Bindweeds are plants from the family Convolvulaceae (Convolvulaceae), which grow wild in temperate and subtropical climates.

There are more than a hundred species in nature, but only 3-4 are used for decorative purposes. They are all climbing plants that can be used in vertical gardening or as ground covers.

Daytime beauty - botanical description

Daytime beauty or tricolor bindweed (C. tricolor) is planted in summer cottages more often than other cultivated representatives of the family. The homeland of this flower is the Mediterranean coast. It has been used as an ornamental crop since the 17th century.

Daytime beauty - annual flower with a dense branching stem creeping along the ground. In the south, the plant can be a perennial, since its rhizome remains in the soil in winter if the temperature does not drop below -10.

The stems of the tricolor bindweed are pubescent, the leaves are oval without teeth, slightly tapering towards the end, gray-green. The length of the shoots is up to 0.5 m. The flowers are at least 4 cm in diameter. The plant rises above the soil to a height of 30-35 cm, forming thick “pillows”.

The corollas sit on short stalks singly, emerging from the leaf axils, have a pentagonal shape, up to 4 cm in size. The color is tricolor: the ends of the petals are ultramarine, the middle is white, and there is a yellow spot in the center.

The plant blooms from June to August. It is called a daytime beauty, since the corollas are open only during daylight hours. At night, the flowers close tightly. They are also invisible in rainy weather.

Tricolor bindweed looks similar to morning glory, but these are two different, although related, ornamental crops. The flowers of the day beauty are much smaller. The stems do not climb along supports, like morning glory, but lie horizontally on the ground. Only the corollas look up, rushing towards the sun.

Varieties

Breeders have developed varieties with blue-red, snow-white, pink and lilac flowers.

Popular varieties of daytime beauty:

1. Royal ensign - height 40-45 cm, corollas blue velvet with a yellow center.
2. Crimson monarch – flower diameter 45 cm, carmine corolla with a yellow center, white throat.
3. Rose ensign - the color of the corolla combines pink, crimson, white and yellow.
4. Golubchik – a variety of bindweed domestic selection with blue-violet gramophones decorated with a yellow-white center. Height up to 25 cm.
5. Mosaic is dark blue; growing in partial shade is recommended, as its intensely colored petals fade slightly in bright sun.

Mixtures of varieties are sold in stores:

1. Cancan from Gavrish - flower diameter up to 4 cm, color blue, red, white with contrastingly colored cores. Pillow height up to 40 cm.
2. Tricolor Mamba – mix multi-colored varieties for balconies and loggias. The color of the corollas is pink, white and dark lilac.

When and how to plant?

Bindweed tricolor is grown from seeds. It is better to sow them in March at home in planting boxes or pots. Embedment depth 3 mm. If you soak the seeds in a stimulant (Silk, Epin) or simply in chlorine-free water for 1-2 days, they will germinate much faster. Landing at open ground carried out in early June every 30 cm.

Annual garden bindweeds are cold-resistant and can withstand small negative temperatures, therefore, when the soil warms up, the seeds can be sown in open ground. In the Moscow region this happens at the end of April.

In the future, flowers are not sown on purpose, but are given the opportunity to reproduce by self-sowing. Seeds remain viable for up to three years.

Planting bindweed at home. Video:

Caring for bindweed

Bindweed blooms luxuriantly on loams and sandy loams fertilized with organic matter, and tolerates slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils. The plant is valuable because it can tolerate partial shade. However, the plant feels best in sunny places. Optimal temperature for development +20 degrees, in heat and drought the plants stop growing, lose their decorative appearance, but do not die.

Plants require the most moderate care. In hot weather they are watered. Every two weeks you can add any complex fertilizer to the water.

To preserve decorative qualities, faded flowers are torn off. This makes flowering more luxuriant, since the plant does not expend energy on forming seeds. The plant reproduces by self-seeding, therefore, if the plantings need to be saved for the next year, some of the ovaries are left on the branches.

