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The ragwort, or cineraria, is a bright and very extraordinary representative of the Astrov family. This genus combines more than three thousand plants, which outwardly not only differ from each other, but are often unknowingly mistaken for succulents or other tropical exotics. In floriculture, at least a dozen types of culture are used, which, due to the diversity of the genus, in combination with each other, can fill the garden or flower garden with unusual images.

Types of ragwort and their varieties

About a dozen varieties of cineraria are especially popular with flower growers, although in fact, at least 50 are among the cultivated ones. Among them there are both indoor and specimens that perfectly tolerate winter in the Middle lane.

Among the most interesting species suitable for growing in Russian gardens as annuals and perennials are the following can be distinguished:

In addition to the species listed in the table in Russia, lovers of exotic plants grow Grant's cineraria(Senecio grantii), Medley Wood(medley-woodii Hutch) and jointed(Senecio articulatus). In addition, the varietal variety of crossworts helps to diversify the type of flower garden or window sill.

Currently, almost all types of cineraria are of interest to professional breeders. Fans also often try to create new varieties of their favorite species. The most beautiful, or rather, exotic representatives of the bastards have the following descriptions:

What to combine with cineraria

All this diversity, even when planted together in a flower bed, discount or on the lawn, looks very impressive. Beautifully blooming ragworts look great in flowerpots, and seaside cineraria is the recognized queen of borders. Thus, flowerbeds, in which red-flowered salvia and silver-colored cineraria converge in their splendor, have become a recognized standard of beauty. And if not for this undersized "gray" grass, it is unlikely that passionate salvia burned so brightly.

In general, decorative leafy ragworts look good in combination with any plants that form bright flowers. In this case, the culture is planted along the edge of the flower bed. The exception is the elegant bastard. It can be placed in a central place on a rocky hill. Nevertheless, the ideal option for placing such plants is a border. Moreover, it does not matter what exactly will be framed by them. They can be safely planted along the edge of a garden path, in a flower bed and in a mixborder. Varieties and species with a bush height of more than half a meter can be planted in arrays in company with other asters.

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Growing Popular Cineraria Species

The technology of growing different varieties is different, since plants of this genus originally grew in conditions far from each other. In most cases, they do not require special growing conditions, and grow well on soils of any physical and chemical composition. Nevertheless, to obtain well-developed plants, it is necessary to take into account their natural preferences.

Growing seaside ragwort

Seeds are sown in boxes from the beginning of March. It is not necessary to cover the seeds with soil. They are scattered on the surface of the soil and moistened. Then the boxes are placed on the most illuminated windowsill. The conditions for their emergence are standard - the temperature should be maintained at 20 degrees, and the soil should be kept moist. After germination, waterlogging can be dangerous for seedlings, so watering is carried out infrequently. After the appearance of a pair of true leaves, the seedlings dive. Landing in the ground is carried out in late May or early June.

Care consists of weekly watering and fertilizing, which are carried out twice a month. If it is raining, watering can not be carried out at all. It is recommended to use standard complex fertilizers for ornamental leafy crops.

If you want to grow a crop as a perennial, with the onset of cold weather, the plant is cut off, and the planting site is covered with spruce branches and leaves. You can also transplant a few ragwort bushes into pots and move them indoors. This species feels good in rooms with a temperature of 18 to 24 degrees.

Growing bloody ragwort

The blood ragwort, which can only be grown in seedlings, is undemanding to the soil, and needs bright, but not direct sunlight. Seedlings of this culture are sown very early - from December, since this species is the most "long-playing". Seeds are not buried in the soil, but scattered over the surface of moistened soil. They need a lot of light and some moisture to germinate. To do this, the boxes are covered with glass and placed on the windowsill. The temperature is maintained at 20 degrees. Under these conditions, seedlings appear in the second week after sowing.

Seedling care is simple: watering once a week and dive individual pots in the phase of the cotyledon leaves.

In order for the bloody cineraria to begin to bloom, after the formation of the bush, the temperature is reduced to 15 degrees. Under such conditions, the plant forms many buds, and flowering lasts about one and a half months. This species is not planted in open ground, and if you wish to decorate the site with it, put the pots in a convenient place.

Growing ragwort graceful

Graceful ragwort is one of the few species of its genus that prefers soils rich in humus. and can be propagated by direct sowing of seeds in the ground. However, such plants can bloom late, so the best option is to sow seedlings in a street greenhouse, you can just put it on a bed under a film. Places this ragwort prefers sunny and protected from strong winds.

Plant care is very simple, and consists of regular watering and fertilizing twice a month with organic matter or a complex for flowering summers.

Rawley Growing

Rawley's ragwort is very rarely propagated from seed. A more common and easy way to get a new plant is to make layering by pinning the shoot of this vine to the surface of the soil. After the formation of roots, the twig is cut off and planted in a pot. A feature of the variety is undemanding to irrigation and soil fertility. You can plant a plant in any substrate, except sand.

Cineraria of this species does not tolerate movement from place to place. A pot with a young vine should be placed in a place where she will spend most of her life. The optimum temperature for the plant is at least 26 degrees. In winter, it is allowed to reduce it, but not more than 12 degrees.

Caring for the plant is very simple - you need to make sure that the soil ball does not dry out. To do this, the flower is watered once a week or even less often. A little more often, you can only water young plants that grow shoots. This species does not need top dressing at all, but if desired, you can add a half dose of fertilizer for succulents to the water for irrigation once a month.

Seaside cineraria: growing from seeds (video)

Cineraria is a wonderful plant that can give the garden new shades of beauty. Due to the variety of species and varieties, this culture is widely used in garden design, and even acquired eminent landscape designers among its loyal fans.

The ragwort is not a specific plant, but many species that belong to the Compositae family. These species are not at all similar to each other: they differ in the shape of the leaves, the inflorescences also differ in shape.

But still there is a common feature - all inflorescences form baskets. When their flowering ends, the fruit appears and the basket becomes completely empty.

The ragwort has other names - kleinia and senecio. The latter was given to the plant due to the baldness of the basket, because “senecio” is translated as “bald”.

The ragwort is widely used in medicine, and at home they mainly grow a decorative plant species - Rowley's ragwort. A variety of Cineraria is planted in open ground to decorate flower beds.

