Ginura flower - care, flowering wicker, purple and variegated
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The name of the tropical flower grown in gardens and window sills, ginura, translates as "woman with a tail." It's all about the interesting shape of the leaves: it is very similar to the train of a luxurious evening dress. The second common name is bluebird. It was given for the purple or blue shade of the veins. Children sometimes call it a crocodile because of the serrated shape of the leaves.
Ginura is a flower from Asia and Africa, belongs to the numerous Asteraceae (Asteraceae) family. Its young stems grow straight up, and then droop under their own weight. It is easy to give them the desired shape, which is used when creating artistic garden compositions - arches, pergolas, etc. The quadrangular stems extend up to 1 m in length. The pubescence of the leaves can be purple, lilac, as well as purple and violet.
Ginura
Over time, the branches acquire lateral processes, thanks to which the bush takes on a lush, elegant look. Oval or triangular leaves grow on short petioles one after another. At the roots, the largest foliage (up to 20 cm long), and much smaller at the ends of the shoots. The edges of the plate are serrated, and the surface is velvety. The inside is usually reddish.
Ginura: home care
In apartments, ginura is not allowed to bloom. Its inflorescences have an extremely unpleasant aroma, so they are left to bloom exclusively in the fresh air. The flowering period is from May to December. If there is enough food, then the process can last all year.
The scutellum inflorescence grows at the tips of the twigs or from the axils of the leaves. Blooms are yellow, purple, orange, green and red. It takes a lot of nutrients from the bush, which leads to the loss of its beauty. Pollinated flowers form capsules filled with long brown seeds.
If there is not enough light, then the color becomes pale. Direct sunlight can cause burns. The best window sills for placing pots are western, eastern. On the southern windows, you will have to glue foil on the glass. In winter, additional lighting will be required to preserve the beauty of the shrub.
The ideal temperature is in the range of 20-25 ° C. In the winter months, the plant needs rest, so the temperature is lowered to 12-15 ° C. It does not tolerate drafts, but it needs a daily supply of fresh air.
Disease rarely affects ginura. White bloom on the leaves, as well as violent or black spots - these are signs of improper care - violations of the temperature regime, watering. Usually, a shoot free from alarming signs is chosen and rooted, and the diseased plant is removed.
Watering and air humidity
Normal humidity in an apartment of about 50-60% is quite enough for ginure; spraying of foliage is not required. Watering is carried out with boiled water at room temperature. The most abundant watering is needed in the summer, and much more moderate in the rest of the months. They practice moistening the soil through the pallet. If water drops fall on the leaves, they can leave ugly brown spots on them.
Pinching, pruning
Ampel varieties need to tie up shoots. If this is not done, then the plant stops growing and developing. Only with the help of pruning it is possible to obtain a symmetrical beautiful crown, which, in the absence of the necessary design, grows too much and untidy. Pinching the ends of the longest shoots stimulates the formation of lateral shoots. Cut twigs can be used for rooting.
Reproduction and transplantation
The easiest way to get a young flower is to root the stalk. It is best cut in the spring or summer, but September is fine too. Take the top of the shoot with several leaves. The stalk is dipped into a glass of water, where many roots are formed after a week. They are planted immediately in a permanent pot.
The land is taken universal for flowering indoor plants. If you prepare the soil mixture yourself, then mix the sod land with the leaf soil in equal proportions, add humus and washed river sand. You should get a loose and breathable mixture. At the bottom of the pots, a drainage layer of coarse pebbles or expanded clay must be placed.
Forming a ginura around the arch
Long flexible shoots can easily be wrapped around any support. They are not too fragile, so you can even do without special devices for securing branches, but usually they use a spool of strong thread. The support can be of any shape, but the most beautiful is the arched one. The most impressive result is obtained in the garden, but a miniature arch can also be grown on the windowsill.
Braiding with shoots of ginura arches
Common problems in growing ginura
A fairly unpretentious flower can lose its beauty if it is improperly looked after. As a rule, the reasons are as follows:
- paleness is caused by insufficient illumination;
- elongated shoots with large gaps between leaves indicate a lack of light;
- fallen leaves indicate too dry soil in the pot, due to a lack of moisture, they quickly begin to wither;
- too small foliage grows in the shade and when there is a lack of nutrients.
Given how easily ginura reproduces, they prefer to update it whenever the bush loses its decorative appearance. But, if there is a desire to extend the life of a flower, then fertilizing with a complex mineral fertilizer is used for flowering indoor plants of agriculture.
Ginura bloom
The buds bloom in the summer. For this, the flower requires enhanced feeding and a sufficient amount of sunlight. The flowers usually have a contrasting color in comparison with the foliage, which, with their nondescriptness, gives the shrub a rather decorative look. Therefore, they are left in the gardens. But at home, flower growers prefer to break off the buds so that the plant does not waste energy at the expense of the beauty of the leaves, and no one likes the unpleasant smell. Therefore, not everyone has seen how ginura blooms on the windowsill. A rare sight.
Popular varieties
In Russia, the following varieties are most popular.
Ginura wicker
A semi-shrub with drooping lashes. It is grown in hanging pots as an ampelous decorative leafy flower. In height, such a plant can reach 60 cm.The foliage is rather small, but long - up to 7 cm in length. In care, it does not differ from other varieties. The flowers are yellow.
Gynura sarmentosa
Ginura purple
This variety is distinguished from other varieties by a pronounced purple color of the veins, the underside of the foliage and its pubescence. In combination with green decorative deciduous houseplants, it looks the most impressive. Leaves elongated up to 10 cm in length curl slightly. The young bush stretches up, but gradually the long shoots bend down under their own weight.
Gynura purple
Ginura orange
Its long stems reach 1 m. The foliage is green and the edges are serrated. Pubescence is usually lilac or violet. According to the description, the flowers of ginura aurantika are most similar to dandelions and have exactly the same rich yellow-orange color, but they smell very unpleasant.
Gynura aurantica
Ginura prostrate
This variety has recently settled on Russian windowsills. It is distinguished from all others by its edibility. The pale green leaves can be used in the same way as any other spicy greens, for example, for making salads. Shoots grow up to 1 m long. They have valuable healing properties.
Gynura procubens
Ginura pinnacle
It is also called pseudo-ginseng. A perennial medicinal plant native to China has long, climbing green shoots. Flowers grow on long legs in the shape of a spherical green umbrella up to 4.5 cm in diameter. It will not work to grow it on the windowsill, since it is quite difficult to buy seeds, but, most importantly, the conditions in an ordinary apartment are not suitable for it.
Gynura pinnacled
Ginura purple
Some varieties of braided or orange ginura, by selection, have acquired a purple color of pubescence and veins. Seeds of these varieties can be found commercially under various trade names, such as Purple Passion Vine. In care, they have no fundamental differences.
Gynura Purple Passion Vine
Ginura variegated
This one differs from all other varieties in the color of the foliage. Young leaves at the tips of the shoots have a delicate light pink color, which acquires dark green spots as they age. The leaves at the roots become almost completely dark green with a pink border.
Gynura variegated
It is difficult to find a more graceful and unpretentious plant for home decoration. Its velvety leaves with purple or purple fluff invariably attract admiring glances, becoming the best reward for a florist. If you wish, you can always pinch off the shoot and share the cut with your friends. Moreover, caring for a ginur flower at home will not be a hassle.
