Multiflora belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum, designed for planting in flower beds in summer cottages. In the natural environment grows mainly in Asia. Allocate 30 species of plants. Chrysanthemum spherical represents the Korean group.
Popular varieties, description
In Russia, frost-resistant varieties gained wide popularity. Most of them need winter shelter. Active breeding in Europe began in the first half of the 19th century.
Potted chrysanthemums
Branbeach white
The variety is characterized by low resistance to low temperatures. The diameter of the bush is 42 cm. The height of an adult plant is 35 cm. The early blooming chrysanthemum blooms in the open ground in autumn, early September. Flowers, as the name suggests, are white.
Pay inAttention! In winter, it is recommended to store the bushes in the basement, and in spring to select cuttings in order to grow new shoots.
Branbeach white
Branindio branindio
The bush is compact, up to 45 cm high, with a diameter of 0.5 m. The variety will bloom from August to October, winters poorly, requires quality shelter.
Branbeach white
Branbeach sunny
Parameters are similar to Branbeach White. A variety of border chrysanthemums (stunted). Bushes are spherical, covered with flowers.
Branbeach sunny
Branhill red
Flowering begins in the second half of August, the diameter of one flower is up to 5 cm. The bush is spherical, compact, low. The height of the bush is 0.3 m.
Branhill red
Branfountain salmon
Chrysanthemums are great for borders and discounts. The variety is undersized, compact.
Branfountain salmon
Branfountain lemon
The spherical chrysanthemum of multiflora reaches one and a half meters in height. The plant should winter under shelter. Lemon flowers.
Branfountain purple
It forms a lush voluminous bush, flowers from bright purple to lilac, densely double. Shelter is required for wintering. The flowering period falls at the end of August. Continues until frost (September).
Branbeach lilac
Inflorescences of a mauve shade. The flowers are large, up to 7 cm in diameter. Flowering begins in September. Bushes are independently formed in hemispheres.
Branbeach orange
Flowering begins in mid-August. Inflorescences are orange. The variety is the most winter-hardy of the entire group of plants.
Branfountain lemon
Chrysanthemum multiflora: planting and care in the open ground
Multiflora is planted in open ground in a sunny place. Only such a location will allow you to grow a beautiful spherical bush of chrysanthemums. Requires uniform lighting.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
What should be the optimal soil for planting chrysanthemums? The soil must be moisture permeable. Chrysanthemum bushes require a lot of water. An important condition for planting is soil preparation. Peat, turf and sand are introduced into the planting pits in a ratio of 1: 1: 1.
Note! In Central Russia, chrysanthemums can be planted in spring (at the very beginning of May). In more southern regions, landing is carried out a month earlier (since April).
In areas located to the north, landing in open ground is not recommended. Only in the middle of the last spring month, chrysanthemums are allowed to be taken outside.
Branfountain purple
Bushes are planted at a distance of at least 0.2 m from each other. Pits filled with prepared soil are poured with water (from 3 liters per hole) and make complex fertilizer. Next, plant a plant, straightening the root system and deepening it to the level of the first leaves. Leaflets will die after 2 weeks as part of a normal development cycle.
How to care for a flower
Proper care involves maintaining high humidity. At the first sign of overdried soil, the plant is watered. With heavy rains, watering is reduced.
Top dressing and soil quality
Growing chrysanthemums is not complete without top dressing. The first of them is carried out already a month after planting (based on nitrogen fertilizers). During the active formation of buds, a second top dressing should be carried out (based on potash and phosphorus fertilizers). It is worth feeding chrysanthemums immediately after planting the plant at a constant place of growth. In this case, the compositions are applied only at the root, without affecting the leaves and buds.
Pruning and transplanting
After flowering, chrysanthemums are pruned, leaving only 10 cm of the aerial part. The action takes place in the fall (October-November).
It's important to know! Multiflora should be transplanted carefully, trying not to disrupt the structure of the earthen coma, so as not to injure the flower.
Preparation of multiflora chrysanthemum for wintering
After autumn pruning, chrysanthemums need preparation for wintering. Bushes wintering in the ground are covered with spruce branches and covered with humus from above. Open a chrysanthemum in the spring. Do this gradually so that the multiflora does not receive sunburn.
Branbeach lilac
Period of activity and rest
The plant is dormant in winter. Active vegetation characterizes the period from spring to autumn.
Types and shape of flowers
Multiflora flowers exist in a wide variety of colors. As a rule, these are terry or semi-double inflorescences. The flowers are medium or small in diameter.
Flower propagation methods
Chrysanthemums are placed in spacious pots, which in winter are cleaned in a house or basement. The bushes are looked after and propagated according to the standard scheme.
Reproduction by division of an adult plant
Propagation of chrysanthemums by dividing the bush is a popular method. It is carried out in April. The mother bush is dug up, the process is separated from it along with part of the root system. After that, they are planted in the ground.
Propagation by cuttings
In the case of using this method of breeding chrysanthemums, the algorithm of actions is strictly observed. In March, the mother bush is dug up and brought into a warm (room temperature) room.
Note! The plant needs long-term lighting (at least 14 hours a day).
After some time, shoots with a length of 15 cm appear. They are cut off and placed in wet sand. Rooted cuttings in conditions as close to greenhouse.
Branbeach orange
With seeds
Multiflora can be grown from seeds. Two options are possible: planting through seedlings and sowing in open ground. Seedlings are usually planted in February and March. It is important to feed the plant in time and loosen the soil. Sowing in the soil should be done at the very beginning of May, and cover the holes with a film for the early germination of seeds.
Growing problems, diseases and pests
Rainy autumn weather often provokes outbreaks of powdery mildew on chrysanthemum bushes. In fact, this is the only disease that multiflora bushes are susceptible to. More often chrysanthemums suffer from pests. The most common of them:
- spider mite;
- caterpillars
- aphid.
Chrysanthemums have many shapes and color varieties. The plant is widely used in landscape design. It rarely gets sick, and leaving at home involves regular watering and top dressing.