General information about the culture of the godson

But first we need to understand what exactly we are dealing with. The ragwort belongs to the well-known Asteraceae family, in a different way - Asteraceae. That is, its closest relatives are bright asters and unpretentious daisies. In Latin, the genus name is "Senecio". This word is translated into Russian as "old". This name of the plant is explained by the presence of white tufts in its achenes, very reminiscent of an old man's gray hair.

• Two regions of the planet are considered to be the birthplace of the ragwort, and both of them are exotic for you and me. This is the island of Madagascar, as well as the Canary Islands.
• Representatives of the genus Senecio are a variety of life forms.
• Among the ragworts there are also herbaceous annual plants, and shrubs, and semi-shrubs, and perennial trees, and succulents - leafy and stem.
• Some cultures from this group are similar in appearance to daisies, others - with ivy, liana and even cactus. Therefore, in any case, the ragwort, regardless of the type, will add zest to the interior of your home.

Common features of all types

The genus includes several thousand plant species. However, in room culture, only one type of ragwort, Rowley's ragwort, has gained particular popularity. He hails from South West Africa.

This plant has a very decorative appearance, due to the presence of rooting shoots that form a carpet; grayish leaves of an unusual spherical shape and miniature inflorescences of the "basket" type, pleasing to the eye in the summer season with snow-white flowers with purple pistils.

1. Rawley's ragwort is grown at home as an ampelous culture. In gardens and flower beds, it is cultivated as a ground cover exotic.
2. Based on this type of ragwort, a variety was bred that is distinguished by variegated foliage due to light green spots on the gray surface of the vegetative organs.

In general, depending on the type of plant, the ragwort may have bare or hairy shoots, leaves of different shape and arrangement on the stems; flowers, single or developing in inflorescences such as "shield", "panicle" or the already mentioned "basket".

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Types of ragwort

euphorbia

Euphorbiaceae is a perennial deciduous shrub. Its height is in the range from 1 to 1.5 meters. The thickness of slightly rounded, erect, succulent trunks reaches 1.5 cm.

The greyish-green leaves are lanceolate and quite small in size. In the upper part of the bush, they are thicker and short-spiked, have a well-developed midrib. Euphorbia ragwort has a large number of inflorescences with white-yellow flowers.

jointed

Jointed ragwort is a low (up to 50 cm) deciduous shrub, which is characterized by rather strong branching. It has thick, rounded light gray branches that have dismemberments. Petioles are elongated.

There are not many baskets and they form small corymbs with yellowish flowers.

An evergreen shrub - Grey's ragwort - has a height of 2-3 meters. It is distinguished by the presence of white felt shoots. The leaves are leathery, long, wide, ovate. They are entire, with a bare surface and a median vein with pubescence, and white-tomentose below. The petiole is 1.5 to 3 cm long.

Flower baskets have a corymbose arrangement. The flowers are yellowish, marginal, reed-shaped. The median flowers are present in large numbers and resemble bells.

nail-leaved

The ragwort differs from other species in its rounded and creeping shoots, which are slightly branched. At the top of rather thick leaves are small spurs, they are covered with a huge number of lines.

Baskets with flowers are relatively small.

Klein's ragwort is a succulent shrub that can grow up to three meters in height. Thick and jointed shoots sometimes reach 40 cm in length. They are whorled and covered with dark dots and lines. Small segments are easily separated from them.

Elongated-elliptical leaves are at the top of the shoots - pointed with a gray-green color. Small yellow flowers grow in the form of corymbs.

Red

The surface of the succulent herbaceous plant red ragwort has a fairly dense white pubescence. Its shoots reach a height of up to one meter. The leaves are oblong, the blades on it are serrated. The basal leaves have sessile petioles.

Inflorescences are corymbose. The flowers can be both tubular and reed yellowish, pale purple or deep purple.

Large-tongued ragwort (senecio macroglossus) is a creeping plant, the stem of which is very long, slightly branched, woody. The leaves have small petioles. Their plates have the form of a spear with several pointed lobes. The flowers are predominantly solitary with a spherical central part, as well as pale yellowish tongues.

Creeping

The height of the undersized creeping ragwort shrub usually does not exceed 20 cm. Thick shoots are characterized by a light blue tint. At their top grow linear-lanceolate leaves of gray-green color. They are short pointed.

A large number of inflorescences with white flowers are attached to the shoots.

This ragwort is a herbaceous plant with long creeping shoots. They are characterized by branching, as well as easy rooting. Thick leaves are alternate, about three centimeters long. On both sides they are slightly pointed, have a greenish-gray color and longitudinal dark lines. They have a fairly wide strip of dark green.

Baskets are either single or arranged in pairs. White flowers grow on a fairly long flowering shoot.

Rowley

Rowley's ragwort is characterized by fairly intensive growth.

• The thin and long stems of an evergreen plant can be hanging, as well as creeping.
• The leaves are green, spherical in shape, have points.
• White flowers are in spherical baskets.
• The main difference is the aroma of cinnamon.

This is a low bushy plant with single or slightly branched, erect stems.

1. Cylindrical leaves taper at the ends, arranged along the trunk in a spiral.
2. Silvery-white felt is noticeable on their surface.
3. Flowers in spherical inflorescences are found in orange or yellow hues.

slipway

The herbaceous plant has a thick trunk about 20 cm high. It branches at the base and is covered with thorns. The leaves are small with a dark green-gray color. Baskets with reddish flowers are placed on short peduncles.

Cineraria

Cineraria (bloody ragwort) is an upright annual plant, the height of which is about 60 cm. The leaves are pubescent and quite soft. They are oval or triangular in shape and dark green in color. Their surface below has a characteristic slightly red tint.

The flowers resemble daisies with different shades.

Ordinary or golden (senecio aureus)

Herbaceous slightly fleshy plant. The stem is erect and slightly branched. Oblong, spatulate leaves slightly serrated along the edges, rather long. At the end of an inclined flowering shoot is a bell-shaped basket. The flowers are tubular and yellow in color.

Flat-leaved (rhomboid)

Tall herbaceous plant with few stems. Straight shoots have pubescence and a ribbed surface. The leaves are large and have a different shape. Differs in large inflorescences, paniculate corymbose. Cylindrical baskets with tubular, bright yellow flowers are present in large numbers.

