Numerous varieties of potentilla are often grown for decorative purposes due to its unpretentiousness in care and a long flowering period. In addition, the plant has long been used by the people to fight many diseases and restore strength.
Description and biological features of cinquefoil
Bloodroot, belonging to the large family of Pink, has more than five hundred species. Depending on the species, the plant can be either grassy or shrubby.
Each grower knows how to root a potentilla
Many species of cinquefoil in vivo grow in the northern regions. This is due to the increased frost resistance of cultivated varieties cultivated.
Plant height ranges from 40-50 cm to 150 cm and depends on the species. Cirrus or perennial leaves of green or grayish-green color. The flowers are small, most often collected in paniculate or corymbose inflorescences. Their color can be the most diverse: cream, golden yellow, pink, red, white.
Cinquefoil prefers open, well-lit areas and light, well-drained soil with low acidity. The plant is often used for both single and group plantings; they are planted on alpine hills, among stones, along borders.
Cinquefoil: reproduction, its types and timing
Depending on the chosen method, reproduction is carried out both in spring, and in summer, and in autumn. In the spring, when the soil is already warming enough, seedlings are planted. In summer, cuttings are most often used. But in the fall, especially in the southern regions, it is possible to carry out planting by dividing the bush.
Planting seedlings - one of the ways to multiply cinquefoil
Growing cinquefoil from seeds
One of the options for how to propagate the yellow cinquefoil is by planting seeds. Experienced flower growers recommend this procedure to be carried out in the fall immediately into the open soil. During the winter, the seeds will undergo a natural stratification, therefore, by the spring friendly shoots will be provided. Potentilla transplantation is performed after the plants have grown and strengthened a little.
If sowing seeds is carried out in the spring, then it is better to do this by the seedling method. It all depends on how the cinquefoil propagates. Pots with seedlings are covered with polyethylene or glass and kept in a warm place, regularly irrigated. After the appearance of several leaves, young plants dive and grow in separate containers. After the seedlings get stronger, they are planted in open soil.
Interesting information! Plants grown in this way will bloom only the next year. In a rather harsh climate, young plants, despite the frost resistance of the bush, it is better to cover.
How to plant potentilla by dividing a bush
Even an inexperienced gardener knows how to propagate the cinquefoil by dividing the bush. This is perhaps the fastest way. In spring or autumn, a healthy growing bush of a plant is dug up on one side, a part of the plant with roots is carefully separated with an ax or a shovel, and the remaining bush is covered with earth.
Delenka is shortened to 25-30 cm, leaving 2-3 buds on it, and planted as an independent plant. In the first couple of weeks, it is important to regularly water the seedling.
Shankirovanie shrubby cinquefoil is one of the easiest ways to reproduce
Note! If we are talking about areas with harsh winters, then dividing in the fall is not recommended. The plant will not have time before the onset of cold weather to adapt and gain strength for a long winter.
Propagation by cuttings of shrubby cinquefoil
The plant can also be propagated by cuttings. For cutting cuttings, young green shoots are suitable, and already adults, with shoots lignified with bark. Moreover, young cuttings are cut together with foliage.
The recommended size of the handle is 10-12 cm. 3-4 live buds should be present on it. It is very important to plant the prepared material in the substrate immediately after harvesting, if they are not kept in a solution that stimulates the formation of roots (this can be done no more than two days).
It's important to know! The main rule, how to cut the cinquefoil in the summer, is that it is impossible to cut the cuttings from flowering processes - they will be weak and non-viable, and the probability of forming roots will be too small. A similar situation with layering.
It is recommended to plant cuttings deeply - only 1.5-2 cm trim remains above the ground.
Seedlings are best grown in separate containers
Plant care after planting
The cultivation of cinquefoil does not require much experience. You need to adhere to the basic rules:
- Watering. It is carried out regularly in the first weeks after plant transplantation. In this case, it is advisable to use heated water, since the root system of the cinquefoil is very delicate. Do not fill the plant - it is much easier to tolerate drought than stagnation of moisture. Therefore, an adult plant is watered in the absence of natural rainfall only when the soil dries.
- Weeding and cultivation. It is necessary to periodically remove weeds and after each irrigation carried out loosen the soil around the plant - this saturates it with oxygen.
- Mulching. Significantly facilitate the care of the plant. Thanks to it, moisture will last longer in the soil, and weeds will not appear so often.
- Top dressing. It is advisable to fertilize the cinquefoil at least three times during the season: at the beginning of the growing season, during the formation of buds and at the beginning of autumn. Complex fertilizers for flowering plants are optimally suited for top dressing.
Landing in the open ground is carried out in the spring.
Cinquefoil is often used for planting on flowerbeds, lawns, on alpine hills. She is unpretentious in care and blooms throughout the season. Reproduction is carried out in different ways: division, cuttings, from seeds.
It will take quite a bit of effort and the cinquefoil will delight with its unpretentious, but plentiful and bright flowers. In addition, this plant has long been famous for its healing properties, which help with colds and return lost strength.
