A weightless cloud of small flowers that float in the air - this is how gypsophila, a perennial ground cover plant of the clove family, is described. Its second name is tumbleweed - field and swing. There are more than a hundred species of this plant in the world. widely distributed in Australia, Africa, Eurasia. Deservedly enjoys the attention of gardeners because:
- has a beautiful creeping appearance, especially when butterflies land on it;
- used as flower bed decor;
- has splendor and lightness;
- does not require serious care.
The following types are popular with us:
- Gypsophila creeping.
- Gypsophila paniculata.
- Gypsophila yaskolkovidnaya.
I would like to dwell in more detail on the first type of plant, which has characteristics peculiar only to it.
plant description
Creeping gypsophila belongs to a dwarf species and is rightfully considered the most unpretentious of all, as it can grow even on rocky terrain, which is why it is often called a mountain plant.
The bush has dark and narrow leaves, located on a highly branched stem up to 20 centimeters in height, unlike other species, which can be over a meter. The width is up to 50 centimeters. Shoots seem to creep along the ground. Therefore, there is such a name for the species - creeping. The root system is powerful. The flowers are small, less than a centimeter in diameter. Their color is white and pink. Flowering takes place the first two months of summer, and then after dormancy in autumn. Landing of this species is used on alpine slides and lawns. The most famous varieties are: Monstrosa, Alba, Fratensis.
Landing and care
Whatever unpretentious flower there would be no gypsophila, but the plant will feel good only on loose, drained soils. They can also be sandy and rocky, with normal acidity. Excessive moisture is detrimental to her. IN ideal the earth is mixed with sand and small pebbles, and a little lime is also added. The landing site should be chosen well-lit sunbeams, no shadow.
Plant care will include loosening and weeding the bushes. So that they actively and luxuriantly bloom and decorate the home flower bed with their appearance. Remove all weeds around. In the dry season, gypsophila is watered directly under the root part, without affecting the leaves. The procedure is carried out dosed, avoiding excessive moisture.
bushes for good growth feed mineral fertilizers. This top dressing is carried out twice a season. It is good to use in such cases an infusion of mullein. Never use fresh manure. It can kill the plant.
After flowering, the bushes require pruning. Only a few stems remain at the root.
In winter, the plant is mulched with straw, sawdust or peat, you can simply cover it with leaves.
Plant propagation
The plant can be propagated in several ways:
- seeds;
- cuttings.
To plant gypsophila, the prepared soil is well moistened. Seeds are spread on it and covered with a thin layer. The interval between seeds should be maintained at 10 centimeters. Then the container is covered with a film and installed in places with good access to the sun. After three days, the first sprouts will begin to hatch. Closer to the month, the seedlings will have good leaves. Such seedlings are planted in the ground in May.
For cuttings, young shoots are cut into spring period. Loose soil is taken with a small addition of lime. Prepared cuttings are placed in it to a depth of two centimeters. Cuttings germinate at temperature regime at least twenty degrees. They create a greenhouse effect. The accustomed cuttings are planted closer to autumn.
Possible problems
If the gypsophila is poorly looked after, then it can become infected with rust and gray rot. Root-knot nematodes may also form. To avoid such problems, the bushes are regularly treated with phosphamide. In the absence of results, they are dug up and the roots are thoroughly washed with hot water. Fungal diseases are fought by spraying with a solution of fungicides, such as Bordeaux mixture or blue vitriol.
Location in the garden
Creeping gypsophila looks good next to bright perennials. It is good to plant a plant next to roses. They will look especially elegant together. Landscape designers like to decorate alpine slides with gypsophila, as the plant is not capricious and blooms almost all summer.
– beautiful flower, rightfully popular with flower growers due to its beauty, undemanding planting and care. You can buy both annuals and perennial varieties gypsophila.
An annual plant blooms during the summer season, then extinction sets in, while perennial varieties continue to bloom year after year. Gypsophila perennial is a tender and delicate plant, beautiful flowers which will fill your garden for a long time amazing beauty and harmony.
Gypsophila perennial: plant description
–This is a herbaceous semi-shrub plant of the clove family, consisting of an abundance of white or pink-purple inflorescences. The bushes look like a "flower cloud", giving the plant a light appearance. Perennial flowers can be simple or double.
