This is a long-term culture, quite unpretentious in the process of growing, which made it so popular among gardeners. At one place of planting, it grows up to 5 years without loss of attractiveness of appearance.
The origin and appearance of the plant erigerone
A plant with a height of about 70 cm with a straight and thin stem, which, depending on the variety, can branch out intensively or weakly. The spread of the bush is average. The shape of the leaves is oval or lanceolate, in length it can reach up to 18-20 cm. The color is intensely green.
Additional Information! Distributed in North America, which is its homeland. It was later brought to Europe.
Erigeron in the flowerbed
Description of erigerone flower
If you carry out a description of erigerone, it is worth mentioning that some of its species are similar to daisies. Flowers are located on top of the bush. More often - solitary, less often - collected in inflorescences. Petals are elongated, form single-row or fluffy calyxes. Their color can be white, pink, lilac, blue or yellow. The core is quite bright and lush - it has a rich yellow color. The average size is 3 cm.
Flower appearance
Throws flower stalks for a long time - for almost the entire summer and the first half of autumn, a small-peppled garden will please gardeners for many years.
Erigeron annual (Erigeron Annuus)
It is also called annual tanker (erigeron annuus). Plants of this variety have different heights. Depending on the conditions, the height can range from 30 to 100 cm.
The annual small-peppermint has white petals of a thin and narrow shape, framing a large yellow center.
Types of erigerone or small-leaved perennial
Lichnis perennial - planting and care in the open groundNote! There are more than 400 species and varieties of erigerone. They are distributed over almost all continents; more than half grows in central and southern North America.
The most beautiful is a bright pink variety called Pink Lotus. This color is the most elegant, although there are also intensely colored blue and lilac colors.
Small petal orange (Erigeron aurantiacus)
Height is about 45-55 cm. An inflorescence is a basket of numerous petals, which are narrow strips of bright orange, purple or pink, lighter inside and approaching an intense shade along the outer edge.
Beautiful small petle (Erigeron speciosus)
This species (Erigeron speciosus) is taller - the stem reaches a height of up to 70 cm. The branches are straight and rough.
The closer to the roots, the larger the size of the leaves. Those located on the stems are smaller in size. They are lanceolate in shape.
Flowers are collected in baskets. Petals can be the most diverse in color - white, blue, lilac, pale pink.
Variety Speciosus
Small alpine petrel (Erigeron alpinus)
A low-growing variety that does not exceed a height of 30 cm. The reed part has various shades of pink and lilac.
Small petelite foreign (Erigeron peregrinus)
The variety is a perennial with a long rhizome and straight, unbranched stems. The color is similar to an alpine look, that is, it combines a yellow core and pink reed petals.
Small peta petals (Erigeron compositus Pursh)
A semi-shrubby appearance, forming a carpet of densely arranged flowers. The root system is powerful, well-branched, turning into a tree-like stem.
Variety Compositus Pursh
Small sump (Erigeron caespitosum Nutt)
This type of plant has a fairly branching trunk, which has gently sloping stems laid on the ground. This erigerone blooms with ligands of white-pink or pale lilac, sometimes blue hues.
Small petrified Carvinsky (Erigeron Karvinskianus, syn.E. mucronatus)
Karvinsky's small-petrel (erigeron karvinskianus) is suitable for growing on flowerbeds and suspended structures - its height is only 15 cm. If you allow it to grow in open ground, it will take up to half a meter in diameter.
Outwardly very similar to daisies. As soon as the flower opens, it has a pink color, as it blooms, it becomes snowy white, and then acquires a reddish hue.
Erigeron Glaucus
Glaucus reaches a maximum of 45 cm in height, but in most cases no more than 25 cm.
The leaves are arranged evenly throughout the stem, in a checkerboard pattern.
The color of the flower is pale pink with a purple hue, while the core is yellow.
Erigeron Trifidus
A short-growing flower with pubescent stems with oval small leaves. But the flowers, on the contrary, the variety is very large, heavy and colorful.
Trifidus
Small-leaved Miyabe (Erigeron miyabeanus Tatew. Et Kitam)
An elegant plant, reaching a height of not more than 15 cm. It has a single stem. The wrapper is a dense leaflet.
Flowers are standardly composed of marginal and pistillate. The latter are arranged in two circles. Pestle have a rich yellow color.
