies off. Flowering takes life from the outlet. In place of the old dying outlet, many new baby outlets appear, which are seated in other containers. The flowering period falls on the month of July. In time, the plant blooms for about 1 month.
If the young does not bloom, but really wants to, then you need to arrange unfavorable conditions for the plant: Stress. Good stressful situation for young people there will be thickening of landings. Even very small rosettes can bloom in dense plants.
It happens that a week or two passes, but there are no shoots. You can continue to wait for seedlings in the first container, since in rare cases seedlings appear after a month. At this time, buy seeds from another supplier and again, observing the entire technology of the growing process, achieve a good result.
You need to try, experiment, then everything will definitely work out. Sometimes housewives pour out the ground with seedlings that have not sprouted to other flowers, and after a while they find young seedlings in other pots.
Conclusion
- unpretentious plant. Can be grown as a family in large flat containers or can be grown in small individual containers. A huge number of varieties of this plant made it popular green pet home and garden flower beds. Can arrange beautiful composition right at home on the windowsill.
The young flower is an evergreen perennial plant that can be planted in both open ground and grow at home. This is ornamental plant, decorating the "Alpine" slides with its appearance and creating incredible compositions. The young got the name "stone rose" because of the dense leaves that form a round bud, similar to a rose.
young in the photo Young: planting and care in the open field
Planting a plant in open ground is very simple. It is necessary to choose an open sunny place and soil that passes moisture (for example, sandy). You can plant a plant in open ground as early as the end of February. The distance between plants should be at least 15 cm.
According to its habits, the plant is similar to cacti. In case of landing in clay soil, it will grow poorly, since stagnant water is its first enemy. In this case, the soil can be diluted with sand and loosened.
Stone rose blooms for a long time (almost all summer). Usually "adult" individuals of the plant bloom. Flowers possesses different colors and form.
Rejuvenated, photo of flowers:
Planting and caring for a flower young
- The plant loves well-lit places. With a lack of light, it loses its appearance, and the leaves become faded.
- The flower can be occasionally sprayed in the morning or evening, when the sun's rays do not harm the leaves and do not leave burns.
- In the summer in the open field, the plant feels great. In winter, sheltering flowers is not necessary, since the flower is very frost-resistant. If desired, it can be covered with spruce branches.
- The plant does not like stagnant water, so the soil needs to be watered occasionally. Dryness and heat are not as terrible for him as moist soil in which the roots begin to rot.
- Young does not like frequent top dressing in open ground. The plant develops quite well under normal conditions. Occasionally, you can apply fertilizer for cacti and succulents.
- The plant needs to be cleared of weeds.
Find for landscape design
Thanks to given plant has a lot of species, and is also very unpretentious in care, it is very often used to form rockeries (small rocky gardens). Moreover, it gets along well with other ground cover plants (saxifrage, stonecrop, etc.).
Stone rose can be seen quite often:
- in rock gardens
- along the tracks
- as an addition to ornamental shrubs
- in flowerpots
Due to the miniature root system, the plant can be planted in many places, including on the roofs of arbors, which creates a sophisticated and cozy look in your garden.
Rejuvenated in landscape design, photo
Planting and caring for a plant at home
Care conditions:
- The plant loves well-lit places. In bright sun, it begins to turn red, and in partial shade, the leaves lose their brightness and become pale.
- A comfortable temperature for a flower is a temperature of 0 ° C and above.
- Stone rose does not like stagnant water, so in summer watering is carried out once a week. In winter, you can water it 1-2 times a month.
- The plant does not like frequent fertilizing. Occasionally in spring time you can fertilize it with humus.
- Favorable poor soil, consisting mainly of sand. You can add coal to the sand. The fatter the earth, the larger the rosette of the plant, but flowering under such conditions cannot be achieved.
- It is necessary to plant a flower in a pot for 1/3 consisting of drainage.
In open ground, the plant is usually planted in decorative purposes in the form of "alpine" slides, and compositions are created at home.
Video: Stone rose in your garden
Rejuvenated, or as this plant is also called a stone rose - very beautiful plant. They can decorate a flower bed, also plant it along the curb or arrange paths in the garden. This plant is not only beautiful, but also useful. In Greece, the stone rose was considered excellent tool from poisoning. There are several varieties of stone roses: Russian, marble, roofing, Wulfen and cobweb. Depending on the variety and color, the youth is different: red, green, silver, pink, brown. In order to grow this plant on the site, you need to plant it correctly and take good care of it.
