Chamomile flowers - garden decoration and medicinal raw materials

Flowers of chamomile, field or garden, pleasing to the eye and create a sense of home comfort. This plant has a second name - Nivian. It is perennial and it is not difficult to grow it on its own plot.

Chamomile - favorite of flower growers

This perennial is exclusively decorative, looks fresh and decorates the garden. Beautiful flowers of chamomile - large enough, remain on the bush for a long time. The stems of this garden perennial reach a meter in height. The diameter of the flower is up to fifteen centimeters, depending on the variety. Chamomile flowers look great in group and single plantings, in mixborders, on lawns and along paths. Most often the Nivian has white petals. But there are red, lilac and yellow varieties of chamomile. Traditional species of Nivian - large-flowered and alpine - are most often found in the middle-sized gardens.

Chamomile: a flower that loves the sun

These plants like well-lit places, moderately fertilized and non-acidic soil. In one place, a niwi can grow up to five years, if you regularly make top-dressing. True, after several years, the thickening of the chamomile bushes inevitably occurs - the stems grow ugly, the flowers become smaller. With this you can fight by multiplying the old plant by dividing. This is done in August. The rhizome of the bush should be carefully divided so that it will be well established in a new place. If you divide plants every year, then the flowers will be large, and the foliage - lush. The nivian is also propagated by seeds. They are sown in boxes in early March to get seedlings. After the appearance of the second leaf, the seedlings are transplanted into separate small pots. In May, grown chamomile bushes can be moved to the ground. There they need to be covered for a short while with a film.

How to grow chamomile flowers

Nyvyanik needs regular weeding, Because next to him very well feel a variety of weeds. After watering and loosening of the soil affects favorably on all plants without exception. Chamomile hibernates in the open ground. However, if severe frosts are expected, it is possible to warm the planting site by covering it with sawdust and covering it with a film. Otherwise, chamomile flowers can freeze. At the end of autumn, the ground part of the Niviana is cut off. Chamomile intensively blooms from June to September. In this period it is desirable to feed the plant with organic and mineral fertilizers. From diseases and pests nivyanik suffers infrequently. But sometimes the damage to rust or aphids can not be avoided. This is due to excess moisture. In this case, the plant must be treated with a solution of copper sulfate or sprinkled with wood ash. Chamomile bushes that can not be cured are cut off at the root.

Medicinal properties

Chamomile is a well-known medicinal plant. His broths treat inflammations of mucous membranes, skin irritation. Essential oil of chamomile helps with hypotension, expanding the vessels of the brain. A decoction of chamomile in dentistry has perfectly proved - gingivitis and stomatitis can be cured by regular rinses. For this purpose, it is better to collect a niwian in an ecologically clean area.