Spring

The height of this plant reaches at least 40 cm. Single shoots can be either simple or branched in the upper part of the ragwort. Cobwebly pubescent leaflets have a broadly linear or oblong shape.

Baskets grow in corymbose inflorescences. Flowers reed-shaped, yellowish, sometimes whitish.

Jacob (meadow)

The stalk of the meadow ragwort grows up to one meter high.

• Shoots erect, furrowed.
• They can be practically naked or with cobweb hairs.
• The leaves are lyre-pinnatifid with a fairly large terminal lobe of an ovoid shape.
• There are a large number of anthologies present in corymbose panicles.
• The flowers are pseudolingual, bisexual, pistillate, tubular.

Seaside, ashy (senecio maritima)

A distinctive feature of an evergreen shrub or semi-shrub is that the surface of the leaves has a dense pubescence of a silvery hue.

The plant is compact with upward-pointing leaves. The leaves are simple with fairly deep cuts. Inflorescences are large with tubular flowers of mustard-yellowish color.

Medley Wood

This succulent shrub is usually up to 80 cm tall. The long leaves are wedge-shaped and serrated towards the top. There is a noticeable felt coating on the top of the plate. Inflorescences are painted in a pleasant yellow hue.

broad-leaved

The broad-leaved ragwort is a perennial plant, reaching a height of 70 to 100 centimeters.

1. It has a thin and branched stem, yellow tubular flowers, which are collected in corymbose inflorescences.
2. There are few basal leaves, they are large, triangular in shape.
3. Stem small, serrated, grow a little more often than basal.

This type of ragwort with light yellow flowers, collected in corymbose and umbellate inflorescences, the baskets of which are located on the tops. The stem of the plant is straight, slightly pubescent or bare.

The leaves are lanceolate or linear, long, found in large numbers near the roots, becoming smaller and less frequent closer to the top.

Cineraria graceful

One of the most beautiful types of ragwort. The flowers of the elegant cineraria are white, red or dark pink, with a yellow center and reed petals. The leaves at the roots are large, petiolate, pinnate, becoming smaller at the top. The stem of the cineraria is highly branched, and reaches a height of 30 to 60 centimeters.

The small ragwort is a stemless plant with linear leaves collected in a rosette. Their surface is covered with cobweb-like pubescence of a whitish hue. Has yellow flowers.

The bastard has a fairly large number of different types. Some of them can be difficult to distinguish from others.

However, each species has some peculiarity: the color of the flowers, the shape of the baskets in the inflorescences, the thickness and length of the shoots and stems.

Facts about the bastard note

Important to remember!!! All varieties of ragwort contain toxic substances in their parts.

Of particular danger is the fact that the effect of these components is not immediately noticed, as if there are hidden processes. These poisons tend to accumulate in the liver, and the biochemical processes in it begin to change. All this is due to pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Although the plant is inedible, it looks so tempting to small children, especially if it is represented by green berries strung on a string. It is necessary to ensure that children and pets cannot consume the parts of the ragwort.

However, despite the toxicity, senecio is actively used for medical purposes, as a raw material for the manufacture of medicines.
The closest in the green world to the godson are

1. Buzulnik (Ligularia),
2. Cineraria (Cineraria),
3. Farfugium (Farfugiium).

Not all types of ragwort are suitable for growing outdoors. Most succulents are exotic guests from hot regions that will not survive cold winters. Such varieties can be grown at home or as an annual.

How to plant a crosswort

planting material

Plant seeds and cuttings are used. Seeds of many varieties have good germination and germinate easily. Cuttings are chosen healthy, about a decimeter long.

Sowing seeds for seedlings

1. To obtain high-quality healthy plants, it is recommended to grow seedlings at home.
2. Sowing seeds is carried out in February or March, varieties of bloody cineraria are sown in December due to the long growing season (9 months).

Seeds are evenly sown in boxes filled with suitable moist soil. It should be light, nutritious and breathable. Seeds are not covered with earth, they are placed on the surface and lightly tamped.

To create the effect of a greenhouse, containers with seeds are covered with thin glass. Thus, optimal conditions for germination are created - constant moisture and heat. Condensation that forms on the glass must be washed every day when opening the drawers for ventilation.

Moisten the soil with a spray bottle as it dries. Germination occurs after 8-11 days. The glass is immediately removed, and the container is placed in places with sufficient lighting.

Growing seedlings

Young sprouts are planted in individual pots after the formation of a pair of true leaves. The seedling is moved along with a clod of soil into a small container. The ideal substrate is a mixture of peat with humus.

Before planting outside, the sprouts are provided with good lighting, moderate humidity and warm air.

Choice of place and time

It is better to transplant the Crosswort to the street in May or the first decade of June. Fertile light earth with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction is suitable for it.

Do not plant in dense, heavy soil with stagnant moisture and poor air permeability. The place should be closed from drafts and open to the rays of the sun. Shading is allowed only during the midday period.

Planting process

For seedlings, small holes are dug according to the 20x25 cm pattern. To reduce stress from transplanting, each sprout is moved along with a clod of soil. Top with soil and compact it.

With the threat of cooling and frost on the soil, young ragwort plants can be covered with material such as spunbond or lutrasil.

Planting cuttings

The container for rooting the cuttings should be light so that it can be dragged from place to place.

1. At the bottom, make sure to make holes for drainage.
2. Down it is necessary to fill the sand in half with nutrient soil with a layer of about 10 cm.
3. The top layer should consist exclusively of sand. The prepared substrate is carefully treated with a pink solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection and prevention of rot.
4. The cuttings are preliminarily kept in a root solution or powdered with a cut before planting. Then placed in a substrate and covered with a cut plastic bottle to create a greenhouse effect.

Until the cuttings take root, it is necessary to constantly maintain high humidity in a makeshift greenhouse. For wintering, rooted planting material is placed in a cool room, in the spring they are transplanted outside.

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Crucifix care

Not only the high decorativeness of the ragwort, but also its unpretentiousness in maintenance made it a very common and beloved potted plant by flower growers. Let's consider what care at home is necessary for the senecio flower (including Rowley's ragwort and large-tongued).

