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A plant with a complex name is often called Indian carnation, Ervatamia, East Indian oleander. The flower got its traditional name in the 18th century in honor of the botanist and part-time medic Jacob Tabernemontanus.
First meeting
The plant belongs to the Kutrov family, among the famous relatives of the flower can be called Mandeville, oleanderperiwinkle. Tabernemontana is a small shrub with a trunk, stiff shoots and bright green leaves that blooms with cream or white bell-shaped flowers, connected by 3-18 pieces in inflorescences. The plant, originally from South and Central America, has spread around the world as an indoor flower, and in some places as a street shrub.
Indoor Varieties
In the wild, there are about 100 plant species, but at home you can contain a much smaller number of varieties. On the windowsill grow:
- tabernemontane divaricata;
- tabernemontan elegans;
- tabernemontana sanango;
- crowned with tabernemontana;
- Tabernemontan Holst.
Tabernemontana Care: General
So, a beautiful flower appeared in the house, but how to take care of a table montana after purchase?
What should be the soil
There are two ways to prepare the soil:
- from mixtures for citrus and azaleas - you need to connect them in equal proportions and add a little sand.
- from sheet land, peat, humus, coniferous land and sand - The components must be combined in equal proportions.
At least a quarter of the volume of the pot should be filled with drainage.
Where to settle
Choosing a place for the "residence" of tabernemontana, you need to consider several points.
- More light. The southern plant loves to bathe in the sun, especially he likes the morning light. It is better to place the flower near windows facing east, southeast or west. Sunlight is necessary for the plant for at least four to five hours a day. However, in summer, scorching rays can leave burns on the leaves of ervatamia, so shading can sometimes be required.
- Special temperature. In the warm season, the plant feels comfortable at a temperature of 17-22 ° C, with the onset of cold weather, this indicator can be reduced to 12-15 ° C.
- Air flow. Cold drafts are dangerous for Indian cloves, but she likes the warm summer breeze.Therefore, in winter, the plant must be carefully protected from the flow of cold air, and with the arrival of heat, the pot can be taken out to the balcony or temporarily moved to the garden.
How to water
Even a short drought, Indian cloves is difficult to tolerate, so watering should be regular. The frequency of soil moistening in the pot depends on how quickly it dries: when the substrate dries by about half, the flower needs a portion of fresh water.
Usually, Ervatamia is watered twice a week in the summer and once every 7 days in the cold season. Water needs to be used settled or filtered, at room temperature.
How to maintain humidity
Tabernemontana prefers high humidity to ensure this condition is necessary:
- regular spraying - the leaves of the plant should be irrigated from a fine spray two to three times a week in the warm season and once a week in the cold;
- warm shower or wiping the leaves with a wet sponge - such procedures will also appeal to a moisture-loving flower.
You can also include a humidifier in the room with the plant, or stir the flower pot on wet pebbles.
How to make it fit
By trimming the plant, you can give the desired shape. Even after a "cardinal haircut", Indian cloves are quickly restored, you can trim the plant at any time of the year and even during flowering.
Usually deleted:
- broken branches;
- too large stems;
- shoots growing inward;
- faded inflorescences;
- parts affected by the disease or pests.
How to fertilize
For fertilizing Indian cloves, preparations for flowering plants are suitable, for example:
- "Etisso";
- Bona Forte;
- "Pokon";
- Florovit.
It is recommended to use them once every two weeks. So that the leaves of Indian cloves are brilliantly glossy, you can use the nitrogen fertilizer "Emerald", following the attached instructions.
How often to transplant
A houseplant needs frequent transplants. Experienced growers recommend young plants to transplant two to three times a year. After the period of active growth of Indian cloves ends, it is enough to “change the place of residence” once every two to three years. The new "house" should be 3-4 cm larger in diameter than the previous one.
Transplantation is carried out by the method of transshipment, it is best to do this in February. After changing the pot, you need to forget about top dressing for a half to two months and reduce the frequency of watering: this will help prevent root decay.
Propagation Features
Ervatamy can be propagated in two ways: by cuttings or by seeds.
Seeds
Growing tabernemontana from seeds at home is a laborious process. This method is suitable only for experienced gardeners. Consists of three stages.
- Plant seeds in the ground. Waterlogging of the substrate should not be allowed, as this is fraught with decay of the sprouts.
- Provide ambient light and a temperature of 18 ° C.
- Seedlings of young plants when two or three true leaves appear in the shoots.
Cuttings
The propagation of tabernemontana by cuttings allows you to grow a flower that is indistinguishable in its characteristics from the mother.
- Choose a handle. The shoot needs a completely healthy, optimal length - 8-12 cm.
- We separate the escape. Cut the cut with a sharp knife at a right angle. Milky juice appears at the place of separation, which must be immediately washed off with warm water. To stand the cut-off stalk for 24 hours in a means to activate root formation.
