The photo of this plant conveys all the grace and grace of filigree leaves and delicate pinkish-lilac flowers that completely cover the comb bush. It is hard to believe that the tender tamarix is completely undemanding in care, tolerates planting in areas with a large temperature difference in winter and summer period. The plant winters well at -30 degrees and endures prolonged heat and drought.
Graceful tamarix: varieties and varieties
Comb (Tamarix) belongs to the Tamarix family, which has only 2 representatives, very similar in size and size of the bush, leaves and flowers.
- Tamariks (Tamarix).
Tamarix (Tamarix)
- Myricaria (Myricaria).
Myricaria (Myricaria)
In nature, the comb grows in the Mediterranean, is found in areas of southern Europe. The natural habitats of the plant are found in the Astrakhan region and Kazakhstan, where climatic conditions very severe: cold and snowless winters with strong winds in winter, and scorching heat in summer, sometimes without a single rain. The delicate, airy plant perfectly tolerates the harsh climate thanks to the reduced leaves, which are covered with a bluish bloom and resemble soft needle-like scales. In summer, such leaves evaporate the least amount of moisture, which the plant already lacks due to meager rains.
Tamarix has the form of a bush, sometimes a small tree, which is most decorative during flowering. In total, there are about 70 species of plants, the flowering time of which falls on summer or spring. An exotic combing bush will become a true decoration of any garden composition.
Grebenshchik: we plant the plant correctly
The right choice of place for tamarix on garden plot due to the characteristics of growing decorative culture. There are two main requirements, subject to which the combing bushes will please with their excellent growth and abundant flowering:
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- the plant is categorically not suitable for areas with close occurrence ground water;
- Tamarix does not develop well in areas with poor lighting - the plant requires direct sunlight for normal development.
Advice! When watering the plant, avoid overflowing, the comb has the ability to accumulate water in the trunk, when cold weather sets in, the plant will simply freeze.
Choice right place for planting tamarix - a guarantee of the harmonious development of the plant, which long time able to do without watering and does not require special care.
In nature, the plant often inhabits wastelands and waste lands, where the soil is not fertile. When grown in the garden, the plant develops well on soils fertilized with humus.
Advice! Do not overfeed the plant - excess fertilizer and very "fat" soil will lead to a weakened immune system and a difficult winter.
The most suitable soils for planting the plant are light sandy soils.
The best tamarisk care is no diligent care
Comb is a plant that is resistant and does not require close attention when grown. The most important thing is to provide him with gentle watering and a sunny location. Plant care comes down to loosening the soil, removing weeds and occasional watering. The best thing in early spring mulch the soil and reduce watering to a minimum.
It is very important not to overmoisten tamarix.
Waterlogged plants that have gone into wintering may freeze, lose part of the crown and skeletal branches. Damaged branches should be cut out, as fungal infection quickly develops on them.
Advice! Do not water tamarix before wintering, the plant has enough moisture from precipitation.
Feeding and fertilizing the comber
The plant is fed organic fertilizers in early spring at the beginning of the growing season. During summer season can be fertilized with phosphorus and potash fertilizers. Mineral fertilizers are more easily absorbed by the plant during foliar dressings. When planting in the hole, you can add granular superphosphate to stimulate flowering and wood ash.
Tamarisk propagation methods
The photo of a faded plant shows that seed pods form at the ends of the flower brushes. The seeds of the plant are small and easily carried by the wind over long distances. This allows the culture to multiply by self-sowing, populating vast areas in nature. This feature is not always good for a well-organized garden: comb sprouts may appear in inappropriate places.
Tamarix seeds
seed propagation used when breeding work– breeding new varieties of elegant and unpretentious plant engaged in by many breeders.
Vegetatively propagate Tamarix is not at all difficult with the help of cuttings cut from the plant. Segments of young branches, up to 15 cm long, are planted in special greenhouses or directly in a prepared garden bed. Rooting is carried out from spring to autumn. Usually strong young plants are formed during this period.
Tamarix cutting
Protection against diseases and pests
The comber is not susceptible to diseases and pests. From improper care, especially overflow, weeping may occur brown spots on the plant caused by the development of the fungus. Affected branches are cut out, they need to be burned. The crown of the plant is thinned out.
Fungal infections can develop on a flooded plant that has gone into wintering improperly prepared. Measures to correct the situation are the same: thin out the crown and cut out the damaged parts of the crown.