There are many species and varieties of this crop, the most common are gypsophila paniculata And gypsophila repens. Perennial blooms every summer (in the middle of the summer season). Then, after a break, repeated autumn flowering is possible. The height of this plant can vary from 15 to 120 cm.
Did you know? Gypsophila is not the only name for this beautiful plant. This culture is also known for such interesting names, like "baby's breath", "tumbleweed", "gypsum" and "swing". "Breath of a child" gypsophila was nicknamed by the British. Ask why? All thanks to her gentle and light appearance.
Planting gypsophila
Gypsophila perennial is unpretentious, the requirements for its cultivation are quite simple. Planting and caring for the plant will not take much time, but its colorful flowering will delight you throughout every summer.
How to choose soil and location
An important step in planting gypsophila is proper preparation soil. The plant prefers light soil and does not like clay. Lime soil or any other non-acid neutral soil will be optimal. The soil should be loose and well-drained, sandy if possible. A rocky surface will also be ideal.
Did you know? Gypsophila is translated from Greek as "loving lime". This is due to the fact that this culture prefers calcareous soil, and does not tolerate damp places.
Description of the process of planting gypsophila seeds
Gypsophila is grown from tiny seeds. In September, on the faded shoots of gypsophila, seeds ripen, which are collected and dried. These seeds can be planted in spring. Gypsophila do not like frost, so sowing begins after the soil warms up completely in spring. 
So, let's figure out how to grow gypsophila from seeds. Landing operations are carried out in the following order:
- Before planting, it is necessary to prepare the beds and moisten the ground well.
- Then the seeds are distributed over the beds and carefully covered with a thin layer of earth. The distance between seeds should be no more than 10 cm.
- Next, the sowing site is covered with a film and left for several days in a sunny place.
- In autumn, grown plants can be transplanted to any site of your choice, keeping a distance of about 20 cm between plants, and about 50 cm between tall varieties.
The soil is enriched with additional nutrients, which helps the growth process.
Sprouted sprouts are thinned out and left at a distance of 15 cm, so that in May, after the appearance of leaves, transplant to permanent place.
Did you know?To ensure continuous flowering of gypsophila, among experienced gardeners one more practice interesting way growing from seeds. Since gypsophila seeds germinate quickly (already on the 10th day after planting, you can observe young sprouts), seeds can be planted sequentially for continuous flowering - every two to three weeks.
Features of caring for perennial gypsophila
The question of how to care for gypsophila does not require careful consideration. Gypsophila has good resistance to the vagaries of nature. In order for the plant to please you with abundant and colorful flowering, it is enough to water it correctly and do not forget to feed it with fertilizers.
Rules for watering the "flower cloud"
In hot weather, gypsophila must be watered abundantly and regularly. Do not allow drying, the plant does not like too dry conditions. Young bushes especially need timely watering. However, at the same time, it is necessary to exclude the possible stagnation of water in the ground.
Water retention can cause rotting horses, the development of fungal diseases, which ultimately leads to the death of the plant. To help excess moisture leave freely upper layer soil, you should take care of a good soil dehumidifier (trench, drainage, pipes).
Fertilizing and soil care
Gypsophila is fertilized only twice a season. However, if the bushes are provided with sufficient sunlight and heat, then gypsophila does well without additional fertilizers. Excess feeding for the plant is undesirable. It is customary to enrich the soil with complex mineral fertilizers and organic matter.
Important!Among organic fertilizers in the care of gypsophila, mullein infusion is very useful and effective. But the use of fresh manure is categorically contraindicated for this crop. He is able to completely destroy your gypsophila.
In winter, so that the bushes do not die from low temperatures, it is advisable to mulch the soil under the plant with peat or humus. In addition, if your gypsophila is young and fragile, it should be taken care of separately in winter.
Is transplanting and pruning required?
Over time, the creeping shoots of the plant form dense bushes, as a result of which your gypsophila will look unkempt. In addition, it must be remembered that this perennial culture grows very fast.
A perennial can even destroy weak plants growing in the neighborhood. That is why it is important to timely limit the spread of gypsophila in the flower bed.
