Chamomiles blooming in the meadow and garden leave no one indifferent. Garden chamomile is the favorite flower of Russian summer residents. Several dozen species of herbaceous perennials can be found in nature in all climatic zones, except the tropics, ice and deserts.

Description of garden perennial chamomile

The brightest large-flowered plants are used to decorate flower beds. Flower growers first became interested in daisies more than two hundred years ago, so many cultivated varieties have appeared over the years. And although perennial garden daisies can be of different heights, have different flowering times and inflorescence shapes, all daisies have much in common. First of all, this is a recognizable form of an inflorescence-basket, the core of which consists of small tubular yellow flowers, and the frame is made of false-ligulate petals.

Today, thanks to the efforts of breeders, semi- and double varieties of garden chamomile are available to gardeners.

Compared to wild specimens in cultivated perennials:

• flowers are larger;
• bud formation is much more active;
• the flowering period is longer;
• flowers may reappear in the second half of summer.

The garden chamomile depicted in the photo, Leucanthemum vulgare or Leucanthemum maximum, is most often popularly called cornflower or popovnik. In early spring, a rosette of oblong basal leaves appears above the soil. When inflorescences appear on faceted, erect stems, the height of the plant can vary from 20 to 80 cm. Depending on the variety, the diameter of the inflorescences can reach from 3 to 10 cm.

Reproduction of garden chamomile by dividing the bush

Chamomiles planted on the site grow well, form clumps, which remain decorative even outside of flowering and resemble green pillows. However, after a few years, rejuvenation is required, otherwise the inflorescences become smaller every year, the foliage becomes smaller and weaker.

Perennial garden daisies reproduce by seed and vegetative methods. If these beautiful flowers are already growing in the flower beds, it is enough to divide the adult curtain into several.

It is best to plant a perennial in the first half of autumn, dividing the plant into parts so that each has a part of a strong rhizome and several growing points. The soil for planting chamomile must be dug up, cleared of weeds and moistened:

1. The hole is dug a little larger than the root system.
2. The plant in the planting hole is placed at the same level, after straightening the rhizomes.
3. The hole is filled with soil, which is compacted and watered.

Since seeds from faded baskets do not convey the characteristics of the parent plants, vegetative propagation is indispensable if you want to get young clumps of any varietal garden chamomile.

The more often the clumps are rejuvenated, the more spectacular their flowering and the larger the inflorescences. However, spring replanting may delay or cancel the appearance of buds.

Sowing garden perennial chamomile and planting it in the ground

Chamomile seeds have excellent winter hardiness, so they can be sown both in spring and before winter. Autumn sowing will not only save precious spring time, but also provide natural stratification. This means that the seedlings will be friendlier and stronger.

Spring propagation of garden chamomile by seeds is possible in two ways:

• sowing in thawed, dug up and loosened open ground;
• sowing seedlings at home, which are transferred to a flower bed in the warm season.

In the second case, the plants turn out stronger, they bloom earlier and by winter they manage to form a lush, strong rosette. Planting garden chamomile seedlings is carried out in the second half of February or March. For sowing, take a light, loose substrate based on sand, garden soil, etc. Seeds, several at a time, are placed in seedling containers or peat pots filled with moistened soil. Sprinkle the top with a thin layer of the same substrate.

The crops should be kept under film or glass and at high humidity until germination, that is, 10–15 days. Then the trays are transferred to the light and the cover is removed. If necessary, organize for 14 hours a day, otherwise the seedlings become very stretched and weaken.

Picking is carried out when the garden chamomile seedlings open 2–4 true leaves and are about 5 cm high. For active tillering, the main stem can be pinched.

One and a half or two months after sowing, young plants are taken out into the open ground to previously prepared sunny areas without stagnant water and with neutral acidity of the soil.

Garden daisies are planted in prepared soil, which is not only dug up, but also loosened. Weeds are carefully selected from the soil, and complex fertilizer for ornamental flower crops is applied to feed the seedlings.

It is more convenient to transfer seedlings with a clod of earth without damaging the root system. In this case, holes are dug slightly larger than the size of the containers, and the gaps are carefully filled with soil, compacted and watered. Although the plants are still small, they have to grow a lot, so gaps of 20 to 40 cm are left between seedlings, depending on the variety of garden chamomile and the design of the flower bed. The first flowering of plants planted with seeds and seedlings should be expected only after a year.

