Cinquefoil Red Ice - description, planting and care
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Red Ice Cinquefoil is an ornamental flowering shrub that, with proper care, can become a real decoration of the local area. The buds of the plant are able to bloom continuously during the spring-autumn season. Further information on the cultivation of Potentilla in the garden.
Description Potentilla Reid Ice
The distribution area of Potentilla is from the Urals to the Far East. The plant is a shrub 65-70 centimeters high and about 1 meter in diameter. The sharp leaves are light green. They look like paws, which is why the plant was named Potentilla. Shoots are covered with bark of a red-brown or gray palette.
Shrub cinquefoil Red Ice
Red-orange flowers with a diameter of about 3 centimeters consist of 5 petals. The buds begin to bloom in early summer. By the middle of the season, the flowers acquire a yellow color with orange blotches. In cold summers, petals can turn red. The culture blooms until the frost.
Potentilla can grow in one place for 20 years. When growing in partial shade, the color of the flowers becomes more intense. The variety has an average resistance to cold, so if severe frosts are expected, the bushes need to be covered for the winter.
Planting a plant
Cinquefoil is most often purchased in the form of seedlings in plant nurseries or garden centers. It is necessary to pay attention so that there are no damages on the bushes, signs of diseases.
From seed
This method is rarely used by gardeners due to its laboriousness. Seeds require stratification, decontamination, and then the maintenance of seedlings in greenhouse conditions. The grown seedlings dive into separate containers. Red Ice is usually planted on the site for 4 years after sowing.
Planting seedlings in open ground
Young bushes are planted on the site in spring or autumn. The procedure is performed as follows:
- Dig a hole 50 x 50 centimeters in size.
- Drainage from small stones, expanded clay, sand is laid out on the bottom.
- Pour a substrate consisting of garden soil, humus, peat, sand.
- The roots and shoots are cut, the plant is immersed in a solution of potassium permanganate for 1 hour.
- Potentilla is planted in a hole, covered with earth, watered.
The trunk circle is mulched with peat and wood chips.
Cinquefoil is grown from cuttings, then planted on the site
How to care
Caring for the bushes is simple. It consists in timely watering, feeding, loosening the soil. Broken, diseased branches are cut several times per season.
Watering
After planting, the trunk circle is irrigated once a week. When the bushes take root, start growing, watering is done as the top layer of the soil dries out. The volume of water used is 10 liters per plant.
A few days after watering, the ground is gently loosened. The procedure promotes the penetration of air into the soil, removing the surface crust that prevents this.
Top dressing
Fertilization of Kuril tea begins the next year after planting. When the earth thaws, nitrogen-containing substances are introduced.Before flowering, a solution of 30 grams of superphosphate and 10 grams of potassium sulfate, dissolved in 1 bucket of water, is introduced into the soil.
Before flowering, use a phosphorus-potassium dressing.
Pruning
In the spring, the frozen, dry branches are cut off. Sick, broken shoots are removed throughout the season. Formative pruning is performed in mid-spring. In this case, the tops of the shoots are cut off by 5-10 centimeters, after which the cinquefoil begins to bush better.
Reproduction methods
Kuril tea can be diluted in several ways: by seeds, cuttings, layering, dividing the bush.
Seeds
A method rarely used by gardeners. When using it, all parental qualities may not be transmitted. In addition, this is a long-term method; bushes are planted on the site for 4 years after sowing.
Cuttings
Lignified shoots are chosen for reproduction. They are cut into 10 centimeters long, the lower sections are sprinkled with growth enhancer powder. A mixture of sand and peat is poured into a box, cuttings are planted. For them to take root faster, the container can be covered with foil.
Layers
For reproduction by this method, grooves are made, in which, without separating from the mother bush, layering is planted. They are fixed with staples, covered with earth.
The pinning site must be kept damp. After some time, roots will appear on the layering, after which the young plants are separated from the parent bush, planted in a new place.
Reproduction by layering
By dividing the bush
Adult Red Ace Potentilla can be divided into several parts. To do this, the bush is dug up, divided with a sharp tool. Each new bush should contain roots and shoots. The root system is sprinkled with crushed charcoal, planted in a permanent place.
Transfer
For the transplant, a well-lit place, shaded at noon, is selected. From the hot rays of the sun, the petals can burn out, lose their decorative appearance. Groundwater should not get too close to the ground surface. A split adult plant is used for transplantation.
Diseases and pests
Shrub Potentilla Red Ice has good immunity, but under unfavorable conditions, it can be affected by diseases and pests. With excessive watering or heavy rainfall, rot develops in the soil. To save the plant, they dig it up, cut off the damaged parts, spray it with a fungicide, and transplant it to a new place.
If conifers grow on the site, cinquefoil can get rusty. When brown spots appear, the bushes are sprayed with preparations with boron and sulfur. Of the pests, cinquefoil can be chosen by aphids. To get rid of the insect, Kuril tea is sprayed with insecticides.
Flowering period
Red Ace cinquefoil blooms profusely from mid-spring to late autumn. The buds reach 3 centimeters in diameter. The flowers are first red-orange, then, from the middle of summer, they acquire a yellow color. In partial shade and in cool summers, the petals can have a reddish tint.
Blooming Potentilla Red Ice
Preparing for winter
Cinquefoil is moderately cold-resistant, therefore, in anticipation of severe frosts, the bushes will need shelter. It is also necessary for young plants. Bushes planted in the fall are especially in need of shelter. They are first hilled, then covered with spruce branches.
Use in landscape design
Unpretentious cinquefoil Red Ace can grow not only in suburban areas, but also in urban environments. Plants are planted in flower beds, mixborders, alpine slides. You can build a hedge from the bushes. In this case, the cinquefoil will need constant pruning.
Kuril tea is planted in combination with conifers, ornamental deciduous shrubs. Bushes can be placed in pots, and displayed on the veranda, terrace, and placed on the porch.
Red Ice cinquefoil in landscape
Cinquefoil called Red Ice is a beautiful, decorative and flowering plant. She is able to decorate both the city park and the gardener's local area. Kuril tea blooms from mid-April until frost. To maintain a decorative appearance, the bushes need to be periodically watered, fed, loosened, and preventively sprayed with insectofungicides.
