Garden decoration - cypress euphorbia. Features of care and flower photo

Cypress euphorbia - a completely universal plant, it is used in the garden, on alpine slides and rocky flower beds. Herbalists use as a healing plant.

The variety is unpretentious, easily propagated and practically does not require attention and excessive care. Next, we will tell what kind of plant it is, what are the rules for caring for it.

How euphorbia propagates, what diseases and pests can destroy the bush. And you can also see how the flower looks in the photo.

Botanical Description

Cypress Euphorbia is a grassy succulent in the Euphorbia family. Under natural conditions, it grows in Western Europe, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. An unpretentious species that grows in the homeland in pine forests, on the slopes of mountains, on rocks and foothills. Therefore, the variety is not picky about soils; it can withstand arid climate. Refers to perennials. It has a powerful, well-branched cylindrical root system.

The bush is sprawling, low, the height of an adult plant is up to 25 - 30 cm. The stems are straight, up to 20 - 24 cm in length, branch well at the base, in diameter up to 0.4 - 0.5 cm. Peduncles form in the sinuses, in the upper part of the stem.

Foliage has a characteristic structure, resembles needles, hence the name of the species - cypress euphorbia. Leaves can grow alternately, on the contrary, have an elongated linear or lanceolate shape, depending on the subspecies. Leaves are sessile, up to 2-3 cm long and 0.5 cm wide. Leaves are green, with a gray tint, blunt. Umbrella inflorescences, numerous, consist of several parts. Around the flowers yellow-green leaflets form.

The variety belongs to dioecious plants, the flowers of the female species are wider, have many stamens. Males have longer flowers; large pistils are inside. The flowers are yellow with an olive or purple hue. Long flowering, occurs in late May - early June. Many subspecies bloom repeatedly in September.

The fruits ripen in August - September. The fruit has the shape of a truncated, tuberous, oval trihedron up to 2 - 3 mm long. It is usually grown in the garden, in the country, on personal plots. Look great both singly and in composition with spring flowers, with small irises, with variegated bushes.

It is considered a medicinal plant, in folk medicine infusions of cypress milkweed are used as antibacterial, painkillers, antitumor agents. Juice plants remove warts and corns.

Photo

Below you will see a photo of the flower:

Care Features

Temperature

Cypress euphorbia is very hardy in the heattolerates any temperature increase. Perennial easily tolerates winter, it does not need shelter.

Watering

Bushes can do without watering, succulents well retain moisture from precipitation. Watering is necessary in the spring, during the period of active growth. Watering is moderate, under the root. If the bushes look sluggish in the summer heat, the substrate must be moistened - the bushes will become lush and fresh.

Shine

This species prefers sunny meadows, for the full formation of the bush, he needs bright sunlight. In the garden, you can grow in semi-shady places with diffused light. A thick shadow is contraindicated, the bushes lose their splendor and decorativeness, flowering is delayed or does not occur at all. With a lack of light, the stems stretch out, become thinner.

Pruning

After flowering, bushes need pruning of bare stems, this procedure promotes repeated flowering and maintains the shape of a bush.

If you do not cut the branches, then the bush turns into an untidy garden weed, loses its attractiveness.

At the end of autumn, before wintering, the perennial must be cut, leaving 3-4 cm of stems at the base. The pruning procedure is best done with gloves, the juice is very toxic, if it comes into contact with skin or eyes, it can cause burns or allergies.

Top dressing

The plant does not require special efforts to fertilize the soil. When planting, humus or compost should be added to the soil. Such feeding is usually enough for 1 - 2 years.

Gardeners recommend mulching the substrate with sawdust or humus in late autumn. Also mulch the soil during the autumn planting of seeds for the winter.

You can feed the bush with mineral fertilizers for succulents. Fertilizers are applied 1 time during planting or just before flowering, this contributes to the formation of a lush bush.

Pot

As an indoor culture, cypress euphorbia is usually not planted. Given that in the garden this variety grows very quickly, flower growers recommend planting it in special deep, spacious containers to control growth.

Reproduction - step by step instructions

Planting seeds

The substrate for sowing seeds should be light, loose. Planting seeds is carried out in the fall in the open ground. Soil mixture:

• Garden land - 2 hours
• Peat - 1 hour
• Sand - 1 h.
• Compost - 1 hour
• Drainage layer - pebbles, crushed stone, expanded clay.

Seed planting scheme:

1. The site is dug up, the drainage layer is lined at the bottom - pebbles, pieces of expanded clay.
2. A slightly rotten bark is added to the specially mixed substrate.
3. Seeds are pressed in 2 cm deep at a distance of 20 - 25 cm from each other.
4. The substrate is moistened.
5. The soil is mulched with sawdust.
6. In spring, seedlings appear, young seedlings take root easily.

For better germination, seeds should be stored in a cool place.

Growing by cuttings

Cuttings are an easy way to propagate this variety. It is advisable to root the cuttings in April - early May. Florists are rarely used, since an easier way to grow is sowing seeds for the winter.

Soil mixture for rooting cuttings:

• Chernozem - 2 hours
• Sand - 1 hour
• Charcoal - 1 hour.
• Drainage layer - crushed stone, pebbles, expanded clay.

The scheme of planting cuttings:

1. Cuttings are cut up to 10 cm long from the shoot of an adult bush.
2. Cuttings are washed with warm water and dried with a napkin.
3. Cut points are treated with activated carbon.
4. Cuttings deepen into the finished substrate.
5. The capacity for landing should be spacious and shallow.
6. It is required to maintain moderate soil moisture.
7. The rooting temperature is at least 22-23 ° C.
8. Cuttings root within 3 to 4 weeks.
9. After root formation, seedlings are transplanted into the open ground by the method of transshipment.

Division

This method is used for transplanting adult bushes to expand the flower bed and discharge previous plantings. The method is simple, the divided parts of a bush or rhizome usually take root quickly, do not get sick.

Division Procedure:

1. The substrate is well moistened.
2. The uterine bush is dug up.
3. Dry and damaged processes of rhizome are removed.
4. Slices are processed by crushed coal.
5. Separated parts are planted individually in wells at a distance of 30 cm.
6. Before each landing, a little drainage is poured into each well.
7. Bushes fall vertically, the root is freely placed in the hole.
8. The hole is covered with a substrate.

The substrate is fertilized with peat and humus for quick rooting.

Briefly about the diseases characteristic of this flower

Cypress euphorbia can suffer from excessive moisture. Raw heavy substrate provokes fungal viruses - gray, root rot, fusarium. Processing of the substrate with foundationazole is required.

The juice of the plant is very toxic, as a rule, pests do not affect the bushes. Worms may appear from heat. The drug will help phosphamide.

Breeding cypress cypress milk is an easy way to decorate a garden plot. In order for the bushes to maintain a beautiful shape, it is necessary to follow the rules of care, cut and thin out seedlings in time.

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