Lighting

The ragwort loves bright but diffused lighting.

1. It does not need to be placed in direct sunlight. Their action can contribute to yellowing and twisting of the foliage.
2. Therefore, in the summer, a western or eastern window is suitable for him. In winter, it can be rearranged to the south side.
3. The lack of light causes the formation of weak shoots and small leaves that the ragwort can drop.

Temperature

In spring and summer, the optimum temperature for keeping plants will be twenty-five degrees.

With the onset of the autumn period, the temperature is gradually reduced so that by winter, when the plant is at rest, it will be at a level not higher than fifteen degrees, but not lower than seven.

At higher temperatures, ragwort quickly become old, and their leaves are constantly crumbling.

Watering

In the spring and summer periods, the ragwort is watered in moderation. Twice a week is enough.

In autumn, watering begins to be reduced and with the onset of winter it is completely stopped.
The soil should dry out well between waterings. Excessive waterlogging can lead to rotting of the root system and the entire plant as a whole.

Air humidity

Humidity is not of particular importance in the content of the ragwort, so it does not require spraying or other additional moisture.

The soil

The soil for planting a crosswort should be loose, fertile with neutral acidity.

• With self-compilation of the soil, you can take two parts of sod land and one part of coarse sand (perlite).
• For Rowley's ragwort, you need to add a little fine gravel and charcoal to this mixture.
• From ready-made soils, you can use the substrate for cacti and succulents.
• Ragwort pots should have a good layer of drainage.

pruning

The ragwort, like most succulents, does not require pruning. But this can be done in order to carry out the formation of the plant. It is better to do this in the spring. After that, it is necessary to treat the sections with a fungicide solution or sprinkle with crushed coal. This is done to prevent decay and infection with fungal diseases.

You should not carry out a strong pruning of the ragwort at one time. This will greatly slow down the growth of the plant and the onset of flowering.

ragwort fertilizer

There is no need and sense to intensively fertilize the ragwort.

They simply do not need them in large quantities. And only from the beginning of spring to the end of summer, you can apply monthly fertilizing intended for succulent plants. Then your plant will be maintained in a certain form, and new stems will be formed with a bang. Pay attention to the content of nitrogen in the fertilizer - it should be reduced.

Rowley's grouses need an annual transplant, starting at a very tender age. When your plant is 4 years old, transplants can be carried out no more than once every 3 years, and even then only if necessary.

1. Before transplanting, prepare a larger planting container. If the old root system still fits normally, you can use it.
2. Just pour over it with at least boiling water and wash off the remnants of the old soil.
3. Also buy or find large expanded clay in old stocks - it will act as a drainage material.
4. The soil should contain equal parts of sod and sheet soil, as well as sand and some brick chips.
5. Brick chips are designed to give your soil lightness and increase its aeration. D
6. To begin with, put drainage on the bottom, then add the substrate until the pot is a little less than half full. Now you can remove the plant from the old planting container, clean the root system of soil residues and transplant it into a new flowerpot.

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What kind of pot do you need

When receiving guests at home, I have to listen every now and then: what kind of plant is this? The godson of "whom"? And why have his berries, you can try? And other questions, the answer to which will be limited: please do not touch, it is delicate, but poisonous.

• Rawley's ragwort is an African plant, a succulent that looks like stringed green beads.
• Causes very pleasant associations, so it attracts attention.
• Its homeland is not particularly rich in moisture, so the plant has adapted in its own way: succulents can accumulate moisture in the leaves if the soil is depleted and does not provide them with a supply of water.
  

You can plant this plant with trailing, falling branches, making it an ampelous plant from a soil plant, but you can also be true to tradition and root this plant in a soil mixture. Caring for Rowley's Groundsel has its own specifics, but if you learn everything from A to Z, the care procedures will not be difficult.

1. The temperature at which Rowley's Groundsel is able to be must be no higher than 25 degrees. The approximate temperature for the winter season is preferably 15 degrees, that is, a relatively cool room, which we can do due to the natural drop in temperature during the winter months.
2. The soil needs to be loose, containing good organic earth, like leaf and sod, but with additives that dilute the density of the soil mixture, like sand, ground pebbles or brick, also in a ground state. We apply fertilizers only in spring and summer - the vegetation of the plant in these months takes place in the most active way.

Having become acquainted with the composition of the soil mixture, and with the features of its preparation, we can use this information during the plant transplantation process.

How to transplant Rowley's ragwort at home

It is worth considering its appearance, which you will have to tinker with so as not to break anything, especially if the plant has grown. You need to dig out Rawley's ragwort with a soil clod that wrapped the roots so as not to damage them. Prepare a new pot in advance, first pour a little more than half of the soil mixture there, and after deepening the Rowley ragwort into a new pot, gradually sprinkle earth around the edges.

It will be best to work with the plant in protective gear:

1. mittens,
2. mask,
3. glasses.

The juice, which can inadvertently get on the mucous membranes, is very poisonous and causes active reactions, so protect yourself consciously.

After the plant has been moved to a new pot, water it and let it adapt to the new conditions, taking root in the soil. The second time watering can be repeated after a couple of days to replenish the liquid level in the plant.

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The process of soil formation

Transplantation of young plants is carried out once a year in the spring.

Depending on the growth rate, it may be necessary to transplant the ragwort additionally during the year into a larger container. For adult plants, one transplant in two years is enough.

Rawley's ragwort should only be transplanted when absolutely necessary. This is due to the fact that it is a very fragile species that can die during transplantation. Sometimes it is not even taken out of the pot, but simply smashed.

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Rules for breeding ragwort at home

Senecio can be propagated by sowing

1. seed,
2. cuttings
3. with the help of withdrawals.

cuttings

The simplest is cuttings with green branches. In this case, you need to cut off the top of the shoot (about 8-10 cm), then 2-3 lower leaves are removed, and it is recommended to dry the cut for several hours so that the liquid stops oozing from it.

• Planting cuttings is carried out in small pots filled with sandy soil.
• The containers are placed in a warm and bright place.
• The earth mixture is usually not moistened, it is only lightly sprayed.
• When rooting takes place, young ragwort plants are transplanted in separate pots of 2–5 units each - this will become a guarantee of the decorativeness of the grown bush in the future.

