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Sandy spikelet or sandy Elimus (Elymus arenarius) is a representative of the cereal family (Roaceae). Elimus sandy is an original and decorative perennial herb.

Absolutely unpretentious plant up to 100-130cm high. Leaves are bluish-blue, hard, flat, pointed, directed vertically upward.

Planting and leaving

Elimus is sandy, winter-hardy and absolutely undemanding. Grows remarkably on poor, loose, sandy soils. Sun-loving and drought-resistant.

The rhizome of Elimus sandy is deep, creeping. Stems are bluish thick.

The ears are erect, fluffy, dense, up to 25 cm long, up to 3 cm wide.

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Buy Elimus for planting in the open field until November.

Perfect for growing in a rock garden. Elimus sandy, spikelet, volost.

It rapidly expands in breadth through underground shoots, sandy Elimus capturing more and more new territories. Like all perennial grains, it decorates the landscape all year round, even in winter it looks original under a cap of snow.

Conditions: Elimus sandy Elimus arenarius grows remarkably in the coastal zone.

Reproduction

Elimus sandy reproduces very quickly: by dividing the bush, young shoots.

Elimus arenarius is used because of its spectacular appearance in mixed flower beds and ridges. Suitable for solitary plantings, for creating small groups against the backdrop of a mowed lawn. Do not replace Elimus sandy for rockeries and rock gardens, as well as for strengthening dry slopes and sandy slopes.

It is not easy to see the beauty in a plant devoid of bright flowers and an attractive crown. Imagination is indispensable here. However, a decorative garden is a human fantasy on the theme of earthly paradise. Elimus, if you find it on the seashore, is a common cereal grass, something like a small reed, albeit with a pleasant blue tint of leaves. In a free state, the elimus creeps to the sides in the manner of a giant wheatgrass, jumping out here and there, and unceremoniously penetrating into the neighboring bushes. But the underground limitation gives it a completely different look.

Kolosnyak- one of the first to appear in decorative gardens Europeans long before the fashion for gardens in a natural style came. It is unpretentious and frost-hardy, and can grow anywhere in endless Russia, from the subtropics of Sochi to the tundra regions. In a rather warm climate, elimus appears as a winter-green species that gradually changes leaves. V middle lane Russian plant leaves wither for the winter. He is sun-loving, moisture-loving, and at the same time drought-resistant, he prefers sandy loam soils. In the garden, the most favorable conditions for its growth are formed on light, highly fertile, moisture-absorbing soils. Alternatively, you can recommend a mixture composed of turf land, peat (or manure humus) and sand, mixed in a ratio of 1: 2: 2.

To limit it from spreading, the spikelet is planted in a sufficiently deep dish - at least 30 cm, the edges of which rise slightly above the soil level. The walls must be impenetrable, otherwise the plant will quickly find a gap. Based on design experience, the most suitable vessel diameter is between 10 and 30cm. Growing, the spikelet completely fills the volume allotted to it with roots, while it is not oppressed by the constrained growth conditions, and can grow without transplanting, fertilizing itself as long as you like. Grooming is primarily about watering. In early spring, last year's leaves are cut shortly, and a handful of granules of complex (NPK) mineral fertilizer are poured into the foot of the bush, which will gradually dissolve in the soil over the season.

Botanical minimum.

Sandy spike or elimus (Elymus arenarius) - refers to long-rhizome cereals. In the wild, it is often found along the sandy shores of the seas and lakes of the European North, where it often forms extensive sparse thickets. Plant height during earing reaches 1 m, ears are dense, straight and strong, up to 20 cm long. Leaves up to 3 cm wide, up to 70 cm long, hard and sharp. The whole plant has a beautiful bluish-blue color.

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Elimus is a vivid example of how an unobtrusive plant in nature, through design tricks, can be turned into the central object of the front part of the garden. An extraordinary impression is made up of the color and texture of the leaves of the grass, complemented by an unusual manner of growth acquired by a cramped planting.

In decorative design, the grate beams are good in the middle or near-plan views of a traditional mixborder. To revive the view, it can be planted alone among a flat lawn. A bundle of elymus, planted in a narrow (10 cm in diameter) pipe, can become an allegorical embodiment of a source gushing from the ground. In this case, the pipe is well disguised in a pile of medium-sized boulders, which will look like a stream of water in a rocky placer. Elimus is good in many varieties of a rocky garden: in an architectural rock garden; flat rockery; is organic on the slope of an alpine slide, in its lower part or at the foot.

