Monetary loosestrife: why it is interesting and how to care for it. Vegetative methods of propagation of loosestrife
Loosestrife flowers (lat. Lysimachia) belong to the perennial and biennial herbaceous crops of the primrose family. The flower is better known as lysimachia. There are about 100 species of plants. Loosestrife is native to America, Eurasia and Africa. Creeping and erect varieties are known. The flower can reach about 30 cm in height. The plant is characterized by an opposite arrangement of leaves. There are representatives with an alternate and whorled structure of vegetative organs. The inflorescences are racemose and pink, yellow and milky in color.
Loosestrife is an unpretentious ground cover plant.
Lighting
The plant prefers semi-shaded areas. Culture also responds well to the complete absence solar lighting. There are only a few breeding subspecies that can develop in illuminated areas.
Temperature
For indoor lysimachia in summer season must be ensured temperature regime ranging from + 20 to + 24 degrees. In winter, it is advisable to move the flowerpot to a room with a temperature of 10-16 degrees.
Loosestrife can withstand sharp changes temperature.
Most plant species open area do not need additional protection during the cold season.
How to water
During the active growing season, moderate humidity of the substrate should be maintained. In winter, it is necessary to stop watering when the air temperature is low.
Humidity
For the development of loosestrife, an average level of air humidity is required - from 50 to 70%. The crop does not require additional moisture or spraying.
Transfer rules
Loosestrife can grow in almost all types of soil. For rapid development and lush flowering Care should be taken to provide a loose, nutritious and moist substrate.
Loosestrife can destroy other green spaces.
There are several varieties that can displace or harm other crops. Therefore, it is advisable to perform a transplant once every ten years.
2 years after planting, the common loosestrife will turn into a branched bush with a large number of children. Small lysimachia need to be transplanted. It is advisable to carry out a transplant in early spring after the threat of morning frosts has subsided. It is also possible to change the soil or container in October.
How to prune a crop
After the loosestrife has faded, you will need to clean the above-ground part of the plant along with the pedicels. Should remain on the ground surface small areas stems.
In the fall, immediately after the pruning procedure, it is necessary to feed the root zone with compost. You can continue the flowering of loosestrife in a simple way. It is enough to clear the crop of inflorescences and parts of shoots as they wilt. The second stage of flowering will begin soon. New buds can form quite rarely and are small in size.
Loosestrife in open ground
The shade from tall green spaces is ideal for growing on the site. You can plant loosestrife in a group with shrubs and trees. It is important to remember that purple loosestrife needs constant sunlight.
To form a dense clump (the above-ground part of the plant with a group of leaves and shoots), it is advisable to plant point loosestrife on moist, fertile and loose soil.
Common loosestrife and lily of the valley require raw climatic conditions. Monarch loosestrife is often planted in shallow water (the depth should not exceed ten centimeters).
Lysimachia is characterized by increased frost resistance. An unpretentious culture can be used as ornamental grass. Pointed loosestrife perfectly prevents landslides. The plant can be planted at the foot of an alpine hill.
Bredted by breeders tall varieties loosestrife.
The ground cover flower during the period of active development can reach about 70 cm.
In the hot season, common loosestrife needs to be watered in a loose substrate much more often than in loamy, depleted soil.
In August, bright yellow inflorescences will appear on the garden loosestrife. The tops of the stems perfectly set off the burgundy leaves of the crop. The duration of flowering depends on proper care. Under natural conditions, the production of inflorescences will stop after 1.5 months. In October you can begin to cleanse the plant.
You can propagate coined loosestrife outdoors in autumn and spring. To spread lysimachia, root layering, dividing the bush and cuttings are used.
In an open area, you can create amazing compositions with the help of plants. Lemon and wine shades of loosestrife combine perfectly with olive and silver stones on the slides.
Features of loosestrife can be learned from the video:
Growing technology
The soil
For growing loosestrife, there is no fundamental difference in the composition of the soil. The plant is able to actively develop even on poor soil. Suitable for lysimachia and close location groundwater. A clay substrate can slow down and stop the development of loosestrife.
For growing in a pot, it is advisable to purchase a ready-made, universal soil mixture for flowering plants.
Top dressing
When planting a plant in open ground Compost or rotted manure should be added.
Loosestrife does not need constant feeding. The plant has enough useful components from soil and water. In very depleted soil, decorativeness may decrease.