Popular new varieties of small-leaved perennial
This flower is a real decoration of the flowerbed. It is suitable for ampel growing, so they decorate the facades of houses. A large number of varieties allows you to choose the right color of flowers, height and bushiness.
Hergeron Pink Treasure: Seed Growing
Erigeron Pink Treasure is very similar to an aster in shape, and growing it from seeds is quite simple. The color of the flowers can be a different shade of pink with a constant yellow center.
Hergeron Foster Laybling
Erigeron Foster Laybling has rather wide rough leaves with towering powerful stems, densely covered with large flowers of intense pink color. Their diameter can reach 5 centimeters, and the number of petals form semi-double inflorescences.
Small petals margaritifolia
The peculiarity of this variety is that during flowering, the color changes from pink to white and then back to a deep raspberry color. The petals margaritolifolia blooms profusely, forming a dense cover of flowers on the flowerbed.
Small Petition Azur Beauty
The small-petal cultivar erigeron Azur Beauty has a beautiful pinkish-bluish color of flowers that are similar in shape to asters. Flowering is quite long - throughout the summer. The resulting seeds that fall into the ground the next year provide new seedlings of the plant.
Small Petal Rose of July
The peculiarity of this variety is that their flowers have elongated marginal petals. The size of inflorescences in the small-rose Rose of July is large enough, which increases the decorativeness of the plant.
Landing of erigerone or small petals in open ground
Planting the seeds of this plant directly in the ground is one of the options for getting it on your flower bed. In principle, erigerone in planting and care in the open ground is very undemanding. This is especially true of the temperate strip and the southern regions. The laying of seeds in the soil is carried out when fairly comfortable warm weather is established at night.
Important! With this method of planting, the plant will bloom only in the second summer.
If it is decided to grow it through seedlings, then the seeds must be planted in a box or special container at the beginning of March. In this case, seedlings appear after about 25 days. And young plants are planted in separate cups when they have two pairs of real leaves.
Small petals can be transplanted into the soil only when the threat of the return of night frosts passes.
Planting seedlings in the ground
Growing erigerone or small petals from seeds
Features of growing through seedlings are as follows:
- the seeds need to be deepened when planting;
- pull the film from above, forming a small greenhouse;
- withstand at a temperature of about 10 ° C;
- water exclusively at room temperature.
What you need for planting erigerone or small petals
It should be borne in mind that the plant, although not capricious, but still needs certain conditions, for example:
- before planting seeds in the soil, well its baking powder, make ridges in it and spill with warm water;
- to lay seeds at a certain distance and lightly sprinkle them with soil;
- to create optimal conditions, pour mulch on top.
Choosing the best place
The small skater is rather unpretentious, but it is better to choose well-lit areas. Here he will feel better.
As for moisture, it is not necessary to over-moisten it, although it is also undesirable to allow strong drying.
Top-dressing of erigerone or small petals for lush flowering
When erigerone is planted on flower beds, planting and caring for it are so simple and not troublesome that it becomes a favorite in comparison with other flowers. It does not require top dressing, especially if the soil is not depleted. But, if the soil is very poor, then you can use the formula of fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus. These trace elements are most useful in the formation of the bud and flower. The use of top dressing is advisable only at the flowering stage.
Note! The plant is unpretentious, so you should not make a large amount of fertilizer - it will grow well enough anyway.
Winter preparations
The plant is frost-resistant, but in order for it to show its maximum decorative qualities next year, it should be pruned after flowering. In this case, leave only 2-3 cm of the stem above the surface of the earth.
Before the onset of frost, you need to cover the plant with spruce branches. So the root system will be under more protection.
Plant diseases and pests
The flower erigerone is quite intensively attacked by mold. Therefore, intensive hydration and watering are contraindicated.
Additional Information! So that the root system and the aerial part do not spoil the fungus, fungicides can be sprayed before and during flowering. This drug does not affect the property and decorativeness of flowers.
Tips from experienced flower growers
Those gardeners who have experience in growing small petals, advise:
- plant it along the edge of the flower beds, using as a border element;
- this plant is well suited for alpine hills and multi-level plantings;
- if the height is more than 40 cm, the bush should be tied up, creating additional support for it.
Thus, those who at least once tried to grow erigerone become his fans, since visually it is quite effective, but at the same time unpretentious.