The pruning procedure is recommended when the stems of the plant look faded (after flowering). The bushes are carefully cut, leaving only 3-4 shoots at the base. Thus, after pruning, the bushes will become much more magnificent.
In addition to pruning, it is advisable to transplant the plant 2 years after planting. Young gypsophila bushes easily tolerate the first transplant. However, this procedure is not recommended in the future. Over time, when the plant takes root, transplanting becomes more and more dangerous. However, gypsophila may well grow up to 25 years without a transplant.
Plant propagation: how to cut perennial gypsophila
In addition to the seed method of growing, gypsophila is also propagated by vegetation, that is, cuttings.
This method is especially effective if you are going to breed terry varieties of gypsophila.
So, how to plant gypsophila cuttings? Work should be carried out in late spring (late April or early May). It is necessary to have time to cut the cuttings from the young shoots of the plant before the inflorescences begin to form.
IN open field cuttings should have time to take root before the onset of autumn. Therefore, for the successful reproduction of gypsophila, the following simple rules must be observed:
- the soil for planting should be loose, with the addition of a small amount of chalk;
- planting depth - about 2 cm;
- air temperature - about 20 ° C;
- cuttings need to provide 12-hour daylight hours;
- treat plants with a solution containing heteroauxin (root formation stimulator).
Important!For achievement optimal humidity cuttings must be covered with a film. For this, special polyethylene greenhouses are being built.
Gypsophila and landscape design: how to choose neighbors "for little flowers"
Delicate gypsophila is able to make any composition in your country house uniquely light and airy. Panicled gypsophila is used to decorate border stones and flower beds, mixborders and flower beds. A creeping gypsophila (miniature species) will look great on alpine slides, rocky slopes and rockeries.
Gypsophila (Gibsolubka, Kachim) belongs to the clove family. In appearance, the plant has an open-branched stem, many narrow-shaped basal leaves and an abundance of pink, white and whitish-green small star-shaped flowers. Inflorescences are simple and velvety.
Plant features:
- prefers calcareous soils with good drainage;
- has splendor and lightness;
- retains its decorative effect when dried;
- grows in well-lit areas;
- does not require serious care.
After the plant fades, a fruit is formed in place of the flower, similar to a single-celled multi-seeded box of spherical or oval shape, inside which small round seeds are placed.
Gypsophila belongs to the clove family
In culture, gypsophila are unpretentious and are widely used in landscaping. Gypsophila volotista or perekatipole (Gypsophila paniculata L.) is very popular among gardeners. An ornamental flowering individual can take the form of grassy undergrowth or semi-shrubs. The abundance of lateral shoots gives the gypsophila a spherical shape, which is used as an addition or framing a flower bed. A cut plant can decorate a bouquet composed of large and bright flowers, both fresh and dried.
The name of the shrub comes from its ability to grow on limestone. As garden plant choose annuals or perennial species gypsophila. At the same time, perennial varieties are distinguished by their endurance and do not require special care.
To decorate the garden, gypsophila can be planted inside a green lawn. The air haze of inflorescences can be a wonderful background showy roses, cannes, irises, because some flowering crops do not fit the background of bright greenery. Low weaving varieties are used to highlight the landscape boundaries of a garden plot, design a border, alpine slides or rockeries. Stony surfaces and rocky slopes, strewn with small flowers, look beautiful.
Gallery: gypsophila (25 photos)
How to plant gypsophila (video)
Rules for composing compositions with other plants
. Experts advise to supplement the following flower arrangements with “delicate clouds”:
- phloxes;
- lyatrises;
- roses;
- marigold;
- lilies;
- yarrow;
- escholcia;
- elimus (cow grass).
Gypsophila is unpretentious and a plant that does not require special care skills will not only fill garden plot"air clouds", but also fill it with an unusual aroma.
Gypsophila looks great not only as an independent ornamental plant but also surrounded by vibrant perennial crops
Description of species and varieties of gypsophila
In garden floriculture, there are more than a hundred types of gypsophila flowers, which can be grown both as annuals and perennial herbaceous crops. Only, as a rule, no more than 15 varieties are actively used.
