Nivianik

Description. This name is famous for everyone's favorite daisy. Only this is a chamomile garden, distinguished by its exceptional decorative and freshness. Nyvyanik is a herbaceous perennial with abundant and long flowering. Blossoms from the end of June to the end of August, there are varieties blooming in late May.

Nivianik differs in numerous strong, high branchy, leafy stalks 60-100 cm high. The stems are peduncles that end in inflorescences. The inflorescence is a basket with a diameter of up to 15 cm. The liguid marginal flowers, called petals, are large, white, arranged in 1-2 rows, in double forms in several rows, tubular median flowers - small, yellow. Appearance of flowers depending on the variety may differ in size, shape of the petals, their location in the inflorescence. But the combination of the yellow disk of the center and the white petals around it remains unchanged. During the cultivation of this all-favorite flower, many varieties with large baskets were bred, terry forms were obtained. Currently, in the decorative gardening used several major species of niovanica.

Leucanthemum vulgaris is also called chamomile, or horseman. The leucant ordinary and its varieties are distinguished by their durability, early period of flowering( early June), dark saturated green color. Radical leaves are long-petiolate, oblong, with tuft-toothed margins, dark green. Blossoms Niviana ordinary abundantly and continuously, for 2 months, without losing its freshness. It was these qualities that interested gardeners even more than 500 years ago and made it so popular: many varieties of niwian were bred, among them there are large-flowered ones with a basket up to 15 cm in diameter, both terry and semi-double.

Large-flowering leucant is distinguished by the large size of the whole plant - both leaves and inflorescences. The basal leaves of the nivian are the largest serrate-serrate with sharp prongs, light green. It is less durable and stable than the ordinary Nivian, blossoms a little later( from the first days of July).

The beautiful lefkina is characterized by the large size of the whole plant: the stems reach a height of more than 90 cm. Inflorescences can exceed 15 cm in diameter. The inflorescences are very decorative with the thin long bending downward petals of the and with a large yellow disc in the center.

Used in group and single plantings, on the lawn, in mixborders, low grades with a spherical bush can be grown as a curb culture. Tall grades of niwian are suitable for cutting and.standing in the water, do not lose their freshness for a long time.

Varieties

The leucinic ordinary is represented by such varieties as Shasta Daisy. Matador. Alaska,

California, Saint-Sousse.

The large-flowered leucant is especially good in the varieties Ophelia, Triumph.

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Quin, blooms at the end of May, with a simple basket 8-10 cm in diameter, the marginal flowers of which are single-row, unusual whiteness, and the central ones are tubular, yellow. Very decorative low-growing varieties of Niviana delicious. Low, up to 30 cm, globular bushes densely covered with large for their size inflorescences - 8-10 cm in diameter.

Cultivation. Leucanthanger is a frost-resistant, photophilous, but tolerant penumbra plant. He prefers well-fertilized, not too heavy, sufficiently moistened soils. Nivyanik likes watering, but can not tolerate a snap. For a plant, it is better to choose open light areas. Nivyanik is propagated by seeds and vegetatively. Seeds have good germination. They are sown under the winter in the soil, on the ridges or in March in boxes, seedlings are planted at a distance of 50-60 cm from each other, as the nivian grows rapidly.

Seedlings bloom for the second year. During vegetative propagation, the rhizome is divided into segments with rosettes of leaves. The best time to divide and transplant - spring, when the leaves grow, you can transplant and after flowering( at the end of August).Nivyanik grows quickly, therefore requires frequent divisions: 1 time in 3-4 years. Another need for frequent divisions is the fragility of the niovanica. With prolonged cultivation of it in one place, the bush grows around the periphery, and the middle dies.

In addition, for young divided plants are characterized by larger baskets and powerful flower stalks. To increase the flowering period, the pruning of flower shoots is applied after wilting the flower. Under winter, pruning shoots to a rosette of leaves, which are green under snow, is necessary.

When growing a niwiana for cutting, the culture is conducted as a two-year old, bushes are divided every year at the end of August.

To obtain a pure variety material, different varieties are grown at a distance from each other to avoid cross-pollination.