Unlike “street” loosestrife, a container plant will need to periodically apply organic and mineral fertilizers.
Frequent application of fertilizers can damage the plant.
The funds should be used from early May to July. It is not recommended to fertilize more than 2 times a month. Compliance with the dosage contributes to the active development of loosestrife in width.
Plant in a container
For planting in a pot, you should choose a container of a suitable size. Gardeners recommend growing compact varieties in a container.
For loosestrife, you need to prepare a stable wooden tub or garden planter.
It is important to provide a thick layer of drainage. The plant loves moist soil. It is not advisable to allow the substrate in the container to dry out.
The container plant can be used for garden decoration.
Stagnation of water can destroy root system. It is necessary to provide a drain for excess liquid in the bottom. Growing in a pot will help protect the plant from sudden weather anomalies.
Container loosestrife can be placed in the center of a flower bed or formed into a garden composition using a flowerpot. The plant looks great against the background of the lawn.
Diseases and typical pests
Monetary loosestrife is characterized by increased resistance to damage by insects and diseases. Aphids can cause significant damage to plantings. To get rid of pests you will need insecticides.
The active period for insects begins at night. Should mechanically collect pests from lysimachia after sunset. Then you can treat the plant with an insecticide.
Appearance yellow leaves indicates damage to the plant.
Contraindications and allergic manifestations
Monetary loosestrife is often used in folk medicine and in pharmacology. All parts of the plant are contraindicated for people suffering from vascular sclerosis of the extremities. The culture is especially dangerous for patients prone to thrombosis, increased blood pressure And high level blood clotting. It is strictly not recommended to use the product to treat dry cough in children.
The plant can cause an allergic reaction. After contact with loosestrife or taking medications, difficulty breathing, rash, blisters, skin irritation, and swelling may occur. It is necessary to take an antihistamine and seek medical help.
Reproduction technology
Monetary loosestrife can be spread vegetatively (by cuttings, dividing a bush, basal suckers) and using seeds. Experienced flower growers It is recommended to use vegetative methods for breeding lysimachia.
Loosestrife from seeds is able to form the first inflorescences only three years after planting. Before planting in the spring, it is advisable to stratify the seeds (using the influence of temperature) for two months in the lower compartment of the refrigerator. In the fall, you don’t have to subject the rudiments to pre-treatment.
The seedling method of cultivation guarantees friendly loosestrife shoots. It is necessary to prepare a moist substrate of peat and sand. The container must be covered with transparent glass on top. The container should be placed in a room with a temperature of about + 15 degrees.
Shoots will appear in 2 weeks. Strong sprouts can be planted in separate pots. Lysimachia can be transferred to open soil in June.
Loosestrife flowering
For long flowering Dry inflorescences should be removed in a timely manner.
To form inflorescences, the plant only needs abundant watering and timely removal of fading flowers.
Planting material
Monetary loosestrife can be purchased at garden centers in a container size p-9 with a height of 10 cm at a price of 180 rubles. SeDek goldilocks loosestrife seeds are sold in online stores at a price of 16 rubles per package weighing two grams.
There are 110 species of loosestrife in nature, most of which live in China. The plant got its name from its leaves, which are shaped like willow leaves (in most species), with the only exception being the loosestrife (lat. Lysimachia Nummularia) with its rounded leaves. There are 9 main types of loosestrife grown in cultivation.
The most popular is coin tea, also known as meadow tea or coin loosestrife aurea. This plant belongs to the perennials from the primrose family. It has creeping 4-sided stems 40-50 cm long, maximum up to 80 cm and up to 10 cm high. It grows in Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and throughout North America. The plant chooses damp places - these are the banks of reservoirs, swamps, damp places, ravines and shaded glades. Creeping and weakly branching shoots take root on their own.
Light green leaves They resemble the shape of a coin, hence the name of the plant. The leaves sit in opposite pairs on short petioles. Yellow small flowers are single, 5-petaled, sitting in the axils of the leaves. In cultivated species, coin loosestrife blooms for up to 25 days, the beginning of flowering is the last ten days of June. IN natural environment Loosestrife aurea blooms at the end of May and fades only in mid-September. This plant is valued for its ability to form a thick and dense green carpet, and on any surface. The plant is incredibly hardy, unpretentious, frost-resistant and very beautiful. Therefore it is loved landscape designers in mid latitudes.
