Darmer thyroid (peltifillum) - This is a perennial herbaceous ornamental and garden plant, which has recently become very popular among our people. It is grown in open ground for further use in various landscape designs. In order to properly plant, and then grow and provide a wonderful flower with the necessary care in my garden plot, you should get a closer look at the information about the darmer itself, as well as about all the intricacies of its cultivation. You can find this valuable information below.
How it looks and where it grows wild
Thyme darmer belongs to the herbaceous family Kamenelomkovye, is a wild-growing perennial with a strong and knotty root system. The leaves of the plant are rather large and basal, located on thick petioles, have a rounded, notched shape at the edges (about 50 cm in diameter), and the peduncle is not only slightly larger in size (60 cm long), but also grows relatively earlier than the leaves themselves.
Flowers in peltifillum are the very part that gives it its main attractiveness and decorativeness; they are gathered in corymbose 12 centimeters inflorescences and have a delicate pink tint. 
The birthplace of a wild flower is the mountainous regions of North America, where it is found along the banks of pure reservoirs.
Did you know? The name "Peltifillum" comes from the Greek words pelte - shield and phyllon - leaf. They gave it a flower, most likely for the fact that large and similar to a shield foliage grows on it.
Location selection
Despite the fact that darmer is an unpretentious and not capricious plant, in order to plant it and properly grow it in its garden, it is necessary to take into account a number of factors necessary for this. Let's start with the preparation.
Lighting
Illumination at the landing site of peltifillum should be well darkened, as its delicate moisture-loving leaves do not tolerate the sun at all, the wild plant completely loses its “presentable” appearance from bright rays, leaves become noticeably dull at the edges, and dark brown at the edges from drying.
Astilbe, aconite, brunner, dicentre, doronicum, Volzhanka, saxifrage, swimsuit, lily of the valley, lupine, rogeria, cyanosis, hosta feel great in the shade over the years.
The soil
But to the various types of soil dahmer very indifferent, it can grow completely in different soils for many years, without being ill and not suffering. However, the best option for a characteristic flower would be loose, fertile and moisture-containing places (6-7 pH), where it grows much faster and more beautifully blooms. Recommended and proven composition for years:
- garden loamy soil;
- peat;
- compost;
- purified sand;
- 80 g of any fertilizer.
Planting and breeding
The planting and reproduction of thyroid pelphillum occurs in two ways - seed and division of the rhizome, they are very different from each other by the level of complexity, but fortunately, in both cases, the expected seedlings eventually produce a good result, and beautiful plant ornaments appear in the garden. 
Growing from seed
If you decide to grow a wild moisture-loving flower with its seeds, you will have a harder time, since the process itself lasts much longer than the vegetative method, does not always promise a one hundred percent result, and the desired first flowering during generative reproduction occurs only 2 years after planting.
Stages of seed germination:
- preliminary preparation of planting material (3-4 weeks before planting): put the seeds of the plant in a cool place with a temperature of + 5 ° С, high humidity, and keep there for one month;
- after pre-stratification (item above), plant in a selected container with light and nutritious soil;
- the first shoots will delight you after a long time, but when this happens, the sprouts are transplanted into an open, pre-fed soil.
Important! Adult Darmer bush can be seen only in 3-4 years. Therefore, it is practiced quite rarely, mainly used only for the purpose of selection.
Dividing bush
The reproduction of darmer also occurs by the method of dividing the bush (segments of rhizomes). In the spring or autumn period of time, the spine is neatly divided into several parts with buds sleeping on them, which eventually will grow, creating an amazing plant in the area.
Detailed vegetative process should occur according to the following rules:
- Before planting, cut off the parts of the rhizome must first be kept in a disinfectant solution of the fungicide for several hours. This will be an excellent prevention of fungal infections;
- to prepare the soil and dig the desired size of the hole, at the bottom of which you should put a layer of manure, and on its surface - non-processable organic matter: sawdust, leaves, grass;
- from above, the pit must be closed with primer with the addition of sand and humus, plant prepared rootstock there;
- after planting, you need to carry out the first watering of the future bush, and then mulch.
Care Tips
Having performed all the necessary manipulations for a successful landing and having waited for the first long-awaited shoots of thyroid peltifillum, you should start the necessary and proper care of the darmer as soon as possible in order to get the desired and good result.
Watering and loosening
Moistening of the soil around the Darmer should be carried out in a moderate way, it is necessary to water the shrub regularly, but not over-wet it to avoid stagnation of water, which adversely affects its livelihoods. In order to completely avoid problems with excess fluid, the plant should be provided with excellent drainage and the soil around it should be mulched with peat. It does not hurt and regular loosening of the soil around the bush, you should do this immediately after watering.
Top dressing
The plant practically does not need top dressings, therefore the first time the soil is “fed” before planting (organic fertilizers), in the spring periods it is applied granular mineral fertilizers with the addition of nitrogen. 
Important! In order to prevent various diseases and pests, the ground with sprouted darmer spring is watered with a fungicide.
Shelter for the winter
Unfortunately, the thyroid Darmer does not have a high level of winter hardiness, so you should start thinking about its shelter in the middle of autumn. It is better to protect a plant from frosts with a shelter of sawdust, straw or fallen leaves. If the air temperature is not greatly reduced, and the level of snow precipitation is not very high, then snow can also be used as a shelter.
Use in garden decorations, partners
Often, thyroid peltifillum is used by landscape designers as a decorative element to complement flower arrangements in home gardens.
In the pre-spring period of time, bulbous plants are planted around an unusual flower: Scylla, crocus, narcissus and tulip. 
Under tall trees and near large shrubs (jasmine, weigela) darmer also looks harmonious, and its best partners in shady gardens are invariably: ferns, tiarellas, hosts, miners, kupeny, helon, podofily, groundwort and astilbe.
Did you know? The history of landscape design originated when agriculture appeared (9-13 thousand years ago).
In addition, peltifillum is beautiful in its splendid isolation, if it is planted under beautiful branchy trees or around the banks of a reservoir.
Planting your site with any perennials is a proven and promising practice, as selected exotic and unusual plantings will always please the eye and warm the soul. Therefore, choosing an original Darmer thyroid plant for planting and care, you will forever gain a real flower muse for your garden.
