Clematis belong to the genus of plants of the familybuttercup. This flower has in addition a few more names - clematis and gum. Clematis is usually perennial woody or herbaceous plants. These flowers grow in temperate and subtropical climatic zones. Clematis found its application in ornamental horticulture. With their help landscaped balconies. In addition, clematis is a medicinal plant.
Lozinki grow in the temperate zone of the northernhemisphere: along cliffs and rocks, in forests, along valleys and river banks, on steppe meadows and in the steppes, sometimes on saline soil, in shrub thickets, along hillsides.
They love light, heat and moisture.Very demanding on the wealth of soils. But this plant can not be called touchy. Clematis admirably and quite vividly adapts to different climatic regions. And if you carefully take care of it, even in the harsh climate of Siberia and the Urals, you can get blooming varieties of different types.
Of course, it is not so easy to grow clematis in Siberia. This is a huge work. They can not withstand the Siberian frosts and in most cases freeze.
Plant clematis in Siberia in a sunny place.For planting, a nutrient and air-permeable soil is selected. These plants can not be planted in shaded areas, with heavy, clay soil, which has high acidity. Soils do not fit well with a high level of groundwater. But the root system of the plant should be protected from overheating. For this, the soil over the roots is obscured.
How do we plant clematis in Siberia?First prepare the foothills depth of 60 cm. Then at the bottom of the groove arrange drainage from broken bricks, gravel and construction debris. Of course, you can use other materials. Drainage should be about sixteen centimeters thick. The prepared pit is filled with a deliberately prepared mixture. It includes humus, coarse-grained sand and extracted land. In addition to the mixture add 1 kg of chalk or 0.64 kg of slaked lime, 200 g of full mineral fertilizing. Slaked lime is added only if the soil is too acidic.
Bury clematis in Siberia, deepening the root neck approximately ten centimeters into the soil. Such a nuance is necessary in order to reliably protect it from winter frosts and summer heat.
Water the flowers of Siberia occasionally, but abundantly.And to strengthen the development of a strong root system and excellent flowering, gardeners should carry out at least four liquid fertilizing with mineral fertilizer.
As a rule, they propagate vegetativelymixed forms and large-flowered species. And the small-flowered varieties are superbly fertile and unerringly inherit their specific qualities, growing from seeds. But for this species such as oriental, borshevikolistny, Tangut, Isfahan and other losinki are suitable. In the first year they reach colossal proportions, blossom well and tie seeds.
Inexperienced gardeners try to immediately acquiremore diverse varieties of this amazing plant. But among them may be caught little-known, capricious and suitable only for the warm climate species. If you decide to grow clematis from seeds, at first you should buy tried and tested unpretentious plants.
