Crop production

Helianthum (from the Greek. Helios - sun and anthos - flower), in Russian - sunflower, is a very beautiful perennial plant with bright yellow, red, pink or white flowers, which, due to its unpretentiousness and rapid growth, is able to decorate any holiday plot. It is an evergreen sprawling shrub up to 30 cm tall with leaves of a dark green or silver-gray shade.

In the southern regions grows a surprisingly beautiful plant - Magnolia Sulange. It can be found in all countries with a warm climate. Her beautiful bloom fascinates and remains in memory as one of the most beautiful spectacles. Magnolias are successfully grown in botanical gardens on their own plots not only in the southern strip, but also in the middle.

Flowering tender, beautiful callas enthralls. The flowers of this plant are extremely beautiful and elegant. Despite the fact that care for callae does not require much effort, there are a considerable number of diseases that can lead to the absence of flowering or death of the plant. From this article you will learn why such troubles arise and what are the measures to combat diseases of callas.

Cotoneaster, which belongs to the family of pink, grows wild in China, Buryatia and Eastern Siberia. But he got accustomed to life on city streets, as he not only tolerates frosts, but also reacts little to gases, dust and environmental pollution. Did you know? Cotoneaster is a slow-growing evergreen shrub.

Each owner of a personal plot or cottage seeks to decorate his personal piece of nature with flowering plants. For these purposes, you can have an unpretentious, but fragrant iberis. It is a cruciferous herb from the Spain. Externally, it looks like a small shrub with rich green leaves, blooming in white, red, pink and purple.

Squash belongs to the pumpkin family and is a shrub herb. It is better to cook dishes from young fruits that are similar in taste to zucchini. Varietal varieties of squash can not be called numerous. Their main difference is observed only in the color of the fruit and the ripening period.

Flower Mirabilis does not require special care and is suitable for novice gardeners. With minimal cost, you can grow a beautiful plant that will delight you all season. How to do it correctly, we will explain in this article. Did you know? The leaves of Mirabilis may be eaten.

Portulac is widespread in southern latitudes. Once in the garden, he stubbornly appears there and in subsequent years. Therefore, it is called garden purslane. It is an annual herbaceous plant with fleshy leaves, branchy and often creeping stems. Yellow flowers are placed in bunches in the branches of the stems and in the leaf axils.

In order to somehow understand the many varieties of chrysanthemums, almost every country has developed its own classification. Botanical classification created for chrysanthemums growing in natural habitats, and garden - for artificially bred. Consider the classification of chrysanthemums by the timing of flowering, the size of the flower and the length of the stem.

Alstroemeria is a perennial flower originally from South America. There are about 75 wild plant species that in nature reach up to 1 meter in height. And cultivated varieties, which number about 200, grow up to 2 m in height. In Alstroemeria flowers reach 5 cm in diameter and they are of different colors.

If the flower of digitalis (digitalis) is characterized by several epithets, then we can say that it is amazing, fabulous and even a bit mystical. But she sunk into the soul not only of characters from legends and tales, but also real gardeners. For a long time, digitalis has become a real decoration of flowerbeds and gardens.

Often in the gardens you can find patches of land, completely covered with bright multi-colored flowers, as if covered with a colorful carpet. These plants are called by the people - "mats". The scientific name of this flower is Portulaca (portulac). His homeland - the tropical regions of the northern hemisphere. It is a creeping perennial, although it is grown here one year because it is not adapted to the conditions of our winters.

Dieffenbachia - one of the most common indoor plants. The reasons are obvious: it looks beautiful, effectively cleans the air and at the same time unpretentious. This shrub comes from tropical forests, in the wild, its peculiarity is the ability to take root from the stem touching the ground.

The genus Plectrathus, or Shporotsvetnik, is the representative of the Labia family, numbering from 200 to 400 species. Culture spread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Japan, Australia, Asia and the Polynesian islands. The plant is covered with small flowers with a diameter of not more than 1 cm, collected from 6 to 7 pieces in racemes, whorbaceous inflorescences.

Melissa is known for its medicinal properties since ancient times. Preparations based on this plant (powders, dried leaves, oils) are widely used in folk and traditional medicine. The article describes the main varieties of lemon balm medicinal, their features, useful characteristics and spheres of use.

Rhododendron is a charming ornamental plant for your garden. But it is not easy to grow in our area. The homeland of this flower is the Mediterranean, which speaks of its thermophilicity and poor frost tolerance. Therefore, in order for the plant to take root, it will be necessary to comply with all the conditions of the proper agricultural technology and to provide it with proper care.

The exact origin of the name Melissa is not clarified due to disagreements of its interpreters. But it is known that the herbaceous plant of the family Yasnotkovye, named melissa, is widely spread as a medicinal raw material, also called censer, lemon grass, lemon and bee mint.

Verbeinik is an unpretentious perennial or biennial plant from the family Perceptive. It can be erect or creeping, depending on the particular plant species. Most common in Europe, Asia and China. It should be noted that the Loosestrife is an unpretentious plant that tolerates shadow well and for a long time pleases us with its long flowering, due to which it is often used in landscape design.

Spicy anise with admixture of fennel and parsley aroma and healing properties of chervil (kupyrya), cultivation of which in our gardens became a matter of habit, was used in cooking and medicine by the ancient Greeks. In some of its varieties, a root crop develops, the taste characteristics of which are similar to parsnips.

One of the most popular plants is laurel (Laurus nobilis). Its leaves are actively used in the field of cooking as a spicy seasoning. Laurel is from the Mediterranean countries. The ancient Greeks brought a plant to the Black Sea coast, and after that they began to plant it on open ground in a warm region of the country.