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  1. Anastasia ZHIKHAR

    Gelenium needs to be regularly divided about once every 4 years. If this is not done, the center of the bush will gradually die off, and in one of the frosty winters the plant will die.
    Usually the flower is divided in the spring (in April-May), but if necessary, this operation can be carried out in the summer (in August). The perennial will have time to take root well and overwinter safely.

    If I decide to divide the gelenium at the end of summer, I don’t wait for the plant to fade completely. I cut the flower stalks, leaving stumps up to 30 cm high, and carefully dig out the bushes. The flower grows quickly, so I disassemble it into small pieces. I plant the parts in a new sunny place, moderately water and mulch with peat in a layer of 5-7 cm.

    TIP: Break a flower bed for gelenium in a sunny area: if there is a lack of lighting, its flowering will not be so plentiful and bright.

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  2. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Gelenium 'Biedermeier' (Helenium x hybrida)
    Description. This is a variety obtained from the helen-mind of the autumn. In height it reaches up to 80 cm. Inflorescences-baskets in diameter up to 4 cm, bright yellow with saturated reddish strokes on petals; Tubular flowers (those that form the middle of the flower) are yellow. They blossom in early August and bloom profusely, continuously for a month and a half.
    Agrotechnics.
    Helenium - a juvenile plant; this means that you need to update the planting every 3 - 4 years. It feels best in well-lit areas (although it tolerates penumbra) with fertile, normally moist soil. In arid periods, plants do not forget to water, otherwise the bush may die. In the middle zone of Russia, it perfectly winters without any shelter.
    Reproduction. It reproduces by dividing the bush (in May). When digging, the plant breaks up into separate small rosettes, so the division of helenium is not difficult.
    Using. Excellent autumn plant. It looks best in the background of mixborders. In a single landing and a group monopodship, it looks interesting only at the end of summer - early autumn, when it blooms; all the rest of the time it's just a pretty nondescript green bush.

    gelenium-foto

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