Oxygen room (Oxalis) and garden under natural conditions it is found in Europe, Australia, Africa, although the birthplace of Oxalis is America. This is a bush plant of the kislich family. There are both annual and perennial species. The name oxalis (oxys, translated as “sour”) was obtained because of leaves that were sour to taste.
Did you know? Some types of Kislitsy are used in food. The plant juice contains carotene, vitamin C, a large percentage of oxalic acid. Kislitsy leaves perfectly replace sorrel in dishes. Vitamin tea is made from dried leaves.
The leaves of all plant species vary in shape and have a different color: green, reddish, brown, purple. Flowers-inflorescences - white-yellow, white, pink-yellow, delicate lilac, pink-white, white-red.
Both home and garden types of Kislitsy quickly take root, give shoots and bloom. The root system of the plant also has species differences - tubers (small), rhizomes or bulbs.
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Common Oxygen (Oxalis acetosella) - up to 10 cm in height, unpretentious, perennial culture with short shoots and a branched thin rhizome. Garden acid grows in gardens, groves, forests - coniferous and deciduous.
Its leaves are green, and the flowers are white, lilac with white, or white with pink. Flowering - from mid-May. The fruit is a small square brown seed box.
Vegetation in redcurrant usually occurs in two increments - from autumn to spring and in summer - from June to August. Summer leaves, on average, live for 3-4 months, autumn-spring - up to 10-11 months, so the acid ox photosynthesizes year-round and belongs to the summer-winter-green subspecies.
The winter state of dormancy of the plant is forced, and if during the cold season to bring acid into a room with room temperature, its growth is quickly restored. There is a frost-resistant garden species of common moss - Var. Subpurpurascens, which, growing, creates a solid flower carpet on the site.
Orthgyn's Oxygen (Oxalis ortgiesii) - high bushy rhizomatous plant up to 35 cm high, the leaves are trifoliate, heart-shaped, on a long stalk, the flowers are yellow with dark yellow veins. Loves moisture, quite unpretentious in breeding.
Oxalis deppei - bulbous perennial view. The roots of the onion (can be eaten) for the winter must be dug, planted in the spring. Four-blade green foliage, with brown tips or purple at the stem, is a distinctive feature of the species. Inflorescences umbellate, flowers violet-red-yellow.
Oxalis bowiei - three green leaves on the stem. Pink flowers. The plant is thermophilic, gentle, requiring light, if it grows in a front garden, but not direct, but scattered.
A strong sun will cause the death of flowers from a burn, and the lack of light leads to a loss of decorative foliage. The apartment grows well with sufficient watering - the ground should always be hydrated.
Iron Oxide (Oxalis adenophylla)- decorative, cold-resistant, undemanding to the composition of the soil, great for a garden in our latitudes. The foliage is silver-green and pinnate, the flowers are silver-lilac-pink with bright pink veins. One of the subspecies is Minima. It has smaller leaves.
Important! Oxygen is resistant to flower pests and rarely gets sick. For the prevention and treatment of diseases used insecticides for floriculture.
Volcanic acid (Oxalis vulcanicola) - tall stems up to 15 cm, leaves are gray-brown-green, flowers are yellow. Universal view - grows equally well both outdoors and indoors.
It grows in a flowerbed with a dense homogeneous canvas - perfect for forming alpine slides, decorating the area with large stones, garden sculptures. It blooms from late May and all summer until autumn.
Poor oxygen (oxalis inops) - perennial flower, nodule, resistant to cold. The leaves are bright green, trifoliate, blooms with large pink flowers with a white speck on the petals at the core. Flowering - from early August to October. Loves sunlight, with sufficient light blooms better.
Giant sour (Oxalis gigantea) - grows to two meters. Record holder among sour. This species is perennial with straight and powerful shoots, small heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. Unpretentious, suitable for both street and home.
Did you know? Kislitsy leaves can fold - with the onset of darkness or in bad weather.
Nine-eight-acid (Oxalis enneaphylla) - in height it grows up to 10 cm, perennial. Leaflets 9- and 20-lobed, silver-gray-green, white-purple flowers, white or pink. Flowering - from mid-May to June. Curtain diameter - 15 cm.
There is an even smaller form of nine-leaf fruit - Minutifolia. For full growth and development of the plant, sufficient illumination is needed, the soil is acidic, rich in humus, with good drainage. In the winter, the plant is dug up, planted in the spring.
Shaggy acid (Oxalis lasiandra) - nodule, stemless perennial flowers with a height of 30 cm. Leaves are greenish, in red speckles below, flowers are crimson-red. Blossoming is plentiful, from the middle of August to the end of October. Divorced both at home and in the garden.
Important! Sour should sit as young plants appear!
Purple acid (oxalis purpurea) - height is up to 13 cm. It has lilac-purple dark foliage, flowers are pink or white. Grow in the garden and at home.
Red oxygen (Oxalis rubra) - can grow to 35-40 cm tall, perennial. Leaves with villi at the base, trifoliate, green. Flowers - bright crimson or red. There is its variety - Pink Dream with delicate pink flowers.
Oxy rose (Oxalis rosea) - 35-36 cm high, the leaves are dark green, the flowers are pink. It has excellent decorative properties. Looks great on flowerbeds or lawns, used to create outdoor flower arrangements.
Multicolored Oxylis (Oxalis versicolor) - with thin elongated green leaves, with white flowers, edged with an orange-red stripe. It is well-growing multicolored oxalis in the garden, has spectacular decorative properties.
Important! In the summer hot time the leaves of moisture-loving kislitsy should often be sprayed!
Oxygen hedarium (Oxalis hedysaroides) - only room, perennial, up to 26 cm in height. The leaves are green-brown with red blotches, the varieties of Rubra have red foliage. The flowers are yellow with brown veins at the core.
Oxalis triangularis - describing it, it is enough to say: flowers like butterflies. Immediately it is clear what kind of roe is in question. She has trifoliate light leaves on long thin stems, forming a bush, as if plastered with soaring moths.
Foliage is gray-violet-lilac, dark-violet, green. Pink flowers in the shape of bells.
General recommendations for growing Kislitsy
The soil should be loose and coarsely fibrous, but dense enough to hold the plant, with an acidity of pH from 5, 5 to 7. The land mix for acidizer is bought universal or is prepared independently with the addition of sand, perlite, nutshell, charcoal, bark - for creating the necessary aeration and drainage.
The soil is also enriched with leaf humus and / or coniferous, introducing sod land. When watering, do not allow a constant excess of moisture - it causes fusarium and rotten diseases of the rhizome of the Kislitsy. Drying of the soil is unacceptable.
Prilicum is propagated by seeds, tubers or cuttings with a leaf. If seeds, they are sown in the spring, the earth is not sprinkled, watered moderately, but often. Tubers are planted in early spring in a pot, sprinkled on 2 cm of soil, watered, left in a cool place.
Cuttings with leaves vertically placed in a pot of water, when roots emerge from it - transplanted into the ground. It is necessary to feed the plant with mineral fertilizers during the intensive growing season - April-August. Lighting should be sufficient, but not bright. The optimum air temperature for acido is 18–25 ° C.