Gypsophila wall
This species is common in European countries. Refers to annual plants. Forms a compact spreading shrub 30 cm high, rich in bright green linear leaves, with white or pale pink flowers. The duration of flowering can be increased by cutting the bush in the middle of the summer period. In this case, it will bloom again. Low-growing shoots collected in original bushes are excellent for decorating walls. Looks great in hanging planters and in flower beds among a variety of flowering crops. Feels good in conditions of regular watering and places partially protected from the sun.
Gypsophila wall
Gypsophila paniculata (paniculata)
A perennial plant of spherical shape reaches 1 m in height and 1 m in diameter. Openwork is formed as a result of branching of knotty stems and numerous small inflorescences-panicles of a white or pink color palette, especially in the upper third of the bush. Pubescent elongated leaflets are formed in its lower part. Depending on the variety, the inflorescences can be simple or double.
Paniculata breeds in the last days of April and blooms in July. Mature shrubs do not require shelter in conditions harsh winters, unlike young seedlings, which can be covered with spruce branches or wooden boxes.
Gypsophila paniculata includes several varieties:
- Snowflake. Reaches 50 cm. It is characterized by dense double flowers.
- Flamingo. A flowering rose bush grows up to 120 cm.
- White holiday. Compact plant with white flowers.
- Pink holiday. Suitable for growing in flowerpots.
Gypsophila paniculata (paniculata)
Depending on the garden culture, the shape, color and size of the plant differ. The most used forms are:
- Terry;
- Bristol fire;
- Rosenschleyer;
- Pink Star;
- Rosie Weir.
Paniculata is widely used by florists to decorate dry flower arrangements and bouquets of roses. For growing flower specimens in your own garden plot, it is recommended to provide good drainage so that the soil is dry.
Features of growing gypsophila (video)
Gypsophila terry
perennial herbaceous plant with small flowers collected in an elegant inflorescence. Used to decorate a garden plot. A quarter of a century can grow in one place, while growing rapidly. Flowers bloom in June - July. Although the individual is frost-resistant, it is recommended to cover young seedlings for the winter.
The plant must be sown in April - May in open ground, and on a permanent garden plot plant 2 - 3 pieces per square meter. When planting, you should choose places well-lit by the sun with dry, permeable soil.
Gypsophila terry
Gypsophila repens
A dwarf species of gypsophila that can grow on rocky surfaces. In view of this feature, the bush is often called the plant of the mountains. The stem with creeping shoots along the ground reaches only 20 cm in height and 50 cm in width. The plant has narrow dark leaves and a powerful horse system. The flowers are white or pink, less than 1 cm in diameter, begin to bloom in the first month of summer. Flowering continues until the end of July. The second time the plant blooms in autumn. Looks beautiful on lawns and alpine slides.
As groundcover for the foreground of a flower garden, gypsophila rose is great. Due to the formation of creeping shoots that form dense bushes, a flower cushion 15 cm high is formed.
Gypsophila repens
Gypsophila graceful
An annual crop up to half a meter high is most often used in flower arrangements. It is characterized by a branching structure of a spherical shape, especially in the upper part of the plant. Narrow leaves are covered with a wax coating and are located on smooth stems. small flowers connected in corymbose inflorescences that appear in June - July and fade after 4 weeks. In order to artificially extend the flowering period, it is necessary to sow the seeds at intervals of 2 to 3 weeks.
Gypsophila graceful is divided into several decorative varieties:
- Monarch;
- Covent - Gzrden;
- elegans.
The advantage of this variety is cold resistance and drought resistance. For planting, it is recommended to choose light sandy, calcareous, non-acidic fertile soil.
Gypsophila graceful
Gypsophila jaskolkovidnaya
A mountain species native to the Himalayas. Forms 10 cm air cushions. It blooms in late spring with purple or white flowers with pinkish venation. Unfortunately, the beauty of a flowering crop can be enjoyed infrequently, as it blooms for periods of once every few years. Prefers to grow on slopes away from the sun.
Gypsophila jaskolkovidnaya
Gypsophila pacifica
The homeland of the herbaceous perennial is the steppe slopes of the southern part Far East. On branched stems with gray-blue foliage, numerous large pale pink flowers appear in late summer, collected in spreading paniculate inflorescences.