The plant thrives in shady, damp areas, near water and under trees, but does not like clay soils. However, it also grows well in the sun, primarily the common loosestrife. Without replanting, the perennial thrives for more than 10 years. At the same time absolutely does not require any feeding or special pest control, does not get sick. The only enemy of the bushes is different ones, but even she is unable to harm him too much. Although sometimes the plant suffers from weevil larvae that gnaw at the roots. Also, the bushes are not afraid of scythes and trampling.
Preparing for landing
If you plan to plant loosestrife on poor soil, it will not hurt to feed it with a complex of mineral fertilizers. The main thing is that it is very wet soil. But the fertility of the soil does not matter. Some amateurs plant loosestrife aurea directly into the water, up to 10 cm deep. A big lover of dampness, it grows well even in conditions of dense shade, where it does not fall at all. sunlight. Basic landing rules:
- time for planting is early spring and late autumn;
- absence of young shoots during planting;
- provide good drainage soil, adding under upper layer crushed stone;
- exclude clay soils.
Already 3 years after planting, the bush can be propagated, so it will grow. It should be borne in mind that the coin aurea has a powerful root system and grows very quickly, literally capturing the entire area. And you may even have to curb the growth of the plantation.
Plant care
This is decorative ground cover plant does not require special attention, all it needs is shade and dampness. Planting and care in open ground requires minimal effort. Pruning has a very beneficial effect on the bush; it revitalizes the loosestrife plant, activates growth and enhances flowering. Plants are not afraid of frost, so winter shelters are not needed. But for the winter, it is advisable to dig up the soil around the bushes and mulch them with humus.
Feeding the plant is sporadic, since the plant grows well anywhere. Fertilizers can be applied only from May to June, 2 times a month.
How to propagate the plant
This entire family, and loosestrife in particular, is propagated in the following ways:
- root division;
- cuttings;
- sowing seeds.
Dividing a bush is best method reproduction, the simplest and most effective. Late autumn or early spring you need to dig up a mature bush, divide the roots and plant it. Bushes planted in autumn will bloom the following year. This is how lily of the valley loosestrife, coin loosestrife and most species are propagated.
Seed propagation is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Before sowing, the seeds need to be hardened, i.e. Keep in the refrigerator for 2 months, then in early June plant the prepared seeds in moist nutrient soil. This can be done in open ground or in seedling boxes. Plants grown from seeds bloom only in the 3rd or 4th year.
Many gardeners take advantage of the ability of the stems of these perennials to take root on their own. It is enough to cut off a shoot that has already taken root and plant it in the ground. Or you can cut a bunch of long, strong shoots and put them in water until roots appear, and then plant them in the ground.
Medicinal use
The entire family is not recognized by official medicine, but is popular among the people. The leaves and flowers of the plant contain a lot useful substances. Tannins have a beneficial effect on nausea and diarrhea, and have a pronounced diuretic effect. For example, lily of the valley loosestrife is an excellent remedy for restoring the body after bleeding. Gastritis and ulcers are treated with a decoction of flowering herbs. An excellent choleretic agent is common loosestrife; infusion of the herb is used to wash purulent wounds, treat hemorrhoids and rheumatism, joint damage in the form of arthritis, as well as bruises.
For colds and coughs, brew tea rich in vitamins, for which loosestrife is excellent. But you should not give it to children when treating dry cough. A large amount of vitamin “C” allows the loosestrife plant to become a good immunostimulant.
Important! Loosestrife is contraindicated for people suffering from hypertension, and for certain blood diseases: thrombosis, varicose veins, vascular sclerosis of the extremities. Consult your doctor before use.
Herbal tea It’s easy to do - for 1 glass of boiling water you need 2 teaspoons of dry raw materials, after 5 minutes of infusion, the tea is filtered and drunk.
The infusion is made like this: pour 1 tablespoon of raw material into a glass of boiling water, cover, wrap and leave for at least 2 hours. Strain and drink within 24 hours in 4 doses.
Landscape decoration
Monetary loosestrife is used as a ground cover plant, perfectly decorates gazebos, rock gardens, and is simply irreplaceable for decorating swimming pools and artificial reservoirs. Looks great with ferns and hosta. Tall varieties harmonize with astilbe, bellflower and others shade-tolerant plants. Excellent neighbors are dwarf irises, red-leaved heuchera and groundsel, bergenia and sedge, Rogersia and others. In shady areas, coin loosestrife can completely replace lawn grass.
