Rarely in what flower garden you will not see a decorative rhizome with beautiful heart-shaped or oval leaves - the host. Gardeners prefer this flower for its unpretentiousness: this is one of the few plants that grow well in the shady corners of the plots. The hosts grow a large number of species, differing in shape and length of leaves, the degree of haze and even color: from dark green to cream or blue, even bordering on the edge. The plant grows well and looks great in any lawn. By the way, the host, under cultivation conditions suitable to her, can please you with her beauty and refined flowering of white-lavender buds up to 10-15 years. Of course, it is possible to achieve such a result, but it is necessary to know how to plant a host and how to care for it. We hope that our article will be a great help for you.
Correct landing of hosts
The plant prefers places half-sunken and well protected from the wind. In strong sunlight on the leaves of the hosts will appear yellow spots - burns. The best soil for a flower is wet, slightly acid, with good drainage properties, without stagnation. Do hosts time of planting depends on which planting material you have chosen. If you intend to buy seedlings or plant a part of the plant after dividing the bush, you need to plant the hosts in the spring in May. For this, the site is dug, then a small hole is made and 50 g of complex fertilizer are covered. Also, at the bottom of the landing pit, a small amount of pebbles or broken bricks can be poured to improve the drainage properties of the soil. The roots of the seedlings fall asleep well, they trample down the earth and water abundantly.
In summer and in the beginning of autumn it is possible to produce an adult bush from the hosts. In this case, the hole must correspond to the depth of the one in which the plant used to grow earlier.
Cultivation of hosts from seeds should be carried out in early April. Seeds need to be planted in pots, or in early May immediately in the shady place of your site. Capacity or beds are covered with cover material, it should be removed after three weeks, when the first shoots appear. They must be protected from sunlight. In August, transplants can be transplanted to a permanent habitat.
Hosts: growing and care
Care of the host is fairly simple and does not require the investment of some incredible effort. First, regular watering of the plant is necessary. It must be ensured that the soil under the bush does not dry out and is always slightly moist. By the way, if the tips of the leaves of the hosts darken, this phenomenon can be regarded as a lack of moisture. But do not overdo it: stagnant water can lead to rotting rhizomes. Do not forget to loosen the soil from time to time, which will favorably affect the growth of the plant.
The host needs bait, so it is recommended to apply nitrogen fertilizers in the spring, and then mulch a layer of leaf humus or pine needles.
Since the hosts belong to frost-resistant plants, special shelter for the winter for them is not worth cooking. However, in order to preserve the bush's intactness, it is usually advised not to remove the layer of fallen leaves in autumn, which will just be a protection against cold weather. You can also cover the plant with a layer of snow, which will help to avoid frostbite during late frosts.
In the spring, it is necessary to cut off rotted leaves and roots. Removal of extra leaves is necessary in the summer to form a beautiful rosette hosts.
Plant transplantation is not needed, it only weakens it. With all the rules for leaving a host, ten, or even all, fifteen years remains decorative.