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Sandy spikelet, or blue, is one of the most beautiful cereals used in decorative floriculture. Botanists classify the spikelet as a herb with a combined type of root system. The plant is able to grow a bush, increasing the number of growth buds in one node of the rhizome, and at the same time form powerful underground stolons, "scattering" along the radius from the mother bush. The spike shrub up to 1 m high is very beautiful. The color of powerful, rigid leaves with sharp ends 1-1.2 cm wide is blue. In July, peduncles with dense spikelets 7-8 cm long rise above the leaves, but they do not determine the beauty of this plant, the main thing here is the leaves. The blue color of the leaves is very persistent, it remains so throughout the season - from spring to snow.
GROWING
Sandy spikelets have long been introduced into the culture of ornamental gardening. The plant is very unpretentious and in large gardens can be used to create blue thickets in a specific place for it. In small gardens or gardens with regular flower beds, the spikelet is planted in containers with a volume of at least 10 liters, dug into the ground "up to the shoulders". In containers, the spikelet feels great, forming beautiful blue bushes. They are so beautiful that they can ”be used not only in any mixborders, but also act as tapeworms among lawns or ground cover plants.
It's hard to list everything successful combinations spikelet with other plants. These are red roses, blue, blue and purple delphiniums, wrestlers, white cornflowers, daylilies of different tones, phloxes, etc. It is beautiful against the background of a carpet of purple or almost black tenders, a bright herb carnation, ground cover sedum. The plant does not require highly fertile soil, as evidenced by its specific name. The spikelet is able to grow even on clean sand.
LOCATION
The plant is planted in an open, sunny place. It can also grow in partial shade. In the shade, the sandy spikelet is less beautiful.
TEMPERATURE
Winter-hardy, does not require shelter for the winter. It is not damaged by returnable spring frosts.
WATERING
At the beginning of the season, during the period of leaf regrowth, watering is desirable. In the second half of the growing season, watering is not necessary, the plant is drought-resistant.
LANDING
The best planting time is the first half of the growing season. Landing is also possible at a later time. True, after planting in August-September at the beginning of the next season, the plant will not acquire decorative look, because it adapts to new conditions, especially if it was planted in a container. When planting a spikelet in the soil, you don't have to worry about soil fertility, it will grow on any soil. When planting in a container, it is filled with any soil with the addition of 10-15 g of complete mineral fertilizer. In subsequent years, the plant is fed 1-2 times a season with a standard dose of complete mineral fertilizer. When planted in open ground, the plant can show aggression, going beyond the allotted area. In this case, the underground stolons are cut off and the excess parts are dug up. At; planting in a container, a spikelet can live for quite a long time without a transplant, especially if you do not forget about annual feeding. However, after a few years, a transplant is inevitable. Its term depends on the volume of the container and the conditions of detention. If the leaves of the spike are crushed and top dressing does not improve appearance, it is necessary to remove the plant from the container, separate part of the shoots and, filling the container with fresh soil, plant the spikelet again.
REPRODUCTION
Vegetatively - by separating a part of a plant or by separating offspring.
Diseases and pests are practically absent.

Spikelet is a perennial grass that adorns the front garden with beautiful, feathery bushes. Not everyone can immediately understand the beauty of this plant, but without it, a complex flower arrangement may be incomplete.

Botanical description

The spikelet has taken root on the prairies and in the arid territories of North America and Eurasia. Some of its varieties live in the Argentine desert. Feels good from subtropics to tundra. Among gardeners, many of its other names are common: elimus, wheatgrass, vostrets, vlosnets. The genus belongs to the family of cereals.

The underground part of the plant is very developed, it consists of powerful, horizontally growing roots. Growth buds develop on underground shoots. The stem of the spikelet is dense, erect. In different varieties, the height of the vegetation ranges from 20 cm to 1.5 m.

Thin, tough leaves are arranged in dense bunches closer to the ground. The foliage is elongated, in the form of ribbons, with a pointed edge, 2-15 mm wide. The lower surface is smooth, the upper surface may be rough or covered with hairs. The color of the ground part is dark green or gray with a silvery sheen. In autumn, the stems and leaves turn yellow or brown.

In June-July, inflorescences appear in the form of dense ears. The height of the inflorescences is 7-30 cm. They consist of many short, perpendicular spikelets.

Popular varieties

Distributed in the North American prairies. The height of the perennial is 30-120 cm. It grows in dense bunches, gradually covering large areas. Distribution occurs by self-seeding, since the variety does not have creeping roots. Leaves are dark green, 2-6 mm thick. In the middle of summer, large ears of 8-20 cm long appear.