Types of loosestrife
- a perennial with stems raised above the ground. The flowers and foliage are larger than those of the coin. An excellent honey plant and a cure for diseases of the liver, stomach, and bleeding. Loosestrife (also known as lily of the valley) - has strong and erect stems up to 120 cm in height and elongated large leaves. It blooms in August with small white flowers, which are collected in oblong dense inflorescences.
Loosestrife (Snosliak) It is distinguished by a rhizome that spreads under water, from which strong, erect stems grow up to 60 cm in height. Narrow leaves sit densely on the stems, in the axils of which small yellow inflorescences of dense spherical shape bloom in May–June.
Purple loosestrife (Beaujolais) with erect stems up to 45 cm in height. The leaves are arranged in pairs, they are pointed but wide and have a rich burgundy color. Bright yellow small flowers appear in the upper leaf axils in the last month of summer. It only grows in the sun.
Common loosestrife (Lysimachia), also known as point loosestrife, is a perennial up to 80 cm in height. Straight stems with edges, heavily leafy. Common loosestrife has wide leaves, the petioles are almost invisible. In June, flowers appear in the form of large panicles. It can also be called yellow loosestrife, as it looks like a bright candle. Due to its unpretentiousness it is very popular in middle lane Russia.
- a tall perennial plant. Small flowers collected in a large ear, the variegated bush blooms throughout July and August, very profusely and decoratively.
Loosestrife ciliated (black-purple)- a very unusual perennial with tall stems and silvery thin leaves that look corrugated. They form decorative wide bushes. The flowers form dark red lush spikes with a black tint, which are pleasing to the eye in July and August. The highly decorative ciliated loosestrife has many varieties.
It has long hanging shoots and beautiful spherical inflorescences of bright golden flowers with red spots in the center. It has 2 varieties and blooms from May all summer until September.
Planting and caring for loosestrife in the garden (video)
Friends, turn your attention to coin or coin loosestrife. This herbaceous plant for open ground came to me by accident. The seller said: “Yes, take it, you won’t regret it.” And I just liked the yellow, star-like flowers and delicate golden linden-colored leaves. First I brought it home, and then I just found out how to plant it, what care is required and what to do with loosestrife in winter.
Loosestrife loves moist soil, and usually grows near bodies of water, on occasion, dipping even its lashes into the water, while the leaves remain elastic and tender.
My son grows it on a shady hill, the golden color is adjacent to the dark burgundy tenacity, very beautiful.
And it grows well on my balcony in pots, although watering is a hassle.
Loosestrife planting, care, wintering
Landing
Loosestrife is grown
- from seeds
- rooting shoots
- dividing the bush
A specimen obtained from seeds blooms in the third year; the seeds are sown indoors.
The shoots take root in the nodes, the seals of the stem at the places where the leaves are attached. A section of the stem needs to be dug in and the moist soil will do its job - roots will appear in 5-7 days.
You can root the shoots all season long.
The loosestrife is divided into a bush in the fall, when there are no more young shoots. Although they sold me a plant with a lump of earth in the spring and already with flowers.
Loosestrife blooms from May to August; the time and timing of flowering depend on the location of the bush.
Where to plant
Loosestrife grows well in the sun, shade and partial shade. The plant is a ground cover plant, spreading its canes up to 80cm. Looks great on vertical rocky slopes. The root system is aggressive, which is why it is popularly called snake root. When planting locally, you need to monitor the growing root system and cut off the roots, limiting growth. Otherwise, it will take over neighboring areas.
The owners say that it tends to settle like a weed among lawn grass. Although some designers recommend this ground cover instead of a lawn, it is not trampled and does not need to be cut, but you should not do this, since by autumn it will begin to change color due to the drying out of individual branches and the lawn will look untidy.
Soil for loosestrife
It is planted in loose soil, with a bottom drainage layer. Place crushed stone under the top layer of soil in which you plan to plant.
It would be good near a pond or near groundwater, but, I repeat, it grows excellently in a pot and in the sun.
Plant care
Caring for coin loosestrife is simple. If it grows near water, then watering is needed only in dry times. And it doesn’t need any other care.
If the plant is planted in poor soil, you will need to apply fertilizer once every 2-3 weeks and only from May to July, so that the plant grows and begins to spread along the ground.