With the help of layers

If the senecio has creeping shoots or they droop towards the soil, then they can be used for layering. At the same time, containers with a substrate suitable for this succulent are placed next to the pot of the mother specimen.

1. The shoots are neatly laid on top of the ground and secured with stiff wires or a regular hairpin.
2. After a short period, young roots appear at the points of contact of the twig with the substrate, and when the active development of the layering begins, it is recommended to carefully separate it from the bush and continue to take care of it as usual.

seed propagation

When seed propagation is used (which is quite rare), then seeds are used, the appearance in room conditions, which practically does not happen. However, even with planting material, it is necessary to be sure of its freshness, since the seeds quickly lose their germination properties.

It is recommended to soak the seeds before planting and germinate a little before sowing in the ground. Several seeds are placed in one bowl at once, the soil is used typical for growing senecio. After planting, the soil is slightly moistened with a spray gun.

As soon as it is noticed that seedlings are forming cotyledons, it is recommended to transplant in separate pots with drainage at the bottom and selected soil.

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Diseases and pests

Diseases of the ragwort are, first of all, diseases due to care errors. Lack of light and high temperatures in winter weaken the plant.

• Excessive watering, especially at low temperatures, causes root death and powdery mildew.
• Of the pests, when the content is too dry, the spider mite is activated. If the leaves wrinkle and dry, you should urgently water the green part of the plant under the shower, and also moisten the ground. Can be sprayed with beer or diluted alcohol.
• Aphids are found on the plant in summer, when it is watered abundantly. If a sticky coating forms on the plant, insecticides must be applied, adhering to the recommendations for use.

It is known that well-groomed plants rarely get sick, and when they get sick, they cope with the disease without consequences.

Rawley's ragwort is a unique plant. Among a large number of crossworts, only he has reduced leaves-beads of a round shape. There are two more similar plants, some distinguish them as separate species, but more often they are considered under the species or variety of Rowley.

One of them is Herrein's ragwort (Senecio Herreyanus), whose leaves are not round, but oval, located almost perpendicular to the hanging trunk. The second is the lemon-shaped ragwort (Senecio citriformis), whose leaves with pointed tips look like small green lemons. They are already crossed with each other, hybrids are created.

Rowley's ragwort can become the pearl of any flower collection and live with you for many years. It will decorate the living room and balcony, soften the corner of the window in the kitchen. Try to grow this splendor, you will like it!

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Possible problems

1. The leaves turn brown and dry up. This can be facilitated by high temperature and low humidity, insufficient watering and the presence of spider mites. It can also be the result of a sunburn.
2. Yellowish-brown spots on the foliage indicate excessive watering or the use of too cold water.
3. Lack of lighting provokes the appearance of small leaves that do not grow well, and thin, elongated shoots.
4. In variegated species, color is lost and they become the usual green color in low light and a very small container in which they are planted.
5. Rowley's ragwort leaves begin to turn yellow, wrinkle and crumble at too high air temperatures.

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Chemical composition

The ragwort belongs to the genus of the Astrov family, which includes 1000-3000 species of a wide variety of life forms growing all over the world.

1. The vast majority of plant species are annual or perennial herbs, but there are shrubs, succulents, creepers and trees reaching a height of 10 m.
2. The chemical composition of many types of ragwort includes alkaloids, including pyrrolizidine.
3. Some plant species are poisonous to humans and animals. However, it is precisely the high content of alkaloids in the chemical composition that makes it possible to use the ragwort as a medicinal raw material for the production of certain medical preparations.

Until recently, Jacob's ragwort (meadow) was one of these plants, but later it was found that the alkaloids in it are carcinogenic.

As a medicinal raw material, today the most widely used ragwort is rhomboid (flat-leaved).

This is a herbaceous perennial plant, reaching a height of 1.5-2.5 m. It has a creeping long rhizome with densely planted cord-like adventitious roots and large basal leaves. The rhomboid ragwort grows at an altitude of 1.2-2 km above sea level and is common in the Caucasus, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Alkaloids are found in all parts of the plant.

• The largest number of them is in the buds - more than 5%,
• leaves and flowers contain up to 3% alkaloids,
• stems - 0.2-1.2%.

The most significant of them are: platyfillin N-oxide; Senecifyllin; Platifillin, which is an ester that breaks down during saponification into platinine, amino alcohol and senecionic acid; Neoplatifillin; Sarrazin. Aerial parts and rhizomes with roots are used to obtain alkaloids and harvest medicinal raw materials.

Beneficial features

The beneficial properties of rhomboid ragwort are due to the pharmacological effects of platifillin hydrotartrate. The effect of this alkaloid on the peripheral cholinergic system is close to that of atropine.

It is less active, however, when used in appropriate doses, its effect on the central nervous system, especially on the vasomotor centers, is not inferior to atropine.

In addition, the ragwort has a sedative effect, and also has antispasmodic properties.

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Procurement and storage of the ragwort

As raw materials for pharmacology, roots, stems, and leaves of common ragwort are used and, accordingly, harvested. The roots are harvested either in early spring or late autumn, literally before frost.

The grass is mowed and dried throughout the summer, during flowering. The juice of this plant is also harvested, most often from mid-spring to the end of summer. Roots and stems are dried in a well-ventilated area, avoiding direct sunlight and discoloration of raw materials. Stored in dry rooms.

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The composition of the ragwort and use in everyday life

The plant contains substances (alkaloids) senecinin and senecionin, which have a strong hemostatic effect. They are poisonous, but their content in the plant is moderate.

However, it is imperative to follow the dosages when treating with a ragwort so as not to get poisoned!

In the herbaceous part of the plant and in its roots, there is a rather large amount of ascorbic acid and other alkaloids (riddellin, platifillin). Other active substances in the composition of the common ragwort:

• Inulin
• Rutin
• Carotene
• Pigments
• mineral salts

In large doses, the poisonous plant can cause damage to the central nervous system and liver. For pets, the use of ragwort is also dangerous, especially for horses and ducks. The plant has quite beautiful flowers, so it is sometimes used in landscape design, to create flower arrangements in flowerpots.