Young can be planted both by seedlings and seeds. True, growing young from seeds is troublesome. If you still decide to do this process, then it is acceptable to plant seeds in February or March, it is supposed to be done in a heated greenhouse or at home. The most suitable soil for this plant: peat, limestone and charcoal. The room temperature should be 23-25°C. When young shoots appear, we start watering, it is not necessary to fill in much. It is enough to water the young twice a week. The stone rose loves a lot of light, but this plant cannot be exposed to direct sunlight for a long time. scorching rays as the leaves may get burned.
If you make a little effort, then such a beautiful and unpretentious flower, like a stone rose, will please the eye for a long time in a flower bed.
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Young is a representative of the Tolstyankovye family, which means that growing it in the house is a pleasure: the plant is completely unpretentious.
Molodilo ("survivor", "stone rose"), like other members of the family, tolerates the dry air of apartments and rare watering, grows in any soil. Huge selection modern varieties of original coloring allows you to create a miniature garden of large and small multi-colored plants on the windowsill.
The juvenile, consisting only of a rosette of thick leaves without a stem, is a plant ideal for beginner gardeners. In nature, it grows on rocky slopes and surprises with its vitality. The size of the rosette can reach 15 cm. A flower can appear on it only once, after which the rosette dries up. The life of the plant continues due to the formation of numerous children. The young are not afraid of diseases, pests, drought, and it is very easy to grow it at home.
Young loves the sun and bright scattered light. It is necessary to shade the plant only in the midday heat. With insufficient light, the "stone rose" stretches, brightens and loses its decorative qualities. Therefore, a flower pot is best placed on the south window. In the summer months, you can take the plant to the balcony.
Landing
Loose, sandy soil is best suited for growing "stone rose". the soil. You can use ready ground for cacti. Experienced flower growers it is recommended to add fine charcoal or expanded clay to it. At the bottom of the pot you need to pour drainage layer(1/3 capacity). This is due to the plant's intolerance to excessive moisture and the presence of a superficial root system.
The plant does not need frequent transplants, so it is better to choose wide pot in which the young will grow for a long time. Empty spaces in the container can be decorated natural material: small pebbles, snail shells, cones, chestnuts and acorns.
Can be used for growing at home the following types: juvenile cobwebbed, limestone, offspring, Russian, roofing, hybrid .
Watering and fertilizing
Like any succulent, young does not require frequent watering− moisture and nutrients accumulate in succulent leaves. During the summer months, the plant is watered once every 2 weeks. AT winter period watering is reduced up to two times a month. At any time of the year, the plant does not need to be sprayed. Excess moisture is clearly visible during daily examination of the rosettes: the lower leaves become lethargic and dry out, and the color of the entire rosette turns pale.
It is not recommended to carry out frequent top dressing, since in this case the outlet is pulled out, the leaves lose bright color and decorativeness is reduced. Usually, half the rate of fertilizer is applied only for plants that are 3 years old.
reproduction
The easiest and most reliable way to reproduce the "stone rose" is using child processes. They are carefully cut off from the mother plant and planted in a separate small container. Doing so better in spring, but if necessary, can be propagated in summer and autumn.
seed propagation is a more labor intensive process. In early spring, the seeds are laid out on the surface of moistened soil, lightly sprinkled with earth, covered with a film. Shoots appear at a temperature of 20 ° C after 15 days.
Growing features
The main requirement when growing a plant is to create conditions that do not allow excess moisture and its ingress on the leaves of the rosette. Experienced flower growers offer different tips and recommendations for watering the "stone rose". One of them is the phased protection of all sockets with a conventional plastic bottle, with cut bottom.
To prolong the decorative effect of the entire family of rosettes, the removal of the peduncle helps to prevent self-seeding. Plants grown from it bloom much later than daughter rosettes.
Currently, there are about 50 species of plants with color from light green to almost black. From multi-colored sockets various shapes you can grow an unusual living carpet on your windowsill. Try and you have a "stone rose" in the house.
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Rejuvenated (lat. Sempervívum) - perennial Tolstyankovye family. The name is formed by two Latin words, which literally translates as "eternally alive" due to the ability to remain viable in the most extreme conditions. In the people it is called tenacious, stone rose, hare cabbage. The name “hen and chickens” came from England, since during the flowering period, the young is a given image.
