Dichondra "Silvery Falls" - an amazing plant

Not so long ago in the room gardening appearednovelty. It became a beautiful ornamental and deciduous ampel plant, called "Silver dichondra". For the first time it was presented at the International Exhibition for Horticulture "Flowers-2004". There, this plant became the owner of a silver medal.

Description

Dichondra "Silver Waterfall" refers toan extensive family of cornflowers. There are about ten species of this amazing plant. The homeland of the dichondra is subtropical and tropical bogs, as well as the moist forests of America, East Asia and Australia.

Dichondra "Silvery Falls" is an ampela plant that does not require special care. It has thin numerous whips that hang down two meters, and in warm climates - up to six. The branches, covered with small silvery leaves, can spread along the surface of the soil. Flowers of plants of special interest do not represent, as they are rather plain in appearance.

Use in Design

Dichondra "Silver Waterfall" is considered one of thethe best decorative deciduous crops that are planted in pots or hanging baskets. The plant is loved by the masters of phytodesign. It attracts attention by the unusual color of the leaves, which can serve as a magnificent background for any flowering crops.
If you decide to create in your winter gardenimitation of a lake or flowing stream, then you need a diodra "Silver Waterfall". Photos of these design decisions indicate the ability of the plant to serve as a true decoration of any site. The descending stems of the dichondra reach the soil and take root and continue to grow.

Especially attractive, this culture looks liketrees in the garden and in the shade where lawn grasses can not grow. Dichondra "Silver Waterfall" is often sown in between the slabs of tracks on the inner courtyards.

Care

Decoration of any room will become a dichondra"Silvery waterfall". Feedback from the owners of these plants suggests that they feel great in the penumbra or in the sun. The temperature in the room where the dichondra is located should be between eighteen and twenty degrees. It is highly undesirable for the air to cool below the ten degree mark.

The plant of marshy areas isan amazing dinar "Silver Waterfall". Cultivation should take place in moist air. In such conditions, it feels much better. In dry air, the plant should be sprayed.

Watering the dichondra is recommended on time, because it isThe plant is used to wet soil. However, in this case there should be good drainage in the container, since the plant disappears in places of stagnant water. But to overdry, no matter how surprising, the dichondra is quite stable.

Top dressing is carried out in summer, whenintensive growth of this decorative culture. To do this, it is sufficient to apply a conventional fertilizer once every fourteen days. If the plant is indoor, then in winter it should not be fed.

Для того чтобы у декоративной дихондры была более dense and beautiful crown, twigs must be cut regularly. For the winter, the plant should be moved to the room. Before doing this, remove all long hinges.

As for the soil, then to its composition dichondra is not particularly demanding. The recommended acidity is in the range from 3.3 to 8 pH.

Reproduction by seeds

Young shoots of dichondra can be obtained from stem cuttings. For growing and suitable seeds of plants that need to be sown in the pot in January or February.

For the sake of good germination,plants of comfortable conditions. The bowl should be covered with glass. It requires the maintenance of constant temperature values ​​(from twenty-two to twenty-four degrees), as well as high humidity. Approximately one week after the planting, sprouts appear. From this point, the glass from the plate needs to be gradually removed. Seedlings need to dive. However, this must be done only after two leaves appear on the shoots. In this case, the shoots are transferred to separate small sized containers, the diameter of which should be ten centimeters. The dyhondra "Silvery Falls" have green color. Young specimens grow very slowly. The most beautiful ornamentation will reach an amazing plant only after three or three and a half months.

Vegetative reproduction

Much more simple is the reproductionstem stems. It is necessary to trim the dichondrum quite often. Cuttings obtained after cutting, easily take root in the greenhouse. A growing shoot can simply be laid on wet ground and pinned in several places.

When roots grow into the soil, the stem can be cut. In this case, the temperature of the ambient air should be in the range of twenty-two to twenty-four degrees.