The plant is preferably planted in loose soil without ground water. During flowering, it looks like a translucent pink cloud. Looks impressive both in the flower garden and bouquet cut.
The gypsophila plant (lat. Gypsophila), or tumbleweed, gypsum, is a herbaceous plant of the Carnation family. In translation, the name of the plant means "loving lime", since many species of this plant grow in nature on limestone. Gypsophila flowers include more than a hundred species of shrubs, herbaceous annuals and perennials growing in Eurasia, Northeast Africa and New Zealand. In garden culture, both annual gypsophila and perennial are grown.
The gypsophila root is powerful, taproot and branched, the stem is almost leafless, prostrate or erect, reaches a height of 20 to 50 cm, but some semi-shrub species grow up to a meter or even higher. The leaves are small, entire, lanceolate, oval or spatulate. Loose paniculate inflorescences, simple or double, consist of small flowers of white or white with a greenish color, although some species (creeping gypsophila or Pacific) have pink flowers. The fruit is a single-celled multi-seeded egg-shaped or spherical. Gypsophila seeds remain viable for two or three years.
Kinds
Panicled gypsophila (Gypsophila paniculata)
- perennial up to 120 cm high, quickly acquiring the shape of a spherical bush. Stems strongly branched, pubescent narrow leaves of gray-green color, flowers - no more than 6 mm in diameter, collected in paniculate inflorescences, depending on the variety, simple or double, pink or white. Varieties:
- - Bristol Fairy - white gypsophila, terry, 60-75 cm in height;
- - Pink Star is also a terry gypsophila, but with a dark pink flowers;
- - Flamingo - terry pink gypsophila 60-75 cm high.
Gypsophila graceful (Gypsophila elegans)
- a spherical annual plant 40-50 cm high with strongly branched stems, small lanceolate leaves and small flowers of white, pink or carmine color in openwork thyroid panicles. Blooms profusely, but not for long. Varieties:
- - Rose - gypsophila with pink flowers;
- - Carmine - a variety with red flowers;
- – Double Star – undersized variety 15-20 cm tall with bright pink flowers.
Creeping gypsophila (Gypsophila muralis)
a pure annual with a bush height of about 30 cm. The leaves are linear, opposite, dark green in color, small pink or white flowers are collected in panicles. Varieties:
- - Fretensis - a variety with pink flowers;
- - Monstrosa - white gypsophila.
Pacific gypsophila (Gypsophila pacifica)
- perennial sprawling bush up to a meter high with strongly branched stems, gray-blue wide lanceolate leaves and flowers 7 mm in diameter, pale Pink colour.
In addition to the species listed well-known in culture, gypsophila jaskolkovidnaya, aretsiovidnaya, tender and Patren's gypsophila are of interest.
Care and conditions of detention
Caring for gypsophila is within the power of even a novice grower. You will have to water the plant only in a dry season, and water must be poured under the root. It is necessary to apply fertilizers, alternating organic with mineral, two to three times per season. Use mullein infusion as organic matter, but in no case fresh manure - gypsophila does not tolerate it.
How and when to collect gypsophila seeds.
In autumn, when the plant dries up, small boxes with gypsophila seeds, similar to brown grains of sand, appear in place of the flowers. The boxes are cut, dried in a room with good ventilation, opened and poured out on newspaper or paper to dry and ripen, and when they dry, they are placed in paper bags or cardboard boxes for storage.
Gypsophila in winter.
Perennial gypsophila is cut off at the end of autumn, leaving 3-4 strong stems at the root, then the remains of the bush are thrown for the winter with dry foliage or spruce branches in case of a snowless winter or too severe frosts.
reproduction
Sowing seeds of gypsophila.
The gypsophila flower reproduces both vegetatively and by seeds. The annual gypsophila reproduces only by seeds, but there are some perennial species that are grown from seeds. How to grow gypsophila from seeds? One-year-old gypsophila is sown before winter in open ground on a training (wiring) bed, and the following spring, the strengthened seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place. Perennial gypsophila is grown in seedlings - seeds in early spring sown spaciously in seedling boxes to a depth of half a centimeter, the crops are covered with glass and placed in a bright, warm place.
