Jasmine - bush with fragrant flowers
The vast majority of people know that jasmine -a shrub with very fragrant flowers, but not everyone knows what it looks like. In most CIS countries, jasmine is a plant called Chubushnik, which flowers with beautiful white flowers and has a strong aroma. In fact, this shrub has nothing to do with jasmine. This jasmine is a bush of the Maslin family, which grows in countries with a moist, tropical and subtropical climate. In India and China, its fragrant flowers are associated with femininity, beauty and are used in various ceremonies.
Jasmine is a plant rich in essential oils. For their production, jasmine is most often used large-flowered and medicinal. In Asian countries there are 2 more species of this plant: jasmine odorous and Arabic. The stems of most species of this plant are upright, drooping and curly, requiring support.
The most common is 1.5-2-meterbush. Jasmine has pinnately complex, opposite leaves with 5-7 pointed leaves of elliptical shape. At the end of the leaf is 2-3 lobed leaves. Most jasmin flowers are white, collected at the tips of branches in a metellic inflorescence. There are species with pink, yellow and other flowers. Corolla dissected with cylindrical tubule. Blossom different species at different times of the year. Fruits are practically black berries.
In addition to the shrubby forms of this plantthere are also lianopodobnye. To such, for example, is jasmine Arabic, thin shoots which reach a length of 6 m. It has triple, opposite leaves. White flowers are collected in inflorescences of 3-5 pcs. They are simple, terry and semi-double, with a strong smell.
Jasmine is a shrub that can be grown andat home. Jasmine primrose and multiflora are the most suitable for this purpose. They are small bushlike lianas, convenient for the formation of various forms of the crown. Even at home, it is possible to grow blossoming in winter jasmine holotvetkovy. Propagation of the plant propagation by cuttings. For this, cuttings with 2-3 nodules are cut in summer. The upper leaves are shortened by half, and the lower leaf is removed. Lower nodule dipped in the drug "Kornevin" and deepen into the substrate. For rooting, high humidity of air and soil is necessary. After 2 months the cuttings take root. After 3 months they are transplanted into pots with light and nutritious soil. This plant likes moderate watering.
Jasmine is a shrub that grows best onwindow sills located on the west or east side. Fertilize the plant should be 1 p. in 10 days, starting from September. Pests - whitefly and tick. In May-October, the plants can be carried to the open air. Growth of jasmine is regulated by support and trimming unnecessary shoots. In winter, the plant prefers moderate watering, a temperature of 18 ° C and regular spraying. Before the onset of winter, the plants are severely cut off. After spring pruning with drugs stimulate growth. Room jasmine blooms for 2 years. It blooms from spring to autumn.
The most common types of jasmine:
- Bissa is a shrub with 2-meter-long lianon-like shoots. This species blooms in May with pink flowers. Flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, collected at the tips of shoots;
- multiflorous - weakly branched shrub up to 2 mheight. Numerous flowers are collected in inflorescences of 3-5 pcs. at the ends of the shoots. Buds have a pink color, and flowers - white. Flowers are much more fragrant than other species;
- holotvetkovy - bush with drooping and rarely leafy branches. Large flowers have a yellow color. The plant blooms from January to April;
- large-flowered - shrub with bare shoots up to 10 m. Flowers are fragrant, white, collected in inflorescences of 7-10 pcs., located on the tops of shoots. It blooms profusely from June to October;
- medicinal - liana with thin, long branches. Flowers are fragrant, white, collected on 5-6 pcs. Flowering lasts from April to September.
