If you are a fan of uniform gardening in your garden, try growing young plants (stonecrops). Planting and care are simple, but this flower is also called rabbit cabbage and sedum.
This is one of the most spectacular honey plants. While the young growth in your garden, bees and butterflies will visit it with constant constancy. Flowers that make up a dense carpet are just one of the many virtues that stonecrops have. Planting and caring for them are worth the effort because the spectacular leaves create an alternative to grass lawn. Let's
look at the intricacies of
growing sedum together.Stonecrop: planting and care, photos of various types of youngsters
This plant belongs to the family Crassulaceae. In the nature of the Northern Hemisphere there are several hundred species of stonecrops. They are perennial and annual,
as well as evergreen and deciduous. Suitable indoor tropical sedums. And for the garden in the middle lane, creeping and erect winter-hardy youngsters are well adapted. One of the most successful varieties is a visible stonecrop. Planting and care of this perennial should be based on a number of its features. It should be placed in a sunny place (under the bright sun) - this will allow the sedum to become as decorative as possible. Loam or sandy soil is an ideal soil for cleaning. But with almost the same success, it grows on any soil - you just need to take care of its high water permeability. Drought resistance and frost resistance - this is what stonecrops are most famous for. Planting and caring for them in the conditions of your garden are possible with long breaks between watering. Also, the juvenile practically does not need any fertilizers. Its root system can squeeze the maximum out of the poorest soil. After the stonecrop has faded, its stems are cut to ground level, and the remaining outlet is
mulched with sawdust or compost.
Youngsters need to be protected from weevils, slugs and snails. The sedum telefitum differs from the sedum visible in the color of the leaves - they are red-pink or purple. A stonecrop Caucasian is known for its large-flowered and incredible cold resistance. The stems reach eighty centimeters. They are covered with a bluish coating.
Stonecrops: planting and care, reproduction and use in garden design
The young shoot is perfectly rooted by stem cuttings. This can be done in the warm season - seedlings will take root in the open ground. In addition, stonecrop is propagated by dividing the bush, leafy cuttings, seeds. If you cut the lower part of the stem of the sedum into several parts, then each will easily take root in the sand or loose soil. If you leave the stonecrop stalk in a warm room for several days, aerial roots will appear on it . They are also well rooted. It is better to propagate stonecrop in the spring. Sempervivum - a godsend for the landscape designer. This plant is appropriate in rockeries and hedges. It can be used perfectly as a ground cover, for creating carpet plantings, in mixborders and hanging baskets. Planted in a large massif in combination with asters, chrysanthemums, and verbena, these plants create magnificent garden compositions.