Caring for garden chamomile after planting

All types of chamomile, including garden chamomile, are light-loving. They do not tolerate proximity to groundwater and growing in dense, caking soil.

But at the same time, perennials, beloved by gardeners, are very undemanding to care and can grow even on soils poor in humus, tolerate drought and are not afraid of serious attacks by pests.

However, after planting garden chamomile, caring for them should be careful and systematic. Young plants need frequent watering until rooting is complete. Flowers that are firmly established in a new place are no longer so tender, and they are watered only in hot, dry weather.

The time for watering is chosen so that drops of water in the sun do not act as lenses and do not cause unsightly burns on the leaves and inflorescences.

Although garden daisies are very unpretentious, lush flowering can only be achieved if the plants receive enough nutrition. Therefore, nitrogen fertilizers are applied under the roots in the spring. Wilted inflorescences must be cut off together with the stem. This will help keep the plant strong and decorate the area with white chamomile lace for a long time.

When flowering ends, flower care does not stop. Closer to autumn, adult clumps are divided, all old, dead parts are removed, flower stalks and dry leaves are cut out.

If the soil on the site is acidic, it must be deacidified in the fall using dolomite flour or lime.

Chamomiles are frost-resistant, but in winters with little snow they can freeze out, so before the cold weather the clumps are cut down to the ground and thickly sprinkled with peat, spruce branches or other suitable material.

Video about perennial garden chamomile

Many plants can “dress up” the yard of a private house. A real fairy that can transform a boring place is the perennial garden chamomile. Planting and caring for the plant in open ground is quite simple, and the large white flower heads will create a good mood. In everyday life, these beautiful tall flowers are called daisies because of their color similarity to field chamomile - white petals and a yellow center.

The specific name of the ornamental crop is cornflower, or popovnik. The plant in stores is sometimes called “leucanthemum”, voicing the Latin name of the species: Leucanthemum vulgare.

Description

Nivianik, or perennial garden chamomile, belongs to the Asteraceae, grows up to 15-80 cm. The root is short, with small branches. The stem is slightly faceted, straight, surrounded at the bottom by a rosette of oblong serrated leaves. The oblong stem leaves along the edges are also jagged and bright green. Inflorescences are baskets with yellow central tubular flowers and white false-lingulate marginal ones. The baskets of varietal plants reach from 6 to 12 cm in diameter; the colors of the marginal flowers also vary - from white to yellow. The fruits are small achenes.

All varieties of garden chamomile last a very long time when cut, up to 7-10 days.

Types and varieties

Wild cornflower grows almost everywhere and has up to twenty species. It has been cultivated for a long time, and numerous varieties are distributed in gardens, differing in the shape of the petals, shade and structure of the basket.

• Christine Hagemann

The Christine Hageman variety was bred from the largest cornflower, grows up to 1 m. The baskets are large, 8-10 cm in diameter, the color is a classic chamomile combination: white with a yellow center. Blooms from July to mid-August.

• Autumn chamomile

The species is also called late cornflower. This impressive flower, up to 1.5-2 m high, is a rare guest in our gardens. The bush is stable, with a crown of lush, large snow-white flowers up to 8-10 cm in diameter. Blooms in August.

• Alaska

A variety of long-flowering garden chamomile. The plant is up to 70-80 cm high, the diameter of the inflorescence is 10-12 cm. It blooms in June-July. The marginal petals are beautifully curved.

• Russian beauty

Perennial chamomile grows up to 70 cm, the inflorescences are large, semi-double, up to 10 cm. The white petals are dissected at the ends.

• Fiona Coghill

The amazing variety Fiona Coghill is distinguished by densely double pompom inflorescences 7-8 cm in diameter with a yellow center barely noticeable behind the cap of the petals. The height of the strong stem of garden chamomile is 70 cm. It blooms in July and August.

• Maxima Kenig

Chamomile is tall, from 70 cm to 1 m, with strong peduncles. Baskets are 1–2 rows, 10–12 cm in diameter. Blooms in June-July.

• Paladin

Variety Paladin up to 50-60 cm high. The inflorescences are original, 3-4 rows, lush, with a large center. The petals are of the usual shape for a cornflower.

