Vivarium flower or ayuga: planting and care

Some gardeners may think that a tenacity (ayuga) is not worthy of attention - stunted or, rather, creeping, blooms softly, and even to some extent, and aggressively.

However, varieties of the new generation can not be "caught" by the brightness, even the bizarre coloring and unusual texture of the leaves. And unlike other ground cover plants The dweller is durable, its planting is not denuded and does not lose decorativeness.

Some features of Ayugi's flower

I want to talk about aggressiveness separately. The nature of the plant, as well as of all the synthetics, is creeping.

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But the ability of the vivacity to grow quickly and beautifully, filling the space given to it in a season or two (the growth activity depends on fertility and soil moisture) can be attributed to the merits. The main thing is to learn how to regulate its activity and direct the daughter outlets that appear on the discarded stolons in the right direction.

You can also fill the gaps between old rosettes, which are then separated and removed. Then the curtain from year to year will look renewed. And you can let it expand its borders or "move" "along the flowerbed, cutting the curtain on one side and directing it to the desired one. Or just keep Ayugu within certain limits, removing all unnecessary periphery. Here is this plant, the "transformer"!

If this is not done, the ayuga "crawls" on the ground cover neighbors or in the middle of plants with loose shoots.

It is not right to limit the planting site of the vivipar with low curbs. The plant easily "steps over" even through the stones, not that through a plastic limiter - you will not have time to look back, just as the vita will be outside.

Excess rosettes are easier to clean in the spring - it is better to see unbroken-sya or those that do not hold on to the soil. But if you want the zhivotchka blossom, you need to leave strong rosettes, they can even be transplanted, but not later than the beginning of May, because at the end of the month the plant has already

lets the peduncles. After flowering begins active growth of axillary stolons, which, taking root, build up new rosettes. In the gardens, the most common are two species - the actively expanding Ayuga creeping (Ajuga reptans) and the more restrained pyramidal (A. pyramidalis). The number of Ayugi cultivars increases every year. These species retain their leaves and go under the snow with a beautiful rug.

By the way, about the carpet

In modern gardens, decorative bushes and conifers are increasingly planted. And around such plants is very difficult to keep the lawn - it is gradually dying from lack of sun. Many see the output in a rocky, pebbled or a layer of bark, which also looks fine.

But for those who prefer vegetation, one of the best options - zhivyachka. It can grow in the sun and in the shade, where it easily fills all spaces, forming a patchwork "carpet" (if you plant different varieties). By the way, the plant is resistant to easy trampling.

And here some nuances are important. It is better to plant it on a humus-filled manure (not fresh manure, as conifers do not tolerate it) soil. Then the plants will have enough food for several years. It is desirable that the soil can retain moisture, although the vivipar easily manages without irrigation for quite a long time. The soil under such a carpet (according to which they walked) is useful to pierce with garden forks, lifting it slightly - to access air to the roots.

Do this in spring or during an active growth - after flowering (around June). At the same time, you can feed older curtains by spreading chicken litter or loose loose compost directly over the leaves.

How to propagate ayugu (viable)

This is easy, cutting off and planting during the season {not later than September) rosettes formed at the ends of the stolons. And even it does not matter if the new plant has not yet built up a good lobe of roots. Even with their small rudiments, the seedlings will successfully survive in moist soil.

Based on my own experience, I want to warn that the seeds that form after flowering are actively spread by ants. And it does not matter if the new vyjatchka grows among flowers, but to remove a well-rooted outlet from the lawn, you will have to work hard.

Therefore, after flowering, flower stalks are best cut off in time - a painstaking, but necessary work! Diseases do not bother with vitamins, which can not be said about pests. On wet shaded areas slugs may appear. This is noticeable in half-quarters of affected leaves, although this happens infrequently.

Author: L.SENKO. Photo by V. BONDAR

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3 Review (s)

Natalia KARKACHEVA, Krasnodar Territory
23/09/2019 (16:15) #

For lovers of ground cover plants, I advise you to plant ayuga, or a creeper tenacious. This perennial is good both in the sun and in the shade. It easily tolerates autumn frosts and is decorative all year round (its leaves do not die off even in winter). The roots of the survivor are superficial, therefore, in a sultry summer I abundantly water it. In my garden, ayuga grows on an alpine hill next to a stalk and sedum, in tree trunks among tulips and ferns. Propagated by sockets (until October).

Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)
24/08/2017 (12:36) #

There are several types of survivors, but the most popular survivors are creeping survivors and pyramidal survivors and their varieties. You must have met this plant in the meadows and gardens of the Moscow Region; in spring or early summer it blooms with bright blue spikelet inflorescences, which sometimes cover the entire meadow and look very pretty. Sprawl occurs due to stolons (shoots), which scatter in different directions from the main outlet and quickly take root in the soil. Since the tenacity is the native of our places, its varieties are quite unpretentious, frost-resistant (this is a winter-green plant, leaves with leaves in the snow), grow well in the sun, and in the shade, and on moist soil, and on rather dry and rocky. In a word, tenacity is tenacity.
Varietal zhivichka blossoms, but its leaves are most effective, varieties with motley, fringed, purple or dark brown glossy foliage resembling wet pebbles are especially good.

Varietal survivors can be propagated all summer, better by dividing rosettes or stolons; during seed propagation, varietal characters may not be preserved. But remember: ayuga can grow too much, crawl along the flower garden and crush other less stable plants.

Tatiana HORINA, city of Vladimir
12/01/2016 (16:50) #

The nature of the creeper is understandable from its name: it is very undemanding to the growing conditions and quickly captures the territory with creeping shoots. ZHivuchka grows well in the light, and in the penumbra, almost does not need fertilizing and watering, quickly creates a continuous carpet of leaves. But, fortunately, the malignant weed does not turn excess shoots very easily to weed out.
In the wild, the tenacity is found almost throughout the country. In my flower garden I grow decorative cultural forms: a mahogany with bright blue flowers and purple leaves and a pink elf with green leaves and pink flowers. However, I do not completely remove the wild form from the site. Grass survivor, collected in late May - early June, is widely used in folk medicine. And the researchers found in it substances that stimulate protein synthesis, which will certainly interest bodybuilders.
From vitality prepare this infusion: 1 st. l. dry herbs pour 1 a glass of boiling water, leave until cooling and filter. This infusion rinse the mouth with inflammation of the oral mucosa and sore throat. For those wishing to gain weight, to accelerate the buildup of muscles, to restore after training, this infusion should be taken at 1 st. l. 5-6 once a day.