Plant Veronica thread-like: planting and care

Veronica threadlike, or filamentous, is the most delicate herbaceous plant. It is perennial with airy white or bluish flowers. Many gardeners are simply struggling with such a plant, driving it from their site. It is extremely difficult to care for these flowers, especially to keep them in a certain area for growing, perennial grows, becoming almost a real problem. Such energy in growth and vitality of a plant can be directed to the right track and used it with benefit.

Veronica filamentous: features of the plant

Veronica filiform belongs to the family Noricorne. It is a herbaceous plant with shoots escaping, which almost instantly take root in the ground.

The plant is primitive, low; Spreads on the ground. Leaves are small, roundish, flowers - white or blue-blue. The plant easily tolerates heat, grows in open solar areas, but feels more comfortable in semi-shade or in a completely shaded area.

The label of the "terrible aggressor" is justly labeled on this amazing plant species. Growing such a plant on the site, be prepared for the fact that it will spread all over the yard with huge blossoming spots, hide the terrain unevenness, sprout between the tiles on the paths. So, which group should we include this natural "decorator": weeds or cultivated floral plants?

As in the wild, Veronica threadlike (photo can be seen in the article) prefers sites where trees grow (forest, fruit), berry bushes. She loves the shadow. This plant, actively expanding, is ready to fill the whole yard, garden and beds, but if properly to care for it and do not give freedom to reproduce flowers, then this process is quite realistic to control.

Agrotechnics is simple, because this fast-growing plant is so tenacious that it does not require the creation of special conditions for cultivation. But it is still worthwhile to get acquainted with the planting and care system for Veronica.

The plant feels great in areas with moderately moist soil, but it also tolerates drought well. That's why there is no need to create special conditions for the care of flowers. Veronica filamentous - a plant that cares about itself, and it is able to compete quite competently in the struggle with neighbors. Even dandelions can not stand the onslaught of an aggressive herbaceous plant.

Agrotechnics

The plant is unpretentious, so special skills in growing these flowers are not required. Veronica threadlike (or creeping) is capable of adapting to growing in any conditions. To the grass the grass is unpretentious. Most species of veronica are hygrophilous plants, but for a short drought they are calm and easily tolerated.

In Russia, the plant easily survives, being frost-resistant and easily tolerating severe Russian frosts. Although some of the species are more delicate, for example, veronica branched. There is a need to cover them with lapnika for the winter.

Important! Shoots are cut and removed only after the flowering of the plant.

After planting plants, periodically weed flowers, otherwise they will start to be infected. Fertilizer is fertilized twice a season.

Reproduction of Veronica filamentous

There are several ways to multiply the plant.

Seeds

The material is sown in late autumn. Flowering occurs after 24 months from the moment of planting Veronica plants filiform. Seeds in the case of spring sowing give in to stratification - a procedure that consists in creating an artificial temperature difference necessary for normal germination of seeds.

The process of growing a plant from seeds looks like this:

1. Prepare a garden pot with a drainage substrate.
2. Seeds spread on the surface, sprinkling on top of a small amount of land.
3. The crops are sprayed with water. The top is covered with a film with small holes, allowing the seeds to access the oxygen.
4. A pot of planting material is placed in a cooler place in order to create special conditions for seed germination (for example, in a refrigerator), where it is held for the next 3 weeks.
5. After this period, the capacity is moved to a well-lit warm place and waiting for the first shoots, which begin to peck after 2 weeks after changing the temperature regime. Caring for seedlings by the standard method.

Seeds of Veronica filamentous are freely available, and you can purchase them in any specialized store.

By dividing

Shoots with a healthy and well-developed root system are divided and planted as separate units. The procedure is usually done in the early spring.

Cuttings

For reproduction in this way, planting material in the form of young shoots is used. Cut off cuttings are placed in a container with water until the germination of root outgrowths or simply placed in the ground, where they take roots independently, which, as a rule, occurs 10-14 days after transplantation. After that, the plant from the container is transplanted to an open area of the soil.

Of all the above methods, planters note the latter as one of the most convenient and effective ways of breeding Veronica threadlike, planting and caring for which do not differ in complexity.

Place of a plant in landscape design compositions

Sometimes the plant is planted on its own and it does not have to be planted. The grass grows instantly. Surprising beauty is the most delicate plant - Veronica threadlike. Grassy plants for open ground can not be bought from the hands, do not look for seeds in garden stores, but bring from the usual habitat colors: forests or meadows. Often it is used as an element of the design of landscape compositions, especially in those cases when it is necessary to formalize the site in an unconstrained natural style.

These ground cover flowers can easily be planted under berries, fruit trees. There is no reason to worry that the grass will pull out all the useful substances from the soil and the crop plants themselves. Such an improvised carpet in the garden will help to keep fruits falling from the trees intact and safe. In hot summer, the plant retains moisture longer in the soil, protecting it from overheating, because trees and bushes grow around them, they receive more useful substances and moisture.

Herbaceous plant creates under the feet of a living carpet, which is nice to walk barefoot. This lawn cover is not only practical, but also beautiful. A fine herbaceous plant is easily cut with a lawn mower, trimmer, and garden shears. It should be noted that this plant is able to suppress the growth of weed species.

Important! The area, abundantly overgrown with Veronica filamentous, looks spectacular not only during the flowering period, but also after its termination. Light green leaves give the site a fresh look, create coziness and additional comfort.

Effectively look growing between the stones of the retaining walls of the rock gardens the bundles of Veronica filamentary. But here such compositions already need to be controlled, otherwise the grass will grow on the whole hill and just ruin the landscape composition.

Features of care for the area where the filamentous grass grows

Veronica is easy to remove manually if the plant is too large or simply unnecessary. Problems with lawn cleaning should not arise, except that the speedwell has been growing there for many years and its roots are too intertwined. Then you will have to use the garden tools, cleaning flowers together with the top layer of soil. In carrying out such work, it is necessary to ensure that in the ground there is not a single shoot of Veronica threadlike or creeping, photo of which can be seen in the article, otherwise extremely fast growing flowers will flood the whole area again.

The use of such a plant as a landscape decoration will give the site tenderness and ease. Such a lawn or garden will look spectacular, and individual landscape compositions - complete. Providing care and observation of the growth of grass, you can control it, creating an amazing beauty of the composition.