• Aglaia

Garden chamomile Aglaya grows up to 60-70 cm. The flowers of this variety have interesting double inflorescences 10 cm in diameter with dissected narrow petals. Pleases with long flowering - from June to the end of August.

• Crazy Daisy

The bizarre, randomly twisted wide petals of the perennial Crazy Daisy chamomile with a yellow center create inflorescences 8-10 cm in diameter. The bush grows up to 70 cm, blooms in the second half of summer. Daisies of the varieties Ostrich Feather, Fair and others boast the same twisted but narrow petals.

• Little Princess

Perennial daisies of the low-growing variety Little Princess are grown for borders or edging flower beds. The plant, 20 cm high, blooms in July and August, the baskets reach 5-6 cm in diameter. Many flower stalks grow from the root. Another low variety Snegurka has the same inflorescences - up to 30-35 cm in height.


Some elegant varieties - Edelweiss, Wirral Supreme, Victorian Secret, Rings - are distinguished by short and inwardly curled marginal petals, which are located closer to the center. They form a kind of snow-white crown around a yellow center.

In the varieties of garden chamomile Lemon Curly, Gold Finch, Real Dream, Goldrausch, Broadway Lights, the edge petals are colored yellow.

Large baskets will be on chamomile bushes, which are replanted annually.

Reproduction

Garden daisies are propagated by growing from seeds and dividing bushes.

Seeds

There are two methods of sowing: winter (in open ground) and spring (seedlings). Not all varieties are sown before winter.

It should be noted that double and varietal nevus plants will not repeat the characteristics of the mother plant when grown from seeds.

Propagation by spring seedlings is considered more reliable.

• In March, a light and loose substrate of sand and peat is laid out in pots and 2-3 chamomile seeds are placed at a depth of 0.5 cm.
• Containers covered with film are placed near the window until germination, regularly moistening the soil.
• Shoots appear in 10-15 days.

Bright sunlight interferes with the germination of chamomile seeds. Containers with crops cannot be placed on the windowsill.

Niwberry seedlings are carefully looked after.

• Seedlings need to be illuminated for at least 14 hours. For this purpose, special phytolamps or fluorescent lamps are used.
• Water with moderately settled warm water.
• If all the achenes have sprouted, the less developed plant is removed by pinching or cutting off the stem. You cannot pull out a seedling so as not to damage another.
• Plants are planted in open ground in May-June, in warm soil.

The seedling is pinched above the 3rd or 4th leaf so that in the future a bush with several shoots will form.

By division

In the third or fourth year of growth, chamomile bushes must be divided and replanted to rejuvenate the plant. Over time, the bushes thicken, and the shoots from the center of the planting die off.

Transplantation in the spring is painful for the plant. The bushes are replanted in September or October, choosing cool, cloudy weather. Fertile soil is poured in place of the dug out area.

Care

Perennial garden chamomile is quite unpretentious. But you need to choose the right site for the plant - sunny, without close groundwater and with neutral soil. On acidic soils, alkalization is carried out by adding per 1 sq. m 300 g lime or dolomite flour. Before planting, the soil is mixed with humus (a bucket per 1 sq. m), and added to the holes. Plants are planted at a distance of 20-40 cm, depending on the vigor of the bushes. After watering, the soil is mulched to retain moisture.

In addition to regular watering, loosening the soil and removing weeds, caring for garden chamomile includes periodic feeding.

• Flower growers recommend dry fertilizing with ammonium nitrate in the spring - without subsequent watering, scattering the fertilizer between the bushes (1 tablespoon per square meter).
• If the leaves do not delight with rich greenery, chamomile is supported with urea in the bud phase: 1-2 tablespoons per 10 liters of water.
• In spring, a solution of nitrophoska is also used: 35-40 g per bucket of water.
• At the beginning of flowering, feed with a solution of potassium sulfate and superphosphate: 20 g per 10 liters.

Flowers will last a long time if you remove the wilted baskets. Before winter, the stems are cut off and the plants are covered with fallen leaves or other mulch.

Diseases and pests

Garden daisies can be affected by fungal diseases.