This herbaceous perennial with a height of 60-120 cm is found in the cold regions of the temperate zone of Eurasia. The territory is covered with compact green bunches connected underground by a common root system. The foliage is dense, gray or dark green in color with a blue tint. The width of the leaves is 0.8-2 cm, and the length is 50-60 cm. The inflorescences are large, lush, their length is 15-30 cm, and the width is about 2.5 cm. It blooms all summer. The species is frost-resistant, withstands temperatures as low as -23 ° C.

Found in Japan, China and North America, prefers coastal sandstones. Forms green, very dense bundles 50-100 cm high. They are at some distance from each other, although they are connected by creeping roots. In one turf there are several shortened shoots, densely covered with foliage. Leaves are hard, rough, 15 mm wide. During the flowering period, dense ears of up to 25 cm long are formed. It blooms from June to July. Withstands frosts down to -34 ° C.

Distributed in North America and Eurasia. The plant reaches a height of 50-120 cm. In the lower part, dense bushes are formed from shortened stems, densely covered with foliage at the base. Wide leaves (1.5-2 cm) are about 30-50 cm long. The roots are creeping, strong. Produces long, thick stems during the flowering period. Absolutely bare and very resistant shoots rise above the foliage. They are crowned with lush ears. The length of the inflorescence is 15-35 cm, with a width of about 2 cm. It blooms from June to August, resistant to frost down to -25 ° C.

Prefers steppes and salt licks of Eurasia, found from Siberia to Ciscaucasia. Forms compact bushes 35-80 cm high. The bare, rough stems are strongly branched at the base. Leaf rosettes are formed closer to the ground and consist of bluish or bluish narrow leaves. Not very long foliage, 3-5 mm wide, covered with sparse hairs on top. An inflorescence in the form of a lush spike, 6-8 cm long, is formed in June and blooms for a month. The seed ripening period begins in August.

Inhabits semi-deserts, sandy steppes and roadside embankments in the southern and central part of Eurasia. The plant with a height of 40-130 cm is a dense turf of shortened shoots, densely covered with foliage. The leaves are soft, longer than the stems, flutter freely in the wind and bend towards the ground. The width of the leaves is 0.4-1.5 cm. The peduncle is very thick, strong, densely covered with villi. The length of a dense ear is 10-35 cm, and the width is 1.5-3.5 cm. The plant blooms in May, and from the end of June it begins to bear fruit.

Reproduction methods

The spikelet is propagated by vegetative or seed methods. The division of the bush is carried out in the spring or in the first half of summer. Young shoots with their own roots are dug up and transplanted in a new place. The plant takes root very well and does not require much maintenance. Side branches quickly form near the rooted stem. Seedlings begin to bloom in the same or next year. Turf grows rapidly.

At seed reproduction seedlings are not grown. Seeds are sown directly into open ground in early spring... In mid-April, the first shoots appear, but in the year of sowing, the plants look very rare and small. The spike acquires the appearance of a lush mop with large ears and high inflorescences only after 2-3 years.

Features of plant care

Elimus grows very well in the open sun, on light soils. Suitable for growing on sandy, sandy, pebble or rocky soils. Prefers neutral or alkaline substrates with added lime. It is resistant even to severe drought, so it rarely needs watering, it is content with natural precipitation. Poorly tolerates flooding and stagnant water, especially during the period of snow melting. Not picky about fertility. It dispenses with fertilizers or is content with rare organic dressings.

The spikelet grows very quickly in favorable conditions, so it is perceived by many as a weed. In a small garden or flower garden, the issue of restricting vegetation may arise. It is convenient to plant the plant in a large tub with dense walls that the rhizome cannot penetrate.

The container is buried in the ground, leaving some of the sides above the surface. This will protect against the disorderly spread of vegetation. For the same purpose, it is recommended to cut the spikelets before they are fully ripe in order to prevent self-seeding. The plant retains its attractive appearance for a long time and does not need periodic rejuvenation and transplantation. Does not suffer from pests and diseases.

The spikelet is resistant to severe frosts and does not need shelter. In areas where there is a lot of snow, you can use a film to protect from excess moisture during the period of snow melting.

Application in the garden

Compact shrubs in the shape of bluish fountains will decorate any flower bed. Preferably use in rockeries or stonework. Looks good in mixborders, retains its shape, does not spread. Can be used on high sandy shores or hills. The roots effectively anchor the sand mounds.

Brightly flowering summer plants look good in decorative plantings with a spikelet.

The vegetation is used as a forage crop.

Large ears are highly decorative and are used in dry flower arrangements... They are harvested in the middle of summer, before the seeds ripen. Cut inflorescences are collected in small bunches of up to 15 pieces and hung down with a spikelet in a shaded, well-ventilated place.