Loosestrife can grow in one place for more than 10 years, but the top layer of soil needs to be updated.
Important: Preparation for winter consists of trimming the vines so that only Bottom part stems. Dry parts should be removed.
Wintering
The plant is frost-resistant. Before winter, all the vines are cut off, so that only the underground part remains, so it does not freeze.
In my case, this is what happened. Snow fell suddenly last year and I was too lazy to go out onto the cold and snowy balcony. The pots were already wrapped from below in advance, and I felt sorry for cutting off the green vines, because it was warm before the unexpected snowfall and I didn’t want to remove the beauty from the balcony. Therefore, the pots spent the winter covered with dry loosestrife branches.
And now, look how the kids made their way. This is so touching.
Monetary loosestrife in landscape design photo
The plant is used as a ground cover and as a hanging plant, capable of beautifully decorating walls and slopes.
Loosestrife is a wild plant.
Mostly he is loved for his expressed healing properties, and it is also famous for its special decorativeness.
Monetary loosestrife grows for a very long time, and it also requires simple care, because it grows very quickly.
Such significant features made it an incredibly special plant for creating the future magnificent so-called rock garden, as well as other landscape compositions.
So, let's talk about how to create truly excellent conditions for a plant to grow.
Appearance and origin
Loosestrife is a herbaceous plant that takes simple form huge bush. In its natural environment, loosestrife is considered perennial, but annuals are also found, but this is very rare. The stems of loosestrife are very massively creeping or erect.
This plant was given its name because it resembles a willow, namely its leaves. Monetary Loosestrife also has other names, namely leech grass, moneywort And snake root.
As the ancient Greek legend says, the person who first saw and accordingly discovered this plant was the commander Lysimachus. Lysimachus historical figure, in whose honor this plant Lysimachia was named, is what people call it among themselves.
Primroses are a family that includes Loosestrife. The homeland of loosestrife is North America, the territory of Eurasia, and also Africa.
The closest relatives of the loosestrife are considered to be primrose, ambilanthus, milkweed, and cyclamen. Monetary loosestrife grows mainly in wet meadows, stagnant bodies of water, along rivers, and in dense forests.
The representative of the genus is considered the most beautiful in flowering and in demand in the world Monetary loosestrife. It is considered the most active creeping species, which has a thick and recumbent stem covered with leaves, it can reach up to sixty-five centimeters, starting from thirty.
This structure of the above-ground part makes Loosestrife the best ground cover. But this type is also used in very rich and decorated ampel compositions.
Tea is used with incredible success in alternative medicine, because it is considered very popular plant medicinal in nature.
The plant contains the following components:
- tannins,
- enzymes,
- saponins,
- routine
Beautiful views of the loosestrife
In so-called gardening, only two types (varieties) of loosestrife are very popular - Goldilocks and Aurea.
Variety Aurea
It is considered very popular and attractive in the landscape for its special property of flowing onto slopes.
This Monetary Loosestrife has the peculiarity of covering the entire horizontal surface, as well as framing steep slopes, walls, fences and other vertical surfaces.
Loosestrife Aurea is a perennial plant whose stems lie down. On the opposite stems there are very decorative leaves in an oval shape, green in color with a light tint.
Flowering generally begins at the end of May, but if there is not enough lighting for the plant, the yellow buds will bloom only at the end of July (mid summer period).
This variety is distinguished by its high endurance. The flower is very well able to survive any drought, and also during long and prolonged flooding, the flower will also be as if in its own environment.
The stems and roots of the plant are able to withstand frost, and the above-ground area is very capable of tolerating various types of frost. mechanical damage. However, the variety has a certain restorative effect, so the plant will restore itself after injuries, but not all.
Variety Goldilocks
It is considered, as everyone probably already guessed, golden decorative look. This species tolerates drought and moderate trampling very well.
This variety grows well in very difficult soils. But we advise this Loosestrife to offer somewhat better and comfortable place, namely loose soil with added organic matter.
This species has a very unusual coloring, green color with a golden tint. In order to preserve this decorative feature of this variety, a lot of lighting is needed. In the shade, this variety will simply lose its peculiarity.
The flowers of this species have a bright yellow color, and the size is just a little larger than the size of the leaves. The plant reproduces incredibly quickly, and can also very actively suppress certain garden inhabitants.
