The cinquefoil is a shrub plant, modest in care and blooming from the beginning of summer to the first frosts. She really decorates any site. Known for its healing properties - decoctions of cinquefoil are used for many diseases.
Description of Nepalese cinquefoil
Cinquefoil Nepalese in its natural form grows in Nepal and the Western Himalayas. The shrub reaches a height of about 50 cm. The leaves of the plant are large, palmate, in appearance similar to strawberry leaves.
The cinquefoil is able to decorate any flower bed
Potentilla inflorescences are paniculate, composed of small pink flowers. The plant blooms in the second year after planting. The flowering period lasts 2-2.5 months.
Nepalese cinquefoil has become the basis for hybrid varieties:
- Floris;
- Miss Wilmon;
- Roxane
- Legend;
- Fire flame.
Features of planting a plant
The plant is completely undemanding to the growing conditions. When growing crops for good development and abundant flowering, you need to choose a suitable place.
For Nepalese cinquefoil, it is better to choose an open, well-lit area. It is permissible to plant in partial shade, however, the lack of sunlight will necessarily affect the appearance of the plant, especially the quality of its flowering.
The cinquefoil is not large, saturated in color.
The process of planting a Nepalese cinquefoil is as follows:
- Dig a landing hole with a depth of about 50-60 cm.
- Drainage material must be added to the bottom. It can be gravel, coarse sand, crumb brick.
- The next layer is a mixture of soil, humus and sand.
- Plant a seedling and fill it with soil.
- Water the planted plant. It must also be carried out within 2-3 weeks after planting, preventing the soil from drying out.
It's important to know! Nepalese cinquefoil prefers loose soils with a high lime content. The best option is loam or sandy loam.
Seed planting
Reproduction of the cinquefoil by seed gives a good result. Seed material is sown either for seedlings, or immediately to a constant place of growth. For planting seedlings, small seeds are carefully placed in the prepared substrate, covered with a film or glass, placed in a warm place and periodically moistened. Landing is recommended at the end of winter - at the beginning of spring.
Planting seedlings in open ground
When young plants are strong enough, they are planted on a flower bed. To do this, like planting seeds in open ground, it is advisable not earlier than the end of spring, when the earth warms up and the threat of night frost goes away.
The plant blooms from early summer until the first frost
How to care for Nepalese cinquefoil
For good development and long flowering when caring for the Nepalese cinquefoil, the following conditions must be adhered to:
- Watering. Adult plants do not need constant watering. It is enough to maintain the soil in a slightly moistened state in a dry time. Mulching the soil can help. When watering, it is better to use heated water, since the roots of the plant are sensitive to temperature extremes.
- Top dressing. The plant needs to be fed three times a season: in early spring, during the formation of buds and at the end of summer. It is advisable to use complex mineral fertilizer with a predominance of nitrogen (at the beginning of the season) and potassium with phosphorus in subsequent procedures.
- Loosening. It is necessary to ensure that weeds do not plant on the flowerbed where the potentilla grows. To do this, they are regularly weeded, and the soil around the plants is shallow loosened. This procedure helps to saturate the soil with oxygen.
- Pruning. The bushes of the Nepalese cinquefoil are prone to overgrowth, so they periodically need to carry out forming pruning. You can give any form of landings. Anti-aging pruning is carried out every 4-5 years - in the spring the plant is cut completely and must be fertilized. Over the next season, it is rejuvenated.
Potentilla seeds give good germination
Breeding methods
Cinquefoil Nepalese is an unpretentious plant in terms of care and reproduction. There are several ways to grow it on your own site or in a summer house:
- Growing from seeds. Seeds can be prepared by yourself. Ripe seeds are harvested in late summer - early fall. They can be immediately planted on seedlings or stored in a dry place until spring. Seed germination lasts 2.5-3 years.
- With the help of cuttings. At the beginning of summer, healthy strong shoots are cut from last year's stems and the lower leaves are removed from them. A part of the obtained seedlings is treated with a solution to stimulate root growth and planted in pots with a substrate. For quick rooting, it is better for the plant to create greenhouse conditions by covering it with a film, a jar or a plastic bottle. Periodically, the seedling needs to be irrigated. After it takes root and hardens, you can plant it in open ground as an independent plant.
- Method of division. This method is suitable for plants that are at least 4 years old. In spring or autumn in warm weather, choose a healthy shoot, carefully separate it from the mother bush and plant it as an independent plant.
- Layering. This method is used most often, since it is the easiest to implement. The process of the cinquefoil is incised, bent to the ground and fixed with a special hairpin. Near the incision, the shoot is sprinkled with soil. After the attached shoot forms a normal root system, it can be disconnected from the parent plant and planted separately.
Transfer
The cinquefoil perfectly survives after transplantation. It will only require regular watering and the right place. The beginning of spring is considered the optimal period for the procedure, but quite often the plant is transplanted even after flowering.
Possible diseases and pests
In general, the culture shows good resistance to diseases and pests. And cases of plant damage by certain diseases are the result of a violation of the rules for caring for it.
The development of cinquefoil rust is associated with an excess of moisture in the soil. When it appears, the plant will have to be treated with Bordeaux liquid or fungicides.
Among the pests, it is most able to annoy the cinquefoil of a scoop, eating flowers and leaves. Lack of timely treatment can lead to the death of the plant. To get rid of the scoops, the bushes need to be treated twice with an insecticide solution.
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Flowering period
During flowering, it is recommended to regularly remove faded inflorescences in order to preserve the decorativeness of the bush. You also need to keep the soil moist and loosen it after each watering.
Winter preparations
Due to its increased frost resistance (the plant normally withstands frosts down to -30 ℃), the cinquefoil does not require special warming measures. It is enough to clean the dried shoots.
Note! In areas where sharp winds are frequent in winter at low temperatures, it is still better to insulate the cinquefoil. To do this, shoots are fixed near the ground, and covered with polyethylene from above.
Use in landscape design
Miss Wilmont cinquefoil is used by modern landscape designers in both single and group plantings. Solitary are most often represented by landings near the curbs, on empty ground under tall bushes with bare stems.
Complex compositions of cinquefoil with lupins, cornflowers, and also plants that differ in inexpressive flowering also look spectacularly on the flower beds. Often on the alpine hills and among the stones there is a cinquefoil Legend.
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Beneficial features
Due to the rich content of essential oils and vitamin C, the plant is used in folk medicine, especially for colds.
Nepalese cinquefoil, which is a shrub perennial plant, is often used for growing at home in the garden. She will need a well-lit place and dressing at the end of the season. In return, the plant will thank the long flowering of plentiful flowers of bright color. Miss Nepalese Miss Wilmont looks especially elegant.
Thanks to its healing properties, the plant is used in folk medicine for various diseases, especially colds. And even an inexperienced grower can grow potentilla.
