Campanula milkiflora pouf description of the variety. Bell flowers (photo) - care, varieties and types. Growing and Reproduction
It is called creeping hop, beer hop, climbing hop, bitter hop... This powerful and beautiful vine has everything to be useful to humans. Hops is revered by many peoples of the world; it is a symbol of fertility, strong economy, prowess, happiness and longevity; it is depicted on coats of arms and coins. But many summer residents are not at all happy with him. Hops tend to grow rapidly, suppressing the growth of cultivated plants around them. But is it really necessary to fight it?
Pork with eggplant - a delicious stew with vegetables and spicy rice, easy and simple to prepare for dinner or lunch. It will take about half an hour to prepare, so this recipe can be classified as “if you need dinner quickly.” The dish turns out nourishing, aromatic, piquant. Turmeric gives the ingredients a beautiful golden-yellow color, while cloves, cardamom, garlic and chili add a piquant touch to the dish. For this recipe, choose lean meat.
Seed propagation in the garden strawberries we are used to, unfortunately, leads to the appearance of less productive plants and weaker bushes. But another type of these sweet berries, alpine strawberries, can be successfully grown from seeds. Let's learn about the main advantages and disadvantages of this crop, consider the main varieties and features of agricultural technology. The information presented in this article will help you decide whether it is worth allocating a place for it in the berry garden.
Despite the confusion with the name “Christmas cactus” that has accumulated over the past decades, one of the most recognizable and colorful forest cacti, epiphyllums, remains everyone’s favorites. Leafless, with flattened stems, flowering amazingly profusely, hybrid epiphyllums with their hanging shoots and delicate flowers do not require particularly complex care from their owners. They can become the most striking flowering succulent plant in any collection.
Merchant style buckwheat with meat and pumpkin is an easy recipe for a delicious dinner or lunch. I recommend finishing it in the oven, although you can also cook it on the stove. Firstly, it tastes better in the oven, as the buckwheat steams, becomes very tasty, and the meat turns out tender. Secondly, the hour that it languishes in the oven can be spent on yourself or communicating with loved ones. Perhaps many will decide that buckwheat with meat is an ordinary dish, but try cooking it according to this recipe.
Often, when we see a beautiful flower, we instinctively bend down to smell its fragrance. All fragrant flowers can be divided into two large groups: nocturnal (pollinated by moths) and daytime, whose pollinators are mainly bees. Both groups of plants are important for the florist and designer, because we often walk around the garden during the day and relax in our favorite corners when evening comes. We are never overwhelmed by the scent of our favorite fragrant flowers.
Many gardeners consider pumpkin to be the queen of garden beds. And not only because of its size, variety of shapes and colors, but also for its excellent taste, healthy qualities and rich harvest. Pumpkin contains a large amount of carotene, iron, various vitamins and minerals. Thanks to the possibility of long-term storage, this vegetable supports our health all year round. If you decide to plant a pumpkin on your plot, you will be interested in learning how to get the largest possible harvest.
Scotch eggs - incredibly delicious! Try to prepare this dish at home, there is nothing difficult in preparation. Scotch eggs are a hard-boiled egg wrapped in minced meat, breaded in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried. For frying, you will need a frying pan with a high side, and if you have a deep fryer, then that’s just great - even less hassle. You will also need oil for frying so as not to smoke in the kitchen. Choose farm eggs for this recipe.
One of the most amazing large-flowered tubs of Dominican Cubanola fully justifies its status as a tropical miracle. Warm-loving, slow-growing, with huge and in many ways unique bells of flowers, Cubanola is a fragrant star with a complex character. It requires special conditions in the rooms. But for those who are looking for exclusive plants for their interior, a better (and more chocolatey) candidate for the role of indoor giant cannot be found.
Chickpea curry with meat is a hearty hot dish for lunch or dinner, inspired by Indian cuisine. This curry is quick to prepare but requires some prep. The chickpeas must first be soaked in plenty of cold water for several hours, preferably overnight; the water can be changed several times. It is also better to leave the meat in the marinade overnight so that it turns out juicy and tender. Then you should boil the chickpeas until tender and then prepare the curry according to the recipe.
