Kaluzhnitsa

A herbaceous plant that has lived for many years is Kaluzhnitsa. Representative of the Buttercup family. The plant is easy to care for, great for decorating your suburban or suburban area.

Kaluzhnitsa: flower description

Kaluzhnitsa: photo of flowers

Kaluzhnitsa ("Caltha") has been growing for many years, so it can be called a perennial plant. Comes from the Buttercup family. There are about forty species. Translated from Greek "Kaluzhnitsa" means "basket". Indeed, you can see that the shape of the flower resembles a basket. In Russian, the word appeared thanks to the old Russian word "kaluzha" meaning "puddle". In the common people, the flower is known as the "paddling pool" and "water snake". Experienced gardeners prefer the "swamp" Kaluzhnitsa. Marsh marigold grows wild in the mountains, Mongolia, Japan, Europe, India.

Marsh marigold is most often used for decorative purposes for suburban areas and gardens. This species can take two garden forms. The marigold plant is from thirty to forty cm in height, has a straight shoot, roots collected in a bunch, leaves are green in color, the shape resembles a heart, long petioles, peduncles are long, have about six colors of orange or yellow color, the fruit is many-leafed.

Kaluzhnitsa: planting flowers

Kaluzhnitsa: photo of flowers

Kaluzhnitsa prefers open areas with high moisture levels. You can grow marigold in partial shade under a tree, but during the flowering process, it may not have enough sunlight. It is recommended to pay attention to fertile and moist soil. When planting Kaluzhnitsa in dry soil, regular watering is required. Planting seedlings in open ground in the first seven days of March or September. The distance of Kaluzhnitsa seedlings between each other should be about thirty cm. After planting the plants, thoroughly moisten the soil.

Kaluzhnitsa: flower care

Kaluzhnitsa: photo of flowers

The Kaluzhnitsa plant is very simple in terms of care, and a high level of frost resistance should be noted among the advantages. The most important thing in caring for Kaluzhnitsa is regular watering. It is not worth setting up a swamp in an area where marigold grows, but pay attention to the fact that the ground should be wet all the time. Remember to loosen the soil and weed. In the spring, marigold is usually fed two to three times. Fertilizer can be purchased at a specialty flower shop. Every three to four years, it is necessary to transplant the plant to a new place. At this time, you need to do the division of the marigold. The Kaluzhnitsa flower has a peculiarity - to grow powerfully. Unfortunately, this leads to a deterioration in appearance.

How to propagate Kaluzhnitsa correctly?

Kaluzhnitsa Photos

There are several ways of breeding Kaluzhnitsa:

• SeedsThis is not the most popular breeding method for marigold, as there is a high probability that nothing will sprout. Experienced summer residents and gardeners recommend going into the forest and from there transfer the plant to your dacha. But, if you want to try growing a plant from seeds, make sure they are fresh. It is necessary to sow seeds immediately after collecting them (mid-summer), then you can contemplate the seedlings by the beginning of autumn. If sowed before winter, seedlings will appear only after six months. In the spring, it is better to plant in a box. A special procedure must be carried out with the seeds. We collect the seeds and put them in a room with a temperature of about ten degrees for a month, then increase the temperature to twenty degrees for two months. After the appearance of the first seedlings, we proceed to planting in open ground. Kaluzhnitsa blooms for 2 or 3 years.
• Layers. We put the shoots on the ground, fix it as it is convenient for you, fill it with soil with fertilizers. Remember to water and feed the plant regularly. In the spring, we remove the sockets with roots. We transplant to a new one (permanent 0 place.
• By dividing the bush. Thanks to the horizontal root system, the process of removing the bush from the ground is very simple. It is recommended to perform this action in March or the first fourteen days of September. We divide the bush into several parts, you can break it with your hands, we plant the separated parts of the bush as independent bushes. Planting holes must be prepared in advance. The distance of the marigold bushes from each other should be about thirty to thirty-five cm. The bushes must be well moistened.

Kaluzhnitsa: possible diseases and parasites

Kaluzhnitsa Photos

The level of resistance to parasites and various diseases is high. If you do not break the simple rules of care, the plant will not take up all of your time. Do not forget to moisten the soil, otherwise the plant will begin to dry out.

Types and varieties of Kaluzhnitsa

Photo of Kaluzhnitsa flower

There are about forty species of this plant. The most famous and loved by gardeners:

• Marsh marigold (Сaltha palustris)... Experienced gardeners and summer residents prefer this particular type, since the Bolotnaya marigold is excellent for use to decorate a garden and a summer cottage. There are only two garden forms of the Marsh Kaluzhnitsa, the color of the flowers is yellowish or snow-white.
• Kaluzhnitsa Fistulosa (Сaltha fistulosa)... This species is considered the most powerful and beautiful of all plant species. Kaluzhnitsa has dense branches and shoots, only at the time of flowering it grows twenty cm, then grows to one hundred and twenty cm and above. The leaves are round, the petioles are long, the color of the flowers is yellowish, the size is large. Flowering occurs in late spring.
• Polypetal marigold (Сaltha polypetala, Caltha orthorhyncha). This species of Kaluzhnitsa appeared from Asia and the Caucasus. The plant grows from fifteen cm to thirty up. Small flowers, yellow color. The flowering of such a Kaluzhnitsa occurs in the last fourteen days of May - the first seven to ten days of June