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A NEW LOOK ON AQUILEGIA

Remember the gardens of our grandmothers, where compact aquilegia bushes, strewn with blue-violet flowers in June-July, looked out from different corners. But this plant can still surprise!

Not only have many interesting hybrid forms with bright flowers of various shades been bred, but also species specimens, it turns out, are good for health!

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CONDITIONS FOR AQUILEGIA IN THE GARDEN

Aquilegia feels better in partial shade. In well-lit places, the plant weakens, and the flowering period is shortened.

Prefers moderately moist and loose nutrient soil.

After withering, the flower stalks are cut off, otherwise abundant self-seeding can drown out the more delicate species growing nearby.

Fertile soil is annually sprinkled under the bushes.

Plantings are updated every 5-6 years.

FEATURES OF REPRODUCTION OF AQUILEGIA

Seeds are sown in autumn or spring (after monthly stratification) in open ground or for seedlings in boxes. The optimum temperature for germination is + 16-20 degrees. Shoots appear after 25-30 days. Young plants bloom in the second year. Often aquilegia gives abundant self-seeding.

The division of an adult bush (3-5 years) is rarely propagated, because the plant has a fragile tap root. In early spring or late August-early September, the bush is dug up, almost all leaves (except 2-3 young ones) are removed, leaving petioles 5-7 cm long, and the root system is carefully washed from the ground. Then the taproot is cut lengthwise with a sharp knife into pieces so that each has 1-3 renewal buds and a sufficient number of small roots.

Cuttings are taken in the spring, choosing shoots with incompletely blossomed leaves. Suitable ones are carefully broken out from the bottom of the stem of the mother plant, the sections are powdered with a root formation stimulator and rooted in washed river sand in a greenhouse or in a bed covered with a film.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF AQUILEGIA

VIEW	DESCRIPTION	APPLICATION IN MEDICINE
Aquilegia vulgaris	Herbaceous perennial up to 80 cm high, with bluish leaves and blue flowers 4-5 cm in diameter with short spurs. Blooms in June-July. The wild species with purple flowers and short curved spurs is noticeably inferior in decorativeness to its garden hybrids, which differ in color, flower shape and degree of doubleness, as well as bush height (35-1 cm)	For diseases of the bladder, pour 1 tbsp. dry grass 0,4 l of boiling water, heated in a water bath for 1 5 minutes, insisted until natural cooling, filtered. Drink 1 tbsp. 2-3 times a day. With impotence, take powder of crushed grass 0,5-1 g 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 1 days. The plant is poisonous - use with caution!
Aquilegia glandular	Herbaceous perennial up to 70 cm high, with leaves of a dull green hue on the upper side and grayish on the lower side. The flowers are blue, sometimes whitish along the edge, large, wide open, up to 7 cm in diameter, with short spurs. Blooms in mid-May-June. Belongs to the most decorative among wild-growing species of the genus	For insomnia and headaches, pour 1 tsp. dry herb 1 tbsp. boiling water, heated over low heat for 1 5 minutes, insist 2 hours, filter. Drink 1 tbsp. 3-4 times a day