Sedum - the flower is not as beautiful as the original one. In a single copy, he is unlikely to attract attention, but if he is planted on the site by groups, this will be an excellent decoration. No wonder the ground-covering sedum is appreciated by landscape designers, with its help it is easy to create decorative flower carpets on the site. Even the name sedum on one of the versions comes from the word sedium - "sit", as the plants seem to sit on the ground, cuddle up to it.
Another popular name for the sedum is purgative. This genus includes at least 500 species of plants - annual and perennial, frost-hardy and tropical, those that lose leaves in the fall and those that remain evergreen. Mostly, the purification occurs in the northern hemisphere with the exception of some southern species. For cultivation in the garden the most suitable is a long-term sediment capable of withstanding winter frosts.
Seduma in the garden can be recognized by the fleshy dense leaves and large inflorescences of small flowers. The color of the leaves varies from green to burgundy and brown, a gray bloom on the leaves is characteristic of the sedums. Flowers also come in various colors - white, yellow, pink, maroon. Often the degree of the blue patch, the color of the plants, the form vary from the conditions of growth. Cleansing can adapt - the same garden plant sedum will look different in different areas.
Sedum - growing
Usually, the cultivation of sedum is not troublesome, since it refers to succulent plants. It is enough to observe a minimum of conditions. Most types of sedum are important landing in a sunny place, in the shade they lose their attractive squat, stretch, turn pale, the leaves become thinner, and flowers may not appear at all. To the soil this plant is absolutely not exacting, any one will do, most importantly, that it is water-permeable. In nature, sedums grow on stony, sandy, calcareous soils, so they are not used to tenderness.
Watering the plant should not be frequent, in fact, it is required only in the dry period. Nourishing can be done with nitrogen or manure, but do not be zealous, overfed plants do not tolerate winter well. During the cold period, the following procedures are important for the sedum: it is desirable to cut the stems after flowering to the soil cover, and compost the remaining rosette. It should be said that the sedum, planting and care of which is extremely simple, does not tolerate weeds , so it is worthwhile to work on removing them.
Sedum - reproduction
Such plant as sedum assumes reproduction in three ways - seeds, cuttings and bush division. Cultivation of a seed from seed is possible both in spring and in autumn. First, the seeds are sown in boxes, then small shoots with one or two leaves are moved to the beds. Such a plant will be at least 2 years old. Cuttings of sedum may be cauline and leafy. Cuttings easily take root in moist sand, usually in two weeks, after which they can be transplanted into the ground. The easiest way to reproduce -
Medicinal properties of sedum
Useful properties of the sedum used since ancient times, even Hippocrates claimed that this plant has medicinal properties. By the way, there is another version of the origin of the name from the Latin sedo, which means to "calm down", because it was believed that the plant relieves pain. In modern folk medicine, purification is also used as a means to heal wounds and burns, and its broth is used as a remedy for inflammation.