Gypsophila seedling.
When shoots appear in a week or two, they are thinned out so that the distance between specimens is at least 15 cm, or they are planted one at a time in peat pots, and then gypsophila is grown with additional illumination, since seedlings require thirteen to fourteen hours of daylight for normal development, and in the middle of spring the days are still too short.
When to plant gypsophila.
When the seedlings have one or two true leaves, they are transplanted to a permanent place, and since perennial species can grow in one place for many years, planting perennial gypsophila requires a balanced approach to site selection. The best place for gypsophila - dry and sunny, with a low content of humus and the presence of lime in the soil. If your garden soil does not contain lime or it is not enough, apply 25-50 g of CaCo3 per m² of land so that the pH of the soil becomes 6.3-6.7. Do not plant gypsophila near groundwater - it does not like excessive moisture in the roots.
How to plant gypsophila.
If gypsophila is planted in two rows, then a gap of at least 0.7 m is maintained between specimens, and 1.3 m between rows. Make sure that the root neck does not end up underground during planting. Planted plants are watered. After two years, every second bush will have to be dug up so that there is only one bush per square meter. In excavated plants, the root system is cooled and transplanted to another place. This is done in order to increase the decorativeness of gypsophila flowers, which are very good in cutting and as decoration in a composite bouquet.
Gypsophila blooms from seeds when the plant forms at least 12 pairs of leaves, and best form the plant reaches three years after planting.
Except seed method in reproduction, gypsophila also use vegetative - cuttings, especially when it comes to reproduction terry varieties plants. planting material cut from young shoots before inflorescences begin to form - in May or late April, however, you can choose young shoots and cut cuttings from them in August. The substrate for rooting needs loose, with the addition of a certain amount of chalk. The planting depth of the cutting is 2 cm, the temperature for successful rooting is about 20 ºC. In addition, the cuttings need a twelve-hour daylight hours and one hundred percent air humidity, which is achieved by building a greenhouse. Rooted cuttings are planted in open ground with the expectation that they should have time to take root before autumn.
Transfer
Replanting Gypsophila, if it grows in your room, is recommended once a year in the spring. When transplanting, you should select a pot that is suitable in size. If the plant grows in your garden, then transplanting is not recommended, since Gypsophila has a very long root and transplanting can harm it. Immediately after the plant has been transplanted, it should be watered abundantly and it is desirable to provide it with partial shade. In order for the plant to take root well, additional air humidity is provided for it. After rooting, the humidity is reduced, and the plant is provided with full coverage.
top dressing
Gypsophila prefers organic fertilizers, which should be applied to the soil immediately before planting. It will be very good if lime is added to the soil.
Diseases and pests
With insufficient care, gypsophila can be struck gray rot and rust, and root-knot or cyst nematode. They fight against nematodes by repeatedly spraying plants with phosphamide with an interval of 3-5 days between sessions, but if this does not help, you will have to dig up a bush and wash its roots in hot water 50-55 ºC, since the nematode dies at a temperature of 40 ºC. From rust and gray rot, gypsophila is sprayed with contact fungicides - Bordeaux mixture, oxychome or copper sulphate.
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A perennial gypsophila seems to be a very light and airy plant; planting and care, despite the external fragility, do not require the creation of special conditions. In landscape design, it acts as a picturesque decoration of any garden.
Plant features
Own unusual name shrub received due to the ability to grow on limestone. You can also find the names "tumbleweed" and "baby's breath." In the photo, the plant resembles a lush cloud or a spherical bush sprinkled with snow.
Blooming gypsophila
It has a powerful branched root system. The stem is erect, almost leafless. The height of an adult shrub, depending on the variety, ranges from 20 cm to 1 meter.
Blooms from mid-summer to September. Inflorescences paniculate, consist of a large number of small flowers of white or pink color with green veins.
Plant cultivation is carried out not only for landscape design, but also for cutting air flowers look good both fresh and dried.
Varieties
Annual and perennial varieties are popular.
Gypsophila paniculata or tumbleweed
The panicled tumbleweed is very popular. The plant can reach a height of 120 cm, over time, the bush acquires a spherical shape. The following varieties have become popular:
- Pink Star. Shrub with terry dark pink inflorescences.
