Pike tail: care at home allows you to achieve flowering!

For those who are experiencing difficulties with growing and breeding plants that are best suited unpretentious flowers. It is thus sansevieriya, or "Pike's tail". Care at home for him does not cause absolutely no problems.

Plants

Sansevieriya is besttabletki an evergreen plant that belongs to the family of the agave. These flowers ("Pike's tail" - their popular name) are sword-shaped dark green leaves. They grow from the rhizome located under the ground and form a rosette.

Sansevierii Leaves have an interesting color on a dark green background there are lighter touches, framed with a bright gold rim. Dense pulp aerial part of the plant accumulates moisture, and a layer of waxy coating does not allow it to evaporate.

It is for the leaves interesting coloring appreciate Pike tail. Care and concern allow, besides the gorgeous greens, to get the plants flowering. Despite the fact that the sansevieriya flowers are small and inconspicuous, and are revealed only at night, they are very fragrant. Tart vanilla smell will fascinate any grower.

"Pike's tail" has a practical application. In India its leaves have long been successfully used in the manufacture of ropes, cordage and coarse fabrics. The juice from the leaves sansevieriya helps to relieve ear pain, and bandage with juice heal ulcers. In the room where there is this flower, the air contains almost no harmful fumes furniture and plastics.

Rules for the care of the flower Pike tail

Home Care for this plant does not present a problem. To ruin him is very difficult. Sansevieriya thrives on the shady side of the apartment, and on the sun and easily tolerates wind, dry air and the drying of the soil. However, Pike tail is bad to excessive moisture.

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Sansevieriya not too picky about temperature. She feels perfectly in both warm and cool conditions. Best of all, if in summer, the temperature in the room where growing, "Pike's tail", will be in the range of 18-25 degrees, and in winter-not below +14.

It is also Important to observe the mode of irrigation: excess moisture can cause rot of leaves, and the lack of it – to loss of elasticity of the leaves of the flower Pike tail. Care at home for them is simple, it is important to remember that for sansevieriya need to soil ball thoroughly dry out between waterings. Responsive Pike tail and wiping leaves with a damp cloth.

The Transplanted flower as needed when the roots begin to protrude from the ground. The pot should choose wide but not high, as the roots of this flower grow in width. Important on the bottom to place sufficient drainage.

To Propagate sansevieriya in two ways – by division of rhizomes or by the rooting of the sheet. In the first case in the spring when transplanting cut off with a sharp knife part of the plant with the growing point. After that, "Pike's tail"  planted in the sandy soil to the full rooting. If you choose the second option, cut off the old sheet, cut into pieces of 4-5 cm These stalks are planted in shallow furrows, and after rooting – to a permanent place in pots.

I would Like to note that for the compilation of elegant floral arrangements florists often use Pike tail. The home care for this group of plants is usually very simple as most popular as partners sansevieriya use low-maintenance plants such as cacti.