Irezine flower: home care and main varieties

The Amaranth family includes 80 species native to America, Australia, the Antilles and Galapagos Islands. One of the representatives is a plant called Iresine. In some cases, it is a herbaceous specimen, which can also be a shrub or tree. Culture is widely used in floristry and landscape design. The exotic name of irezine is a flower with spectacular decorative foliage. It is used for indoor breeding, decoration of borders, gardens.

Main varieties

The perennial plant is popular for its extraordinary red hue, and the leaves with teeth and borders are also popular. It does not need special conditions. Even a beginner can handle growing. Indoors, an inflorescence resembling an ear appears very rarely. The most popular varieties are Herbst irezine and Linden irezine. By the way, the name in translation from Greek means "woolen".

Decorative foliage irezine

This culture is not poisonous. It is believed that it perfectly cleans the air in the room, saturating the room with oxygen. The following will be considered types.

Irezine Herbst

In nature, this perennial variety grows in the tropics of Brazil. Occupies rain forests. Herbsta irezina is a herbaceous crop with red stems up to 40 cm in size. The characteristic leaves are round, heart-shaped in the upper part, dark purple in color. Red veins complement the look of Iresine Herbstii.

Irezine Herbst

Irezine Linden

The description of this species includes natural origin - the tropics of Ecuador. There, in humid forests, the natural conditions for the growth of Iresine lindenii. The property of having red stems is also inherent in this variety. Their height is 50 cm and more. The leaves, up to 6 cm in size, with crimson veins, also have a dark shade. When pruned, the plant branches out, producing young shoots.

And other varieties

It is necessary to mention the variety Aureoreticulata with red shoots, petioles. The leaf blades are green with gold or red veins. Wallisi, as another species, is a branchy but compact specimen. This variety has small leaves with a metallic red tint.

Irezine Linden with red stems

Home care

The plant requires regular watering, loosening the soil, creating the required lighting, temperature environment and humidity. Needs feeding, pruning, protection from pests. For Irezine, proper home care is the usual rule.

Lighting

A north-facing window is not the best place for this culture. All other windowsills are suitable for growing. Irezina is a light-loving flower. When located in the south of the dwelling at noon, you need to make sure that the sun's rays become diffuse in intensity, otherwise there is a possibility that the leaves will be burned. The plant can also be taught to direct sunlight, but gradualism is important. If the irezine is under fluorescent lights, you need to turn them on for 14 hours a day.

Temperature

There is usually no need to create a special thermal environment. In summer, the acceptable temperature is 15-25 degrees. In winter, the upper limit is reduced to 20, but less than 12 degrees Celsius should not be allowed. The flower will hurt, deteriorate, its leaves will fall off. So he may well completely die.Summer heat will negatively affect the tone (turgor) of the plant, which will acquire some lethargy.

Watering and humidity

Moistening the soil is done with water, which was defended for a day or collected from the rain. In all seasons, you need to wait for the topsoil to dry out. In winter, watering is reduced, but excessive dryness should also not be allowed. Excess moisture and lack of moisture are harmful to Irezine. Lean watering should be done in winter at a temperature of 16 degrees. The air can be left dry, but the plant likes spraying better.

Fertilizers

Top dressing in spring and summer is done weekly. Organic or mineral fertilizers are used. In winter, the procedure is reduced to once a month, the amount of substances is halved.

Pruning and replanting

In addition to the listed rules of care, pruning and transplanting are done. Pinching is produced every year in order to increase the splendor of growth. Tear off the shoot at the top. In February, at the end of winter, growth is stimulated by significant pruning. As for the transplant, the annual does not need this. Otherwise, this is done once every 2 or 3 years.

We need a slightly acidic soil. To prepare the mixture, take peat (1 part), sod, deciduous soil in a proportion of 4 parts each. Add sand, 1 part. Good drainage is important at the bottom of the container made of fragments of bricks or expanded clay.

Irezine near the house

Protecting irezin from pests, they mean enemies: aphids, whiteflies, spider mites. Use special agents for treatment in case of prophylaxis or treatment. Diseases comprehend the plant as a result of irregularities in caring for it. These are the following phenomena:

• Shedding leaves at a young age. The reasons are insufficient lighting, lack of timely trimming.
• In an adult specimen, foliage is considered normal.
• Pulling of the stems occurs in poor lighting conditions. It should not be forgotten that irezine has a love for bright conditions.
• Falling leaves in summer may indicate a lack of watering or stagnant water.

For reproduction, cuttings are cut from the main specimen, choosing the end of winter and early spring in time. They are planted in sand at a stable temperature of 17 to 20 degrees. After rooting, the seedlings are distributed among the pots, preparing a nutritious potting soil mixture. They need a temperature between 19 and 21.

It is very rare to see inflorescences. They are white, yellow, lilac in color. They resemble spikelets in shape. At the end of the process, fruits appear in the form of boxes. In indoor conditions, almost no one manages to make the plant bloom.

Flowering Irezine

Growing irezine and its varieties is not so difficult both in terms of effort and time. It can be bought ready-made or as seeds. Sow them in the spring or immediately by adding backlighting. An indoor plant will help to decorate the interior, create a favorable atmosphere in it. Flowering is rarely observed, parts of the plant are valued for decorativeness.

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