Black cohosh

For many flower gardens and gardeners, this plant is like something amazing, therefore, most often requests on the Internet are highlighted with a photo and a description of the plant. Black cohosh serves in landscape design as a decoration for a summer cottage, and also protects other flowers from pests. Many gardeners prepare decoctions from the plant for medicinal and body-care purposes.

Black cohosh - description and characteristics

Black cohosh Racemosa photo

According to its characteristics, the plant can be added to the herbaceous family.

The plant is part of the genus Buttercup. Experts gave the name to the plant - cimicifuga, from translation - "chase the bug". For a long time, this culture was used to protect against pests. They cooked the roots, and with the infusion drove all the insect animals out of the house.

Attention! You can also find other translations of the name of this plant - "black cohosh" or "snake roots".

The wild plant can be found in forests in the eastern part of the United States of America, also in the eastern regions of China, Mongolia. In Russia, black cohosh has become famous in cosmetology, medicine, as well as in the design of sites.

In appearance, the plant is tall, the variety can stretch up to two meters. black cohosh roots are strong, growing, so the plant can form for a long time, it is considered a perennial.

The leaves are patterned, green, brown, dark blue and other colors, the variety matters. Flowers reach sizes from seven to sixty centimeters. It may be that new buds appear in the plant right in the leaves, they are formed there and the stems are pulled together. Inflorescences cannot be distinguished from each other.

Black cohosh is a plant that is used in medicine because it contains many useful substances, but there are also poisonous ones. As soon as you have worked with the culture, immediately go wash your hands with soap and water.

Attention! To use decoctions from the roots for medicinal purposes, it is necessary to prepare the roots in the fall.

Black cohosh: varieties

Black cohosh Heart-leaved photo

Many gardeners in search of a plant from photographs on the Internet combine them into one species, not knowing that the plants are completely different from each other, one variety belongs to a different type, and there are up to fifteen of them. But the culture is grown only in a small amount of the plant. Below are the types of common crops.

• CLOPON BRANCHED

Such a plant reaches large sizes in height, experts calculate about two meters. In most cases, small flowers of beige, white or delicate colors. The leaves are patterned, green or brown in color, they are wine in color, depending on which variety. Blooms in September.

• CLOPON REGULAR

The size of this plant reaches one meter. Small inflorescences grow side by side. The plant does not like a lot of moisture. During a cloudy growing period, such black cohosh may not mature. A well-known variety of this plant is Brunet.

• TSIMICIFUGA RACEMOSIS

The plant is known from North America. The size reaches up to two hundred centimeters, in diameter the shrub itself can grow up to sixty centimeters. The buds bloom and stretch towards the sun. The zest of the plant is an attractive and very pleasant smell. Ripening occurs in the summer until early autumn.

• KLOPOGON HEARTHOUS

This black cohosh reaches a height of one hundred and fifty centimeters, its peculiarity is foliage that looks like hearts. Therefore, this variety was named. Small creamy flowers grow along the stem at a distance of d thirty centimeters. Such a klobokon blooms for a long time.

• CLOPON AMERICAN

The plant came to us from North America.The flower can grow in size from ninety to one hundred and fifty centimeters, depending on which variety. The leaves are separated by a poisonous greenish color. Small cream-colored inflorescences with a silvery sheen grow next to each other. Inflorescence period - mid-summer, no more than thirty days. At the end, you can see small peanut-like seeds.

• KLOPOGON DAURSKY

Such black cohosh is relevant in the eastern part of the mainland, as well as in China. The large shrub reaches a size of about one hundred centimeters. The stem is straight, naked, the leaves are scattered on three sides, small cream-colored leaves grow close to each other. Ripening period from mid-summer to the end, depending on which variety.

• CLOPON STICKY

Such a name, because the flower has an unpleasant odor, this plant will really drive out all the living creatures from the house. Can be found in the territories of Mongolia and Siberia. The size of the shrub can be from one hundred to two hundred centimeters. Terry stems, dense, do not bend. The foliage grows in twos. Small inflorescences are located close to each other. Blooms in mid-summer.

• KLOPOGON JAPANESE

Japanese black cohosh

The plant came to us from Japan. The size of the shrub can reach from one hundred and fifty to two hundred centimeters. Leaves are emerald in color, grow up to one meter in height. Cream-colored inflorescences with a gray tint grow close to each other.

Many professionals also look at the resources of interest to the plants that form near their territory. Such plants are easy to grow, care for, during precipitation, soil.

• CLOPOGON PINK SPIKE

This flower is unusual. Such a plant begins to amaze from the beginning of April. Patterned purple leaves tolerate cold spells. The shrub is strong, reaches a height of about two hundred centimeters, the diameter can be about sixty centimeters. Small creamy inflorescences grow along the stem at a distance of about forty centimeters. Inflorescence period from mid-summer to mid-autumn. After that, you can observe small elongated seeds. The plant tolerates the cold season.

It is better to choose a place for growing that is not sunny, because the flower does not tolerate the rays. It is better to saturate the earth, moisten it, but if there is too much moisture, the plant will start to rot.

On the plots, the flower serves as a decoration, for beauty. The shrub can be planted one or more. The inflorescence looks great in a cluster. Not so often the plant is used in cosmetology and medicine.

