Adonis of Amur: a brief description, landing and care

With the advent of spring, the Far Eastern forests are painted bright yellow. It blooms adonis amur, or gorisvet. Low, only 20-30 cm in height, it attracts attention not only with a juicy color, but also with an unusual appearance.

It grows mainly in deciduous forests,in the thickets of bushes on a fairly moist soil, rich in humus. Choose a place well lit by the sun. In the photo, the Adonis of the Amur pleniflora is a perennial plant with bright flowers and pointed leaves. Flowers, like the leaves, are completely double, on a yellow background have bright green feathery petals. Bud, compared with the whole growth of the flower, large, stands out against the background of leaves and stems.

The homeland of Adonis is the Far East, Primorye, Amur, Sakhalin, Kunashir and Kuriles, Japan, Korea.

The flowering period is from March to May. Residents of the Far East often call it "snowdrop", because there are no real snowdrops.

Main characteristics

Adonis Amur - perennial herbaceousa plant from the family of buttercups. It has a short and thick rhizome and slightly branched low upright stems about 30-40 cm in height of a light-lilac shade.

The lower part of the stem is covered with scales.Leaves in shape resemble an oval or a pentagon, are sharply cut into narrow linear strips. Flowers in diameter do not exceed 5 cm, collected in a bundle and located on top of the stem. An interesting feature: the flower of Adonis has a large number of stamens of various lengths, sometimes up to a hundred, covered with fine pollen of bright yellow color. This is one of the earliest pollenots, especially loved by bees. One flower produces from 3 to 6 mg of pollen.

Blossoms adonis Amur in March-April, fructifies in May and June.

Fruits are complex, in the form of numerous single-seeded nuts or bags.

But be careful: despite its attractive appearance, the plant is poisonous.

Adonis is an Amur. Planting and care

In the people it is often called a Gorisvets or Starodubka.

This is a perennial plant. Propagated by seeds and division. The usual period of flowering is 2-3 weeks, for double species it takes a little longer.

Each of the flowers has 20-30 petals,the external side of which is bronze. In July, flowers and stems die, the root system goes into hibernation. But even in this state, constant moistening is required, drying out will ruin the plant.

Adonis is planted in areas with well-moistened and drained soil.

Reproduction in ordinary flowers occursfreshly picked seeds. Unfortunately, double types of seeds do not form. Therefore, in the early spring or immediately after flowering, the bush is divided. In this case, they should be planted as soon as possible in the soil, otherwise the plants will not survive. As you know, adonis does not tolerate a drought badly.

The density of planting on the average is 5-6 bushes per 1 m².

Care and reproduction

The plant does not tolerate stagnant water at the roots, so soil drainage and regular loosening are necessary. Adonis loves the sun, with poor lighting poorly developed.

The alkaline medium is preferred. To do this, it is useful to add some lime to the soil.

Adonis in a duet with other primrose can becomea beautiful garden decoration. Yes, it is considered to be a complex flower. But with all the conditions for boarding and leaving, he can settle in the garden for many years.

Healing properties

For a long time the Adonis of the Amur has been used in medicine andis part of the drugs that have a calming effect on the central nervous system. His biological activity is very similar to the spring adonis, he can successfully become his substitute. The use of the adonis of the Amur is safe in medical practice, although it is more toxic in its composition than its counterpart.

This plant is also a part of medicines,regulate heart activity, helps with kidney disease, colds, malaria, colitis, cramps, hysteria, removes excess fluid from the body, has analgesic and soothing effect.

Protect and protect

Often unreasonable behavior of a person, erroneouslycalled economic activity, fires, unjustified recreational load lead to sad results. Many species of plants and animals have disappeared irrevocably or are on the verge of extinction.

Among the disappearing and Adonis are Amur. According to preliminary estimates, now there are no more than 5000 units in nature.

Today it is included in the list of rare and endangeredplants of the Amur Region, and in the Khabarovsk Territory it is listed in the Red Book. Adonis Amur is protected by the Khingan State Reserve, it is cultivated by many botanical gardens in order to increase the number. Also monitoring of the quantity of this species, especially near settlements and large-scale economic objects, is being conducted with the population about the complete prohibition of plant collection.

Such actions make it possible not only to preserve the disappearing plants, but also to increase their population, to save nature for future generations.