Gelenium Flammendes Katchen

Helenium (gelenium) - annual or perennial kornevishchny, grassy plants. Geleniuma have no long-term rhizome. Tsvetonosny stalks by winter die off together with roots. But the kidneys formed on underground part of a one-year stalk form the socket of leaves with roots by this time. This socket the next year also gives a tsvetonosny stalk. That is gelenium have no bush in the standard sense, and there are closely sitting independent plants. Stalks are direct, branchy, up to 160 cm high above. Leaves are located in the next order, lantsetny. Inflorescences — baskets, single or are collected in shchitkovidny inflorescences. Regional flowers reed, yellow, orange, purple, brown or bichromatic; central — tubular, yellow or brown. Geleniuma are photophilous, but transfer a penumbra. In dry and hot weather need plentiful watering. Plants winter-hardy, but if not to divide them longer than 3-4 years, then sockets can freeze slightly.