Rhubarb cannot be found in every garden plot. It's a pity. This plant is a storehouse of vitamins and can be widely used in cooking. What is not prepared from rhubarb: soups and cabbage soup, salads, delicious jam, kvass, compotes and juices, candied fruits and marmalade, and even wine. But that's not all! The large green or red rosette of leaves of the plant, reminiscent of burdock, acts as a beautiful background for annuals. It is not surprising that rhubarb can also be seen in flower beds.
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3 delicious sandwiches - a cucumber sandwich, a chicken sandwich, a cabbage and meat sandwich - a great idea for a quick snack or for an outdoor picnic. Just fresh vegetables, juicy chicken and cream cheese and a little seasoning. There are no onions in these sandwiches; if you wish, you can add onions marinated in balsamic vinegar to any of the sandwiches; this will not spoil the taste. Having quickly prepared snacks, all that remains is to pack a picnic basket and head to the nearest green lawn.
Depending on the varietal group, the age of seedlings suitable for planting in open ground is: for early tomatoes - 45-50 days, average ripening periods - 55-60 and late ones - at least 70 days. When planting tomato seedlings at a younger age, the period of its adaptation to new conditions is significantly extended. But success in obtaining a high-quality tomato harvest also depends on carefully following the basic rules for planting seedlings in open ground.
Growing and caring for bells, which are widespread in garden plots, is not a problem, since even cultivated species easily adapt to weather changes. But decorative, large and constantly blooming buds require good care. The plant will have its proper appearance only under optimal conditions in which it should be grown. Planting and caring for each species is carried out taking into account its characteristics.
General rules for growing bells
Many types of bluebells grow well in full sun but also enjoy partial shade. Some of them bloom longer in such conditions.
Bluebells grow everywhere, except in areas with stagnant water. They really do not like lowlands with loamy or clay soil. They will not grow in flooded areas. If groundwater is located close, you can plant flowers on high ridges, providing them with good drainage.
Planting bluebells
The soil should be loose. To do this, peat and humus are added to loam or clay soil. The bushes are replanted in autumn or spring. At the same time, leave a lump of earth so as not to damage the adventitious roots. The holes are watered abundantly before and after planting. If the roots are strong, the flowers take root better in early spring. For a less developed root system, planting is done in May, when the earth warms up.
In the fall, the bushes must take root before frost sets in. The work is carried out in late summer or early autumn.
Fertilizers
In spring, nitrogen is added to the soil to promote rapid growth of green plant matter. In the summer, complex ones are used and in the fall potassium is added, which increases resistance to frost.
Care
Summer care consists of periodic loosening, weeding and regular feeding with mineral fertilizers or rotted manure. Before flowering, this work must be done. Moderate watering is used.
For long flowering, dried stems are removed. Some of them are left, hoping to get seeds. As soon as the boxes turn brown, they are collected before they open and the seeds fall into the soil.
Before the onset of cold weather, all plant stems are cut off at the root. Shelter is required mostly for species originating from southern Europe and Asia. The soil is sprinkled with peat, spruce branches or dry leaves.
How to grow bluebells from seeds
Most species repeat the properties of the parent plants, and they can be propagated by seeds. Some varieties, such as terry varieties, may differ from their parents. In this case, they are propagated vegetatively.
Bluebells produce very small seeds and should be placed on the ground under a thin layer of sand. In the 2nd half of October or May, the seeds are sown in the ground. You can grow seedlings starting in March. To do this, prepare light soil from a mixture of peat, turf soil and sand, without the addition of organic fertilizers.
Germination of seedlings occurs 2 weeks after sowing. When 3 true leaves appear, the seedlings dive after 10 cm. Plants are planted in a permanent place in early June. Flowers and seeds will appear within a year.
Reproduction by division
Perennial bells are propagated by division. Planting and care begin in the second or third year of the growing season. The method is suitable for vegetative sedentary and mobile plants. Carpal or does not allow vegetative propagation, and seedlings are grown only from seeds.