Advice! The flower is painful to transplant. Before the onset of winter, the plant is pruned to soil level.

• KLOPOGON BLACK NEGLIGE

For beginners, this plant is an ideal starting point for their hobby with vegetation. The plant requires almost no maintenance, but it will decorate your site with a bang. The size of the plant reaches up to one hundred and fifty centimeters, and about sixty centimeters in diameter, but this is practically invisible, the plant does not look too bulky.

The culture is surprising in that it has foliage of different colors. In April, you can observe the wine color of the foliage, small inflorescences of a delicate cream color grow along the stem, but close to each other. Ripening period from mid-summer to mid-autumn. The plant tolerates cold winters, it can be planted throughout Russia.

It is better to choose a shady plot for growing. You can sit down one at a time, or several together. The soil must be saturated, moistened. The plant is most often planted for decoration of suburban or suburban areas.

• KLOPOGON ATROPURPOREA

The beginning of ripening is from August to mid-autumn. The shrub stands upright, straight, reaches a size of about one hundred and fifty centimeters, up to sixty centimeters in diameter. Reproduction is possible by division, but this method can be used once every four years. The foliage is large, in the summer the color of the leaves is green, and in the fall it changes to dark purple gives brown.

The plant owes its appearance to a creamy inflorescence. Leaves on stems do not grow close to inflorescences. Small flowers have grown at a distance of about forty centimeters along the stem. When the inflorescence period comes to an end, the flowers change color to pinkish. Seeds ripen by mid-autumn. Transferring the winter season.

The most important thing to note is how to grow a given flower. The plant can grow in the shade. Does not tolerate direct sunlight. The earth needs to be saturated, moistened, but make sure that there is no stagnation. Grow the plant one at a time or in groups. To decorate the site, the plant can be grown in different ways. Inflorescences can be collected in bouquets. Before the winter period, the plant is pruned above the soil level. The flower tolerates transplantation capriciously.

• CLOPON RAMOS

Ramosa

The plant is curly in appearance, the bush is large, the leaves reach a size of about two hundred centimeters. About sixty centimeters in diameter. The measles system is strong, overgrown. Small creamy inflorescences grow close to each other, in the form of candles. The inflorescence period is from early to mid-autumn.

• KLOPOGON CARBONELLA

Withstands winter cold conditions down to minus twenty-nine degrees. the plant can grow both in the sun and in the shade. Inflorescence of cream color, similar to ears. The color of the leaves is brown. Blooms from mid-summer to mid-autumn. Loves nutritious soil, moist, but not much.

• KLOPOKON CORDIFOLIA

Vegetation is perennial. Without replanting a flower, it will be able to develop in the same place for about twenty-five years. The plant is somewhat reminiscent of a bride. The same lightness, snow-white, inaccessibility. Such a plant does not need special care. The shrub tolerates both hot summers and winter frosts.

The site is best used with a shadow. The flower is planted for landscape design, and also collected in bouquets.

• KLOPOKON CHOCOGOLIK

Chokaholic

The plant begins to charm already from the ripening period, which occurs from April. Its foliage is so attractive. The color of the inflorescence is cream, it grows to a distance of about twenty centimeters. The foliage is large, divided, green in color with a grayish tint. In the final spring chill, the leaves tolerate it. The shrub is about sixty centimeters in diameter and one hundred twenty centimeters high. In late summer and early autumn, you can see the end of ripening.

Plants are more attracted to the shade. He is capricious about the sun's rays. The earth must be saturated, moistened, huddled. The main thing is not to exaggerate with watering. Before the winter period, the shrub is cut to soil level. Most of all, the plant is used as a site decoration. Also, the plant can be collected in bouquets. It is used for medicinal purposes and cosmetology.

• KLOPOGON WHITE PEARL

The plant is quite branched. The color of the leaves is olive, the inflorescence is snow-white. Vegetation prefers to grow more in the shade, but it can also develop under the sun's rays, provided that there is not a hot period. The soil should be saturated, moistened, but without stagnation.

The shrub has strong stems, powerful growing roots. Large foliage. Flowers grow close to each other at a distance of thirty centimeters along the stem. This plant is used as a landscape design. They also make bouquets.

• CLOPOGON HILLSIDE BLACK BEAUTY

The plant is not as tall as other black cohosh, its size reaches one hundred and fifty centimeters. Such a plant is decorated with its purple foliage. The flower is the darkest of all. Small cream colored flowers. The perennial shrub enchants with its inflorescence and patterned foliage.

Black cohosh: landing

Pink Spike

The first step is to understand what kind of plant you need. You need to know some criteria when choosing: frost tolerance, good soil, shade and sunlight tolerance, plant dimensions.If you grow the plant one at a time, then you can choose a shrub from one hundred to two hundred centimeters in size. In landscape design, curbs are formed by low vegetation about forty centimeters in size. There are some shrubs that treat water well, so you can plant flowers near the canals.

When planting a plant, it is always combined with thuja. In order for a plant to bloom at the same time as another, then they should select the same care and growing conditions.

Outcome

To find the one, your black cohosh, you can look into any search engine, and there, according to the photo and characteristics, choose a plant for yourself. Also, if you want to grow an unusual black cohosh, not like your neighbors, then check whether such a flower is capable of accepting land and starting to develop in such conditions.