Belfry purple - unpretentious perennial second-plan

The bastard is a genus of perennials related tofamily of composite (astro). The name is originally Russian, comes from the similarity of leaves with cannabis leaves, the male copies of which were called: "strangle" (with emphasis on the first syllable). According to the official classification, it is called the Eupatorium.

The bastard purple is one of the varietiesof the genus. This tall (up to 1.5 m) rhizome with erect stems, ending with corymbose inflorescences up to a diameter of 25 cm. The leaves are whole, large, oblong-tapering. Flowers are small, can be painted white, pink (all shades), purple. They begin to blossom in the middle of summer. Flowering is long, lasts until autumn.

An unpretentious and winter-hardy plant. Planting and care consist in the selection of a sunny open space, preferably with cultivated soil. In principle, it is not so demanding on the soil, but on well-cultivated places the bushes grow higher, and the inflorescences are formed more luxuriantly. Irrigation is required regularly, especially in the dry season. The bastard purple is responsive to top dressing with fertilizers, preferably complex fertilizers.

Spring begins to grow late, requires a certain warming of the soil. If you want to lower the bushes and make them more compact, then at the beginning of the growth of the stems, you can pinch them.

In this case, they bloom a little later, but the inflorescences will be more magnificent.

At one place can be grown 10 years or more. Replanting adult specimens is difficult because of the powerful root system. The plant practically does not spread around the site without creating competition with other perennials. After flowering, the inflorescence must be removed, and before the cold, almost the entire above-ground part should be cut, leaving hemp no more than 15 cm high. Shelter for the winter is not required.

Reproduce stevia magenta can be dividingbushes, seeds, cuttings. Seeds can be sown in open ground in May, shoots will appear in about 2 weeks. Plants bloom, as a rule, in the second year of life. To divide the bushes preferably in early spring or autumn, after flowering. At the beginning of the growing season, you can break off the sprouts with heels that have reached 8 cm, and plant them, covering them with a can.

Monument purple almost do not hitdiseases, and pests do not favor him. It can be planted in the background of flower beds, in groups or singly on lawns. It favorably looks with a greengrass, black cohosh, rudbeckia, gelenium, solidago, perennial asters, etc. Suitable for landing on the banks of reservoirs. Compositions from different in height windows look very harmonious.

At present, many forms have been developed, differing in height, color of flowers and leaves. Here it is so many-sided - centered. Varieties that deserve the most attention:

• Eupatorium.Joicius Variegated - compact, low (up to 1 m), variegated.
• Eupatorium coelestinum - height up to 0.8 m, inflorescences of lilac-blue flowers.
• Eupatorium Little Joe - flowers smoky pink, height up to 1 m.
• Eupatorium Phantom - height 0.8 m, flowers bluish-purple, dark stems.

If the facial monitor is to your liking, then it can be dried, slightly faded inflorescences will remind of summer and cheer up in cold winter.

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