Convolvulus

The genus Convolvulus includes over 250 species of curly and non-curly grasses, shrubs (with a tree base from which green shoots remain annually) and shrubs, annual and perennial, evergreen and deciduous, abundantly branching and with spines. Curly species are better known, but erect ones are also very decorative. Bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers, which are kept on the plant for no more than one day, have a characteristic tubular corolla. Convolvulus tricolor is one of the very common annual species. Its flowers open by evening. Shoots 30-40 cm long, creeping. Basal leaves are ovate, stem - lanceolate. Flowers are usually tricolor: yellow, white and blue. There are many varieties and varieties, even two-color. Violet-shaped (S. altaeoides) - a stable semi-bloody species with shoots up to 1.5 m high; used as a curly plant. The leaves are ovate or triangular, growing on the stems - dissected, strongly pubescent, which makes them seem silver. Flowers are pink. Whooping kneorum (S. cneorum) is an evergreen root-sprung plant 60-90 cm high, with scapular or lanceolate leaves, silver because of the cannon covering them. White flowers are collected at the tops in groups, bloom in spring-summer. Moorish wunk (S. mauritanicus) is a not very stable steaming species with round leaves and small blue flowers with a diameter of 3 cm. They are successfully grown in coastal areas in areas well protected from winds. Field woof, or birch (S. arvensis), is a perennial root-sprung curly species growing up to 2 m, with oval leaves and pink-white flowers. Tar wunk (S. skammonia) is a poisonous plant.

The genus Convolvulus includes over 250 species of curly and non-curly grasses, shrubs (with a tree base from which green shoots remain annually) and shrubs, annual and perennial, evergreen and deciduous, abundantly branching and with spines. Curly species are better known, but erect ones are also very decorative. Bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers, which are kept on the plant for no more than one day, have a characteristic tubular corolla.

Convolvulus tricolor is one of the very common annual species. Its flowers open by evening. Shoots 30-40 cm long, creeping. Basal leaves are ovate, stem - lanceolate. Flowers are usually tricolor: yellow, white and blue. There are many varieties and varieties, even two-color.

Violet-shaped (S. altaeoides) - a stable semi-bloody species with shoots up to 1.5 m high; used as a curly plant. The leaves are ovate or triangular, growing on the stems - dissected, strongly pubescent, which makes them seem silver. Flowers are pink.

Whooping kneorum (S. cneorum) is an evergreen root-sprung plant 60-90 cm high, with scapular or lanceolate leaves, silver because of the cannon covering them. White flowers are collected at the tops in groups, bloom in spring-summer.

Moorish wunk (S. mauritanicus) is a not very stable steaming species with round leaves and small blue flowers with a diameter of 3 cm. They are successfully grown in coastal areas in areas well protected from winds.

Field woof, or birch (S. arvensis), is a perennial root-sprung curly species growing up to 2 m, with oval leaves and pink-white flowers.

Tar wunk (S. skammonia) is a poisonous plant.

Cultivation

Wooing is grown in open ground or in pots on balconies and terraces. Curly species, such as field wood, are used to "camouflage" walls and in trellis to close grids, and stable creeping species are grown on rocky slides. Plants of open soil are planted permanently in April-May, any well-drained soil is suitable. The mixture for growing in a pot is made up of 2/3 of fertile land and 1/3 of peat with the addition of a small amount of sand and complex mineral fertilizer with trace elements. When cultivating in open ground and in a pot once every 15-20 days, full mineral fertilizer is added to water for watering in an amount of 15 g per bucket - plants are fed.

Location

An open sunny place is required.

Temperature

All types of stings are resistant to high air temperature. In some species, the aboveground part dies in winter, and shoots at the base freeze in spring.

Watering

Young seedlings are plentifully watered immediately after planting. In open ground, they are watered only in idle periods, and when grown in a pot - regularly.

Transplant

Transplanted in spring into pots of a slightly larger size than the previous ones.

Reproduction

Annual species are sown in spring in boxes filled with seed soil at a temperature of approximately 18 °C. Grown seedlings are transplanted into pots one at a time, and then, as soon as they are rooted, they are finally planted into the ground. Perennial soil-blooded species are propagated by taps or parts of the rhizome in early spring. You can use stem cuttings, which are taken at the end of winter or in June-July.

Diseases

The rust can cover the rust, due to which yellowish or reddish spots are formed on the underside of the leaf plates and shoots. Fungi of the genus Septoria (Septoria) provoke the appearance of spots on the leaves and weakening of plants. Treatment with copper-containing preparations or special fungicides is used.

Acquisition

Seeds are easy to find in gardening centers and nurseries. Check the shelf life on the package.