Diseases and pests

The daytime beauty is not bothered by any phytopathologies. This is a strong flower with stable immunity to fungal and bacterial diseases. Its leaves are poisonous to most pests.

Occasionally, aphids or spider mite. In damp weather it can be affected - the leaves and stems become covered with a white coating, as if they were sprinkled with flour.

A sick plant loses attractive appearance, the leaves dry out, flowering becomes scarce. Appropriate pesticides are used against diseases and pests.

Medicinal properties

They have no medicinal properties decorative bindweeds, but the common field Convōlvulus Arvēnsis, which is more often called birch. These are perennial bindweeds that are destructive to the garden, but their roots, herbs and seeds are used in folk medicine.

Preparations prepared from birch bindweed are used to treat gastritis, enterocolitis, as an analgesic, diuretic and laxative.

Attention. Field bindweed is poisonous, so preparations from it should be used under medical supervision.

1. Grind dried rhubarb roots and birch seeds in a coffee grinder in equal proportions.
2. Take 4 g per day as a laxative.

The above-ground part is prepared with medicinal purposes at the flowering stage. The roots are dug up in early spring or autumn. The raw materials are washed from the ground and dried well under a roof or in an electric dryer at a temperature of 40-45 degrees. Can be stored for no longer than a year.

Recipe with bindweed for toothache:

• pour a tablespoon of ground root into a glass of boiling water;
• leave for 20-25 minutes;
• rinse your mouth.

Recipe for treating wounds:

• half a liter glass jar fill 2/3 with cut leaves and flowers;
• pour vodka up to the neck;
• put in a dark place and wait 14 days.

Before use, the tincture is diluted boiled water(a tablespoon per 100 ml) and is used for compresses.

Bindweed and morning glory in decorating the site and home

The daytime beauty is planted in flower beds and ridges, and used for borders. When choosing a place for planting, you need to take into account that the thickets of bindweed look like wide mats due to the stems lying on the ground.

The plant is suitable for filling empty space in. Tolerance to drought and heat makes the plant suitable for alpine slides. Plants form bright dense clouds in flowerpots, hanging flower pots, and pots.

Purple bindweed (p. Purpureus) or morning glory is an annual plant of the bindweed family. There are 25 species of morning glory used in floriculture. In addition to purple, you can buy seeds of lobed, feathery, cardinal, white, and prickly in stores.

The corollas of purple bindweed are large - up to 10 cm in diameter, of various colors (from white to red). Many varieties of all shades of blue and two-tone. The largest-flowered cultivars have a corolla diameter of 20 cm. Flowers can be simple or double.

The Japanese were especially successful in breeding purple bindweed. Residents of the Land of the Rising Sun were able to change the appearance of a simple wild morning glory from blue flowers beyond recognition. Every year more and more unusual new products appear in the country. The number of varieties is already in the hundreds.

Moorish bindweed (c. Mauritanicus) is most suitable for hanging. Its shoots hang down beautifully from baskets and containers. One plant on the soil surface can cover an area of ​​almost a meter. A plant growing in a container flows down like a waterfall. The usual color of the corollas is lilac; white varieties are less common.

Moorish bindweed seedlings for planting and care at home can be purchased at garden stores. Plants are moved outside after the onset of stable warm weather. Moorish bindweed can be grown from seeds, but they are difficult to find commercially.

The flower feels good in ordinary garden soil and does not need fertilizing. The only requirement is abundant watering. If the soil dries out, some of the buds will fall off and the decorative effect will decrease. However, the plant will not die. After the first watering, the elasticity of the leaves will be restored, the gramophones will open, the growth of new stems will begin and flowering will continue until the first frost.

Star bindweed is also called: exotic vine, mine, Spanish flag.

A flower native to the tropics temperate climate grows as an annual. The stems reach a height of 3 m, the leaves are decorative, three-lobed, heart-shaped. The corollas are long, and in some varieties they are collected in inflorescences. During the summer, the color of the petals changes from red to milky white.

The plant blooms from July until autumn frosts. The soil requires loose, nutritious soil. Mina loves warmth and sun and can be used for landscaping southern walls, gazebos, fences and other vertical surfaces facing south.

