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Crimson grass (Geum coccineum) is a herbaceous perennial from the Rosaceae family. Its homeland is the southern regions of Europe, the Balkan Peninsula, Türkiye, and the Caucasus. It grows in meadows, including alpine ones, fields, and less often in forests. Thanks to its high decorative properties and unpretentiousness, the flower has gained popularity among gardeners and landscape designers around the world. Growing bright red heum on your own plot is not at all difficult if you adhere to the basic rules of agricultural technology.
Description of bright red gravilate
The plant is low-growing, reaches a height of 25-30 cm, and grows up to 40 cm in diameter. Bright red gravilate has a powerful single rhizome that goes deep into the soil. Each bush consists of several creeping shoots, the color of which ranges from green to violet-brown. The stems branch, producing long lateral stems, and small leaves grow at the joints.
The leaves are shaped like strawberry leaves - round, with serrated edges, tripartite.Soft, slightly folded, covered with short velvety pile on the bottom and top. Collected into a rosette in the root area. The color is malachite, bright green. Large, length is 20 cm.
Bright red gravilate forms buds on the tops of the shoots. The inflorescences have the shape of a panicle; there may be several flower buds on one brush. The flowers are deep red, scarlet, single or semi-double. The petals have a glossy sheen and a wavy edge. The core is large, with bright yellow stamens. Flowering period is May-August.
From a distance, the flowers of the bright red gravilata are very reminiscent of poppies
Description of the bright red gravilate variety Borisii
The Borisiya variety is distinguished by the highest decorative qualities; it is one of the tallest. The height of the bush is from 40 to 60 cm. The flowers reach a diameter of 5 cm. The color is scarlet with an orange tint, the stamens are sunny-golden and long. Juicy, green leaves grow up to 25 cm in length. The flowering period is from late June to August. Gravilat bright red Borisius prefers sunny and slightly shaded areas with well-drained, fertile soils.
Gravilat bright red Borisiy is one of the leaders in popularity among flower growers in Russia
Application in landscape design
Bright red gravilate is one of the most favorite flowering perennials among gardeners. Decorative garden flower suitable for single and group compositions. A low, profusely flowering plant with evergreen leaves, suitable for edging paths, pools, artificial ponds and creating living borders.
Bright red gravilata bushes look organic on a green lawn and individual flower beds. They are planted in rock gardens and rockeries. They are used to decorate front gardens and flower beds. They create beautiful landscape compositions when combined with other flowering and evergreen plants. These can be dwarf conifers, mosses, short grasses, as well as flowers - forget-me-nots, cornflowers, phlox, carnations, bells, saxifrage, primroses.
Bright red gravilate looks great on an alpine hill with other creeping and low-growing plants
Features of reproduction
Decorative, varietal bright red gravilate can only be propagated by dividing the bush. An adult, overgrown mother bush must be carefully dug up and the rosettes must be separated along with part of the rhizome. “Children” are planted in fertile, well-moistened soil, immediately in a permanent place on the site. In order for the separated parts of the bright red gravilate to take root well, the rhizomes can be treated with the Kornevin solution. After 2 years, the “babies” become fully formed adult bushes, delighting with abundant, bright flowering.
Rules for planting and care
Bright red gravilate, for all its splendor, is quite unpretentious. It does not require special skills or frequent feeding from the owners of the site. Beginning gardeners can also cope with growing this ornamental beauty.
Deadlines
Bright red gravilat seeds can be planted in open ground in April-early May, when the snow has melted and the soil has warmed up sufficiently. Seedlings are sown in February-March, depending on the climate zone. Young plants can be placed in a permanent habitat only when the threat of soil frost has passed.As a rule, this is mid-May.
Having undergone natural hardening, in the spring the bright red gravilat will delight you with friendly, strong shoots.
Site selection and soil preparation
Bright red gravilate loves sunny, open places. But it also feels comfortable in partial shade, under the canopy of trees or next to bushes. Prefers dense, well-moistened, but in no case swampy soils. If the area is low and regularly flooded, then raise the planting zones 30-60 cm above the soil level and ensure good drainage. Loam with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction is best suited, to which organic fertilizers and ash should be added.
If the soil is heavy and clayey, then when digging the area you need to add coarse sand to loosen it. Add compost or well-rotted humus. If the soil is acidic, you can add slaked lime or dolomite flour. Bright red gravilate responds well to watering with diluted mullein.
Landing algorithm
It is necessary to plant bright red gravilate seedlings in prepared holes that are 1.5 times larger than the root ball in size. Carefully add fertile soil and lightly press down. The root collar is placed at soil level. The distance between bushes is 25 cm.
Prepared seeds are sown in small holes or furrows, at a distance of 16-25 cm from each other, 20-30 mm deep. After which the ground must be leveled and watered well. Later, the grown bright red gravilate is thinned out, removing weak specimens to prevent dense plantings.
Watering and fertilizing schedule
Bright red gravilate does not tolerate stagnation of water in the soil, so it must be watered moderately. Depending on weather conditions, adult bushes are irrigated at the root once a week, preferably in the evening, when the sun has already gone down. In rainy summers, additional watering is not required, but in droughts, if the soil dries out quickly, daily watering will be useful.
If the soil is sufficiently fertile, then fertilizing with complex mineral fertilizers or organic matter is required only 2 times per season - in the spring and after the start of flowering. On depleted soils, autumn fertilizing is added. Bright red gravilate responds well to the addition of ash and liquid vermicompost.
Trimming
To make the bright red gravilate look neat, shoots that are too long must be pinched as they grow. For more intense flowering, old buds should be cut off.
A correctly formed bright red gravilate is a neat green hemisphere with lush flowers
Wintering
Bright red gravilate belongs to the 4th class of frost resistance, and feels great in the northern regions of Russia, in mountainous areas. Overwinters without additional shelter if there is sufficient snow cover. If the forecast promises a frosty winter with little snow, the area can be covered with spruce branches, chopped straw or dry leaves.
Diseases and pests
Bright red gravilate is characterized by increased resistance to fungal, viral and bacterial diseases. The perennial is rarely attacked by insect pests.
If the soil is waterlogged or there is close groundwater, the bright red heum can develop root rot. Affected bushes must be dug up and burned, and the remaining plantings must be treated with a fungicide.
In drought, in case of insufficient watering, weakened bright red gravilat is susceptible to attacks by spider mites. Methods of pest control are quite simple: it is necessary to treat the leaves and stems with a suitable insecticide, and revise the watering schedule.
Conclusion
Bright red gravilate is a magnificent decorative perennial with openwork, bright green leaves and large flowers. It attracts attention and looks great in landscape compositions. The combination of scarlet gravel with soft blue and blue low-growing flowering species and the rich greenery of grasses, spruces and pines is especially good. Geum bright red is not capricious and requires almost no attention from the gardener. All you need is timely watering and fertilizing 1-2 times during the summer. It is the external beauty and amazing unpretentiousness that determined the popularity of this plant among flower growers around the world.
