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  1. Tatyana Pavlovna DOMASHEVA, Kirov

    Advise whether to plant small hosts in the garden?

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      Now it’s hard to imagine a well-kept garden without a lot of hosts. This is such an ornamental plant that it can turn the seediest garden plot into a beautiful and stylish one. But even about 15 years ago, few flower growers planted these plants, few even knew what varieties of it were found. And only a few have heard of dwarf hosts.

      The smallest of these plants reach 10-12, the taller ones - 20-23 cm and are miniature. Now you can find many dwarf hosts of different colors, patterns and leaf shapes.
      For example, green ones come with flat round leaves, shiny lanceolate, waffle texture.
      Yellow - with round leaves, lanceolate, wavy lanceolate and shiny smooth lanceolate.
      Gray and blue - with round and oval leaves, waffle texture, concave cup-shaped plates and narrow lanceolates.
      There are dwarf hosts with light-edged edges, with round or oval leaves, white and cream border.
      Amazingly beautiful dwarfs with a bright center of the leaf, with variegated and marble leaves.
      Miniature and dwarf hosts are best planted in convex beds of a loose mixture of crushed bark, very old rotted manure (or leaf humus) and peat - all components must be taken in equal proportions.
      Dwarf and miniature hosts are sissy plants. They can hardly bear the postage, and some will even die. If these hosts are purchased in pots, keep in mind that they cannot be divided. It is best to plant plants with a large clod of soil. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for them to take root in a new place. In general, it is recommended not to immediately move the plant to the flower bed, but to leave it in a container until it develops a healthy and well-developed root system. And only after that you can transplant the host to the planned location.

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  2. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    For many gardeners, the problem is to split the overgrown host. I do this in the spring, when the leaves begin to grow on the plant. I put a shovel on top of them, click on it and in this way separate half of the bush. Then I dig out the part I do not need. I think this method is convenient. The leaves at this moment are small, you can see where you put the shovel, and the plant is not damaged. However, the strong root system of the host remains in good condition and you do not need to pull it out of the soil. Moreover, sometimes it is very difficult to do this, since a plant with a lump of earth is simply too heavy.

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