Get flowering plants only possible from seeds. They are sown at home at the end of March - each seed in a separate cup. When the shoots appear, they almost immediately need to be supported, since the stems of star bindweed can only grow by clinging to something.

You can sow the seeds outside once the threat of frost has passed. Such plants are stronger and hardier, but bloom late - at the end of summer.

With the help of vines and climbing annuals, you can not only create spectacular flower arrangements, but also to complement or change the architecture of the house or gazebo. These plants will help create a stylish hedge or cover up the shortcomings of the building. Climbing garden flowers can form separate small architectural forms - arches, hedges and stylish gazebos.

Lianas help protect areas located near busy highways from noise and dust and are often used to effectively decorate the facade of a house. A huge selection of perennials and annuals in any stylistic decision.

Features of vertical gardening - important nuances in choosing plants for the garden

Any vine flowers for the garden require a support, the design of which depends on the intended decor and must meet the following mandatory requirements:

• The strength of the support is calculated depending on the type of plant. For annuals, it is enough to pull plastic mesh for cucumbers, but for massive vines, the support must be made of metal and firmly fixed to a metal frame to withstand gusts of wind, rain and snow;

• Crawling plant species will find support themselves in brickwork or natural stone. Maiden grapes or ivy may well replace decorative plaster and become an effective decoration for the walls of a small country house;
• For clinging varieties such as sweet pea or morning glory, it is enough to install a thin mesh (reinforcement) or simply stretch a thin wire on a wooden frame;

• Supporting varieties of loaches require a vertical or inclined support of forty-five degrees. Arched ceilings, all types of pergolas or trellises are an ideal solution for honeysuckle, clematis and wisteria;
• Semi-vines that cannot gain a foothold on a support on their own, climbing roses and raspberries, require fastening the branches using twine or special clothespins.

Advice. When choosing this or that variety of loach, it is important to immediately decide on the design of the support and the planting location, since these plants do not like to change their “place of residence.”

Popular colorful hedges and showy flowering arches

Lianas and other bindweeds grow very quickly, in about two years middle lane Russian plants can create a full-fledged hedge. When choosing varieties, you must be guided by the climate in the region, average monthly winter temperatures and requirements for agricultural technology. For each region of our country you can choose best option vertical gardening.

Interesting. The opinion that vines contribute to dampness is a mistake. The roots of plants take moisture from the base of the foundation, and the leaves protect the walls from rain and wind.

• Roses, honeysuckle and grapes grow well in the south and southeast of the site;
• On the eastern side it is advisable to plant actinidia, Chinese lemongrass or kirkazon;
• We landscape the shady northern and northwestern sides with unpretentious girl's grapes or ivy.

Advice. Loaches in the garden are planted taking into account the flowering period and the requirements for the degree of moisture. It is better to place moisture-loving varieties in areas with developed irrigation system. Has proven itself well in the southern regions drip irrigation, at the root.

Unpretentious bright annuals

Climbing annuals for the garden will bring little trouble and a lot of joy. Such bright decor does not require the construction of monumental supports; the flowers will perfectly wrap around a fence, fence or gazebo. It is enough to pull the string or twine in the desired direction and the magnificent green tent will grow on its own.

If there is a craving for experimentation, then annuals are the most The best decision. Every year you can change the landscaping depending on your mood.

Important. Some species sow independently and very abundantly. This must be taken into account so as not to deal with unwanted shoots later.

The most popular loaches in central Russia:

• Ampelous gloxinia- an unpretentious annual plant with a large selection of colors. It blooms from June until the first frost, does not like drafts and cold. Therefore, the instructions recommend planting seeds in early May in sunny, sheltered areas of the garden. The most popular varieties"Barclay" and Azarina climbing;
• Bell grapes or kobeya– delicate honey aroma and delicate bell-shaped inflorescences from blue to violet shade. It blooms buds from July and is pleasing to the eye until October. Requires regular watering and monthly mineral supplements, as it gains weight very quickly. Recommended for decorating hedges and gazebos;
• Bright and unpretentious bindweeds for the garden - morning glory. If the soil is favorable, then once you sow this flower near the fence, you don’t have to worry about painting it. From June to the first frost, this persistent bindweed delights with lush clusters of blue, star-shaped or crimson inflorescences.