Growing and care
Planting loosestrife in a flowerbed
Although this variety of Loosestrife is considered an unpretentious plant, when planting it needs a special amount of attention from its owners. It is very important to choose the right composition and location of the soil, so that later the loosestrife does not create any difficulties during care.
Choosing a site for planting Loosestrife
You can plant coined loosestrife in an area with shade, but not too much. For the most vibrant leaf color, for example, like the Goldilocks species, best choice The place will have a sunny area.
When planting Loosestrife in rock gardens or simply complex flower beds, it is very important to take into account the properties of the plant itself, that is, its instant growth.
In order to properly limit the space for plant growth, I advise you to use a fence, for example a bucket, slate or plastic fencing.
What soil would be the best choice for Loosestrife?
The most important requirement to the ground is the presence of a sufficient level of nutrition and moisture in it. The quality of the further growing season of this crop and, in general, the rooting of the plant, fundamentally depend on these indicators.
Putrefactive, well-drained soil is not suitable for Loosestrife.
You can correct this error by adding crushed stone to the top layer. This plant must be planted in prepared soil, that is, it must first be drained and enriched with compost.
Planting of this plant should be carried out according to generally accepted rules. Initially, you need to make a hole in the ground, after which the rhizome is placed in it, then sprinkled with light soil, and at the very end, in the area of the hole, the earth is compacted.
After planting the plant, you should very carefully loosen the soil, but before doing this, moisten the soil generously. The distance between each new bush should be from forty-five to sixty centimeters.
The most optimal time For planting Loosestrife, the end of the summer period is considered, or the first week of March (the beginning of the spring period).
Reproduction of loosestrife
Monetary loosestrife can reproduce vegetatively without any difficulty. However, if you have the desire to work a little, you can grow incredibly beautiful and young plant(sprout) from collected seeds.
Growing from seeds
In order to grow young loosestrife from seeds, it is necessary to do some labor-intensive work that requires responsibility. Well, in order for absolutely all your seeds to germinate, you need to know the special techniques of gardeners.
Before sowing seeds, they need to be harden, or in other words stratify. Before sowing, the seeds should be placed in the refrigerator for one and a half or two months; we recommend choosing a vegetable compartment.
It is better to plant some seeds in the month of May.
If you sow seeds in the autumn, then you will not need to stratify them, because they will already be able to undergo very good hardening in the cold soil. With the arrival of spring, the seedlings will sprout in groups as strongly as possible.
You also have the opportunity to sow seeds for seedlings. As a rule, only stratified seeds should be used, which should be sown in moist soil. The soil must consist of part peat and sand. After sowing, you need to cover it with a film or glass covering.
The air temperature must be fifteen degrees or higher, and the room itself must be illuminated. After fourteen to sixteen days, the long-awaited sunrises will appear.
At the moment when the shoots have already become stronger, they are picked into other shallow containers. And in the month of June (the beginning of the summer period), that is, after the hardening itself, the loosestrife itself is planted in the flowerbed.
The distance between the bushes is approximately fifty centimeters. The flowering process itself should be expected only in the third year.
Vegetative methods of plant propagation
Monetary loosestrife can be propagated both by standard division of the bush and by rooting cuttings.
With the very arrival of the spring period or in October or November at the very moment of the process of transplanting already mature plants, you can propagate the plant by simply dividing the bush.
This is very easy to do, first you need to dig up the bush and separate it from the children, after which it is divided very carefully into all the individual particles, namely the parts of which should have a well-developed and strong root, and, accordingly, healthy sprouts.
After you have divided the bush, all you have to do is plant what you divided. It is necessary to care for new bushes in the same way as for an adult plant of this species.
The completely new plants that you planted are capable of producing a real flowering process the very next year.
Most gardeners often propagate Monetary Loosestrife using cuttings. For this method it is necessary to cut healthy cuttings.
The length of such cuttings is required to be from twelve to twenty centimeters. The process of rooting cuttings must be carried out either in the spring or autumn, because they use shoots-cuttings that were left after the planned pruning of the flower.
Already prepared cuttings are immersed in a pot of water and wait for roots to appear. After that, the cuttings themselves are planted with already grown roots in moist and loose soil.
Planting areas should be shady. Next season, your cuttings, which were planted in the fall, will delight you with incredible flowers.