A charming plant will perfectly complement the garden composition. The flowering of tamarix is a celebration of the soul, the main thing is not to overdo it with care.
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Tamarix: description, reproduction, features of planting and care
Tamarix, or comb, is a shrub of the Tamarix family, grows in the deserts and steppe zones of Europe, Africa and Asia. It is used as a sand-fixing plant, planted on steep sandy slopes, near fields, along river banks. Tamarix is not demanding in care and planting, the plant is drought-resistant, does not suffer from lack of moisture.
Description of tamarix
Woody branched shrub reaches 2-3 m in height. Thin and smooth twig-like shoots are covered with a wax coating. Scale-like dark green leaves 2–8 mm long do not have petioles.
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Tamarix is unpretentious in planting and care
Flowers 2-5 mm long are collected in racemose inflorescences. Pink, purple or white petals are smooth and form a tight rosette. Flowering begins in May and continues until June. The taproot rhizome goes 4–6 m deep into the soil.
Yellow-gray or white-brown wood is dense, with pronounced growth rings. Used to make crafts and fishing accessories.
The fruit is a multi-seeded tricuspid pyramidal pod. The elongated seeds are covered with whitish villi. Spread by the wind.
Tamarix is used as ornamental plant in group and single landings. It is planted to strengthen shifting sands in desert zones. Together with poplars, it serves as a windbreak for agricultural crops.
Planting and caring for tamarisk
Tamarix is not picky about soils; it does not grow on clay soil with stagnant groundwater. Prefers open sunny places. Planted in mid-April or late September.
Landing rules:
- In a hole 55-65 cm deep, pour a layer of drainage - pebbles, expanded clay, ground brick. Cover with a mixture of peat and sand in a ratio of 2: 1.
- Place a seedling in the hole, straighten the rhizome. Pour 2-3 liters of warm water.
- Fill the hole with fertile soil, tamp the root layer of soil.
- Shade the plant from direct sunlight.
For a week after planting, water the tamarix daily and loosen the soil near the seedling. Wrap young bushes for the winter with rags, fallen leaves or spruce branches.
Reproduction of tamarix by cuttings occurs in summer time. Grow the shoots in a shelter for 8-12 months. AT open ground they do not have time to stiffen for the winter cold and freeze.
Cut cuttings 0.7-1 cm thick and 8-9 cm long. Place the shoots in water with the addition of a rooting agent. After 25-35 days, plant the plants in moist, fertile soil.
Tamarix flowering will begin in the 2nd or 3rd year after planting.
Trim the shrub annually, forming a crown. Remove old, diseased and deformed shoots. Tie branches to strong supports.
The plant is frost-resistant, tolerates temperature drops down to -25 ° C. In winter, insulate the rhizome with a layer of loose snow or dry sawdust.
Tamarix is an unpretentious ornamental plant that grows in southern regions with a warm climate. The shrub is drought-resistant, tolerates night frosts and cold dews.
Tamarix (lat. Tamarix) seems to be specially created by nature for decoration. Graceful emerald branches of this shrub with openwork flowers different shades, look charming. This plant is especially beautiful at the beginning of flowering, when it is all strewn with beads of small buds and scales of green leaves. That is why tamarix is called beaded.
The extraordinary beauty, aroma, healing properties brought tamariks special popularity among the people, this gave rise to many names indicating the properties of this plant. In addition to the bead, it is called: comb, bead bush, tamarisk, Kalmyk incense and even God's tree. In nature, about 70 varieties of tamarix are known, all of them belong to the Tamarisk family, or Grebenshchikovye.
These are bushes or small trees up to five meters high, which most of all love the arid climate and places near water bodies. Tamarix can have very long roots - up to 10 meters, this is how it "finds" water. In the desert, some trees reach eight meters in height and one meter in trunk diameter. But more common are shrubs with a thin spreading crown and an openwork of elegant flowers.
The plant has received the greatest distribution in the Caucasus, the southeast of Europe, Kazakhstan, Siberia. There are evergreen as well as deciduous trees and shrubs. In deciduous forms, the leaves fall by winter along with flowers and twigs. Tamaris bushes are especially attracted by their openwork crown, through which the sun's rays beautifully shine through. The small branches and clusters of comb flowers are especially good for cutting. Collected brushes bright colors in a light haze, they look beautiful in tall vases and fill the room with a delicate aroma.
