Stonecrop, or sedum (sedum) - a succulent plant and is popularly called "hernial" or "febrile" grass. The botanical term "sedum" is of Latin origin and means "reduce, calm, ease." This is due to the healing properties of stonecrop, it can anesthetize various ailments.
Stonecrop (sedum) home - what kind of plant, family
The herbaceous perennial sedum sedum is a representative of the Tolstyankov family and grows in the form of shrubs, but often there are ground cover varieties and shrubs.
Stonecrop, or sedum, began to be cultivated in ancient times
Short description of what the stonecrop looks like
The fleshy oval leaves of the bush are evenly and alternately on the stems. The plates can be either opposite or whorled. Their size and color are also diverse, as is the shape of the inflorescences.
Note! Small flowers of sedum can be collected in the form of umbrella, racemose, and corymbose inflorescences. The bush blooms in mid-summer and completely blooms with the onset of autumn.
Medicinal properties
Due to its healing properties, stonecrop is widely used in traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals. Often at home, this herb is grown for the purpose of preparing tinctures and decoctions.
The healing properties of the sedum flower:
- normalizes blood pressure;
- fights colds;
- starts metabolism;
- reduces weight, as it is able to burn cholesterol;
- acts as a calming nervous condition.
Popular flower varieties
The plant has many species, and the first hybrid sedums began to be introduced at the beginning of the last century.
Stonecrop large (Sedum telephium)
The description of a large stonecrop is classical for the genus of these plants. The birthplace of the bush is Europe. This sedum has straight stems and small light green smooth oval-shaped leaves. Large subspecies grows up to 50 centimeters and blooms with red-pink flowers.
White Sedum Variety
Stonecrop white (Sedum album), or soap dish
A soapbox or white sedum is a creeping ground cover shrub that is grown to fill flower beds and flower beds. The plant has the ability to grow rapidly and change foliage several times per season. In spring, it is green in color, then acquires a burgundy tint. It blooms with its former fluffy flowers from July to August.
Stonecrop (Sedum acre)
The caustic look is also called yellow sedum. Its characteristic feature is unusually large pale yellow flowers for this genus of plants. Small leaves are drop-shaped, densely located on the stems and from afar look like large convex scales.
Stonecrop false (Sedum spurium)
In false sedum, creeping shoots reaching a length of up to 30 centimeters. The shrub has smooth, light green leaves that expand slightly at the outer edge. Inflorescences are composed of many small pink flowers in the shape of stars.
Additional Information! False pink sedum is popular with gardeners in the northern regions.
Stonecrop prominent (Hylotelephium spectabile), or stonecrop prominent
A prominent sedum has a wide color palette of inflorescences, they can have yellow, purple, pink and white. A low bush of 40-50 centimeters has sprawling burgundy-brown shoots and glossy leaves of a saturated green hue.
The subspecies has many interesting decorative varieties. Sedum Mix has more plain shoots with foliage, and Winky Sedum is characterized by horizontal ground cover growth.
Sedum burrito
Sedum Burrito is one of the most beautiful decorative varieties that is in demand in indoor floriculture. Has elongated drooping shoots with small and dense teardrop-shaped leaves. Because of the shape of the bush, it is often grown as an ampel plant.
Planting and caring for sedum in open ground
Like other succulents, the flower is not capricious in cultivation. Sedum landing and care does not require much effort and a lot of time.
It is more effective to plant a sedum in the spring
When disembarkation, landing rules
The ideal time when stonecrop can be planted in the open ground of a house is spring. Over the entire growing season, the bush will have time to gain strength and take root in new climatic conditions.
Note! At room conditions, the bush is planted in any season.
A layer of drainage is first laid on the bottom of the pot, and only then a little substrate is added. Place a seedling or an adult plant on top and cover it with the remaining mixture.
Preparing the plant for winter
For the wintering period, the plant will need shelter. Some gardeners dig a bush and transplant it into a pot to keep it indoors in winter. Before covering the plant, sanitary pruning is performed. After that, the soil is mulched and the near-stem circle is spudded with earth. Top cover with foliage and spruce branches.
