Beautiful and unpretentious flower on your site

Aquilegia flower popularly is called sump and belongs to the family Ranunculaceae perennial herbaceous plants. He is unpretentious and very beautiful, and this attracts gardeners.

He is not afraid of cold weather and can grow in partial shade under the trees, and even though in good light is revealed in full force, obvorazhivaya elegance and simplicity of colors.

On Aquilegia piled a lot of myths and legends. The Christian religion is considered a holy flower that can protect them from evil.

In nature, there are so many colors of this species. Flowers original forms have a variety of colors and appear in early summer on the high peduncles, towering over the leaves. Ottsvetaya, buds form a pod with small seeds, which are dispersed by wind. New plants grow from them in the spring.

Aquilegia Cultivars include flowers of all shapes, sizes and shades. Flowers can be simple and terry.

How to grow Columbines

The soil for this plant can go up any, if only it was not quite heavy and loamy. Penumbra Aquilegia moves easily, but in good light blooms longer form larger buds.

Although the sun is too bright, too, does not like. Too wet soils at planting arrange drainage and fill the hole dug loose fertile soil.

To prevent disease, the bushes are planted less often, providing air ventilation. If the spring bush sticks out of the ground, he sprinkled with soil, humus or compost.

In nature, wild Aquilegia species grow in moist soils, and because in the garden it is also necessary to provide sufficient irrigation.

In early spring, when the plant will begin to move into growth, and after it the bud, he satisfied dressing fertilizers. After flowering shoots are cut so that they do not spoil the beauty of its appearance leaves growing thick cap.

To collect the seeds, cut the fruit in the browning stage. Fully ripened themselves scatter in the wind around.

reproduction

Columbines are propagated by seeds or transplanting collected every 5 years separated by bushes. Different varieties is better to plant away from each other, so they do not pereopylilis not lost varietal characteristics. Columbines and can be propagated by cuttings. To this end, the young spring shoots are stuck in a lightweight loose soil, pritenyayut and regularly watered.

Pests and diseases

Aquilegia rarely susceptible to diseases and pests. This danger exists only during prolonged damp and cold weather. In this case, it will help to insecticides and fungicides. Against viruses Columbines can protect planting marigolds and marigold.