Crimean lemongrass: growing at home

Imagine a piece of paradise in your dacha or at home: colorful colors, varied plant species and a pleasant aroma. But something is missing. Probably notes of exoticism. It will help to give your site an unusual “alpine” look lemongrass Crimean is popularly known as zheleznitsa.

Content:

• Plant characteristics
• Growing Crimean lemongrass
• Iron iron care

Plant characteristics

Crimean lemongrass – perennial, semi-evergreen and sun-loving plant. Ironwort leaves are white-tomentose, have a pleasant lemon scent and are used as a tea substitute. The stem of lemongrass grows up to 70 cm in height. Yellow and very small flowers collected in a small bunch, covered with greenish-yellow leaves and retain their color until winter. The plant is frost-resistant and does not require additional insulation for the winter.

Growing Crimean lemongrass

Crimean lemongrass is a popular plant among gardeners. Its demand is explained by its resistance to frost, drought and excellent color qualities. With the help of an iron iron, landscape designers can brighten any area and give it a rainbow mood. At home, Crimean lemongrass can be grown using seeds.

Schisandra begins to bloom in June. In good weather conditions, for Schisandra – dry hot summer, seed formation begins as early as next month.Over the following weeks, the grains ripen and are harvested at the end of August.

First, the flowers are cut and dried. Then they grind and select the seeds. Small grains are left to rest until sowing. At the end of March - April, lemongrass seeds are soaked in water for 2 - 3 days.

Soil for sowing: heated mixture of sand, limestone, turf soil.

Capacity: small pots or cubes with a diameter of up to 10 cm.

The soaked seeds are carefully planted in the prepared soil at a distance of 3 cm from each other. After two to three weeks, the first shoots appear. Crimean lemongrass is a dry-loving plant, so abundant watering is not required. You should monitor how dry the soil is. It is recommended to water once a week.

In May seedlings planted in flower bed. It is worth considering that the plant loves the sun, and the planting location should be light, dry, with well-drained, calcareous soil.

It should be noted that Crimean lemongrass tends to self-sow. If you want this plant to reproduce on its own, you should loosen the soil in August so that the fallen seeds are well established in the ground.

Iron iron care

In the first year, seedlings do not produce flower stalks; inflorescences appear only in the second year. Therefore, in the spring you should loosen soil, enrich it with limestone so that lemongrass blooms well. Old and withered branches should be carefully trimmed with scissors, the bush should be thinned, and freed from weeds. Throughout the hot summer, only the soil needs to be moistened. Watering leaves or inflorescences is not recommended.

Since the iron plant is quite tall, large bushes should be tied up so that they do not lie on the ground, since in the shade it will be difficult to maturation process seeds

There is no need to cover the plant for the winter; it is frost-resistant and survives any frost well.

About the beneficial properties of Crimean lemongrass tea, as well as its use, in detail in the video