If the plant is grown in an apartment, it is transferred to a shaded and cooler place for the winter. The ideal temperature regime during this period is 18-20 ℃. Watering and feeding are reduced moderately so as not to disturb the sedum plant.
How to grow a flower at home, care features
Planting and caring for sedum in open ground are the same for all varieties and varieties of plants.
Illumination and temperature
The shrub is undemanding for lighting, the main thing is not to plant it in too shaded areas. Stonecrop is resistant to high and low temperatures. The only thing that should not be allowed is sharp temperature jumps.
Watering rules and humidity
Watering stonecrops in open ground is not necessary, the plant does not like excessive moisture. Watering is required only during dry periods. And in indoor conditions, the bush will have to be moistened more often, especially in the summer.
On a note! Unlike soil, air should always be moist. In winter, with room heating, it becomes dry, and there is a need for regular spraying of sedum with red water.
Top dressing and soil quality
It is enough to feed the bush once a month with organic or complex mineral fertilizers for succulents. Stonecrops of Seduma prefer fertile soil, especially if they belong to tall species and varieties. Nutritious loamy soil, fertilized with organic matter: compost, humus, rotted manure is well suited.
An important criterion when choosing a soil is its good breathability, since the plant does not like excessive moisture and is sick due to stagnation of water in the soil.
Additional Information! Be sure to carry out weeding every two weeks.
Flowering of a type of stonecrop
Flowering period, when and how it happens
Beautiful, plentiful and magnificent flowering differs from the rest of the herbaceous plants Sedum, whose species can have different shades and shapes of inflorescences.
The plant begins to open buds in early July. The flowering process lasts 2 months. Toward the end of August, the sedum fades completely. But in the southern regions, some varieties can bloom before the first frost. When the stonecrop has completely faded, it is cut off at the root and prepared for wintering.
Propagation of stonecrop in the garden and at home
Sedum spurium is propagated the same way, regardless of where the plant grows: in the apartment or in the garden. There are three popular and frequently used methods by which stonecrop can propagate: by seeds, dividing a bush, and cuttings.
Reproduction of sedum by seeds is carried out in early spring. First, planting material is soaked in a disinfecting solution, and then dried. In a box with a nutrient substrate, they plant a seed at a distance of 2-4 cm. After that, moisten the earth from the spray gun and cover the container with cellophane.
Note! For vegetative propagation, cuttings are cut from an adult bush. You can cut a leaf with renal nodules or part of the stem. They are recommended to be buried in a substrate by 1-2 centimeters. Watered lightly, or simply moisten the soil with a spray bottle.
It is best to divide the bush when transplanting into a new container. To facilitate the task, it is first watered for a couple of days, after which it is pulled out of the pot and the old soil is partially removed. It is better to divide the adult bush into 2-3 equal parts, each of which is then planted in separate containers.
How to transplant
Transplanting seedlings and adult plants can be carried out at any time, but gardeners usually do this in the spring. Prepare a nutritious soil mixture in advance. Get the finished mixture specifically for succulents or make it yourself. To do this, take loose soil and mix it with sand and any organic fertilizer.
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Growing problems, diseases and pests
The plant is highly resistant to disease, but with excessive watering it still suffers from problems in cultivation. With increased air dryness, pests often appear on leaves and stems.
Additional Information! In red sedum, often due to poor-quality water and hypothermia, rotting of the root system can begin. Overfilling often leads to the appearance of infectious fungi, mold.
Of the insect pests, scaffolds, aphids, thrips, false caterpillars and sawflies cause particular problems. A sign of their appearance is a flower stop in development. Insects love to eat fleshy leaves and suck juices out of them. They treat sedum with insecticides.
Stonecrop is distinguished by a wide species diversity
Beautiful sedum is famous for a wide variety of species and varieties. It’s easy to care for them, because they don’t like excessive attention. It is necessary to prepare a place for maintenance in advance and create the necessary climatic conditions.