• With fusarium, the roots rot, the stems and leaves turn yellow.
• A whitish coating that turns brown over time is a sign of powdery mildew.
• Reddish spots on the top of the leaves appear due to rust.
• Dead leaf tissue covered with gray fluff occurs with gray rot.

Diseased plants are removed, and all plantings are treated with fungicides (Oxyhom, Topaz, Fundazol are suitable).

Fresh greenery of perennial daisies is attacked by thrips and aphids. If colonies of pests are noticed, they are treated with insectoacaricides: “Aktellik”, “Agravertin”, “Karbofos”.

Designers' Choice

The unsurpassedly beautiful garden chamomile easily forms magnificent combinations with other flowers.

• Snow-white luxurious bouquets of cornflowers look harmonious with bright poppies, bells, cornflowers, phlox, daylilies, carnations, etc.
• Chamomiles create sophisticated compositions with pinnacle and other tall ornamental grasses.
• Nivyaniks are planted on borders, in corners that recreate the Russian rural landscape.

Unpretentious plants will decorate a sunny area of ​​the garden. Rest near a curtain of cheerful flowers will be complete, but they require so much care.

Many of us love flowers that look like daisies. The first flower I drew in childhood looks exactly like this – a yellow core with petals around the edges. I immediately remember my childhood with the naive fortune-telling with a daisy “loves - loves not.” Flowers with petals like a chamomile - white, blue, yellow, are charming in their simplicity, pleasing to the eye, easy to care for, and look harmonious in flower beds and areas. They are equally good in single or mixed plantings. However, their colors and sizes can be completely different. These are not types of chamomile, but completely different flowers. Let's look at the most popular of them.

In the flower bed there are medicinal and garden chamomile, yellow coreopsis

Anacyclus

Anacyclus is easy to confuse with chamomile because they are actually very similar. This flower has approximately 10 varieties and can be either an annual or a perennial. Anacyclus blooms towards the end of May and continues to produce color until late July/early August. This representative of the Asteraceae family reacts to lighting: in the evening the flowers close, and open in the morning. Most often you can see Anacyclus depressus in garden beds - it is considered the most common species and is grown as a perennial. From the category of annuals, the most favorite (frequently found) are Anacyclus clavatus (club-shaped) and Anacyclus radiatus (radiant). The white petals of Anacyclus depressus are pink underneath, which distinguishes it from chamomile. This is a low, creeping plant with strong stalks. The flowers themselves are approximately 5 cm in diameter.

Anacyclus, species, photo:

Anacyclus depressus, the most common species of perennial anacyclus
Anacyclus clavatus - club-shaped anacyclus
Anacyclus radiatus - radiant anacyclus

Gerbera

The general structure of the gerbera resembles a daisy, but unlike the “classic” white and yellow color, it can be pink, dark cherry, scarlet, orange, cream, completely yellow or lilac.

It is certainly attractive in its diversity. Today there are many varieties of this flower. The rich color range of gerbera shades and enviable vitality (retains freshness for a very long time after cutting) makes it popular for making bouquets.

Gerberas can also be double; their multiple petals, depending on the variety, are tubular, curly or pointed. It can be grown both in open ground and indoors, in pots. It blooms in summer and continues to delight the eye until November. The size of the flowers, as well as the height of the stems, varies depending on the variety. Today there are approximately 100 species of this attractive and unpretentious plant.

Nivyanyk

In fact, this is meadow chamomile. Nivyanik is the name of the most common variety of this flower representative. Like gerbera, cornflower can have different forms: double, with needle-shaped petals, with large or small inflorescences. In our country, this plant is most often grown as a perennial, blooms in early summer and continues to produce flowers until late autumn. It is absolutely unpretentious to the soil and place of growth.

Nivyanik, photo of chamomile:

Chamomile, photo - common cornflower

Gatsania

Gatsania comes in all sorts of shades: bright lemon, delicate cream, lilac, rich red, orange, two-color striped, etc. Gatsania is very similar to chamomile, only multi-colored. Coloring can be very diverse. Gazanias with gradient colors are very beautiful, when one color smoothly transitions into another. In nature, there are approximately 40 varieties of this flower, all of them are frost-resistant, light-loving, and also resistant to drought and heat. Gatsania blooms at the beginning of summer and continues to bloom until frost. Its height does not exceed 30-40 cm. The flower can remain fresh in a vase for a long time after cutting. The plant is grown in open ground, in pots, flowerpots, and boxes. It looks harmonious in the company of other flowers in the flowerbed, as well as in single plantings. It is used to decorate paths, borders, and alpine slides.