The aboveground part is cut off and the plant is divided so that each part has a sufficient root system. The separated sprout is planted in the chosen place and watered abundantly.
Cuttings
Cuttings are made from young shoots using microgreenhouses. Each of the decorative types of bells has its own characteristics that should be taken into account when caring for and growing.
Carpathian bell
This species is most common in gardens due to its beauty, long flowering throughout the summer and unpretentiousness. The Carpathian bell is a mountain plant, and in nature it can be seen on mountain slopes. In artificial conditions it is planted on alpine hills and rockeries.
From small seedlings, the perennial bell quickly grows into a large bush. Carpathian varieties are classified as low-growing. The heart-shaped leaves form a spherical bush with a diameter of up to 30 cm. Flowering lasts up to 70 days and can be extended by regularly cutting off dried inflorescences.
Flowers grow well among stones, which create drainage and protect the soil from drying out. Excess fertilizer is not required, and the soil should not be acidic. To do this, add lime or wood ash.
When propagated by cuttings in the spring-summer period, the base and upper part with buds are cut off from the young shoot. The cuttings are germinated in a mixture of earth, humus and sand. The flowers are unpretentious and require watering only in dry times.
After 5 years, perennial bells should be planted in other places. Planting and care with propagation by seeds is done less frequently, since the seedlings develop unevenly and slowly. Flowering in young plants begins only after 2-3 years. Sowing is done in the fall, and seedlings appear in the spring. For early flowering, bushes are planted by division.
The flowers of the Carpathian bell resemble elegant porcelain of light lilac or white color. They stand in water for a long time if you split the ends of the stems and remove the lower leaves.
Bellflower peach
Bluebell will grow on sandy or cultivated clay or loamy soil. It is desirable to have drainage and more humus. Plants are not afraid of shading and prefer soil with a neutral or slightly acidic reaction. You should not add a lot of fertilizers, as this will negatively affect the durability of plants in winter and lead to their rapid aging.
Reproduction of peach-leaved bellflower is done by seeds. They are sown in greenhouses starting in mid-spring. Bells from seeds do not inherit the parental characteristics.
In July, the seedlings are harvested, and in August they are planted in a permanent place. For the winter, the plant is covered with peat or a 15-20 cm layer of dry leaves. With proper care, the bell may bloom next year. If you delay planting or picking, the buds will appear only in the third year.
Peach-leaved species are not long-lived plants, although they are perennial bluebells. Planting and care during propagation by division make it possible to inherit parental characteristics. The transplant is done at the beginning or end of summer, and the roots should be covered with clods of earth. Cuttings are also often used and are done in sand.
For effective flowering, you need to periodically feed the bell. Growing will be effective if fertilizers are applied correctly. In spring, nitrogen is used, and before flowering, various complex mineral fertilizers are used. In addition, faded shoots are pruned so that the blooming bells will delight the eye longer. The photo shows what they can look like with proper care.
Bell dotted
The bell got its name from the presence of specks inside the petal. The plant is common in temperate regions and blooms until autumn. It is distinguished by heads hanging down, collected in inflorescences.
In a wide range of colors you can find bells white, blue, pink, dark red, blue.
Many varieties are capricious. In different habitat conditions, the same one can be terry or ordinary. Among them are many unpretentious plants that decorate the garden.
Growing bluebells is not that easy. Its seeds are extremely small. In order for them to germinate, good light is required. The soil must be light, sand is poured on it, and seeds are placed on top. They are sprayed with water and covered with a gap on top. When shoots appear, the film is temporarily removed from the box during the day. Watering is done very carefully so that the seedlings are not washed away by water. The soil should not dry out, otherwise it will lead to the death of the seedlings. After 3 true leaves appear, the seedlings are planted. Growth occurs unevenly, and some of the remaining plants are buried in the ground and grown until transplanted.
