A delphinium or a bog is a great addition to your garden. Gardeners simply adore him. Candle inflorescences towering above the rest of the species, giving the garden nobility and refinement.
Flowers of the delphinium perfectly tolerate both drought and frost. Terry buds of interesting forms and shades will never give boredom to your garden.
Delphinium affects a variety of varieties and species, about 400 excellent representatives. The color scheme of the color of this plant is varied to the impossibility, but the most appreciated in landscape design are blue shades, which the hub is certainly rich in. Delphinium blooms 2 times a year, which makes it possible to twice enjoy its beauty.
What loves delphinium, the choice of location and soil
Delphinium - plant, planting and care which does not require too much effort. For successful growth and care of the delphinium, you need to find the right place. This plant loves the sun, but is afraid of blown spaces. Therefore, we choose a suitable place for him.
Important! When planting a delphinium, make sure that it is in the sun before dinner, and after - was sheltered in partial shade.
As soon as you plant the delphinium, make sure that the soil is composted or refractory manure, which will provide abundant and rich flowering.
Delphinium perfectly makes the cold season. It can withstand low temperatures, up to -40 ° C. When planting a delphinium you need, first of all, to find the right place. Dig the earth and sprinkle with fertilizer, compost or humus. But all this should be done in moderation, since, although unpretentious, it does not respect the acidic soil.
Did you know? The acidity of the soil affects the saturation of the color of the delphinium.
How to plant a delphinium
Delphinium grown differently. Some people plant seeds right away (fraught with late flowering and seed death), and someone first grows a young sprout in trays, and then plants it in a specially prepared soil of the future handsome man.
Boreholes should be 4-5 cm deep. The distance between the flowers must be determined independently, it all depends on the size of the future plant (20-30 cm). The soil that you took out of the pits prepared for young plants can be mixed with peat or rotted humus 1: 2, cover the bottom of the pits with it, and then plant the plants.
Important! When transplanting young plants, it is not necessary to cover the root neck with earth deeper than the soil level.
How to water and feed an extraordinary flower
To care for a delphinium is simple and pleasant. His unpretentiousness is good in almost all aspects of care.
This plant needs watering, weeding, fertilizers, pruning, installation supports. The flower is experiencing a great winter, so it does not need to be covered or transplanted into tubs. Delphinium begins to bloom in June.
During the drought periods, the burrs need watering, but one should not forget that it does not like stagnant water, so do not overflow it. Watering is needed at the root, otherwise, if water gets on the leaves, the plant will get burns.
With proper care, the delphinium blooms for up to 50 days. Every time you need to cut the stems that have faded. With regular watering and pruning, you can also admire the flowering delphinium in the fall.
The plant is also periodically susceptible to various diseases and pests - rotten root collar, powdery mildew, wilting, viral diseases, spider mites, delphinium fly, etc.
The optimal period for the growth of a delphinium is 3 years. Do not leave it longer, as the central core of the bush rots, and the plant loses its flowering.
Important! After the flowering season, it is necessary to cut off dead flowers, and then the delphinium will delight you for the next season with its beautiful view.
Delphinium trimming and garter rules
Trimming delphinium is divided into 2 stages:
- In the first stage, when the shoots reach 20-25 cm, it is necessary to break down the weaker and thin shoots, and leave the strongest ones (up to 5). This is done so that the plant does not spray its resources on all the shoots, because there will not be beautiful flowers for either large or small ones. This is all that in this case requires the care of the delphinium in the spring and in the early summer period.
- The second stage is the post-flowering stage. It depends on whether you want to leave the seeds or not. You can simply cut the flower and put it in a vase, or you can leave the sprout until the autumn, so that the fruit is ripe for planting next year.
Important! After flowering, the decorative beauty of flowers and aesthetics are lost. It affects the look of your garden.
Delphinium also needs a garter. After you have thinned the shoots and left the strongest, after 1.5-2 weeks, when the growth of the shoots will be close to 0.5 meters, you need to do their garter.