The plant is succulent. The stem is hidden in the soil, on the surface there are numerous dense rosettes of leaves with a diameter of 1 to 15 cm. Sheet plates with entire edges and pointed tops, ovoid in shape.
The variety of varieties represents a wide color scheme: green, yellowish, silver, pink, burgundy, purple (almost black).
The young are grown in gardens and on the windowsill. In care, the plant is unpretentious. With minimal effort, you can effectively decorate any landscape. Hare cabbage is used as a ground cover, most often planted on Alpine rollercoaster, along garden paths, you can decorate a leaky shoe or plant it in a beautiful vessel, container.
The natural habitats are European countries, Small and Southeast Asia, Caucasus.
When it blooms young
Occurs once in a lifetime: at the age of 2-3 years, a peduncle appears in summer, at the end of flowering top part plants completely die off. It should be carefully removed from the soil.
The erect peduncle is pubescent, ending in stellate small flowers white, yellow, yellow-green, red, pink, purple.
Growing young from seeds
Rejuvenated for open ground grown from seeds seedling way. Sowing should begin in February.
- Take plastic bowls, make drainage holes in them, fill them with sandy soil, if transplanting into open ground later follows, or with cactus soil mixture for subsequent cultivation in room conditions.
- Spread the seeds over the surface only slightly pressing into the soil, spray, cover with a film.
- Provide bright diffused lighting and air temperature within 18-20 °C.
- The first sprouts will appear in about 5 days. Further care consists in minimal watering (about 1 time in 3 weeks), avoid getting water into the axils of the leaves. Do not remove the film for about two weeks.
- The grown plants should be carefully planted in separate containers, grabbing the roots along with the ground so that the earthen ball does not crumble. Use a fork or other auxiliary tool. After transplanting, do not water, let the roots heal for 1-2 days.
Transplant into open ground by transshipment with the establishment of real heat, when there are no more night frosts.
How young reproduce
It was easiest to rejuvenate in a vegetative way.
The mother plant produces a large number of whiskers, at the ends of which leaf rosettes are formed. Reproduction is carried out around the end of May.
If the space around the plant allows, you can loosen the soil, press the “baby”, sprinkle the mustache itself with earth, water it. Through short span time they take root, forming a continuous coating. You can complement the composition with a pattern of stones - interesting design suburban area.
Another option: separate the shoot (rosette with mustache) from the mother plant and plant separately (place in the hole, deepening the mustache into the soil).
In some varieties, shoots develop in the axils of the leaves. After a while, they crumble - collect and plant in the garden for growing. First loosen the soil to a depth of about 5 cm, water it. It is better to plant densely in order to grow high-quality specimens.
Suitable area for growing juveniles
The main condition successful growth is an open area with solar lighting- the bushes will be compact, retain a variegated color. Wet areas contraindicated, falling leaves from bushes and trees can harm the plant.
The soil needs light, loose, with good drainage, the reaction is neutral or slightly alkaline. Usual garden soil enough to dilute with sand. With excessive nutritional value of the soil, leaf rosettes are larger, but the colors are less saturated.
Planting and caring for juveniles in the garden
It can be carried out from spring to mid-September (so that the plants can get stronger by winter).
The distance between the bushes is determined depending on the size of the plant (small or "giants") and the preferred coverage density. The optimal distance is 5-10 cm. It can be planted at a considerable distance from each other, then pour between plants thin layer sand, arrange the pebbles in a chaotic manner.
In caring for the plant, practically nothing has to be done.
For normal development rabbit cabbage enough natural rainfall, water only during a long drought. Loosen the soil occasionally.
Until the moment of growth, weeding from weeds will be required - in the future, the plant will displace them.
It does not need frequent feeding, but if the leaf rosettes are twisted, a complex mineral fertilizer in liquid form.
How young winters in the open field
Mature plants winter well without shelter under snow cover. Young plants, and also, if a snowless winter is expected, should be covered with spruce branches.
Transfer
After 3-5 years of growth, the plantings become too crowded, the leaf rosettes become smaller - they should be seated. The plant tolerates the procedure perfectly, but this must be done before mid-September.
Diseases and pests
If it rains for a long time, the sockets may rot. At first they become transparent, then turn brown and turn into a "jelly". Just remove them from the site. It is good that the process does not extend to neighboring plants.
May beetle larvae can cause significant damage to the plant - they eat away the roots and the base of the stem. If the site is teeming with these insects, it is better to transplant the young to another place. Larvae are removed manually, traps are used. Helps deep autumn digging, introduction to the site nitrogen fertilizers, in the spring plant the powder from eggshell, plant turnips or lupins.