Caring for loosestrife in the garden
Caring for the loosestrife is simply minimal, requiring only moderate watering, pruning and fertilizing. There will also be no problems with serious diseases and pests.
This variety is very rarely affected by insects, however, sometimes the loosestrife can be affected by aphids, however, you can very easily get rid of them using Biotlina which will destroy aphids as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Watering Loosestrife in the garden
If your Loosestrife is planted in an area with a very abundant flow of natural moisture, then minimal watering is required.
Only on the strongest and hottest days, especially when the rain lingers and the ground dries out excessively, should the flower be watered very generously.
If your flower bushes are planted in sunny areas, then you will have to regularly check the soil and water the flower at the very first signs of drying out.
Watering must be carried out in early time(morning) or immediately after sunset. After the middle of the day it can cause burns on the leaves.
Fertilizer application schedule
It is necessary to fertilize your plant in the active phase of the growing season only in certain exceptional cases. For example, when your plant's shoot growth slows, subsequent blooms become incredibly rare, short-lived, and dull. Then fertilizing must be carried out very carefully and in small quantities.
However, before in winter It is necessary to thoroughly feed your plants with humus or a mineral composition. After the fertilizers have been applied, the soil should be loosened.
Replanting, pruning and winter
With the help of which they treat various purulent wounds, and also relieve inflammation in acute rheumatism, alleviate the symptoms of hemorrhoids, and reduce swelling in various bruises.
Tea for colds
The so-called vitamin tea is prepared from Loosestrife and is used for prolonged coughs and colds. And also due to the presence in the plant ascorbic acid, the flower is considered an immunomodulator.
By planting this plant in your garden, you will thereby acquire unpretentious flower. It will very nobly please you and bloom. In addition, you can brew yourself excellent tea to improve your well-being and mood.
Monetary loosestrife has a second name - Meadow tea. Sometimes it is called coin loosestrife. This is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Primrose family, with thin stems creeping along the ground, about 30-40 cm long. Under natural conditions it grows in the area Western Europe, in North America, Siberia and the Caucasus. It is often found on the banks of rivers and lakes, preferring damp, damp ravines, swamps and shady forest clearings.
The shoots are weakly branched, creeping, and capable of taking root on their own. The leaves are round, light green, look like small coins, grow in pairs, on short petioles, located opposite each other. The flowers are small, with five petals, solitary, yellow color, grow in the axils of leaves. When grown in the garden, flowering lasts about 20-25 days, from late June to August. IN wildlife Monetary loosestrife blooms all summer, from late May to mid-September.
Photo. Monetary loosestrife
A characteristic feature of this plant is that it is capable of forming a dense, thick carpet not only on a horizontal plane, but also on steep vertical slopes. Due to its unpretentiousness, frost resistance, incredible beauty and endurance, coined loosestrife is widely used in decorative floriculture and landscape design.
Choosing a landing site
Shady areas with moist, nutritious soil are best suited for growing common loosestrife. It will feel best in the shade or partial shade, under trees, on the banks of reservoirs. But it also grows well in sunny areas.
Monetary loosestrife can grow in one place for more than 10 years. It is completely undemanding and unpretentious plant. It does not require fertilizing, is not affected by diseases and pests, and is resistant to trampling and mowing.
Loosestrife is undemanding to soil composition; the main conditions for its cultivation are moist soil.
If the soil is poor and infertile, then before planting it can be fed with complex mineral fertilizer. But this is not at all necessary. Monetary loosestrife is undemanding to the composition and fertility of the soil. The main growing condition: highly moist, damp soil. Some gardeners plant loosestrife directly into a decorative pond, to a depth of about 10 cm.
Planting loosestrife
It is better to plant coined loosestrife in shady places. It grows well even in dense shade, in the complete absence of sunlight. Planting can be done in early spring or late autumn.
Grows from seeds or by dividing roots. Already three years after planting, the loosestrife will grow well and produce many shoots suitable for propagation. It must be taken into account that it has a very powerful root system and grows quickly, covering the entire nearby territory. Therefore, it is necessary to restrain the growth of the plant by periodically removing excess shoots.
Caring for loosestrife
This plant requires virtually no care. It is important to provide him with constant shade and abundant watering. Do not forget about timely pruning of loosestrife. This procedure rejuvenates the plant, promotes active growth and flowering. It does not need winter shelter, as it tolerates frost well. With the onset of cold weather, the soil around the bush is dug up and mulched with compost or humus.
