Butterflyfly is a perennial aquatic plant similar to feces, which is why it got the second name - marsh feces. The flowers are white in color, the peduncle grows up to 30 cm. The plant blooms all summer, but it is beautiful all year round. The decorative appearance is maintained during the ripening of the fetus.
In the wild, the flower prefers to grow in marshy areas and near rivers in wet areas. Mid-August - the time for fruit ripening. These are red berries covered with mucus. Waterfowl love to eat the calla fruits , which carry the seeds of the plant.
Calla flower has been known to man since ancient times. Its Russian names in the Dahl dictionary are: snake-grass, serpentine, krauha, snake, lake shift officer, white companion, bog, bog, barn, bobovnik, roosters. Many names are given to the plant in the Belarusian language: guska, shawls. The English call him Swamp Arum. There is a mention of this flower in the tales of the Latvian writer Anna Saksa.
Varieties
There are a lot of options for the color of the flower. In the store you can buy Ethiopian zantedechia with white bedspreads, give preference to the yellow Elliott zantedechia or become the owner of a delicate pink Remant zantedechia flower . In addition, interspecific hybrids are found in orange, cream, even purple and carmine shades. But the New Zealand is considered to be the world supplier of this beautiful flower.
How to care
The Wingfly is relatively unpretentious, therefore it does not require any special personal care. Its territory is a shallow and calm pond or moist clay soil near the water. He loves the sun, but feels good in the shade.
A feature of this flower is considered to be a very rapid growth in a favorable environment. Therefore, in order to control it is necessary to cut off new shoots in time.
The plant overwinters in a pond; it does not require any additional warming. Even the middle strip of Russia is suitable for the flower; it is not afraid of the Russian winter. Moreover, prolonged cold is simply necessary for him to begin flowering.
Ledum is swamp. Breeding
The flower is cultivated by dividing the root or seeds. In the fall, seeds are placed in the soil to a depth of 15 cm. No extra care is required. But the roots are shared in the spring. You need to plant parts of the roots in containers. The soil is taken with peat, and on top it must be covered with a layer of clay to prevent leaching of nutrients. Containers with flowers need to be immersed in a 15 cm pond. This method will allow you to control the spontaneous growth of a wing wing. But you can just dig the plant into the ground or press it with a stone not very tight, so as not to interfere with germination. When the flower takes root, the stones are stacked denser.
By the way
But did you know that the butterfly of the marsh is a poisonous flower. Especially dangerous are its leaves and berries.
Where applicable
Wingfly, whose photo shows all its charm, is considered the most unpretentious, but very spectacular decoration of artificial ponds in personal plots. The pond looks especially beautiful during periods of mass flowering of a plant.