Distinctive characteristics of tamarisk
The comb differs from many shrubs in that on one plant it can occur completely heterogeneous shape and size of leaves. The lower leaves may be larger, and at the tops they are so small that they resemble greenish scales. The color can also be very different, sometimes green, sometimes yellowish. Due to lack of water, the color of the leaves can become bluish, and when tamarix grows on salt marshes, its branches can be covered with a white salt coating.
Another amazing feature of tamarisks is two or even three flowering pores for the season. It can bloom in spring, summer and autumn! At the same time, different varieties the location and structure of the buds and flowers is very different. The size of flower brushes can reach 15 cm, and they are formed either as lateral processes in the form of earrings, reminiscent of birch, or as a continuation of growing branches, similar to fluffy panicles.
Together with tamariks in the garden, you can plant, which complement each other well. It can be: almond, noble decorative jasmine (mock orange) or sprawling yoshta. All these shrubs are more thermophilic plants that require individual approach in cultivation.
Main breeding varieties
All varieties of tamarix are easily pollinated and crossed with each other, therefore they form many transitional forms and varieties, among which it is very difficult to distinguish varietal ones. In ornamental gardening, the most popular are: Tamarix branched (multi-branched), graceful, Mayer, four-stamen. All of them are extremely drought-resistant, withstand low temperatures, however, when bred in middle lane can freeze slightly, but in the spring they quickly restore the growth of young shoots.
Tamarix (comb) four-stamen
Bush with bright shoots, lush racemose inflorescences of pink or white color, emerald green foliage. The plant is drought tolerant. In the middle lane it freezes over in frosty winters, but it recovers and quickly comes into color.
Tamarix (comb) branched
It occurs naturally in the south of Russia, is the most common of the tamaris. The variety is drought tolerant, tolerates salty soils and strong winds. Most often in landscape design planted as a hedge in collaboration with other shrubs. Insufficiently winter-hardy, can freeze at especially low temperatures.
Tamarix (comber) Meyer
White or pink color long brushes of this shrub fascinates with its charm. The plant is drought and wind resistant, grows on saline soils, but does not tolerate very coldy. Best suited for southern regions. This variety is the most difficult for cultivation in the middle lane, as it blooms on last year's shoots, which can freeze. Therefore, in the middle lane, Tamarix Mayer should be carefully covered for the winter.
Tamarix (comber) graceful
Unfortunately, this variety is not often found, although it has an important advantage over the previous varieties - it is quite winter-hardy, plus all the main qualities of the comb. This one blooms ornamental shrub for a long time - from spring to the end of summer it is covered with a beautiful openwork of pink panicles.
How to plant and grow tamarix
The main difference between these shrubs is absolute undemanding to soils. However, they grow best in well-drained soil, love abundant watering, but absolutely cannot stand stagnant water. Based on this, plants must be planted in open sunny hills, and not in wet lowlands. If the site has heavy clay soil, then it is best to remove the sod at the planting site and replace the soil with a more fertile one.
The main thing in caring for love from tamarix varieties is periodic thinning bushes, removal of old and finished flowering shoots. Two to three times during the entire flowering period of the plant must be sprayed protective compounds from pests and possible diseases. Frozen branches need to be pruned in the spring, so they will quickly give a new growth.
Advice! In order for the tamarix bush not to become bare over time, it is necessary to completely cut its branches to the very base in five years, that is, “plant on a stump”.
The comb plant is planted with seedlings obtained from cuttings, twigs or seeds. Most the best option is the acquisition of seedlings of zoned varieties from a local nursery.
How to get seedlings
It is most troublesome to grow seedlings from seeds, they germinate poorly and give a small percentage of healthy sprouts. In addition, they lose their germination after three to four months. Therefore, the most productive breeding of tamarix with cuttings and twigs - they give almost complete rooting and survival.
Cuttings are cut in autumn from lignified annual shoots (25 cm) and placed in water (preferably rain) for germination. Add water as it evaporates. They are planted in the ground in early April, during which time small white roots form on the cuttings. The landing site should be slightly shady, the earth loose and fertilized. For fertilizers, you can use ash, three-year humus, superphosphate. Plantings are mulched with sawdust or peat. The accustomed young growth is planted in a permanent place for the next spring.