In June, the seedlings are planted in open ground, and at the end of summer the bells begin to bloom. A photo reflecting all the beauty of this species can be seen in our article. Growing bells from seeds is difficult, but it produces rare varieties. They are preserved and propagated by division.
Underground, the dotted bellflower is developing rapidly. To prevent the shoots from spreading further, use plastic or metal strips buried in the ground.
To grow bells, use places with good lighting. Watering during active growth is limited, otherwise the plant may stretch and break under its own weight. After flowering, the bell drops its leaves. It gets along well with other flowers, so it is advisable to add thickeners to it that bloom earlier and later.
Campanula latifolia
The perennial plant has a powerful rhizome and is unpretentious. Racemes of blue, purple or white bloom in early summer. The lower leaves are wide and dense, and the small upper leaves beautifully set off the large flowers.
Seeds are planted at the end of March. To improve germination, cover the top of the soil with a film and keep it moist. Diving is done when two true leaves appear. Seedlings are planted in the ground when constant heat sets in. Flowering begins next year.
Seeds can be planted directly into the ground in late May or early June. There is no need to sprinkle them. The soil is kept moist and covered. Every day the seeds are ventilated, and after germination the shelter is removed.
The rhizomes are divided directly into the ground and then planted. Add humus to the hole and water well. Cuttings are not always successful, so this method is rarely used. For better growth of the root system, special preparations are used, for example, “Kornevin”.
The plants are unpretentious, but lose their decorative properties when there is not enough moisture. Extra watering is also not needed. During growth, complex fertilizers are used. Bells are covered with sawdust or spruce branches for the winter.
Campanula lactiflora
The perennial is winter-hardy. It grows up to 1.7 m in height and up to 0.5 m in width. Flowering occurs magnificently, and the inflorescences are completely covered by leaves and stems. In gardens you can find white, blue-lilac, bluish bells, and also with different shades. Flowering lasts no more than a month. After trimming the faded stems at the end of August, it is repeated, but not so luxuriantly.
Due to its deep roots, it is not advisable to replant the plant; it is better to do this while it is young. The root collar is very vulnerable. When alternating thaws and frosts, the renewal buds may die.
Campanula lactiflora is rarely used in gardens due to its large size. Some plants require support. They are grown in soil with average fertility. Excess moisture is not needed, but during drought it is necessary to water the perennial bluebell. Varieties may also differ in compact plant size, for example, Favorite, Pouffe, White Pouffe.
Campanula equifolia
A perennial plant with proper care blooms and lasts for many years. In nature, the bellflower is found in the Italian Alps. The flowers support fragile stems 30 cm high.
Of all the species, only the bellflower is grown in pots. However, it can grow in alpine hills and flower beds. The indoor bellflower looks beautiful in hanging pots with delicate herbaceous shoots hanging down.
Campanula Bolognese
The perennial belongs to the European-West Asian species. It is also called steppe bellflower. Here it grows in the European part of Russia and the Caucasus. The plant is found in meadows, along river banks, and forest edges.
The bluebell reproduces mainly by seeds. Belongs to a vulnerable species. It is being replaced by land development and livestock grazing. In many regions it is listed in the Red Book.
The plants are tall and bloom for about 3 weeks. The bluish-lavender flowers are small in size and do not grow too densely. The plant survives everywhere, but with poor care the flowering is very modest and short.
The bell quickly loses its decorative effect, so it is advisable to supplement it with other perennials.
Conclusion
Due to their decorative properties and long flowering, perennial bells have become popular in our gardens. Despite their unpretentiousness, they require certain rules of cultivation and care.
Among the milk-flowered bells there are midgets and giants. Small bells, growing, form a round curtain resembling a ball or ottoman about 40 cm high. The giants amaze with their height and volume - in the 3-4th year of growth, a bush of a milk-flowered bell is similar to a bush of a tree peony. During flowering, the giants make a stunning impression, and many cannot believe that a bluebell bush can be larger than a currant bush. Milky-flowered giant bells have strong, thick stems up to 1.7 m high. Each branch of a flowering bell forms a huge bouquet of medium-sized fragrant flowers. The aroma is subtle and captivating. The whole bush is fragrant, its flowering continues until frost. If you want to preserve the decorative appearance of the bush until autumn, trim branches with faded flowers regularly. The flowers of milky bells are white, blue and pink.
