Gaylardia - planting and care

Gailardia is a perennial plant of the Astrope family, named after Gayar de Bondarua, a French patron of art who lived in the eighteenth century and helped develop botany.

The plant is a spreading shrub in height from 45 cm with fairly large flowers (about 10 cm in diameter).

Color of flowers is the most diverse - from yellow to burgundy. The velvet center of the flower is often dark. Petals in their color are heterogeneous - their bases are often dark red, and the edges - yellow.

The most common species - gailardia awned and gaylardia hybrid. Both species are good and quite the same in care.

Blossoms gaylardiya in late June and pleases with its bright colors before the arrival of cold weather.

Planting gaylardia

Next, we will tell you how to grow gaylard, this bright "smart chamomile", which will become an ornament for any garden.

1. The soil . Garden flower gaylardiya - a plant quite unpretentious. It is suitable for any cultivated soil. The main thing is that it is not fertilized with manure, excessively wet or acid. Similarly, the plant loves the sun, so it is advisable not to plant it in a very shady place.
2. Reproduction . Gaylardiya multiplies either by dividing the bush, or by seeds. To plant a bush is best in early spring or early autumn, so that the plant has time to take root. Cultivation of perennial gaylard from seeds is as simple as that. Plant it preferably in April on the so-called exploration bed, and then in August to transplant, so that between the bushes there was a distance of about 20 cm.
3. Fertilizer . Next year the plant will be in full bloom. It is important before planting to fertilize the kidney with humus, mineral fertilizer and wood ash, as well as watering well.

Gaylardia blooms about 5 years, growing with age. Therefore, around the bush over time it will be necessary to put props so that it does not fall apart, losing shape.

Planting gaylardii, as well as caring for it - it's a simple thing. In the first you already had time to be convinced, and with the second we will understand now.

Care for gaylardia

1. Pruning . Finished flowers bloom is better to cut. If left until the fall, the seeds from them will be poured out and give new shoots in the spring. Also, in the first year after flowering, it is possible to cut off the whole bush under the root, as this will prolong its life.
2. Watering . In frequent irrigation perennial gailardia does not need. It is a drought-resistant plant that easily tolerates long periods without water. Water it only at the most droughty time, but even then in fairly moderate quantities.
3. Top dressing . Fertilizing fertilizer is done three times - during budding, flowering and a month before the onset of cold weather, when all the already faded flowers are cut. In no case can a plant be fertilized with manure!

Diseases of gaylard

With incorrect care gaylardii threatening diseases such as - white rust, powdery mildew or gray rot . The most diseases are leaves of a plant. Getting rid of them is simple, although it is much easier to prevent the disease from the beginning. But if suddenly you could not keep track of something during the cultivation of gaylardia, and it still gets sick, then the banal means will help you to fight the disease with plants - spraying with potassium permanganate, chemical solution, or simply removing the affected bush.

Winter haylardiya under snow, but it is better to hedge it from freezing, insulated with humus, old leaves or needles.

So, summing up, you can say that growing and caring for gaylardia is quite a simple matter. The plant does not need excessive care and care. We need only a little patience and time so that in the summer in your garden a bush grows with bright colors like the sun, pleasing not only the sight, but the soul.