Rudbeckia

Rudbeckia is exactly one of those plants that they say has flowers like daisies, only multi-colored. This is a tall flower that can reach from 50 cm to 2 m in height (Rudbeckia laciniata - dissected), the size of the inflorescences varies from 9 to 12 cm depending on the variety. Large flowers may have double-colored petals (from darker at the base to lighter at the tips). Rudbeckia also comes in yellow, cream, pink, brownish-scarlet, and orange. This unpretentious plant is a perennial that will feel comfortable in one place for about 5 years. Today there are many species (about 40) and hybrids of this flower. Rudbeckia is a decoration for the autumn flower garden, because its flowering time is in the second half of August and September.

Doronicum

This is an unpretentious, cold-resistant flower that can become a bright decoration of your site with the arrival of May. Doronicum flowering lasts about 1.5 months, but the likelihood that it will delight you with its flowers again in mid-summer or closer to autumn is very high. Its genus consists of 40 varieties, but only 10 of its species are the most popular. Doronicum is also called “kozulnik”. Depending on the variety, it can grow up to 50 cm or 1 m in height. Its flowers are large, from 8 to 10 cm in diameter. If you cut doronicum and put it in a vase, it will last for a very long time without losing its freshness. You should know that this flower is poisonous (its ground part).

One piece of advice: do not plant doronicum (perennial roe grass) under trees - they suppress it, shortening the flowering period.

Doronicum:

Arctotis

Another name for it is Bear's Ear. Most often found in two types - tall (up to 1 m 20 cm) and short (about 20 cm). Flower petals can be white, as well as red, orange, pink, and cream. Colored petals indicate that they belong to hybrids. This plant loves the sun, its flowers open with the arrival of a new day and close with the onset of evening. Arctotis blooms at the beginning of summer and continues to give you flowers until the onset of the first frost. It is drought-resistant, requires minimal watering, and in general, the flower is unpretentious.

Chrysanthemum Bacardi

This relatively recently bred variety (2004) is often used for making bouquets and various flower arrangements. Chrysanthemums of the Bacardi variety have a yellow center and white petals, which gives them the maximum resemblance to a sunny daisy. In addition to the “classic” colors, flower petals can be yellow, soft purple, red, cream, or pink. The simple structure of the buds gives florists a creative flight of fancy - the inflorescences are painted in different shades, sprinkled with glitter and other small decor.

This plant looks very attractive both in single plantings and in company with other garden crops. Cut flowers remain fresh for a long time; Bacardi can also be grown indoors, in a pot. Before planting a chrysanthemum in open ground, you should select sunlit areas for it in advance, since when shaded it may not produce flowers. Watering should be plentiful, but there should be no excess moisture.

Chrysanthemum Bacardi:

Daisies

This is another flower that looks like a daisy. A particularly pronounced similarity is observed in the variety with a yellow core and white petals. Naturally, this is not the only option for the natural color of daisies; they can be bright crimson, red, lilac, orange, deep yellow, etc. The buds can be of different sizes and shapes. This flower itself is not tall, blooms in early spring, and blooms until frost sets in. Despite its external fragility, it is quite hardy and not capricious. The daisy will look appropriate everywhere: in a single planting, as an element of an alpine hill, as a decoration for a path, in company with other flowers, as a potted plant. It is noteworthy that it is the daisy that is an indispensable element in the composition of the flower-herbal mixture of the Moorish lawn.

Daisy, photo:

Cosmea

Bright, delicate cosmos flowers tend to self-sow. They are associated with summer warmth, are surprisingly unpretentious and beautiful precisely because of their charming simplicity. Cosmos can be found everywhere: in flower beds, in parks, on city lawns. A lush green carpet with multi-colored flowers will decorate your area and fill in bald spots, for example, near a fence, if you decide to sow it. It is not afraid of drought and heat, is resistant to cold, and is undemanding to the composition of the soil. Today there are approximately 25 different types of this elegant flower. Pink, white, deep red, pale lilac buds are crowned with erect stems that reach from 70 to 1 m 50 cm in height. Cosmea is good on its own and in company with other flowers. If you have “empty” places in your flowerbed, plant cosmos there; it will quickly and efficiently hide all the “flaws” and highlight other garden representatives with its presence.