- Bristol Fairy. Differs in white terry inflorescences. The shrub can reach a height of 60-75 cm.
- Flamingo. Terry inflorescences of pink color. Shrub up to 75 cm.
Pacific gypsophila is a massive spreading shrub with strongly branched stems and pale pink flowers. The height of the shrub can reach 100 cm.
reproduction
There are several ways to propagate a plant:
- seedlings;
- seeds;
- cuttings.
Seeds ripen on faded shoots in boxes. After harvesting, they need additional drying. Seed germination persists for 2-3 years.
It is allowed to grow the plant in seedlings. To obtain seedlings, seeds must be planted under glass in a special container in early spring. After germination, the crops must be thinned out, leaving one seedling for every 15 cm. At this stage, the care of the crops consists in additional illumination, since for normal development, the plant needs 14-hour daylight hours. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place in open ground in May, when at least one leaf appears on each of the plants.
Propagation of gypsophila seedlings
Propagation by cuttings is used to obtain terry forms. This method allows you to get a large number of quality plants. Cuttings are young shoots in late spring. Growing young plants at the rooting stage must be accompanied by special care. Seedlings need to be treated with a heteroauxin-containing solution and covered with a film. Optimal conditions for their survival is high humidity and light shade.
Propagation by cuttings is carried out in early May before the formation of inflorescences or in early autumn. For their rooting, it is desirable to use a loose substrate mixed with chalk. The cuttings are planted to a depth of 2 cm. The material takes root successfully at an air temperature within 20 ° C. During the rooting period, cuttings need special care- humidity at 100% and 12-hour daylight hours. In open ground, cuttings must be planted in such a way that they have enough time to take root before the onset of cold weather.
Preparing for landing
Before planting is carried out, it is necessary to prepare the soil. It is important to provide good drainage to remove excess moisture.
Gypsophila will feel most comfortable in calcareous soil, but any other non-acidic soil will do as an alternative.
Also, planting should be preceded by soil fertilization, suitable option considered to be overkill.
Landing
When planting a plant in open ground, it is advisable to give preference to sunny, dry areas with a low content of lime and humus. If there is not enough lime in the composition of the soil, up to 30 g of CaCo3 must be added for each m 2 of the plot, which will bring its pH to 6.3–6.7.
The plant takes root best in sunny, dry areas, but planting in shading will not harm the flower.
Gypsophila seeds are planted in spring, in specially prepared separate areas. With the same success they can be sown and late autumn. Six months later, depending on the time of planting, the grown seedlings must be transplanted to a permanent place. There should be 2-3 sprouts per square meter of the ridge.
Landing is carried out according to the following scheme:
- between plants the distance is 0.7 m;
- between each of the rows you need to keep a distance of 1.3 m.
Advice! When planting a plant, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the root neck is above the surface of the earth.
After planting, seedlings need abundant watering. As it grows, after 1.5-2 years, every second plant must be transplanted, leaving one bush per square meter.
Further care
A young plant needs regular watering, this will provide it with abundant and long flowering.
Advice! It is advisable to avoid stagnant water, as it leads to dampness and death of the plant.
An adult plant needs abundant watering only in dry weather. A jet of water should be directed under the root of the bush.
Gypsophila perennial is largely capable of growing, because of this, cultivation should be accompanied by limiting its distribution. If you do not provide her with timely care, she can destroy the plants in the neighborhood. At a young age, the shrub responds well to transplantation, but over time, the roots deepen more and more, making this manipulation impossible.
Gypsophila in a group planting
When propagated by seeds, the rows of gypsophila must be thinned out regularly - this favorably affects its decorative properties.
It is important to provide the tumbleweed with timely care before flowering - heavy bushes need to create additional supports.
With the onset of autumn, gypsophila care consists in complete pruning. The root should have up to 4 strong stems. For the winter, the remains of the bush must be covered with spruce branches or dry leaves in case of severe frosts. The combination of pruning and timely top dressing will stimulate the flower to form young shoots.
Fertilization
Soil fertilization is carried out 2–3 times per season by applying mineral and organic fertilizers in turn. good option organics is mullein.