Advice. Pots with morning glory look very impressive on the veranda, but we must not forget that the plant loves sandy soils with lime inclusions.

• Hyacinth or dolichos beans– purple-white flowers turn into purple pods by August. Often used to decorate gardens oriental style, especially brick or stone walls located in the south of the site;
• Bright yellow elegant lilac– the plant can cover a wall up to five meters high in a month, so it is often used for original design arches, trellises and tree trunk circles. Prefers southern, well-lit areas, undemanding to watering and soil composition;

• Sweet pea– gentle, pastel shades and delicate aroma with absolute unpretentiousness to conditions make it rightfully the most popular annual in the garden.

Advice. When choosing a variety, you need to pay attention to the height of the plant. There are dwarf species for decorating flower beds and borders.

Perennials - green garden architects

Perennial garden climbing flowers can help create interesting architectural designs in the garden. But they require a serious approach to building a reliable and durable support.

Let's look at the most popular vines that are easy to cultivate in central Russia:

• "Wisteria blooms, blue frost"- a spectacular cascade of cascading blue, purple and pink inflorescences is suitable for creating arches, pergolas and shady paths in the garden. At proper care and shelter for the winter from frost, it feels good even at frosts below 20.

• Clematis also does not like the cold. Distinctive feature– leaves and flowers should receive enough sunlight and heat, and root system located in the shade, hidden from direct sunlight;
• Ivy and honeysuckle– shade-loving vines, with the help of which, within one season, you can form a spectacular hedge on the site;
• Garden climbing bean, also known as alpine bean- a frost-resistant, shade-loving bush with beautifully flowering long, downward-pointing branches. It grows well only in the southern regions; at minus ten degrees the plant freezes completely.

Important. The fruits of the bean tree are poisonous, so if there are children in the house, it is not advisable to plant it.

• Versatile climbing rose bushes– the most popular type of vertical gardening. The only negative is that they are prickly, but this is fully compensated by the magnificent summer flowering, unfortunately, mainly only in June;
• Wood pliers is a universal vine for northern regions and shady areas of the garden. The only requirement is regular watering and loosening of the soil;
• Maiden grapes– the lack of flowers is compensated by bright, elegant foliage and absolute undemandingness. Cost of care – autumn pruning, this modest person will not require more attention to himself.

Conclusion

With the help of climbing plants you can transform in a short time garden plot V Garden of Eden, it would be fantasy and desire.

The video in this article will tell you about interesting ideas with the help of vines and annual climbers.

Every person wants to decorate their home. This is often done using. Among all possible species, they often choose the modest but beautiful one - decorative bindweed. Let's figure out what this plant needs.

Garden forms of bindweed

The only difference is when to plant. Growing from seeds is often chosen because they need to be planted later and they germinate in large quantities.

Soil preparation

The plant loves loose, normal soil. Black soil will be the best.
When you find suitable land for planting, add sand first to better flowering, having previously loosened the ground. Stir this mixture. Before planting, add (2-3 kg/sq. m) to the ground.

Important! It is better to apply peat just before planting the bindweed.

Before planting, place the seeds in water for two to four days. This is necessary for better germination. The swollen seeds can be planted.

Sowing seeds in open ground

Let's look at how to plant when everything is ready. Prepare peat moss before planting. You can immediately buy it for better plant development.

Deadlines

Seeds are planted after preparing the soil, in April - May. It is better to choose a warm sunny day.

Scheme

We make small furrows - approximately 2 cm deep. We plant the prepared seeds not densely, at a distance of 5-7 cm from each other. Cover with loose soil on top and tamp lightly.
should be done twice a week. At good conditions sprouts appear within a week.

