Orostachys 'Tsuschima'

Orostachysy are still highly prized plants, a bit shrouded in mystery ways of cultivation. Often after these mysteries quest intentionally, sometimes leads to their detection through various coincidences. It was such a secret revelation was the case last year in a beautiful cultivar Orostachys 'Tsuschima.' This plant right at first glance his pearly pinkish color and significantly succulent leaves densely stěstnanými the rosette. One of the parents of this cultivar is Orostachys Japonica cultivar which is very similar. Unfortunately, not zimovzdorným O. japonica species.

As I said in the introduction, various secrets are revealed by different ways. Similarly, this is the case mentioned cultivar. The plant I received as a gift, without the slightest experience of how to grow in our conditions. O. japonica is resistant (according to some growers that Orostachys - therefore resistant) to low temperatures and the slightest drop in temperature just below zero irretrievably damaged the plant and reducing the - 5 ° C the plant dies. It even got on our cultivar, assuming that the plant, as well as her parent will not zimovzdorná. The first winter it went into the cold room where the occasional maintenance dressing survived until spring.

During the following season, the plant has grown a few new roses, and slightly shaded place clearly prospered until the coming of winter. Before the arrival of the first frost occurred the mass harvesting of species and less tolerant as it is sometimes when lots of pots here and there on some forget that bowl. This was also the case Tsuschimami. About a month after the first heavy snow, I found that it was this plant otherwise cared for, protected their wintering grounds missing. All winter remained in the bowl on the windowsill, protected from direct rain roof of the house. But windblown snow cover on the dish was higher than 10 cm. It is this snow blanket perfectly protect the plant until the arrival of spring.

In conclusion, we must say that after this experience I have a rose planted in rock gardens. It is now again under the blanket of snow, and if no harm to wait out the arrival of spring, will be added to our collections again an interesting and zimovzdorný species.

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