Amazing in beauty and speed of growth, Koba climbing pleases the eye with its complex openwork leaves and numerous bells of intricate shape. This plant in a short time is able to cover with a magnificent carpet any surface, whether it's a fence, a wall or a gazebo. For this, its property and high decorativeness kobeju love florists, even despite the fact that the plant refers to annuals.
Kobei climbing - decoration in the garden
The branchy, lush and cheerful Kobei climbing in the garden is able to ennoble the homestead territory:
- hide from the eyes of unsightly walls hozpostroek;
- hide the site from prying eyes, braiding the fence of any height;
- to encircle the dense and at the same time openwork wall of the arbor support and the space between them, hiding from the outside world its interior;
- create a living arch, making it the highlight of the garden;
- green the resting place, fill it with notes of romance and freshness;
- to divide the site into functional zones, playing the role of picturesque partitions.
Kobei climbing - varieties
One of the nine species of tropical Kobei is the climbing kobei, whose liana sometimes reaches 6 meters in height, due to which it is actively used in ornamental horticulture and landscape design. Directly climbing Kobei is of several varieties, depending on what the color of its flowers may differ. The two most common varieties are the white Kobei climbing "Jingle Bells" and the purple "Kalando".
Kobei climbing "Jingle Bells"
Kobei flower climbing "Jingle Bells" is a beautiful vine with huge (up to 8 cm in diameter) bell-colored flowers of a milky-white hue. The height of the plant reaches 3 meters, the growth rate is high. Like other varieties, it refers to heat-loving, preferring solar areas with well-fertilized land. Blossoms a long time - from July and until the first frost. Kobei quickly climbing, as a support for the upward climbing vines can use pegs or any horizontal surfaces.
Kobei climbing the "Kalando"
The variety "Kalando" is a blue-violet bell-shaped kobeya climbing, in which the liana is excellent for vertical landscaping, garden ornaments and small architectural forms. Flowers are blue-violet, in diameter up to 7-8 cm, with a long pestle and stamens. Thermophilic plant, well established on solar areas located on the south side. Cultivated in a seedling manner, like all other varieties of kobei.
Planting climbing kobei
Cultivated in advance by the seedling method of the Kobe, climbing, is planted in the open ground not earlier than the end of May or the first numbers of June. Night frosts for the plant are unacceptable, because it is extremely thermophilic. The night temperature should not fall below + 5 ° C. It is important to find the right site, where climbing kobey is planted, then planting and caring for it will be very successful. It should be a sunny place with fertile and loose soil.
Without delay, build next to the landing of kobei arch, put a fence or set the grid, so that the kobei could curl upwards, not "crawling" on nearby standing shrubs and trees. Often a flower is specially planted next to an already existing fence or wall, at the gazebo or verandah supports, so that it splashes them beautifully. The ability of the kobei to cling to any objects and quickly creep up is truly amazing.
Kobeja climbing - cultivation
Cultivate kobei is not difficult and even very exciting. It's amazing how in a short time she can grow several meters up, simultaneously releasing more and more new flowers. The most common method by which a kobeya climbing plant is grown is growing from seeds. To do this, you need to do the following:
- in the end of February to begin preparation of seeds, having moistened them in a solution "Epin" (the stimulator grew) for some hours;
- Sow each seed in a separate cup, filled with universal soil, so as not to injure the shoots afterwards by picking;
- 14-25 days later, when the seeds are pierced and the first two leaves appear, it is necessary to transplant them into large containers (about 3 liters) - this stage is extremely important for the development of a strong root system and further good growth of the plant;
- a week before the landing of the Kobei in the open ground, it is tempered on a glassed-in balcony.
Care for climbing kobei
As soon as the weather is warm, the Kobei seedlings can be planted in the garden. In advance it is necessary to prepare pits, having laid on their bottom humus. The distance between the bushes should be at least 1 meter. For the first time the planted seedlings can be covered with non-woven material. When the plant adapts to the new conditions (after a couple of weeks), the shelter can be removed. If the tops of the shoots are still frozen, they need to be cut off.
Further kobei climbing in matters of cultivation and care does not cause problems:
- The plant needs to provide a reliable vertical support for the weaving.
- Watering the vines should be carried out in accordance with weather conditions: in hotter days, more abundantly, in the rest - moderately.
- Top dressing should be done every 2 weeks. The first fertilizer should be added a week after planting. At the initial stage, the plant is important nitrogen fertilizing. Later, at the stage of bud formation, kobe needs phosphorus and potassium.
With such care, after 1-1,5 months on the shoots, green boxes of future flowers will start appearing. Interesting fact: the more acidic soil under the plant, the brighter the color of the inflorescence, if there is a lot of lime in the soil - the petals of the flowers turn blue. And more: in order to better control the moisture level of the soil, you need to grind the trunks with sawdust, peat or other material.
Kobei flower climbing - diseases and pests
While cultivating a flowering vine, it is important to know in advance how to grow a kobe climbing so that it does not suffer from diseases and insects. The worst enemies of this plant are aphids and spider mites . For fighting and prevention, Kobei should be sprinkled with a solution of liquid green potassium soap, diluted with phytoverm. Soap can be replaced with shampoo from fleas for animals - it works no worse. The most common disease Kobei climbing - root rot, which develops due to excessive soil moisture. To prevent this, observe the watering regime.