Another planting method is with twigs in the spring. To do this, in the spring, the tip of an annual twig 30 cm long is cut off and immediately buried into two buds in fertilized soil. Immediately you need to water the seedling well. In a year it can be planted in the garden.
Tamarix, or comb is a very beautiful, unpretentious and hardy plant. Its cultivated varieties look great in both single and group plantings. The plant goes well with other ornamental shrubs and plantings.
Tamarix is a shrub that looks like a small tree, up to one and a half meters high. There are also the rarest types of plantings that can grow up to four meters in height. Tamarix is especially often grown in landscape design, a photo of the compositions is shown below. This shrub got its original name from the place of growth - near the river "Tama-Riz", which is the ancient name of this river, now the river Timbra on the Iberian Peninsula. Among the local population, "Tamarix" is considered a "God's" tree, and such a name as "comb man" is also known.
Planting and caring for tamarisk in the garden
In order to grow tamarix, you need to know everything about this plant, follow the rules for planting and caring for shrubs.
Tamarix is a fairly well adapted plant on clay soil, also "loves" dry soil, and excessive watering can completely destroy the planting, since it grows best in dry areas.
It should also be noted that the “God's” tree feels good in an open, unshaded area, otherwise it may die in the shade. Tamarix can be cut, transplanted - by the way, this tree propagates by cuttings and seeds, so it is perfect for landscape design. It has very branched roots that can spread around the perimeter of the plant, this feature is great for strengthening crumbling sands.
Tamarix can interbreed with his "brothers" and thus get various variations this shrub and thus make the landscape design original and unsurpassed.
"Comb" blooms in June and pleases the eye until mid-September with its unique inflorescences. This shrub also tolerates frost well, which is very good in our case, because winter pleases with its frosts every year, so tamarix does not require special warming.
In order for an ornamental shrub to delight everyone with its beauty, you need to plant it correctly and take good care of it, only in this case you can achieve what you want.
First you need to determine an unobscured place for planting a "comber": the soil can be any, the most important thing in this matter is to prevent stagnation in the soil a large number of water.
It is possible to lay a layer of humus before planting tamarix, in which case the shrub will grow faster. It will be good if you plant a young seedling of an ornamental tree in early spring, because young plants take root much better than old ones.
It is necessary to take care of the "comber" carefully by organizing systematic watering of the plant, which is an important factor tamarix growth. After the rooting of the shrub, watering is reduced significantly, because, as you know, this plant does not like excessive moisture. If, nevertheless, you went too far with watering, then you can observe the appearance of mold on the tree, such areas must be removed immediately, otherwise they will infect the entire bush.
Types of tamarix and reproduction
The variety of species of this tree-like shrub allows you to choose the most suitable tamarix for your site, among seventy-five shrubs Special attention are mainly given to several types:
- 'Branched' is a very popular species used as a green hedge. Often this species tamarix can be found in the southern regions of Russia and it should be noted that low temperature branched tamarix does not withstand.
- Four-starred tamarix - chic tree shrub, the leaves of which are distinguished by a bright emerald color, and the inflorescences are represented by white or pink shades.
- Tamarix "Meyera" is a thermophilic type of shrub that grows mainly in the south. Resistant to wind, arid climate, "loves" the soil, in which there is a large amount of salt. The inflorescences of this type of shrub are very attractive at the time of their flowering.
Such a beautiful plant as tamarix propagates in many ways: with the help of seeds, seedlings, cuttings. It is very convenient to plant tamarix with seedlings bought in stores, but this is a rather expensive business, so a universal method is proposed - propagation by cuttings.
There are several rules for this type of tamarix seating:
- cuttings of tamarix are cut in autumn;
- the soil should be well prepared, loosened and fertilized with humus;
- cuttings are planted to a depth of up to eighteen centimeters.
Another point in caring for the plant is getting rid of old shriveled twigs and thinning, professionals in their field advise cutting off all branches at the root once every five years, which will allow the bush to grow again. In the event of the appearance of pests, tamarix is \u200b\u200bsprayed with special means.
Tamarix and landscape design
To design your site, you need to develop a scheme for planting certain shrubs, plants and trees, taking into account in advance all the features of each plantation and make it so that all elements of gardening are in harmony with each other.
