Bean plant and care for it

This legume family plant is often called “golden shower” for its luxurious blooms. Golden inflorescences are collected in large brushes hanging beautifully between the leaves. The bean plant is native to Southern Europe, where it is considered a drought-resistant and frost-resistant plant. Unfortunately, bean plant is not frost-resistant. In our cold winters he freezes slightly True, it grows back later, but it does not bloom as profusely and beautifully as in more southern regions. Only in some especially favorable years can it please a resident of the middle zone with its “golden shower”.

For planting beans, it is better to choose sunny places sheltered from the wind. The soil should be calcareous, loose, well drained. Caring for bean plants involves watering, fertilizing and pruning. Watering is needed only in dry years; fertilizing is carried out in early spring and late autumn, but not necessarily every year. Trimming produced in early spring, when the leaves begin to bloom. Frozen, as well as old or weak branches should be removed. If the plant is used as a canopy, then formative pruning is carried out.

The bean plant reproduces well and seeds and vegetatively. It is better to propagate by seeds collected from plants that have already acclimatized in the area where you live. Seeds are sown in spring, but they require long-term stratification. Instead of stratification, you can scald them with boiling water, treat them with concentrated sulfuric acid for about half an hour, or rub the peel with sandpaper.It can be propagated vegetatively by layering or cuttings.