Prepare long stakes in advance and install them around the bog bush. Then tie to each peg on the escape of the plant. Garters should be made of cloth, as the twine can damage thin stems.
In the autumn, when the leaves of the plant are already dead, shoots should not be cut. They are tubular - and water can get there, leaving a rotten plant for you in the spring.
Important! When installing the stakes, make sure that they do not damage the rhizome of the plant.
How to propagate delphinium
The view of the delphiniums is very large and diverse. There are perennial, annual and crossed species. The best and most widespread is considered to be a cross-bore or cultural spur. Delphinium is propagated in the traditional and most, as you know, affordable way - to plant a delphinium from seeds, as well as dividing the root itself. Delphinium need to be cut off half-dissolved, then it will stay in your vase for up to 12 days.
Division of rhizome
At any age the dog doesn’t like this kind of breeding. Even if you share young seedlings, and not an adult plant, some of them are likely to die. When splitting the root, you need to approach the work with maximum delicacy. When dividing the rhizomes should not use a shovel and just divide the root in half. The plant will definitely die.
To divide the root, you need to dig it up in early spring or autumn and gently, without damaging the kidneys, divide it with your hands or cut it with a sharp knife. And those places where the plant was harmed, need to be treated with ashes.
Interesting fact! Light grades (pink and white) are most sensitive to such reproduction.
Planting seeds
Delphinium is a very interesting plant, its cultivation can begin not only with the division of the rhizome, but also from seeds. Seed propagation is the most affordable way. If you want to plant the seeds of delphinium, then it must be done in March. The most optimal temperature at which you can plant and germinate delphinium - + 12- +15. In the boxes and pots should be sown seeds rarely, at a comfortable distance, as he does not like crowding. No special care for such seedlings, as usual, just need frequent watering.
Plants should be transplanted in June, but this process can be slightly accelerated and transplanted into “nurseries” in May, where you can keep them until next season, and in spring strong healthy individuals can be transplanted to comfortable permanent places.
In the first year of seed reproduction, plants bloom poorly. At this time, they increase the rhizome and greens. In the second year, the delphinium will delight you with its color 2 times - in July and August (it all depends on the variety). If you decide not to tinker with the seedlings and plant the seeds immediately in the soil, then you should be ready for this. First of all, you need to prepare a place where you will plant the seeds. Fertilizer should be applied to this area, with wood ashes, and it can be dug 30 cm deep.
Such seeding is done in the so-called seating ridges, grooves. They need to be poured abundantly before planting. In the grooves of the bass seeds need to be planted rarely, with neatly tamped hands. To speed up the process of germination, these ridges need to cover with non-woven material or film. Then after 20 -25 days, when wetting, the first shoots of the delphinium will appear every 2-3 days. After that, you can remove the shelter.
All summer you should look after young shoots. At the slightest drought - water, often fertilize. And the next year, in the spring, you can be transplanted to permanent places.
Important! At reproduction by seeds quality of coloring decreases and the terryiness of a flower is lost.
What kind of neighbors to choose for delphinium
Delphinium is most often planted in group landings. Since the plant is high, it is mainly in the background. It looks perfect on large flower beds and small decorative ensembles.
The bass is combined with almost all annual and perennial plants. But there is one important condition - these neighbors can contrast in color, shape, but not in height. They must be either smaller or equal to the height of the dolphinium.
Delphinium is quite unpretentious in the choice of partners, for example, it can be planted next to a oak or dulled sage, they will look great in such a composition.
Also, for the refinement of a flower bed, you can land a litter near a small-grain geranium, it will remarkably emphasize the color of such giants. But more subtle and exclusive combinations you get by dropping the stopper along with fennel, valerian or a feather grass, reed maker, cuff and creopsis. When the delphinium blooms, they will creatively highlight beauty and its grandeur, making it the main participant in the presentation of flowers in your landscape.