Pyrethrum

The flower is very similar to chamomile. It is even called Dalmatian chamomile. Outwardly, it is very similar to cornflower, only its petals are pink. This flower is a perennial. Once you plant it, you will admire it for many years. Pyrethrum is medium-sized, reaches a height of about 50 cm, is unpretentious, the only thing is that it does not like waterlogging. Pyrethrum flowers bloom in May and bloom long and profusely.

All the plants described above are only a small part of the representatives of the green world, which in their structure and bud shape resemble chamomile. Echinacea, ursinia, helichrysum, dimorphotheca, zinnias (majors), some varieties of dahlias, asters and many others can easily add to this list. At the same time, breeders from all countries continue to work tirelessly to develop new varieties.

Only photos of flowers that resemble a daisy in their shape

Asters
Anemone from the ranunculaceae family, which is not red daisy Brachycoma - blue daisy Gaillardia
Helenium
Heleopsis looks like a yellow daisy
Heleopsis variegated
Dorotheanthus
Calendula (marigold)
Coreopsis (lenok)
Blue lobelia, small marigolds in the background
Echinacea Red Riding Hood
Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
Ursinia
Helichrysum (immortelle)
Dimorphotheca notched or orange
Dimorphotheca yellow
Dimorphotheca hybrida looks like a purple daisy
Zinnias (majors)
Annual dahlias
Osteospermum
Peretrum maiden

Look, study, choose - and you will definitely find “your” flowers that look like daisies!

The favorite flower of many women is chamomile, planting and caring for it in open ground does not cause much trouble, but requires knowledge of certain subtleties. A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family, it is often found in the flower decorum of lovers because of its abundant flowering, beautiful flower shape and unique poetic associations with fortune telling on the petals, legends about falling stars, in the place of which a chamomile grows, and gnomes using it instead of an umbrella. The princess of the flower garden, grown according to the rules of garden art, will patiently open its buds for several years, delight the owners, and be part of original bouquets.

Types of chamomile and their prevalence

Garden chamomile, the cultivation of which has become popular, is bred in a variety of varieties for different soils, climatic components and even for floristic delights. 5 varieties of chamomile have become the most popular, let us explain why:

1. A princess with a flower diameter of 10-12 cm will decorate and complement any holiday bouquet; will live in the garden for at least 3 years.
2. Alaska is the same large flower, with a long (up to 90 cm) stem, snow-white petals and flowering from June to August. 4 years of life, but begins to bloom only in the second.
3. The Silver Princess has a stem up to 30 cm, but it blooms from July until frost, its flowers are large and will decorate any decorative border.
4. Winner - this variety of chamomile with flowers of different diameters does not require either replanting or dividing the bush; blooms 3 out of 4 years; snow-white petals, large bright core.
5. Pharmacy. Unlike garden varieties bred by man, this ubiquitous annual is not as good in appearance as its garden sisters, but it is easily propagated by seeds, often even spontaneously sprouting and germinating, without the slightest difficulty for the gardener. Growing and caring for it, like any weed, is not difficult, but the beneficial properties are enough for a carload of ready-made tablets and capsules.

Landing as the main stage

The most important thing in the process of growing chamomile is planting. It is carried out by seeds that are germinated indoors depending on the type of climate. The question of planting chamomile in open ground with germination efficiency - in the form of seedlings or directly with seeds in the soil - is decided taking into account the duration of the last frost and the upcoming warming. It is still better to plant garden chamomile as seedlings.

In order to grow high-quality chamomile seedlings, you need to attend to the process in advance. At the end of winter, fill cups, pots or cell trays with moist potting mixture, plant a couple of seeds in each cell, cover with a thin layer of soil and leave in a moderately lit, warm place. The soil for seedlings should be constantly moist. The tray is covered with plastic film, which is removed immediately after seed germination, after which the tray is moved into the sun or under a fluorescent lamp.

As soon as the sprouts reach a height of 5 cm, the excess sprouted stems are carefully plucked off above the soil, leaving the most viable ones.

