Lullah point - not a frequent guest in the beds. Many consider it too simple for garden compositions or choosy to care. However, if you want to bring beauty to a flower bed and at the same time are not ready to spend a lot of time on caring for flowers, this plant should definitely be planted on the site.
- Description
- Growing conditions
- Lighting or shadow?
- Soil for the recruit
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Vegetative
- Features care for "unpretentious"
- Diseases and pests of the plant
Description
Loosestrife - This is a grass, a distant relative of primrose and cyclamen. Its stems are straight or creeping, the leaves are elongated, arranged oppositely or alternately, their length is 8 cm. The flowers are white, pink and yellow, the inflorescences are gathered in panicles. Loosestrife fruit is presented in the form of a box of a round or oval shape. It received its name due to the similarity of leaves with leaves of vervain. 
Experienced gardeners, most often, in landscape compositions they use Alexander Loose Spools in the landscape. This herbaceous perennial fell in love with the bright yellow flowers and variegated decorative leaves. Its height does not exceed 80 cm.Leaves - lanceolate, with a white rim. Blossoms up to one and a half months: from June to mid-July.
An interesting feature of the plant is the dissimilarity of its species: some have tall, slender stems and large flowers, while others have, on the contrary, squat and crawling along the ground, and flowers in the form of small stars. In total, there are about 100 species of verbeinis in nature. 
Growing conditions
Pinpoint collar is not particularly capricious in care. Let's find out how to grow this plant properly and what features exist in this process.
Lighting or shadow?
Definitely shadow and penumbra, although there are exceptions. For example, the purple Loosestrife loves bright sunlight, so the diffuse shadow from the trees would be preferable to full shading.
Soil for the recruit
The ideal soil for him is wet, loose and fertile. In clay soils, it does not take root. It is best to choose a subacid substrate or loam. If one sows the loosestrife under fruit trees, then the soil must be fertilized, as the trees quickly "devastate" the land around them.
Breeding
This plant can be propagated both by seed and vegetatively, for example, by dividing a bush. To help you decide on the most convenient way, let's look at each of them in more detail. 
Seeds
Planting seeds at the end of May, you need to stratify them before planting for a month in a cool place (a section for storing vegetables in a refrigerator will be suitable). If you decide to plant the Loosestrife in the fall, then the seeds should not be stratified. The cold during the winter period will perfectly replace the refrigerator. Before planting, dig holes and lay the seeds in them, then the hole is covered with soil and watered abundantly.
As an alternative to seed multiplication, you can use the rassadny method.For this, planting material after stratification is planted in containers with wet sand and peat, and then covered with polyethylene on top. The ambient temperature should be at + 15 ° C. By the end of the second week should appear the first shoots, which dive after they get stronger. In open ground, seedlings are planted in June, and the distance between plants should be at least 50 cm. 
Vegetative
A very simple breeding process by splitting the bush. This can be done during plant transplantation. Having dug shrubs, separate the children in such a way that each part will have both roots and shoots. When replanting a new plant, the new well should be a little deeper than the previous one. In this case, the bloom comes faster - next year.
As you can see, the reproduction of the flower does not require particularly complex manipulations. Even amateur gardeners can handle it.
Features care for "unpretentious"
Planting a verbeynik on the plot, you need to provide him with regular and abundant watering. He is not afraid of winter frosts, so you don’t need to hide, cover and wrap him up. Preparing for the winter period is reduced to pruning ground shoots. After inflorescences fade - they must be removed. Dry leaflets and injured parts of the plant are also subject to removal.
Of the minuses of the flower is to highlight its "aggressiveness" to the neighbors in the flower bed. To prevent this, you can plant it in a separate container and put it in this form in flowerbeds and flower arrangements. 
Diseases and pests of the plant
This plant is, surprisingly, resistant to disease. But aphids can often be found on it. Insecticides, for example, Antitlin, will help in the fight against insects, the main thing is to start processing quickly. From gentle folk remedies you can use the "washing" of the flower with soapy water, but this method can work with a low level of infestation by aphids.
After reading the article about collar point, how to plant and care for it, you can make sure that it is considered undeservedly inconspicuous and difficult to care for, but long-term and abundant flowering, as well as bright inflorescences, will definitely add rich colors to your bed.
