Correct planting of anemones guarantees a beautiful appearance

Enter the forest in early May, and you will be shocked - the ground is covered with white fluffy clouds. The primroses were arranged in circles among the first green. You will take a flower in your hands and admire the purest white color of a pinkish-lilac shade. These are anemones or anemones. So you want to transfer this beauty to your site. And who prevents? As practice has shown, anemone planting is available even for beginning florists.

Anemones or anemones are known in about 150 species. This unpretentious perennial plants, flowering in spring or summer with the transition to autumn. The latter are good in flowerbeds. Spring anemones are grown for cutting or included in rocky garden compositions. The length of the stem of various anemone species ranges from 20 centimeters to one meter.

Anemone prefers open air. It can grow on a flower bed or in stony gardens, potato growing is allowed. Anemones of summer-autumn flowering planted to a depth of about five centimeters, beginning in October, planting anemones usually ends in March. For this type, the penumbra is considered to be the most suitable place. Types that blossom in spring and summer, can be located both in the open sun and in the penumbra. Before planting anemones, you need to make sure that the soil is well drained.

The plants multiply seeds or divide tubers. Seeds of summer-autumn flowers are usually sown in the spring. About a month later there are shoots. The soil in the site of planting is fertile, light, loose. Types of spring flowering multiply well by dividing tubers or roots. This is done in the autumn.

Anemone, like many flowers, is susceptible to viral diseases, the result of which can be deformation of the leaves, the manifestation of a mosaic disease on the leaves. The mottling of the petals of flowers can lead to the death of the leaves and the cessation of plant growth. To avoid a viral infection, anemones should be planted only by healthy rhizomes, which in any case should be checked for the presence of mites and aphids.

Adult anemones, as a rule, do not transplant. Young can try to transplant early in the spring, without fail, retaining the root lump. To divide a bush is rather difficult because of the confusion of the root system. It is somewhat easier to divide the bushes, which give a loose curtain. They should be separated in the early spring, before planting anemones.

Anemones are well accepted by mulching with organic residues. With regular mulching organic, there is practically no need for any additional fertilizing. But young plants are not harmed by the introduction of small doses of complex mineral fertilizer a couple of times in the first half of the summer. You can also use green fertilizer.

Successful reproduction of windmills of different varieties depends largely on the resulting planting material. Buy a ready-made plant is almost impossible. Even if you are lucky, and you will get, in your opinion, a healthy plant, no one will give a guarantee that he will not show signs of stress after planting. Well, if the planting of anemones begins with the acquisition in the early spring of a sleeping rhizome, which is planted in the soil immediately, as the soil permits.

Autumn anemones are very impressive in the neighborhood with ornamental herbs. Large-growth vegens are spectacular in single plantings or as a fringe of a group of shrubs. Varieties with white and light pink flowers are attractive near perennials with purple leaves or near shrubs with the same leaves.

In addition to unconditional beauty, anemones are known for use in folk medicine. They found application both in the composition of ointments, and in broths, and in infusions. The healing properties of the anemones are noted by Avicenna. However, its preparations must be used with caution, since the plant is still poisonous.