Medicinal properties of common ragwort

1. Due to its hemostatic qualities, the plant can be used as a medicine for bleeding of various etiologies.
2. The entire ground part contains alkaloids that promote strong uterine contractions, so infusions and decoctions of the ragwort are useful for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
3. The treatment of ragwort for coughing, for nervous diseases (hysteria, convulsions, epilepsy, paralysis) has proven itself well.
4. The people widely use the herb of the plant from worms, with spastic colitis, gastroenteritis, abdominal pain of other origin.
5. Common ragwort is also useful for inflammation of the bladder, anemia, and increased heartbeat.

Outwardly, ragwort herb, due to its wound healing and anti-inflammatory properties, is used to treat:

• Naryvov
• Furuncles
• Carbuncles
• hemorrhoids
• Mastopathy
• mastitis
• Light wounds
• bruises
• Bruises and hematomas
• Panaritsia

When the plant is contraindicated

The plant is not safe due to the presence of toxic substances: in case of an overdose, dry mouth, dilated pupils, and tachycardia are observed.

The ragwort therapy is contraindicated in:

• Organic damage to the heart, liver, kidneys
• Pregnancy
• Lactation
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with high acidity
• Pathologies of the adrenal glands
• Hypotension
• Glaucoma
• intolerance
• Under 18 years of age

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Traditional medicine recipes with common ragwort

For the manufacture of healing agents, the grass of the ragwort or its roots is needed (they have a similar effect). Raw materials are collected at any time of the year, dried under a canopy, in an oven (temperature - 60-80 degrees). Fresh ragwort herb is also used for treatment.

From mastitis

With engorgement of the mammary glands, which happens during inflammatory processes, an oil ointment with common ragwort will help. A fresh plant needs to be washed, rubbed into gruel. Combine in equal parts with vegetable or animal oil. Apply the ointment under a cotton bandage, wearing it constantly and changing it twice a day.

From bronchial asthma

Pour 10 g of dry raw materials with 100 ml of vodka. Infuse the remedy for 14 days in the dark, then take 30 drops three times / day for 21 days.

From a stomach ulcer

Brew a teaspoon of dry common ragwort with 400 ml of boiling water, leave for an hour. After filtering, drink the infusion in a tablespoon three times / day on an empty stomach. The course is 14 days.

From pimples

• In order for a painful, red pimple to ripen faster, you need to apply the leaves of the plant crushed into gruel to it.
• You can also steam the powder from the dry parts of the common ragwort in boiling water.
• Apply the mass to the problem area in the form of a mask, leave for half an hour, rinse.
• Repeat 2-3 times / day until the abscess breaks through.

The same method of therapy is suitable for getting rid of panaritium, but in this case it is necessary to tie the plant mass on the finger with a bandage, leaving it for a day, and change the bandage to a new one by night.

From worms

From convulsions

Two cups of boiling water in a thermos pour a teaspoon of the plant. Insist means all night, then filtered.

Drink 30 ml four times a day until the convulsive syndrome stops. The same method of therapy is perfect for healing from cramps in the abdomen, muscles.

From tumors

The following method is suitable not only for resorption of tumors of external localization (benign), but also for the treatment of bruises, hematomas. Infuse 2 tablespoons of ragwort in 300 ml of boiling water for an hour. After straining, moisten a cloth in the infusion, perform a compress under the film. Treat daily for at least 14 days.

From hyperthyroidism

Mix well a tablespoon of common ragwort and 2 teaspoons of European zeuznik, pour 500 ml of boiling water. Leave covered for an hour, filter. Drink 50 ml three times / day on an empty stomach for a month.

For scanty menses

If, by the age of 40, a decrease in the volume of menstrual blood begins with the regularity of menstruation, treatment with ragwort tincture can be carried out.

1. Pour 40 g of dry raw materials into 0.5 liters of vodka, leave for 14 days, shaking the product every day.
2. At the end of the period, squeeze out the raw materials.
3. Drink tincture of 40 drops / day for at least a month.

From tracheitis

When a cough with tracheitis (or bronchitis) does not go away for a long time, you need to make compresses on the back and chest with an ointment based on ragwort. Grind dry or fresh raw materials, add equal parts of honey and animal fat. Mix everything thoroughly, apply to clean skin. Secure with a film, a warm scarf (shawl). Leave for 2 hours. Repeat therapy daily until recovery.

For rhinitis

With a runny nose - viral or catarrhal - you can use an infusion of common ragwort for instillation into the nose.

1. Pour a teaspoon of raw materials with 50 ml of hot water, leave until the liquid has completely cooled.
2. Strain, drip 3 drops into both nostrils as often as possible (every hour).
3. With allergic and vasomotor rhinitis, this method of therapy is not desirable.

From hypertension

For the treatment of hypertension, a collection with common ragwort is prepared.

• Equally connect the grass of the ragwort, licorice roots, grass of knotweed, shepherd's purse, fireweed, wild rosemary, motherwort, yarrow, kidney tea, rose hips.
• 300 ml of boiling water is poured into 8 g of the collection, insisted for 3 hours.
• After boiling in a water bath for 10 minutes, allow to cool completely.
• Drink an hour before a meal three times / day for up to 3 months.

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Contraindications for use

Given the fact that the plant contains strong alkaloids, it is necessary to use medicines based on it in a strictly observed dosage.

Poisoning with ragwort preparations is manifested by dizziness, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, collapse and respiratory arrest, which can develop against a background of relatively mild general toxic effects. First aid for poisoning - artificial respiration, gastric lavage, oxygen inhalation.

It is strictly forbidden to use preparations with a ragwort for glaucoma, diseases of the cardiovascular system, liver and kidneys.

The ragwort (Senecio) belongs to the Asteraceae family. It is a perennial, rarely annual, herbaceous plant. The ragwort can be in the form of shrubs, shrubs or small trees. They can be found in many climates around the world.

There are different types of bastards, which can have great differences in appearance. Shoots can be both naked and pubescent. The leaves can have a completely different shape: elliptical or obovate, entire or dissected. They are lobed, pinnately lobed and alternate. Inflorescence - a basket can be large or small, stand alone or in several baskets, forming corymbs and panicles.

Many plants of this numerous genus are very popular for growing in open and closed ground conditions due to their decorative qualities. They are grown as a houseplant in pots, for cutting and subsequent decoration of bouquets.