Bindweed is successfully used for decoration. This plant is perfect for creating compositions and floral figures.
It is specially planted to shade the area and plant flowers that love shade. Among such plants you can use trillium and others. You can also use bindweed to separate sectors.

It will look good with, which are also climbing plants. Flowers also decorate gazebos and house facades and protect them from the sun.

Did you know? Using bindweed as the hero of a fairy tale, writer Anna Saxe was able to convey the image of a person who, with the help of flattery and lies, uses others for his own purposes.

Flower care

Caring for bindweed flowers can seem a little complicated. But difficulties arise only at the initial stage of planting. As they grow, flowers need the same care, only in less quantity.

After planting, to avoid sudden changes in temperature, it is recommended to protect the beds.
This will also help in the fight against, because such material can serve as a You can remove the covering material when the threat of spring frosts and sudden temperature changes becomes minimal.

Watering, weeding, loosening

Weeding should be done as soon as it appears. If you use mulching, there won’t be many of them.

It is necessary to monitor the development of sprouts: weak and frail plants need to be removed, gradually planting the grown flowers at a distance of 20-30 cm.
mature plants are needed as the soil dries out. If there is a lack of moisture, the buds of the bindweed will fall off. Loosening the soil should be done once a week to prevent too much water from evaporating.

This plant also has many other names - Spanish flag, lobed mine, lobata mine, lobed quamoclite, etc. The origin of the liana is tropical; in its homeland it is a perennial, but in our climate its cultivation is possible only as annual plant.

Description of the plant

The stem of the plant is strong, twisting, and reddish in color. It grows up to three meters in length. The leaves are three-lobed, heart-shaped, and there are also three thin stipules near each leaf.

The flowers of the vine are drop-shaped, up to 2 cm long, collected in spike-shaped one-sided inflorescences 15-25 cm long. The peculiarity of the inflorescences is that, at first glance, they are always closed. The flowers are initially red, which then changes to orange and towards the end of flowering the flower acquires a shade from lemon yellow to creamy white. The plant blooms from the end of July until the beginning of frost, that is, more than two months.

Appearance of the plant

Interesting star bindweed the fact that on the same plant there are simultaneously flowers with different shades of petals. Separately, this is not so attractive, but when they are together, a truly rare pattern is created on the flowerbed. Unlike anything else and changing daily.

Many gardeners value it because when bindweed blooms, a whole carpet of leaves and flowers is created; the density of this living covering is such that it is impossible to even see the trellises or walls of the gazebo under it. At the same time, the plant does not really need a garter. Only at the beginning, and then the flexibility of the shoots allows the bindweed to climb any support.

There are few varieties of bindweed, or rather only one. Therefore, if you hear that such and such a variety of star bindweed is on sale exotic vine, then keep in mind that you are simply being deceived. Also, as the name of the variety, sellers, unknowingly or deliberately deceiving buyers, may use other names of the plant that were named above.

Preparing and planting seeds

There are two ways to plant seeds: directly into open ground or planting to obtain seedlings. In the first case, the flowering of the plant begins traditionally for our latitudes - from the end of July. In the second, the beginning of flowering occurs much earlier, and you will be able to admire this process much longer, because it will also end with the arrival of frost.

• In the first case, preparing seeds for planting involves soaking them in warm water for a day. Seeds that float to the surface of the water during this procedure are unsuitable for planting, so they can be safely thrown away. After soaking, the seeds can be planted in the ground, this is usually done at the end of April. After the earth warms up well. It is advisable to avoid damage to the plantings by frost, it is recommended to cover them with a covering material; it is recommended to remove the latter as soon as this threat ceases to be relevant. Usually the first shoots appear a week after planting. As the seedlings grow, they need to be thinned out, leaving a distance of about 20-25 cm between them, this is enough for further normal growth;
• the second method is growing through seedlings. The method in our latitudes is due to climatic features is considered more preferable than the first one. The beginning of preparing seeds is similar to the first one - soak them in warm water for a day, we also remove the ones that pop up, the rest must be planted in separate pots. Place 1-2 seeds in each container. We place the pots in a room where it is necessary to maintain an average temperature of 20 degrees and after 10-14 days the first shoots can be observed. We plant in open ground in May; the plant must be removed from the pot without damaging the earthen ball on the roots, and in this form we place it in the planting hole. Leave a distance of 50-60 cm between the holes.

