Goryanka

Horny Goat Weed - This culture is quite popular among gardeners due to its curious appearance. It is not difficult to understand the care of her.

Goryanka: description and popular varieties

The Horny Goat Weed plant is also called "elven flower" or "elf flower"; it grows naturally in highlands and humid forests. At the moment, about fifty of its varieties are known. The root system of the mountain goat is well developed. The foliage is shaped like small hearts. The species are both evergreen and those that change their foliage every year. Also, the foliage is quite dense, with a small pile, the edges are painted purple. The flowers are not very large, but very attractive. The colors are very diverse: red, yellow, white, purple, or all together.

Goryanka plant: flower photo

The fruits of the large-flowered Horny Goat Weed are rather dry, but very rich in useful elements. They are very fond of insects such as ants. It is they who spread its seeds. At the moment, only ten types of epimedium are cultivated as a decorative decoration. Here are some of the most interesting types of Horny Goat Weed:

• Alpiscaia - perennial culture, short can grow up to twenty centimeters, yellowish inflorescences;
• Evergreen colchis - forms a deciduous carpet, foliage changes every
  fourteen to sixteen months. It blooms in late spring, it lasts about ten to fifteen days, the flowers are bright yellow, but very small, about two centimeters in diameter;
• Multicolored Is a hybrid variety. Quite resistant to cold weather.
  The foliage is purple in color, up to forty centimeters in length. It begins to bloom at the end of spring
  period, flowers of a lemon shade, it lasts for about three weeks;
• Korean - loves shade, spreads like a carpet, blooms in May for fifteen to twenty days. Very beautiful
  bloom of a pale lilac shade. Resistant to frost and disease. However, in a year it can
  grow only a couple of centimeters;
• Large-flowered - frost-resistant species. The foliage is large, with a bronze tint. Inflorescences can be whitish and purple;
• Red - grows in a lush carpet with rich scarlet flowers;
• Plumose - the root system is in the form of a cylinder, begins to bloom in early spring. In its height it can reach fifty centimeters. The foliage is very dense and large, up to forty centimeters in length, there is also a small, orange pile on it;
• Perralderi - flowers of a pale yellowish shade, glossy foliage. Quite resistant to frost and disease. It grows very quickly. This culture lives for about ten to twelve years, but unfortunately all its types are suitable for our climate.

The right place, the right light and soil

Goryanka plant: flower photo

Almost all varieties of Horny Goat Weed are very resistant to insect pests. Also, the culture is not demanding on lighting conditions, that is, a semi-shaded place will be the best area for planting. The soil should be moderately moist and acidic. Chernozem type of soil will not work. It is necessary that it be either clay-dung or sand-dung. Due to the fact that the roots of the grass very willingly absorb all the moisture from the soil, with abundant watering, there is a risk that the plant will get sick and stop growing. In winter, it is better to mulch the culture and even cover it with a covering material.

Horny Goat Weed: planting a plant

Large-flowered Horny Goat Weed: flower photo

The most favorable time for planting the large-flowered Horny Goat Weed is in the middle of spring. In summer and autumn, it can also be planted, there should be no problems with adaptation. If you bought grown up mountain goat seedlings in a pot, then they can be planted at any time, of course, with the exception of winter. He also recommends treating the plant with a root root, and only then plant it. The ground should be dug up and covered with a not too thick layer of organic humus. If you bought plants with an open root system, then it is best to plant them in the spring. After planting the grass, the soil around it needs to be mulched. Freshly salted Horny Goat Weed plants will have to be watered daily for fourteen days until they fully adapt.

Horny Goat Weed: plant care

Goryanka plant: flower photo

Due to the fact that it grows in a natural environment in mountainous areas, it does not like waterlogging and snowless winters.

Watering rules

The mountain woman has many species that do not need watering at all. The soil should be moderately moist. Watering should be done about once every three to four weeks. If the weather is very hot, then once every two weeks.

Feeding and fertilization rules

It will be enough that you mulch the soil around the plant every year.

How it winters

If it is very cold in winter and there is little snow, you need to cover the mountain goat goat.

Place in landscape design and with whom it can coexist

Large-flowered Horny Goat Weed: flower photo

Since it is for the most part an evergreen plant, it grows with a carpet, the leaves of which are bright greenish with a different color of the edges. You can safely plant the mountain goat gossip next to: fern, hellebore, tiarka, lungwort.

Mountain Goat Weed Properties

The Horny Goat Weed plant is not only beautiful, but also useful. The composition of the foliage and root system includes elements such as: glycoside, saponin, flavoniid, alkaloids and steroids. Horny Goat Weed has a choleretic and diuretic effect, and it also perfectly strengthens the immune system.