Reproduction methods
Monetary loosestrife reproduces by seeds, root division and cuttings
Monetary loosestrife propagates by seeds, cuttings and root division.
The simplest and effective way Reproduction is considered to be division of the bush. Late autumn mature plant dig up, carefully divide the roots into several parts and plant them. Already in the spring, the young bushes will grow well and begin to bloom.
Propagation by seeds is a labor-intensive and rather lengthy process. Before planting, the seeds are hardened. To do this, they are placed in the refrigerator for 2 months, and only after that, in early June, they are planted in well-moistened nutrient soil. You can sow the seeds directly into open ground, or you can pre-grow seedlings. Such a plant will bloom no earlier than in 2-3 years.
The stems of the loosestrife tend to take root. For propagation, it is enough to cut off a shoot with a well-developed horse system and transplant it to another place. But it is not at all necessary to wait for such roots to appear. You can simply cut off several large long shoots and place them in a container of water. After the roots appear, the cuttings are planted in moist soil.
The use of loosestrife in landscape design
Monetary loosestrife is used as a ground cover plant, suitable for rock gardens, decorating small buildings, and gazebos. It is also indispensable for decorating ponds and swimming pools.
Pairs well with ferns, bells, astilbe, hosta and others shade-loving plants. Monarch loosestrife looks very beautiful in group plantings with Rogersia, sedge, groundsel, bergenia, red-leaved heuchera, dwarf irises or phlox. Often, coined loosestrife is planted in shady areas instead of lawn grass.
Medicinal properties of the plant
Loosestrife is used in folk medicine
Officially, coined loosestrife is not medicinal plant, but is actively used in folk medicine. Its leaves and flowers have a large number useful properties. The high content of tannins and astringents makes it possible to use loosestrife tea for diarrhea and nausea. A decoction of the flowers and leaves of the loosestrife helps well in the treatment of gastritis and stomach ulcers.
Often, an infusion of this herb is used externally to heal purulent wounds, treat rheumatism, bruises, arthritis and hemorrhoids. Vitamin tea from loosestrife is taken for colds and coughs. Due to its significant concentration of vitamin C, it is used as an immunostimulant.
Making this tea is very simple: 2 tsp. dry leaves and flowers are poured with a glass of boiling water, left for about 5 minutes and filtered. To prepare the infusion 1 tbsp. l. raw materials are poured with the same amount of boiling water and left for at least 2 hours. Drink in four doses per day.
Popular species, varieties of loosestrife and their photographs
In total there are more than 110 varieties of loosestrife. In addition to the loosestrife, 8 more species are used in cultivated floriculture.
- This perennial, with stems raised above the ground. The leaves are larger than those of the loosestrife. The flowers are yellow, solitary, and grow on long stalks. Blooms from May to July.
Photo. Loosestrife
It has straight and strong stems, up to 120 cm in height. The leaves are large, oblong. The flowers are small, white, collected in dense long inflorescences. Blooms in late summer.
has a long, spreading rhizome, from which straight, strong stems grow, about 60 cm tall. The leaves are narrow and often located on the stem. The flowers are small, yellow, and grow in small dense inflorescences. Blooms in May-June.
Photo. Loosestrife
- a perennial with an erect stem, 40-45 cm high. The leaves are paired, rich wine color, wide, with sharp tips. The flowers are small, bright yellow, located at the ends of the stems and in the axils upper leaves. Grows only in sunny places. Blooms in August-September.
Photo. Purple loosestrife
is a herbaceous perennial plant, about 50 cm high. The stem is pubescent, straight, heavily leafy. The leaves are wide, without petioles. The flowers are yellow, in large quantities grow on the tops of stems. Blooms in June.
Photo. Loosestrife point
- a fairly tall perennial. The flowers are small, collected in a long spike-shaped inflorescence. Flowering is abundant and long, from early July to late August.
- Very unusual plant, with tall erect stems. The leaves are thin, slightly corrugated, silvery green. Grows in the form of a wide bush. The flowers are collected in lush spikes, dark red, almost black. Has many varieties. Blooms in July-August.
It is distinguished by long, flowing shoots. The flowers are bright golden, with a red spot at the base of the petals, collected in beautiful spherical inflorescences. Blooms all summer, from May to September. Has two popular varieties.