DRIADA - Charming forest nymphs. But not only. Driada is also the genus of plants that are rightfully considered the most adorable bushes, commonly predominantly in the mountainous areas. If an unpretentious, blooming plant is a plant for landscaping a plot with poor soil, then the eight-mending DRIADA is ideal for these purposes. We will try to get acquainted with this blooming closer.

DRIADA EIGHT, Botanical description and plant features

If you return to Greek mythology, DRIADA were patrons of trees. They were born and died with a tree. The word DRIADA itself comes from the Greek "Dryus" and translates as oak. His name DRIADA received from Charles Linnei due to the similarity of the leaf of the eight-target leaf with oak leaves.

The genus includes several dozen species of evergreen shrubs. DRIADA EIGHT WITH RESOLUTION MORE IN ALPIAN AND SOUND OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. Although it can be found on the limestone rocks of the Urals, and even in Siberia. This kind of drif is growing and in the tundra with exit to the forest zone.

The view refers to ancient relict plants. Life form - fluttering or strongly melt shrubs. The height of the shoots can reach up to 15 - 20 cm. The width of the bushes - up to 20 - 45 cm. The rhizomes and the lower part of the stem are covered with residues of foliage. Oval leaves are located at the ends of the shoots. The top of the leaf plates is green, shiny.

Bottom leaves whitish, felt. Cushion leaves, long leaf plates 3-4 cm. The dwelling is clearly noticeable. The edge of the sheet is uneven, gear - wavy than and reminds of oak leaves. Important! Under the first snow, DRIADES goes with green leaves.

The plant has pretty large flowers whose diameter sometimes exceeds 4 cm. Petal color - white. Although the view is called DRIADA EIGHT, there are specimens from which petals can be from 6 to 9. Flowers are located one on thin bluers covered with thick villos, the height of the flowers from 2 cm to 10 cm.

Flower decorativity give numerous golden stamens, placed in the center of the flower. The flowering period occurs at the end of June and continues until September. After the end of flowering in the place of flowers, fluffy rounded fruits - seeds ripen. The plant has many cultivars and varieties suitable for in the gardens.

DRIADA in garden landscape

Taking into account the fact that in the wildness of the DRIADA eight-meal unpretentious and occurs on cold stony or clay areas, it can be used to create decorative compositions in the garden almost on any soil.

It is perfect for mountaineering and alpine slides. This plant is indispensable in small rocky gardens. Suitable DRIADA for any landscape forms. As a soil plant, DRIADE, or as it is also called, partial grass, can be used even by rather heavy clay soils.

It forms extensive turns fairly well. Well the plant looks at the flower beds, lawns and in any flower beds. For cultivation, the following varieties and cultivars of the eight-flying DRiada are most attractive:

• grandiflora - Cultivar having very large, more than five cm in the diameter of flowers, blooms throughout the season
• argentine - This option can most often meet in Europe, has leaves that are well published both from the bottom and from the top
• argentine Minor - the most miniature variety, it has elegant shoots and blooms the whole season
• alaskan - leaves with deeper cloves, the name says that this type is often found on Alaska, white or light yellow flowers

Description of the eight-point DRIADE on video:

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Growing DRIADA eightile in the site

If the coat of the soil is completely uncommon, it is pretty sensitive to sunlight. Despite the fact that after melting the snow, the old leaves can be born by the spring sun, the plant needs to be placed on well-lit plots.

Throughout the light day, the flower of the swirl grass turns behind the sun. It is precisely because of this inside the flower temperature above 7-8 degrees than air temperature.

Such comfort and attracts insects - pollinators. DRIADE DRIADE seeds. They are sowed immediately into open soil after collecting. The ground should be wet, successful germination contributes to the layer of wet moss, laid from above. Spring seeds germinate. Two - three years after the sowing, Driad begins to bloom. In the future, the plant is prone to self-sowing.

To get a good result for sowing, it is better to collect seeds at the very end of the season when they ripe well. Plant and division of uterine bushes. Plant care is the easiest. On the dry summer only young bushes need.

They can also be additionally covered in the first 2-3 winter. The ancient Greeks believed that forest nymphs - DRIADES would be favorably favorably. And the eight-mead-planted DRIADA, planted in the garden, will facilitate the flower of their magnificent colors.