"Comb" is very often used for decoration original design landscape, due to its beauty, as hedges, for general plantings. Tamarix shrub is also planted on the slopes, which are gradually destroyed, because root system of this bush is very powerful, able to create a kind of "net" that will prevent the destruction of the soil. In the photo, tamarix in landscape design is originally combined with other plantations.
"God's" tree can be planted on alpine slide where low-growing shrubs will coexist or plant the shrub separately, organizing the space around decorative elements. Tamarix is truly a decoration of your entire site, because it is unusually beautiful and unique, surrounded by other green plants and flowers.
This shrub is very amazing plant, striking in its beauty, in addition, possessing and healing properties. The tree-like shrub itself is covered with small leaves that cast a bluish tint, and the flowers that completely cover the tamarix are collected in large buds.
Before the flowers open, they initially hang down like glassy, frozen droplets and during the period lush flowering it is impossible to calmly pass by this plant, it strikes the eye of any person. Currently, there are about seventy-five species of this tree-like shrub.
It is difficult to imagine a plant more graceful. A small tree or shrub often forming light thickets. Tamarix has numerous, twig-like shoots, densely covered with small leaves of a bluish-green color. When the flowers of the tamarix have not yet blossomed, and the inflorescences of the shrub consist of only buds, they are so decorative, as if dotted with "beads".
Drought-resistant, undemanding to soil conditions, but photophilous. Salt tolerant. The glands on the leaves of tamarix secrete salt. The shrub easily tolerates a transplant, a haircut. Perfectly propagated by seeds that quickly lose their germination, cuttings, offspring. Segments of tamarix branches take root in the water in winter. Branches and inflorescences are beautiful cut, look beautiful in vases.
More than 75 species are known, growing from the south of Europe to India. Tamarix are recommended for group plantings. The shrub is one of the most best breeds for a decorative effect, as well as for fixing free-flowing sands.
Causes, it is very interesting as openwork greenery (green or gray), and colorful flowers. In park construction, tamarix is suitable for creating stable flowering thickets, as a rule, placed on the edges or completely open places. With a good fit and a constant haircut, a beautiful plant can be formed. hedge. Optimal for these purposes are low, spring-flowering shrubs: four-stamen tamarix and loose tamarix.
Tamarix branched
Upright, low, shrub, with thin, greenish or bluish branches and red annual shoots. The foliage is narrow, subulate, with curved ends. The flowers of tamarix branchy are pink. Highly beautiful varieties:
. "Rubra "with purple-red flowers;
. "Summer Glow "with bright crimson flowers;
To soil conditions, tamarix branched is unpretentious, but thermophilic. In the conditions of Moscow, it freezes to a snow cover, but it will quickly grow back. In the absence of snow around the bush in cold frosts, it freezes completely.
Requires pruning, easily tolerates a haircut. Light-loving, in the shade can die. Tamarix is propagated by lignified cuttings. Beautiful in a single landing, looks spectacular with perennial herbs and large-leaved shrubs.
Tamarix graceful
Naturally, graceful tamarix grows in the south of our country, in Kazakhstan, China, Siberia, Mongolia. It is the northern species of this genus.
Shrub with thick branches covered with brown-chestnut or gray-green bark.
The foliage of annual branches is larger. Floral brushes of tamarix graceful are simple; summer flower clusters in large inflorescences. The flowers are pink. An adult bush blooms in spring, and blooms all summer.
Tamarix graceful is of interest as an original, flowering, frost-resistant shrub.
Tamarix loose
In nature, it grows in the lower reaches of the Volga, China, Iran, Afghanistan.
Tamarix grows loose in the form of a large shrub or tree. The branches are bare, spreading, gray or green. The foliage is erect, oval-rhombic, pointed at the top and slightly narrowed at the base.
The flowers of tamarix loose pink, collected in panicles. Blooms for about two months.
The shrub tolerates salinity well. Tamarix is propagated by cuttings and seeds. Tamarix loose is used in landscaping in the south of Russia.
Tamarix four-stamen
It grows in Russia, in the Crimea, Western Transcaucasia, Asia Minor and Greece.
Large shrub, 10 m in height, with brown-red, arched branches. The foliage is lanceolate with a pointed apex. The flowers of tamarix four-stamen are white to light pink. Tamarix four-stamen blooms in May.
It grows beautifully. Drought tolerant. Can live up to 75 years. Recommend for hedges. It is of great decorative interest with emerald leaves and dark branches.