Perhaps the defeat of aphids, worms - treat with an insecticide.
Beliefs and legends
According to ancient European legends, young people were dedicated to Thor, the Scandinavian god of lightning and thunder. According to the order of King Charlemagne, compact sockets were planted on the roofs of houses to protect against lightning strikes.
Ingestion of the leaves rejuvenated with wine served as an antidote. It was also believed that carrying a stone rose rosette with you protected you from scorpion stings. The tincture, prepared according to a special recipe, improved the sight and hearing of a person. The plant was also sung by poets: in the work “On the Properties of Herbs”, young people were awarded attention in 36 lines (6 lines more than for a rose).
In Russia, beauties rubbed the leaves of the plant on their cheeks to make the blush brighter.
Types and varieties of youth for open ground
The species diversity is wide - about 60 specimens, breeders have added more than 4,000 varieties to the list.
Consider the most popular.
The rosette is spherical in shape, slightly flattened, the diameter is 4-15 cm. The leaf plates are fleshy, large, the tops are pointed. The leaves are green, the tips have a burgundy hue, there are varieties of brown-bronze and purple colors. The peduncle is pubescent, densely covered with leaves, reaches a height of 60 cm. The flowers are purple in color. The flowering period falls on the summer months and lasts about 45 days.
Young offspring Sempervivum soboliferum
The diameter of the spherical rosette is about 5 cm. The leaf plates are light green in color with reddening tops. Flowers greenish or pale yellow.
Rejuvenated calcareous Sempervivum Calcareum
The leaf plates are green-blue in color, the tips are decorated with purple spots, the diameter of the rosette is about 7.5 cm. The height of the peduncle is up to 30 cm, the flowers are pale pink in color.
juvenile cobweb Sempervivum arachnoideum
The leaf socket is spherical, slightly flattened from above, about 4 cm in diameter. Leaf plates with slightly curved tips. The color is light green with a red-brown tint, which intensifies in autumn. Due to the pubescence, the plant seems to be woven with cobwebs. Red-purple flowers appear in the second half of July.
Young large-flowered Sempervivum grandiflorum
Rosettes are loose, make up a diameter of about 2.5 cm, the leaf plates are fleshy. At the tops of peduncles about 20 cm high, yellow flowers bloom. Preferably grown in acidic soils.
Juvenile Pitton Sempervivum Pittonii
Very small leaves form a rosette up to 5 cm in diameter. The leaf blades are pubescent, green in color, with burgundy tips. The height of the peduncle is 12 cm, the flowers are light yellow in color.
Young Russian Sempervivum ruthenicum
The leaf rosette is 20-35 cm in diameter. The leaf plates are oblong, wedge-shaped. Peduncle reaches a height of 35 cm, pubescent, covered on all sides with oblong leaves. Loose corymbose inflorescence consists of yellow flowers about 10 cm in diameter.
Young spherical Sempervivum globiferum
The diameter of a dense leaf rosette is 3-5 cm, the leaves are small, green. The peduncle is extended by 15 cm, ends with an umbrella inflorescence, the flowers are yellow-green in color.
Young marble Sempervivum marmoreum
Compact sockets up to 10 cm in diameter. It is distinguished by a reddish tint of leaf plates, the edges and tops are greenish. Red flowers with a white border.
juvenile undersized or dwarf Sempervivum pumilum
The sockets are very tiny: up to 2.5 cm in diameter. The color is green, the tops of the leaves are pointed, as if covered with cilia. Blooms at the end of June. Lilac-purple petals are decorated with a darker stripe running down the center.
Young Caucasian Sempervivum caucasicum
With a leaf rosette diameter of about 4 cm, height flowering stem reaches 20 cm. The color of the corollas is lilac-purple, violet. When planting, be sure to add calcium to the soil.
Young Wulfen Sempervivum wulfenii
It is preferable to grow this species in alkaline soils. The leaf plates are glossy, green in color, the diameter of the rosette is about 5 cm. The peduncle rises 15-25 cm. The flowers are lemon-colored, with a purple spot at the base.
Youth in landscape design
Traditionally young people are used to create a continuous living carpet, frame borders. Asymmetrical, loose fit appeared in the eighteenth century. The tenacious is planted on alpine hills, southern slopes, you can even plant gazebos on the roof.
Suitable partners in group plantings are,. Do not combine with thriving crops.