- Rooting. It is permissible to root tabernemontana both in water and in soil. In water, you need to mix a little charcoal crushed into powder, and use peat and sand combined in equal proportions as soil.
- Create a greenhouse effect. Cover the stalk with water in a plastic bag. When rooting in the ground, it is advisable to plant the stalk in a container with a lid or in a special greenhouse, which can be purchased at a flower shop.
- Take care of the escape carefully. Every day, remove the shelter for ventilation for five to ten minutes. If the cuttings are planted in the ground, water as necessary.
- We transplant a young plant into a pot. After about one to two months, the rooted seedling can be transplanted into a substrate for adult ervatamia.
Flowering period
The plant, with proper care, blooms for about 8 consecutive months, which takes away a lot of strength from Ervatamia: this is why regular feeding is important.
Care for tabernemontana during flowering is based on general recommendations, additional conditions are not required. However, when laying buds, do not rearrange the plant from place to place.
Growing Issues: Ambulance for a Flower
Indian carnation is not immune to diseases and pests.
Pests
The plant can affect:
Insecticides, which can be found in a specialized store, as well as wiping the leaves with a towel moistened with soap and water, will help cope with insects.
Disease
Most plant diseases arise from improper care of it.
- Chlorosis (iron deficiency). The most common ailment for tabernemontana, since the plant does not absorb iron well. The main symptom: the intervein space of the tabernemontana leaf turns yellow, and the veins themselves remain green. To cope with the problem, you need to use the drug "Emerald" and iron chelate.
- Elongated shoots, pale leaves. The plant lacks light, the pot needs to be placed on a more sunny window sill, in extreme cases, use artificial lighting.
- Leaves fall. If the lower, old leaves fall, there is no cause for concern: the plant is naturally renewed. If a flower sheds even young leaves, it lacks nutrients. Treatment - regular feeding.
- Tabernemontana leaves turn yellow and fall, drooping shoots. Most likely, due to excessive watering, root rot appeared. It is necessary to get a flower from the pot, free the root system from the ground, carefully remove the affected areas, cut the places of cut with powdered coal and plant Indian cloves in a fresh substrate.
- Blacken leaves. Most often this happens due to improper watering: either the plant receives too much moisture, or the water is cold.
- The tips of the leaves dry. This phenomenon is observed if the air is too dry, regular spraying is recommended.
- Buds fall. Dry air and high air temperature: immediately create favorable conditions for the plant. Such a problem may also occur if the plant is young and lacks nutrients for flowering, in which case ervatamia should be fed with fertilizer.
Unpretentious Indian cloves will certainly give a lot of joy to their owners from contemplating beautiful flowers and enjoying a unique aroma. To cultivate this miracle on the windowsill is a pleasure, because it is very simple to take care of tabernemontana.
Reviews: “We have love with her”
In 2015, a plant fever attacked me, I wanted a lot of exotic plants, although there was no experience in crop production. A year later, it was not possible to make friends with some green friends, and they had to be given away, others live.But with my tabernemontana we have not just friendship, we have Love! =) I saw her at the botanical forum, read and fell in love. Buzzed her husband all ears how wonderful she is. And she received a promise that they would give it to me. Before this solemn event, I studied a ton of literature and doubts crept into my heart if I could manage to cope with it. But doubts were in vain. =) She has a very delicate aroma, when the flower opens, I immediately determine in the morning whether it blossomed or not by smell, which fills the whole room. A wonderful plant! Unpretentious to stupor. A little love and she will thank you with a hat of snow-white fragrant flowers. Of course I recommend having such a beauty at home =)
Foxy-mama, http://irecommend.ru/content/ya-ee-obozhayu-moya-snezhnaya-printsessa-na-okoshke-foto-i-dazhe-stikh
The dream of the florist Tabernemontan. The refined, smell reminding "Jasmine sambac" is only more tender. Flowers smell stronger by night, staying 5 days soothe well !!! Itself does not need to be cut off !!!
Alexander, http://happyflora.ru/view_post3.php?latter=317
Girls, I also have a tabernacle living, I bought it with a rather mature bush, but she was very struck by the scale shield. We coped with the scale shield, but the lower leaves circled. The plant is relatively unpretentious, does not like hot air from batteries and in winter suffers from chlorosis. Faded recently, blooms, indeed, magnificent. This is me about the cuttings tabernacle. Now about the seedlings. I sowed a year ago (October 10) a taberne montana divaricatum (non-terry form), it ascended quickly enough, within two weeks. In the spring, I pinched it, so she “fell asleep” for three months, did not grow at all, and then still began to grow in one trunk, did not fork. In fact, I’ll spread it for an experiment, whether it will bloom, I don’t know
Ivana, http://www.flowersweb.info/forum/forum1/topic50718/messages/
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