Location and lighting

Groundsels love sufficient lighting with direct sunlight. An east and west window is an ideal place to grow these flowers in an apartment.

Temperature

In spring and summer, for the maintenance of these plants, it is necessary to maintain a temperature of 22-25 degrees, in autumn it is gradually lowered to 13-15 degrees. This is necessary to prepare the plant for the winter period. However, the temperature in winter should not be below 7 degrees Celsius.

Air humidity

It is not necessary to create special conditions for such plants - the ragworts perfectly tolerate dry indoor air, and it is not necessary to specially moisten it.

Watering

In spring and summer, you need to water moderately, a couple of days after the topsoil dries. In autumn, watering is reduced, and in winter it is watered only occasionally or not watered at all. These plants need to be watered with settled water. Overflow is highly undesirable, as it poses a danger to the health of the plant.

Top dressings and fertilizers

Fertilizers need to be applied 2 times a month, starting in March and ending in August. As top dressing, ordinary fertilizers for succulents are suitable.

The soil

The soil for ragworts needs nutritious and loose, soil pH is neutral. You can purchase ready-made substrates for succulents or cactus, or mix leafy soil with sand in proportions of 2: 1.

Transfer

An adult ragwort is transplanted every 2-3 years, and young flowers - every year in the spring.

Propagation is by cuttings, cuttings and seeds. When propagating in the first way, a shoot 9-10 cm long is cut off from the ragwort and a couple of lower leaves are removed, and then left to dry. After that, the prepared cuttings are planted in small pots with sandy soil for rooting and placed in a bright and warm place. After the cuttings have taken root, they must be transplanted into a larger pot.

Propagation by seeds is not used so often. The seeds required for sowing must be fresh and pre-sprouted. To get a beautifully grown plant, several prepared seeds are placed in one pot at once. Seed crops must be moistened by spraying with water. Ascended seedlings are transferred to new small pots at the cotyledon phase.

As soon as you notice that your plant has grown a lot, you can put small containers with the substrate next to it and put the regrown shoots in them, pressing them into the ground. After they have taken root, they need to be cut off from the main plant.

Diseases and pests

Groundsels are rarely affected by pests and diseases. Only improper care and lack of fresh air to the plant can provoke the appearance of aphids, spider mites, mealybugs, powdery mildew and gray rot.

Damage to young shoots, leaves and inflorescences occurs due to the pelargonium greenhouse aphid: the buds stop blooming, the inflorescences turn brown, and the leaves turn yellow. To eliminate aphids, you need to ventilate the room more, spray it with water from a spray bottle, and in case of severe lesions, use insecticidal preparations.

The damage caused by the spider mite causes the leaves to drill, and on the inside of the leaf you can see the thinnest cobweb. To get rid of ticks, you need to regularly humidify the air in the room and rinse the ragwort with warm water. If the infection is extensive, use Actellik.

Seaside and citrus mealybugs suck out all the deciduous juice, so to get rid of them, you need to treat the entire plant with a soap or alcohol solution, and in case of severe lesions, with an emulsion of karbofos.

You can get rid of powdery mildew by using foundationazole according to the instructions, after removing all damaged parts of the plant.

With gray rot, dry spots appear with a yellowish border. To combat it, copper oxychloride is used, and it is also worth stopping to excessively moisten the substrate, cool it and keep the plant in low light.

Difficulties in growing

• The leaves turn brown and then dry out - most likely they are affected by a spider mite; indoor low humidity and high temperature; watering is irregular and insufficient.
• Brown spots are probably sunburns that have occurred after a long exposure to direct rays.
• The leaves are small, losing color, or with natural spotting, they simply become green - insufficient illumination.

Crosswort - growing at home

What is a bastard? This is a plant of the aster family, which has a huge number of varieties.

Scientists have described about three thousand species, most of them - herbs and succulents.

The name itself has several options: the bastard is also called senecio or clenia.

Senecio comes from the Latin word meaning "bald" or "old".

Those who breed this ornamental plant know that after flowering and seed ripening, bare baskets with small tufts remain.

Their appearance resembles the head of an old man with tufts of gray hair. The Russian name - godson was given by its resemblance to watercress.

Motherland

In the apartments of flower growers you can meet exotic types of senecio who came from African countries.

Do you think it takes a long trip to see a ragwort in the wild? You are mistaken, these plants can be found under your feet, they are found even in permafrost zones.

Only in our country grows about 100 kinds of glue.

Since the greatest diversity of species occurs in the hot zone, it can be assumed that the homeland of the godson were areas with a warm climate. Africa, the Mediterranean, Central America - in these latitudes there are places with both wet and dry weather.

Over millions of years, plants have adapted to different conditions, have become different from each other.

Description

describe appearance flower ragwort is very difficult. Try to answer the question: what does a dog look like: is it big or small, with long hair or almost bald, what kind of muzzle and tail does it have? In the same way, the types of glue are different.

There are also dwarf species, and bushes, and even trees. Sometimes senecio takes the form of ivy or creeper.

On Mount Kilimanjaro you can find amazing trees. The ten-meter trunk has no branches, and at the top there is a lush rosette of leaves. These are not palm trees, but one of the types of ragwort.

Leaves Same are diverse. You can also find large dissected fans like those of a palm tree, and ordinary elliptical leaves, and fleshy “pillows”, and small balls resembling a string of beads.

Easiest to recognize senecio by flowers. They look like daisies of various colors, collected in bunches.

An shoot emerges from the body of the plant with a beautiful basket at the top. The inner flowers are bisexual, seeds are formed in them.

Would you like to learn more about the different types of ragwort? Information can be found.

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Application

It's hard to answer the question: is there any benefit to glue? Some species are used as an ornamental plant, used in folk medicine; others are fought relentlessly, like weeds.

The ragwort is rich in alkaloids, various medicines can be prepared from it. This useful property also has a dangerous side.

If there are children in the apartment, be careful: they can get poisoned by eating juicy leaves.

In floriculture ragwort is used to decorate flower beds and lawns. Many species can overwinter in the open field, some need to be dug up and put away for the winter in a warm place.

In apartments senecio grown in flower pots.

Care and cultivation

Each species has its own care requirements. and growing conditions, but there are general rules.

If you do not know what kind of ragwort grows in your apartment, do not worry.

