Aubresia is an unpretentious groundcover plant that forms a living rug, grows quickly, which is why gardeners love it so much. Up to 20 cm high with small elliptical leaves lowered with serrated edges. It blooms until winter.
Pleases with its buds twice a year - from late spring to mid-July first and in September for the second time. Four-petalled blue, lilac, snowy white and purple flowers, around 10 mm in circumference, are sometimes completely hidden by foliage. Dark brown almost black seeds ripen in the pod. Oreet occurs in the wild in the mountains and riverside in southern France, Italy, Asia Minor, South America.
Types and varieties of aubration
In total there are about 12 varieties.
| Species and varieties | Characteristic | Leaves | Flowers / Bracts |
| Deltoid (Aubrieta deltoidea) | It resembles a lilac bush, grows up to 15 cm. | Gray-green, deltoid, two denticles from two edges. | Purple or purplish blue, 10 mm in diameter. |
| Graceful (Aubrieta gracilis) Kittie Blue. | It forms a thick carpet of flowers. Reaches 10 cm. | Pale green. | Bright blue, 2 cm with a yellow center. |
Kolumka Guss. | Up to 12 cm, stalk thick bending, bifurcated, covered with pile. | Long carved. | Up to 4.5 cm in diameter, pale lilac and pink. |
| Croatian | Leaves of completely dissimilar form with other varieties. | Juicy green, large, maple-shaped or diamond-shaped. | Blue shades with a dark middle - lilac or lilac. |
Cultural or Hybrid Aubration
Aubrieta cultorum. It tolerates winter under the snow. It grows up to 20 cm. It is possible to grow this species in pots for cutting. The leaves are oblong, jagged. Common, double and semi-double flowers
| Grade | Description | Flowers |
| Cascading | Perennial. The leaves are gray-green, the color does not change all year. | Red or blue with a yellow eye. |
| Enchanting Morocco | Very lush variety. | About 1.5 cm, from blue to red and pink. |
| Dr. Mules | In height not more than 15 cm. | Blue violet. |
| Borschiz White | A rare variety. | White. |
| Cote d'Azur | It blooms in June-July, and then again in September before the onset of frost. | Sea wave. |
| Giant waterfall | Winter hardy grade. 15 cm high. | Violet, pink, red, purple, with a diameter of up to 1 cm. |
| Red king | Up to 10 cm | Large up to 5 cm, bright raspberry. |
| Raspberry Sea | It blooms lushly for 2 months. | Raspberry |
How to grow aubration from seeds at home
It is preferable to propagate by seeds, growing seedlings.
Step by step:
- Sown at the end of winter, preferably in February, in peat-humus pots or peat tablets. There is no need to plant seedlings; they are immediately planted in open ground at the end of May, when there are no more frosts at night.
- Humidify the soil and spread 2-3 seeds, sprinkled with sand, then sprayed with a spray.
- Crops are covered with a glass jar, cellophane or a plastic bottle, periodically open for ventilation.
- Leave in a room with air temperature + 18 ... +21 ° C. As soon as the shoots appear, the shelter is removed.
- Water carefully, so as not to damage the emerged seedlings.
- Before planting in open ground, they are fed with mineral and organic fertilizers, especially if the plant does not grow very well.
How to grow shaving from seeds in open ground
Many gardeners plant seeds immediately in open ground at the end of April or mid-September. First, they dig a piece of land, not more than 15 cm in depth, then add ash and mineral fertilizers, having previously cleared the land of weeds and small stones.
The soil is chosen neutral, acidic. Aubrieta does not like peaty and saturated soils.
Lay the seeds on the bed, sprinkle with sand or humus, carefully watered. It is better to plant in sunny places, then the plant will have a bright color of flowers and greenery. After 20 days, new sprouts will appear, which are thinned out, observing the distance between planting of 7 cm.
Breeding
Aubration can be propagated by cuttings or dividing the bush.
Cuttings
After pruning the plant in the spring there will be many cuttings. You need to choose the strongest, put in peat-humid pots, covered with a film or a jar, also periodically open for ventilation.
When a sufficiently warm temperature is established, the shelter can be removed completely.
By the end of summer, the plant will strengthen and take root, its root system will grow, and it will be possible to plant it in open ground. If winter is expected without snow, it is best that the cuttings overwinter in a greenhouse.
Bush division
This method is rarely used, fearing damage to the root system. Better propagated by seeds or cuttings.
You need to dig a bush from the ground and divide it into several parts, trying not to damage the shoots and roots, then plant in prepared holes at a distance of 10 cm from each other.
Layering
Since the plant is a creeping living carpet, shoots spreading over the ground can be sprinkled with earth or sand, and they will take root. There will be new shaving bush.
Garden Shaved Care
They plant it in late April - early May, when night temperatures do not drop to zero. In acidic soils on sunny areas, making holes more than the root system of a plant, leaving a distance of 10 cm.
If you want to grow a living carpet, you can plant aubration closer or generally to different places in the garden.
Abundantly watered only young plants, loosen the soil and remove weeds. Rooted and sprawling aubration is rarely moistened, only in the case of dry summers. A large amount of water contributes to the growth of foliage, but stops flowering.
Mulching is done, sprinkling sand on the soil about three times per season.
This plant does not like nitrogen-containing soils and fertilizers, preferring potash (ash), which should be added before flowering and after autumn pruning. The latter occurs only after spring flowering. The stems are cut almost to the root, in the autumn they are not cut, so that in winter the sheath remains a living carpet. The next one will be only next spring.
This perennial plant will tolerate snowy winter perfectly, but if it is cold without snow, it is better to cover aubration with spruce branches, sprinkle with peat or lutrasil.
Diseases and pests
With proper care, aubration is almost not sick.
| Reason / Pest | Signs on leaves and other parts of the plant | Repair methods |
| Excessive watering and improper soil. | Dull, lifeless. The root system rots. | Stop watering, transplant and rearrange in another place. |
| Aphid | Adhesive white coating, including on the stems. After the leaves can be black-coated, and the shoots are like fluffy, covered with insects. | Rinse the plant every day with warm water. If the aphid is not immediately detected, it is better to treat it once a week with Fitoverm or Intavir, you can treat it with a soap solution. |
| Cruciferous flea | Appears in the spring, making holes in the leaves, the larvae are able to eat roots. | Does not like water, it is important to remove weeds, which are the seedlings of this pest. Nearby plant garlic, tomatoes, potatoes, calendula, caraway seeds, coriander, marigolds, nasturtium, the smell of these plants will frighten off the insect. Feeding with organic fertilizers and nitrate. |
| Powdery mildew | White coating. | Treat with fungicide or colloidal sulfur. In case of severe infection, destroy. |
Mr. Summer resident recommends: the auburn in landscape design
It looks beautiful on the hills, in rock gardens, rockeries, crevices of walls and masonry, it turns out an amazing cascade of flowers, especially when combining various varieties.
Looks good with phlox, irises and milkweed and others.