Seedlings can be planted as soon as the soil has warmed up. It is best to plant chamomile in calcareous or neutral soil. Transplantation is carried out after adding a nutrient mixture to the planting holes. Planting of seeds occurs under the same conditions. The holes for seedlings should be 20-30 cm deep with a distance of 20-40 cm - depending on the variety. In open ground, the fate of the planting depends significantly on weather conditions. The sprouts are carefully removed from the cell or pot along with the soil, so as not to damage the root system, and planted in a hole, in fertilizers and open ground.

Adaptation and care

After the chamomile has been moved to open ground, watering is only required for the first time until it has taken root. In the future, water is required only in case of severe drying out of the soil. Seeds are planted in the ground immediately before winter; in the spring they will sprout after natural stratification, after which you will only need to track the seedlings and plant them as needed. Planting seeds both in the ground and for seedlings is an absolutely simple matter, requiring a minimum of conditions and is practically uncomplicated. To grow a garden chamomile to adulthood, you need even less effort.

Grow until flowering

Planting and caring for an ornamental plant are processes of varying degrees of complexity. In order to grow chamomile beautiful and healthy, the soil must be improved with lime fertilizers in the fall, and mineral fertilizers must be added to the soil before planting. If the soil is acidic, add dolomite flour or slaked soda. Before planting, you need to check whether there is enough sun and whether the place is wet; We must not forget about Solikams.

If the chamomile is left over from last year, you need to inspect the bushes and plant them using the method of dividing the bush. To do this, you should dig up the bush and divide it into several parts (usually 2-3 depending on the size of the bush), doing this with bare hands so as not to damage the root system, and then plant each part separately.

Caring for a plant also means protecting it from diseases that may appear on it, for example, powdery mildew, fusarium, gray rot and rust. For this purpose, you need to treat chamomile with fungicides.

After the gardener goes through the minor and major troubles of chamomile growth, the question of how to plant becomes simple and uncomplicated for him. After all, after planting, chamomile still needs to be watered occasionally, loosened the soil around the bush, and covered with peat so that moisture does not evaporate from the soil. Planting is actually quite simple, if you remember what you have to go through before you can cut the beautiful large flowers grown at home.

The favorite plant for naive children’s fortune-telling “loves - does not love”, a sunny flower in a wide frame of snow-white petals, summer maiden wreaths - this is all garden chamomile. Easy to grow, cute in bouquets and in flowerbeds, chamomile varieties have long been of interest to gardeners. Learn all about planting a cute outdoor plant and caring for it.

In fact, this is not a chamomile at all. Real daisies have small inflorescences with marginal flowers, tending to zero in size, as, for example, in fragrant. But the name, which is pleasant to the ear, began to be applied to our heroine. Popovnik and nivyanik are the true names of garden chamomile.

This is a perennial plant belonging to the botanical family Asteraceae. It differs from real medicinal chamomiles:

• unbranched stems;
• whole dense leaves;
• relatively large, single inflorescences.

In nature, cornflower prefers a temperate climate. By origin it is very close to chrysanthemums, so it is not surprising that three species (common, largest and magnificent nivyaniki) are included in the list of cultivated open ground plants. The varieties of garden chamomile shown in the photo are suitable for planting in home flower beds:

• Alaska is a cold-resistant variety that blooms all summer;

Alaska

• Crazy Daisy is a magnificent double variety with shiny leaves and impressive growth, up to 1 m, and requires good watering;
• May Queen - when planted in autumn and well cared for, begins to bloom in the last days of the school year;
• Princess – inflorescence diameter up to 10 cm;

Princess

• Northern Star - famous for the extraordinary whiteness of its long marginal flowers.

Advice. Tell the children that according to legend, a large daisy grows where a fallen star hit the ground. They will be happy to help you care for the plant.

Planting a plant: two alternative methods

Cultivated relatively recently, cornflower has not forgotten the skills of independent seed propagation. It is recommended to sow in the spring, at the end of May, when the threat of the return of cold weather has completely passed. The seeds are scattered thickly over the surface of the site and lightly sprinkled with fertile soil. In the northern regions, you can cover the area with seeds with agrofibre.

Nielberry seedlings are thinned out at the age of three pairs of true leaves. This is done because the small seeds of the plant are difficult to separate from each other. To combat thickening, leave 2-3 plants at each point, leaving up to 40 cm of distance between them. Watering is done with caution.