This plant is hardy and not capricious., it will not die and will not get sick if instead of 25⁰ in the apartment it turns out to be a few degrees higher or lower.

Temperature

The southern guest loves to soak up the warmth in the summer. Temperature about 25⁰ will be comfortable for him, the glue will grow and develop well.

After a season of intensive growth bastard needs to rest. Move it for the winter to a room where it is about 15⁰, where it will hibernate.

Some species bloom during the colder months, they need warmth during this time.

Lighting

Most types of ragwort came to us from southern latitudes, so they are used to to bright sunlight. On the north window, the senecio will be stunted and ugly.

dangerous for him and scorching midday rays. If it is not possible to put a flower on the east or west window, you can grow glue on the south windowsill, slightly shading it.

Watering

See what leaves on your godson.

If they are thick and fleshy, the plant comes from dry areas and creates moisture reserves for itself. He is not so afraid of drought, but he should not be tormented by thirst for a green friend.

Keep an eye on the surface of the soil in the pot when it becomes dry - senecio needs moisture.

Water should not stagnate in the ground if there is a semblance of a swamp in the pot, the roots will rot. In winter, you do not need to water, but if the air in the apartment is very dry, occasionally moisten the ground.

Air humidity

The godson does not need to create special conditions, the humidity of a city apartment suits them.

You can spray the plant from dust, but this procedure is undesirable for species whose leaves are covered with a bluish bloom.

Fertilizer

In the spring, the glue wakes up and starts to grow. At this time, the plant is especially in need of nutrients.

Purchase a special fertilizer for succulents or cacti. If you do not find one, choose with a minimum amount of nitrogen. Use fertilizer for cacti according to the instructions, use other types in half the dose.

When overfeeding, the ragwort ages quickly. In summer, two top dressings per month are enough; in winter, no need to fertilize.

Bloom

Most species senecio sprouts in spring, on which baskets of flowers similar to daisies develop.

In large species, the inflorescences are sometimes cut and used for bouquets. Flowering lasts at least a month.

In winter, your windowsill will not be empty either: there are species that bloom in cold months.

If you choose the right varieties, the room will constantly be decorated with bright inflorescences.

flower pruning

Most types of senecio do not need to be pruned.: their main charm is in the leaves, which grow most densely in the upper part. After flowering, an unsightly shoot with sparse fluff often remains.

If you need seeds, you will have to endure this inconvenience, in other cases flower stalks can be cut. There are exceptions, for example, the flickering ragwort increases by 30 cm every year.

So that the shoots do not fill the entire space, they need to be cut in the spring.

Lifespan

Eat annual glues they will only please you one season. Most species can live for many years, but at the same time lose their decorative effect.

The lower leaves fall off, revealing an ugly bare stem. They are grown no more than three years, then a new plant is planted.

Transfer

In fast-growing species of bastards the root system develops very intensively. Every spring they need to be transplanted into a larger pot.

If you intend to grow a glue for 2-3 years, and it will add a few centimeters in growth per season, it is better not to transplant, so as not to damage the roots and leaves.

reproduction

Senecio can be propagated by seeds. After flowering, do not cut off the dried inflorescence, but wait for the seeds to ripen.



Sow them in early spring, and soon you will get new shoots.

This method is suitable for lovers of difficult paths, it is much easier to propagate the ragwort with shoots. Break off a small branch, put it in water, and it will quickly give roots.

You can still press the shoot to the wet ground, over time it will take root.

Each species has its own growth rate. Some increase per season by a meter or more, while the growth of others is almost imperceptible. The most common in home cultivation, Rowley's ragwort grows several centimeters over the summer.

Diseases and pests

The godson can be attacked aphids, mealybugs or spider mites. Periodically inspect the leaves, if you notice traces of uninvited guests, treat the plant with special preparations.

Senecio diseases are almost not affected, most problems arise due to improper care.

If your glue suddenly dropped its leaves, do not rush to water it with medicinal compounds, perhaps this is just a deciduous species.

Flowers on the windowsill are pleasing to the eye give the interior a special charm. Pots with bright inflorescences on the windowsill, flower pots with climbing ivy on the walls, disposable baskets with plants that will be removed immediately after flowering - all this variety can be created with the help of some godsons.

Plants of the genus senecio they have many differences among themselves, but this will not hurt to create a single green ensemble from them.

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This plant is now classified as garden pericallis (Pericallis x hybrida ) . And before (and now too!) It could be found under the name garden ragwort , or bloody (Senecio x hybridus, S. x cruentus), and garden cineraria , or bloody(Cineraria x hybrida, C. x cruenta).

Growing conditions and care

A place for a hybrid ragwort is selected illuminated, but the sun's rays should be diffused. In principle, a cold north or east window will do. The plant blooms longer if kept in a cool room where it does not exceed 18 degrees Celsius. At night, it can drop to 10 degrees, such a temperature difference is even welcome. Pericallis calmly withstands temperatures as low as 4 degrees Celsius.

The hybrid ragwort will quickly wither if it dries out, so its soil is kept constantly wet. But at the same time, stagnant water must be avoided. The plant feels better when. Fertilize it is not necessary, also not required. Pericallis for his short life in the room (flowering lasts a month - one and a half) is quite enough for the substrate in which he was sold.

Withered flowers are cut with scissors so that they do not spoil the overall appearance of the plant. Well, when it fades, it is simply thrown away.

Problems and Solutions

Leaves turn pale and wither: with too much direct sun - move the plant from the south or west window to the north or east.

The plant wilts daily: irregular watering causes most of the root ball to become very dry and repel water rather than absorb it. Remove the plant from the pot and put it in a pot of water for half an hour (just wait until the earth absorbs the water and the lump sinks to the bottom). Then move it back to the pot.

Flowers too pale apparently not enough light. Move the plant to a brighter location where it will receive bright, diffused light for at least a few hours a day.

Flowers fade in a couple of days: the plant is clearly hot - move it to a cooler place. Flowers last much longer if the air temperature in the room does not exceed 18 degrees C.

The plant is wilted, even watering does not help:- will have to throw it away.

Small insects on the plant: it’s easier to throw out pericallis than to arrange an insecticidal war with. But they can move to longer-lived plants!