Buttercups - the rules of planting and care, important recommendations

Adorable buttercups garden are growing around the globe, live near the ponds. Such variability of the plant appeared due to the work of breeders, the flower differs from its wild relative by the variety of colors and the size of the rosette.

Buttercup garden - cultivation and care

Grass perennial garden buttercup or a culture of Ranunculus is a small shrub in size 40-100 cm. It has an erect stem with dissected leaves and a tuberous root. His flowers are similar to roses or poppies in miniature, they have rosettes 5-10 cm in diameter. Corollas are fluffy, semi-fluffy or simple, the palette of tones is diverse. Excludes cornflower blue and bluish tones, which have not yet been selected. The culture blossoms in the middle of summer for a month. Isolated raunch with juicy juice, which fills the poison with all the segments of the buttercup.

Varieties of garden perennial buttercup

The bush keeps its charming characteristics for 3-4 years, then it is necessary to update its varieties. Flowers of buttercup garden according to the configuration of the outlet are divided into four types:

1. Chalmoid or African - strongly-marbled, the flower is similar in shape to the sphere.
2. French - half-fluffy, has two rows of petals.
3. Persian or Asian - low, represented by ordinary half-fluffy rosettes.
4. Pion shaped - corolla prominent, fluffy.

The most popular varieties of garden buttercups:

1. Buttercup Rose Bicolor. The specimen is snow-white, fluffy, the tips are painted in a pinkish color, similar to a mini rose. The bush is compact, 20-25 cm in size.
2. Buttercup Purple Pikoti. It has white petals with purple pollination. Corolla - fluffy, bush - compact.
3. Buttercup Double Pink Buttercup. Gustomahrovy brand with pinkish petals. The average bush is up to 40 cm high.

Buttercups - planting

Picturesque garden buttercups prefer sunny areas with scattered sun or shading hidden from the wind. The ideal site - near a bush or a tree with a very loose branch. Garden buttercups in the flowerbed are planted with tubers or seeds. It is better to immediately plant them on the street without growing seedlings - they do not like transplanting such a flower. Successfully it is cultivated and houses in pots.

Buttercups garden - planting tubers in spring

Purchase planting stock is in February-March. Prior to sealing the bulbs should be stored at + 17 ° C in a ventilated place. In the street soil flowers are planted in mid-May, after the onset of real heat. Garden Buttercup - competent cultivation from tubers:

1. Tubers before planting soak for 10-12 hours, so they are saturated with moisture. In the liquid, you can add the growth biostimulant Epin and a little potassium permanganate or Fundazol. This will allow the plant to quickly take root and accelerate its growth, saturate the rhizomes with moisture and protect them from diseases.
2. Ready to germinate tubers in the water are much more - then they are alive. Those bulbs that do not change their size - are spoiled and should not be rooted.
3. For planting, prepare holes, to the bottom of which drainage is laid.
4. Plant tubers need to 5 cm deep, with an interval of 15-20 cm, they are closed down with "fingers."
5. If after planting there is a threat of frost, then the flowers should be covered with agrofiber or straw.
6. The first shoots will be carried out 10-14 days later.

Buttercups - planting and nursing seeds

When deciding to cultivate the buttercups, garden seeds are best to buy them in the store. Collecting your personal material for planting is difficult, and its vitality is not high. Buttercups garden - an unmistakable planting of seeds:

1. Sow seeds in late February-early March in the soil, consisting of a dose of peat soil, a dose of leaf soil and a half-sand.
2. At the top, the crops are covered with soil and irrigated from the spray gun.
3. The container is covered with glass and kept at + 10 ° C - 12 ° C, regularly ventilating and removing condensation.
4. Seedlings squeezed after 2-3 weeks, then the vessel can be put in place with + 20 ° С.
5. In the phase of 4-5 young leaves, the seedlings are transferred to pots of peat.
6. In the second part of May, buttercups with a pot of peat are transferred to a hole 15-20 cm deep on the street.
7. Saplings condense and moisturize. In the current year, they are unlikely to give color, and in the future - certainly.

Buttercups - planting and care in a pot

When growing the buttercup garden planting and nursing in the pots is not more difficult than in the garden. For this purpose, low species with a height of no more than 40 cm are selected. The reserve is made in a neutral light substrate on the basis of peat (one copy - 1 liter of soil). On the eve of the nodule, they are soaked for half a day in water with potassium permanganate. At the bottom of the box you need to pour a layer of drainage , then - the substrate and plant the Ranunculus. The bulb is poured so that its top is visible.

Buttercup in the pot in the initial period should be kept warm + 12 ° C, periodically moistening the soil and not allowing strong sputum. When the shoots reach a few centimeters, the temperature is raised to + 20 ° C (in cooler circumstances it quickly fades). It is important to care for the buttercup indoors, so that light falls on it. In the summer, the pot can be carried to the balcony.

How to care for the garden buttercup?

Picturesque buttercups in the garden are unpretentious in their care. When they are cultivated, it is important to carry out the main activities:

1. Watering should be systematic and moderate without sputum. At the end of the season, watering is gradually reduced, with the appearance of fading leaves - stop.
2. For generous flowering, the roots need excellent air exchange, so you need to constantly loosen the soil, especially after the rains.
3. For regular flowering, makeup every two weeks is important. At the initial stage of development, nitrogen-containing compounds are used, while in the flowering period they are complex with calcium and phosphorus content.
4. In order for the budding period to be longer, it is necessary to systematically rid shoots from wilted flowers.
5. The tubers are dug at the end of September, cleaned of soil and dried. Each bulb is placed in a pot with dry peat or wrapped in natural matter. Keep it at + 20 ° C until the next season.