Homeland plants Aubrieta or aubriet, is the Mediterranean and Asia Minor. Today, flowers are distributed throughout the European part and not only. The flower was named after the Frenchman Claude Aubrieux, a florist artist.
Aubrieta: description of the plant
Aubrieta - It is a ground cover herbaceous flowering plant. It is low - up to 35 cm, but grows well in width. If the plant is not restrained, it will cover the entire area available for distribution with a solid carpet. The plant loves the slopes, rocks and banks of rivers. It has elongated leaves, often with a jagged edge, the color of foliage is green with a gray tint. It is characteristic of the plant not to drop foliage for the winter, the leaves tolerate even severe frosts.
The plant blooms in early April and blooms through June. Aubriets have small four-petal flowers of bright colors: all shades of blue, white, pink, even dark maroon flowers are described. Aubrieta bears fruit, the fruit of the stalk type keeps in itself seeds, which are used for plant reproduction. In one pod there are more than two thousand brown seeds. Grown obriyatu seedling method or sowing in open ground before winter. Aubriet and all its species do not differ when grown with agrotechnical features and rules of care for it, as well as the appearance, except for the color, shape of fruits and pistil.
Interesting! Florist Claude Aubrieux (1656-1708) followed along with scientific expeditions aimed at studying the flora and fauna of different territories, making detailed botanical drawings. He accompanied the well-known French botanist Joseph Pitton, Aubrieu's works were published by such respected publications in the scientific world as "Botanicon Parisiense".
Types of obriyeta
Consider the most popular and popular in gardening types and varieties obriety and give a brief description.
Aubrieta deltoid
Deltoid Obriet in cultural cultivation since 1710, the species was taken as the basis for breeding Aubriet cultural. This type of obriyeta reaches a maximum of 15 cm in height, and its popular variety Aubrieta Bougainville grows up to 20 cm. The deltoid plant has a gray-green pubescent foliage with a pair of teeth along the edge. Small flowers are collected in lush raceme-shaped inflorescences. The plant blooms in May with lilac and bright blue flowers.
Aubrieta is elegant
Aubrieta gracilis (Aubrieta gracilis) is one of the most sought-after species, bright blue flowers up to two centimeters in diameter, growing on a stem not exceeding ten centimeters. This species is good for forming a living carpet on the slopes, stone curbs. Its pale green oblong leaves are almost invisible behind densely growing flowers with a bright yellow center. Popular and beautiful variety Kittie Blue.
Aubrieta Columka
Aubrieta Kolumka grows up to 12 cm tall. It has a thick curving stem with long carved leaves. The stem at the top can split into two, holding two flowers. And the stem and leaves are covered with a thick soft pile. Kolumka has large flowers up to 4.5 cm in diameter, painted in pale lilac and pink tones. Popular variety Kolumki Guss.
Aubriet Cultural
Aubrieta Cultural is a hybrid plant, it is low - only 10 centimeters, the colors of flowers are white, pink, red and purple. The plant is used as a living carpet, covering it with unsightly places, forming a veil on stone fences. This type of obriyeta has several interesting varieties. Aubrieta Charming Morocco blooms from late spring, about a month. Shades of flowers - from pale blue to bright red. Flowers up to one and a half centimeters in diameter, bloom densely, covering a gray-green foliage.
Important! This variety grows in the sunlit places in the shade and the penumbra will wither.
Cote d'Azur - The flowers of this obriyeta perennial sky color, decorate the garden for two months. Differ in repeated flowering in early autumn, the flowers are kept until the first frost. Dr. Mules is a very interesting variety for landscape design. Dark-violet flowers are somewhat reminiscent of forest violets, and the leaves are pale green, large with a white border around the edge of the leaf plate. Joy is a distinctive feature of the variety in the fact that blue and violet-lilac flowers, with terry petals, shimmer on one planting.
Aubrieta giant waterfall - frost-resistant perennial, grows no more than 15 cm. Flowers are 1 cm in diameter, painted with all shades of pink, purple and red. The variety Argenteo variegata is popular because of the decorative foliage and purple petals. The leaves are light green with a pronounced white edging, sometimes with white spots.
Red Keskade - a bright and eye-catching variety, the color of the petals is bright scarlet, flexible stems are well placed on stony slopes or borders, the plant creeps nicely along the plane. Cascade Aubrieta has different flowering periods - from mid-spring to early summer. The plant is spreading thick carpet, the most decorative in it - evergreen, dense and large in comparison with other varieties of leaves. Flowers single, medium-sized, blue and red tones, with a yellow center. Aubrieto cascade is cut off after the plant has flown to stimulate the growth of hardwood. Plant height - up to 15 cm.
Attention! Watering rooting young plants is better to produce from the spray gun, watering at the root can erode the soil and damage the roots.
Aubrieta Croatskaya
Aubrieta Kroatskaya is distinguished by an unusual form of leaves, when this plant blooms, tender flowers are revealed, mostly blue shades with a darker center - purple or lilac. Juicy green leaves are rather large, maple-shaped or diamond-shaped.
Using obriety in landscape design
Aubrieta is multi-faceted to use. This plant feels good on the open field and on the balcony or loggia. Aubrieta looks great in hanging pots, on slopes and rocky areas. It falls beautifully with hedges and stone fences. She covered the lawns, planted in rock gardens. The plant adorns the crevasses in the stones, expanding and filling bare patches of soil. Blue flowers obriyeta perfectly combined with yellow alissums and white iberis. The plant is composed with styloid phlox and Douglas phlox, with soapwort, euphorbia and rezuha, looks great in combination with bells and as a flooring around evergreen ornamental shrubs.
Did you know? People began to engage in landscape design as soon as they began to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Recall the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis. This masterpiece of landscape design was arranged in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC). Later, the principle of hanging gardens was adopted by the Persians, Romans and Slavs (Moscow Kremlin's High Riding Gardens, XYII century).
Aubrieta is not difficult to grow, but requires constant care. However, the results exceed all expectations, just look at the blooming shaver in the flowerbed (photo below) in order to burn with the desire to decorate your plot with these elegant flowers.