To obtain seeds, as soon as several flowers have faded, the testes must be left, all buds and other flowers must be cut off and flowering on the stem must not be allowed in the future until the seeds have ripened. The most abundant and unpretentious is the white bell; it self-sows more often than others. In addition, seedlings from milky bells of various colors, as a rule, are white, since each branch at the beginning of flowering forms a fluffy large bouquet, the entire bush expands greatly and the outer branches can fall. In this case, the bush must be tied. You can do without tying if you pluck out weak shoots at the beginning of the growing season and take some of the strong ones for propagation.
Milky bells reproduce well by cuttings. To do this, at the beginning of the growing season, when the shoots reach 10-15 cm, you need to rake the soil away from the bush and take the outer shoots “with the heel”. Rub the wounds with coal and cover them with sand, and then cover them with earth. Plant the cuttings in pots or simply in the ground, after removing the lower leaves. They need to be buried halfway into the ground. Cuttings root well, even if not treated with root-forming preparations. They should be covered on top with large plastic bottles, the bottom of which must first be cut off. Ventilation is provided by the neck of the bottles.
You can propagate these bells by dividing the bush in the spring. Cuttings and planted bells, as a rule, will bloom in July - August of the same year. But practice has shown that cuttings take root worse than cuttings. If you do not cut off the faded branches from the bell, you can get seeds, but the appearance of the bush will be less attractive. Milky-flowered bells also self-sow, but, as a rule, seedlings produce white flowers. Over time, the roots of milk-flowered bells become woody and protrude from the ground, so the bush must be hilled up and renewed after 6-7 years. When planting these bells in a permanent place in the hole, you need to put complex fertilizer, ash, humus and long-acting AVA fertilizer.
Milky bells These are magnificent plants. Their presence will decorate any garden, and the delicate aroma of flowers, not inferior to the best French perfumes, will create a blessed state of mind.
Campanula nettlefolia- Campanula trachelium L.It grows mainly in shady, mostly mixed forests. Distributed in Europe, Western Siberia, and North Africa. It is found in broad-leaved and broad-leaved-coniferous forests and their derivatives, on fairly rich and moist soils.
Nettle-leaved bellflower is also popularly called large bellflower, hogweed, gooseneck, throat grass and lotion herb for its use in the treatment of sore throat. Its leaves and roots are used in salads, and young leaves are used to prepare cabbage soup.
Campanula trachelium "Bernice"
Photo of Rozantseva Tatyana
Perennial with fibrous, rather thick roots. The stem is straight, simple or branched, angular, rough, up to 1 m or more high, hairy. The leaves are rough, pale below, pointed, large-toothed or double-crested, the lower ones are long-petiolate, heart-ovate, pointed, up to 8-10 cm long, 6-7 cm wide, with hairy petioles, the upper leaves are sessile. At the ends of the branches there are 1-4 flowers on short stalks, drooping or straight. The calyx is blackish, obconical, with triangular, straight, hairy teeth, 2 - 3 times shorter than the corolla. The corolla is bell-shaped, blue-violet or almost white, bearded inside, not deeply divided into deflected lobes. Stamens with white-filamentous filaments expanded at the base. The somewhat curved hairy column is almost equal to the corolla. The capsule is hanging, ovoid, with three holes. The seeds are ovoid, flattened, yellow. It blooms from early July to mid-August, the seeds begin to ripen at the end of August, numerous (1200 pieces on 1 shoot).