Seedling material

Many gardeners disinfect and disinfect seeds before planting; to do this, they place them either in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or in a fungicide solution. It is enough to keep the seeds in this solution for a couple of hours before planting in the ground and the plant’s immunity to various pests and diseases will be higher.

You can use regular soil dug from your garden. But a store-bought specialized one is best, or prepare it yourself. To do this, mix humus, peat and sand in equal proportions.

Care

It is very simple, the plant is not particularly demanding, so even a novice gardener can easily grow it. But we will still tell you what a plant may need during growth and flowering.

• Firstly, tropical origin stipulates that star bindweed loves the sun. Therefore, we plant it only in the sun, no shade. The soil needs to be neutral - loam and sandy loam soil are perfect for these purposes. The plant does not mind summer heat, direct sunlight does not have any negative effect on its growth. But you still cannot do without regular watering; in this case, the flowering will be more luxuriant. But you should know that with excessively abundant watering, the leaf mass will increase, but the flowering will, alas, be weak. Or it won't exist at all;
• secondly, it should be used as a top dressing better fertilizer organic origin, bindweed somehow has a “negative” attitude towards mineral fertilizing. And among organic ones, it is best to use rotted compost, peat and wood ash. It is best to add ash at the beginning of formation flower buds– they will be more lush and plentiful;

Organic fertilizer

• and thirdly, it is necessary to constantly loosen the soil after each watering or rain. Don’t forget to constantly remove weeds; if you don’t want to bother with weeding, you can mulch the ground. This step will solve several problems at once: cope with weeds, retain moisture in the soil.

The task of care is made much easier by the fact that in the case of star bindweed, dried inflorescences do not need to be removed from the plant.

The bindweed needs to be shown the direction in which its vines should crawl. Otherwise, instead of an even flower carpet, you can end up with a chaotic pile skewed in one direction. In addition, excessive density begins to interfere with neighboring plants, so you will also have to worry about pruning the bindweed.

Insecticide

The plant shows amazing resistance to various diseases and pests. For example, he can only get sick if there is a plant affected by the disease in the neighborhood. The treatment is simple - removal of the affected parts of the plant and treatment with insecticidal preparations. The plant can also be treated with them as a prophylactic agent.

Bindweed after flowering

In the Urals region, Siberia and other areas with cold climates, star bindweed is grown as an annual plant. Therefore, after flowering, it is recommended to remove withered leaves and inflorescences. If the flowering period has not yet been exhausted, and the weather is warm, this will prolong the flowering of the plant. After the first hard frost, it is recommended to remove the vine completely.

There is no point in digging up the rhizomes, nor in covering them; the plant cannot withstand cold winters. It also reproduces poorly by self-sowing. In this case, it is recommended to collect the seeds and plant seedlings the next year. Considering that hybrid varieties star loach does not exist; it reproduces well by seeds, without compromising the quality of seedlings and subsequent plantings.

You can collect seeds in August-September, by which time they have time to ripen. Earlier harvests will not ensure good seed germination. Also, seed material should be dried in the sun and stored in paper envelopes in a dry place. In the southern regions, the plant overwinters well and reproduces well by self-sowing.

If the crops begin to thin out, you can prepare seeds in the fall and simply sow them into the existing bed in early spring.

How to remove a plant

This is not difficult, because the roots of the plant are in winter frosts They simply freeze out and can be easily removed in the spring after digging up the ground. Self-seeding may be difficult, with further outgrowing ornamental plant into the weed. But if you collect the seed pods in time in the fall, this can be avoided.

Video

For more useful details about growing star bindweed, watch the video

Conclusion

As you can see friends landing this exotic plant tropics is not such a difficult task, nor is aftercare. But you will get original and beautiful decoration your garden, gazebo.