Plant chamomile seeds in open ground

You can start growing garden chamomile from seedlings. As in the first case, the seeds are almost not planted, and the seedlings are subsequently planted in individual containers. Before the emergence of shoots, the future cornflower plantation is kept under film or glass, and later it is generously sprayed with a spray bottle. Nielberry seedlings are transferred to open ground at the end of May.

Attention! The popovka root system cannot withstand stagnant water, which necessitates a good drainage layer in pots with seedlings.

Caring for a flower garden with garden chamomile

The sunny flower is planted only in well-drained soil in a well-lit place. It requires minimal but systematic care. It consists of the following activities.

1. Weeding. It is difficult for weeds to clog the cornflower, but its thin stems and medium-sized leaves will be lost against the background of extraneous vegetation. In addition, strangers can bring pests with them and take away water and nutrition from the chamomile.
2. Watering. The amount of water and the frequency of the activity depend on the specific region, but in any case the soil should not be allowed to dry out.
3. Loosening. On the open ground around the garden chamomile bushes, the soil crust is systematically broken. This allows you to minimize water evaporation and improve conditions for root respiration.

Before the onset of winter, the drying shoots of the cornflower are cut off into stumps. Young plants can be covered with a layer of fallen leaves; adults can overwinter in the open ground on their own.

Fertilizer and top dressing for bright flowering

When growing garden chamomile, it is impossible to do without fertilizer, because it needs nutrition to bloom a huge inflorescence. The larger the variety and the more active it is in flowering, the more nutrients it needs.

Water the chamomile as the soil dries out

Phosphorus-potassium fertilizer is applied in the fall when preparing the flower garden for future plantings. In the future, nitrogen fertilizing is carried out:

• in the spring after the snow cover has completely melted;
• at the beginning of budding;
• in the middle of July.

Suitable sources of nitrogen include ammonium nitrate, urea, mullein diluted in water, or bird droppings.

Attention! Chicken manure is a fertilizer that is oversaturated with nitrogenous substances and can burn chamomile roots. Dilute it in a ratio of 1:15 and apply only to moist soil.

Garden chamomile: plant propagation

Nielberry seeds hold well on its flat basket even after full ripening. Dead flowering shoots are cut off and dried indoors, after which the seeds are carefully removed from the basket and placed in opaque bags. You can store the seeds in jars with a good supply of air, which are placed in a cool, shaded place.

The second way to propagate nevus is by dividing the bush. The operation is carried out in the spring, digging out and separating the largest specimens. For each division, it is necessary to prepare in advance a planting hole about 15-20 cm deep with a layer of fertile soil at the bottom. After planting, the soil is pressed to the roots and watered abundantly. Further care when growing cuttings is exactly the same as when sowing seeds.

An adult bush can be propagated by division

Diseases and pests of nevus

• powdery mildew, similar to a fine white powder;
• gray rot in the form of unpleasant dirty fluff from the mycelium of the fungus;
• rust, which in appearance resembles uneven red spots;
• fusarium, expressed in general oppression, browning and drying of the plant.

All these are fungal diseases, the fight against which consists of timely treatment with preparations containing a high content of copper sulfate or a strong solution of laundry soap.

Among the pests on the nevus, you can find aphids and thrips, against which spraying with Actellik helps (instructions on the label). The yellow middle flowers are affected by the star-winged fly, which gets onto the nevus from other aster plants. Killing weeds is the best way to stop the fly from multiplying.

Chamomile in a flowerbed

Combination of garden chamomile with other plants

Photos of the best gardens in Russia and Europe show amazing compositions of garden chamomile with reed grass, pyrethrum, calendula, cornflowers, yellow and red poppies. Low-growing varieties successfully border lawns and garden paths. The combination of cornflower with the wild stone of an alpine hill or the shores of an artificial pond evokes a feeling of pristine nature, a bright summer afternoon.

Nivyanik, also known as garden chamomile, is a meadow plant exquisite in its simplicity, appreciated by flower growers, a welcome guest in gardens in romantic and country styles. Regular weeding, monitoring soil moisture and its nutritional properties allow you to admire the snow-white stars in your favorite flower garden year after year.

Garden chamomile: video