Beedens is a small green flower with small yellowish stars. His homeland is considered to be the Latin American region. Annuals love the sun and tolerate drought well. It has one more name - a decorative series. Biden on a flower bed is able to decorate any site.
Translated from Latin, the name of the plant means "two-toothed." The flower was named so because of its seeds, resembling bristles-cloves. They firmly cling to animal hair, bird feathers, shoes and human clothing. In such an unusual way, seeds are spreading to new territories.
Ampoule bedens - a plant that begins to bloom in late May and continues until winter. Some forms of annuals are used for containers and flowerpots. Tall species, reaching one meter in height, are more suitable for curb or group plantings in the garden.
Plant description
The root of the string penetrates exclusively into the upper layers of the earth and then rapidly grows horizontally. Plant height - from 30 cm to one meter. The bush is cylindrical or tetrahedral, 30–80 cm in diameter. It has straight, strongly branching stems, which are covered from top to bottom with ordinary or pinnately dissected leaves of bright green color. As the bush grows, the width and height are practically compared.
At the end of May, inflorescences begin to appear on the stems, which resemble small, but very bright baskets. During flowering, bidens ampelous is dotted with yellowish baskets. Inflorescences in diameter reach four centimeters. Each basket blooms for several days. Then, in place of the old, a new one immediately appears, and this continues until the cold weather arrives. There is a huge amount of seeds in the basket, so as soon as you notice that the tubular flowers have darkened, you can start collecting. The best time for this is in the morning. And also the series propagates by self-sowing, so new bushes appear next spring. Beedens is not subject to diseases and pests. During flowering, the plant looks very beautiful due to its lush flowers, located on the entire surface of the bush.
Kinds
Approximately 250 species of plants are included in the genus Biden, belonging to the family Asteraceae. Most are grassy annuals. Shrubs and perennials are much less common. Several varieties of plants are known, each of which has individual parameters:
- bidence (succession) Golden Ball in diameter can reach 50 cm, has a huge number of yellowish flowers;
- Goldie - a small bush with wide leaves;
- White - a huge bush with white flowers;
- Golden Aurea is a small plant with beautiful golden flowers;
- The golden goddess has the largest flowers of this type of plant.
Choosing a place to land
A succession - the plant is very unpretentious. A sunny place with sandy soil is perfect for him. However, biden can grow on any land, and even in small partial shade. The bushes are resistant to drought and tolerate low temperatures well.
The plant has no special requirements for temperature, soil, lighting and watering. Taking into account the considerable resistance to diseases and pests, we can say that the cultivation of bidenza and care for it do not require much effort. It belongs to the category of plants that plant and forget about them.
Care Features
In order for the bushes to have a beautiful appearance, you should regularly pinch the side shoots. Thanks to this, they will look like fireballs of bright yellow color. Despite the fact that the series is unpretentious, it needs top dressing. If you make phosphorus-potassium mixtures every two weeks, then it will delight you with flowers until the very frosts. Despite the fact that the series tolerates drought well, it must be constantly and moderately watered. If you grow bidens in a pot, you should install drainage to prevent rotting of the root system.
Seed breeding
In the event that the flowering period does not matter, the bidenza seeds can be sown immediately in open ground. Once you have chosen a place to plant a new plant, you need to dig the soil as soon as it thaws. It happens in the middle of spring. Next, the seeds are planted in small recesses, in one hole three to five pieces. Sprouts appear in about ten days.
Fourteen days after the seeds have sprouted, they are fed. Beedens blooms in mid-summer. And with proper care, flowering can continue until the frosts.
Beedens: Care and Growing
If you already have a string growing on the plot, then it can be propagated by dividing the bush or cuttings. If the flower is bred for the first time, it is recommended to buy seeds for planting, but not older than two years.
It is best to plant a flower in the spring. The best method is sowing seedlings. If you want the plant to bloom in early summer, then you should plant the seeds for sowing no later than the first week of March.
For the series, any ready-made soil mixed one to one with sand is suitable. In addition, you can pre-prepare the ground. To do this, mix it with sand before planting. The prepared mixture is poured into seedlings. Before sowing, the earth is watered. Seeds are planted to a depth of one centimeter. It is recommended to close containers with them with a transparent film or glass.
After about seven to fourteen days, the first shoots will appear. If the seeds are planted sparsely, then you do not need to dive. In the case of frequent planting after four to five weeks, they are transplanted. Bidenza cultivation and seedling care consists in watering and top dressing. After the seedlings have risen and 14 days have passed, you need to make the first portion. For this purpose, any phosphorus-potassium fertilizer is suitable. In late spring, seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place. If the site has heavy soil, then before planting it, sand should be added to the soil per 1 sq. Km. meter one or two buckets.
With mass plantings, the distance between the bushes should be approximately 30 cm. Already after the seedlings have strengthened, fertilizers can be applied again. This procedure is recommended two weeks after planting.
Problems
Sometimes in the middle of the flowering period, the number of inflorescences decreases and disappears. If this happens, then you need to radically cut the shoots. After this procedure, intensive growth of new peduncles occurs and the plant sequence is restored in a short period of time. If the stems stretch very much, then it is enough just to trim them carefully - and after a few days the bush will again delight with its attractive appearance. In order to avoid uncontrolled spread of seeds, it is necessary to cut off flowering inflorescences in time.
The flower can be called the champion of unpretentiousness in the care and cultivation. Beeders love flower growers for a long flowering period and a pleasant aroma that envelops the space near the bush, as well as for decorativeness among the garden plantings.