Mesophyte. Seed germination is very extended: the overwhelming majority of seedlings appear in the spring of the next year, a smaller number - in the second and third years. Cotyledons appear on the soil surface in early May. They are thick, dark green, without noticeable veins, naked. From the bud of the embryo, the first true leaves develop quite quickly on long petioles, densely covered with hard, downward-pointing hairs. The leaf blade is round, crenate, ciliated along the edge, and covered with short erect hairs. By mid-summer the plant has several leaves forming a rosette. Only the thickened underground part of the plant overwinters. Sometimes, at the end of the growing season, new small green leaves appear above the soil surface and overwinter under the snow. In the second year of life, at the end of April - beginning of May, the plants develop large, round, coarsely hairy leaves pointed at the apex. At the beginning of May, adventitious roots begin to form. Usually, only part of the vegetative sphere of the next year’s shoot is contained in the renewal buds in the fall, and the generative sphere is formed the next year, so the plant blooms relatively late. By mid-summer, the basal leaves completely die off, leaving only leaf traces. The flowers face upward and close in rainy weather and in the evening. Bluebells are pollinated mainly by bees and bumblebees, whose proboscis easily reaches the nectar disk. Different times of pollen maturation and dehiscence. stigmas prevent self-pollination.
It produces abundant self-seeding and is a weed, so it is better to cut off the flower stalks immediately after flowering. To collect seeds, you can leave several shoots with fruits. Terry varieties are cultivated. Use: mixborders, single and group plantings, on the edges of parks. Shade-tolerant.
Campanula lactiflora (lat. Campanula lactiflora)- a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Campanula (lat. Campanula), belonging to the family of the same name (lat. Campanulaceae). The name of the species speaks for itself, setting up the flowering of milky-white fragrant bells against the background of green leaves of the plant, which lasts throughout the summer period. This species stands out among its peers in its genus for having the longest lifespan in one place, saving the grower’s time and effort on planting or replanting the plant.
What's in your name
The specific epithet in Russian, “lactiflora,” is a simple translation of the Latin epithet, “lactiflora,” without requiring you to additionally rummage through the literature in search of the semantic meaning of the word, which is immediately understandable.Since this species was described at different times by different botanists, it has a long trail of synonymous names, which can cause some confusion among gardeners.
One of the botanists who described this species is Fedor (Friedrich) Bieberstein (1768 - 1826), a German botanist who served in Russia for a long time and participated in botanical expeditions in the Crimea and the Caucasus.
Description
The perennial life of Campanula lactiflora is supported by a taproot that penetrates deep into the soil, allowing the plant to survive well even in dense clay soils. But, at the same time, such a root does not allow the plant to be successfully transplanted to a new place, and therefore it can successfully live in its place of birth for up to 20 (twenty) years.The powerful root also gives life to the powerful above-ground parts of the plant; the height of the branched bushes varies from half a meter to one and a half meters.
Erect branching stems are covered with narrow dark green leaves with a double-toothed edge. The leaves located at the bottom of the stem are equipped with short petioles. Higher up the stem, the petioles disappear, turning the leaves into sessile leaves.
In summer, the branched dark green bush is covered with paniculate inflorescences formed by numerous open star-shaped bell-shaped flowers of white or pale blue color, emitting a subtle pleasant aroma. Breeders have developed many varieties whose palette of flower petals is much richer than natural. For example, the Loddon Anna variety has pink or soft purple flower petals, while the Prichard's Variety variety has lavender blue to purple petals. To prolong the flowering period, faded flowers are removed, stimulating the appearance of new ones.
Growing and Reproduction
A spectacular, long-living plant has been used by gardeners for growing in man-made flower beds since the beginning of the 19th century. The beauty of Campanula lactiflora is combined with the unpretentiousness and cold resistance of the plant, which also contributes to its popularity among summer residents.Grows best in sun or partial shade, in moist but not soggy soil.
Goes great with all types of Roses. Suitable for creating living borders for garden paths. An excellent companion for mixed plantings in flower containers.
Reproduction is carried out by sowing seeds immediately in a permanent place, since the plant does not tolerate transplantation well, having a tap root.
In autumn, the above-ground part is cut off, freeing up space for new spring shoots. Some of these shoots can be used for propagation of Campanula lactiflora, separating the cutting along with the root heel.
