Loaches are a large group of plants from different families, united by one quality: all of them, from the primitive herbaceous field bindweed to the elegant clematis and tree-like vines, grow rapidly, twisting around any support that comes across on the way - a country fence, a house wall or tropical trees. In this publication, we will talk about the most interesting climbing plants used today in garden and home interiors.
Garden Loach Plants
Decorating a garden area is a creative and exciting process that allows you to realize your own fantasies by creating unique shapes in unique color schemes. Classic flower beds and beautifully trimmed shrubs benefit greatly from the addition of climbing plantings. Vyun is a unique plant, suitable not only for increasing the decorativeness of the site, but also for using it as an element that hides recreation areas or unattractive outbuildings, fences and fences from prying eyes. Today, gardeners take full advantage of the many varieties of these magnificentplants.
Popular annual loaches for summer cottages
The best types of loaches, hardy and beautifully flowering, are recognized such plants:
• Various varieties of morning glory. Farbitis, or purple ipomoea, develops violently, stretching up to 4 meters, quickly braiding the support and forming a dense green carpet interspersed with flowers - “gramophones” of delicate pink, white or purple-violet hues. Ipomoea blue, similar to farbitis, has bright blue inflorescences and reaches 2-3 meters in length. Ipomoea tricolor is considered the brightest in color of flowers of this genus. Its pink-red or blue-lilac flowers are extremely decorative. Note that there are a lot of varieties and types of morning glory, and we have listed only a small part of them.
• Ornamental bean is a fast growing crop that blooms beautifully and produces edible fruits that can be harvested as early as August.
• Sweet pea is one of the most popular climbing plants used in vertical gardening, arbors, balconies and loggias. The excellent aroma of peas, coupled with the exquisite structure of the flowers and the variety of their colors, made it an ideal option for lovers of frequent changes in the garden interior.
Perennial garden vines
The most popular perennials are:
• Knyazhik is a small woody vine with carved leaves on long petioles and single white flowers. This loach is a plant adapted to life in the most severe climatic zones, frost-resistant andreaching three meters in height. Knyazhik creates magnificent decoration of fences and railings.
• Clematis is an ornamental vine with large inflorescences reaching 15-17 cm in diameter. Blooming clematis is an impressive sight, it can turn a recreation area into a unique oasis, and turn an ordinary gazebo into a fabulous cave.
• Chinese magnolia vine is an amazing plant with high decorative and medicinal properties. This loach is a plant with a woody strong stem, small light flowers and a surprisingly pleasant aroma. In places of growth in the Far East, this liana reaches 15 m, in temperate and northern latitudes - 4 m.
• Actinidia is a woody loach-shrub that perfectly masks flaws in walls and fences.
• Hop is a herbaceous loach, a plant with a strong stem, unpretentious and strong, able to twist around any support in the shortest possible time. Most often it is used to decorate arches, fences, walls of outbuildings that need to be hidden.
• Grapevine - another type of vine that combines excellent decorative effect with the undoubted benefits of fruits. Grapes are grown on wooden or plastic mesh structures.
All of the listed loaches for fences, zoning, or garden landscaping are ideal, but the possibilities of these unique crops do not end there. Many of the vines decorate our homes, bringing them a unique flavor and organicallyblending into the home interior.
Features of home breeding of climbing plants
The most common among indoor weaving crops are ivy, passionflower, tolmia, tradescantia, hoya, philodendron, klerodendrum, etc. development. They need space. tightness. contrary to the well-known Russian proverb, it is an insulting misunderstanding for them, and if there are no such conditions, one should not even expect the uniqueness that homemade creepers can give to the room.
In addition, indoor loaches are mostly heat-loving plants, because, as a rule, the predecessors of these crops are tropical inhabitants, adapted to a humid and hot climate. Therefore, a comfortable indoor air temperature is considered to be 20-25 ˚С.
Indoor plants-loaches
So, let's list the popular domestic loaches:
• Ivy - indoor vines and ampelous plants, beautifully hanging from the pots. Vigorous species of ivy are able to quickly twist large enough areas, their shoots cling to any support, tree, wallpaper. There are also slow-growing varieties (Canary ivy) that are not able to develop by choosing their own path. These plants need support.
• Passiflora is a vine with amazing intricate flowers, fast growing and requiring annual formative pruning. This loach -the plant (the photo in the article allows you to verify this) is extremely decorative, with beautiful dissected leaves and flowers that bloom throughout the summer season.
• Tradescantia are habitual herbaceous plants that combine many species, climbing and ampelous.
• Hoya is a magnificent ornamental vine with hard leaves, waxy unusual flowers that emit an intoxicating aroma.
• Philodendron is a climbing vine, unpretentious and fast growing, with beautiful variegated leaves.
Care Requirements
These and many other climbing plants - house loaches do not just decorate our life, bringing echoes of fabulous tropical places into the familiar interior. Some of them, such as Chlorophytum, act as a room air purifier.
But in order for the potential of these crops to be fully revealed, it is necessary to provide them with sufficient care. The general requirement for them is moderate regular moistening, loosening of the soil and the presence of supporting elements - supports, nets or other devices. Top dressing is also important, which is most often used as liquid solutions for indoor decorative or flowering crops.
In conclusion
We have listed only a few representatives of climbing plants that adorn our lives. Garden or home - they all create an original living decor, giving pleasure and pleasant emotions.
