Floating Plants

Floating plants
Are those that grow freely floating on the water surface without the need for root or in pots on the bottom, so they are easier to place. To put down roots and seek their own placement. All they need is sun. They are excellent to combat algae and competing for all resources needed for their growth and block much of the sun.

Absorb large amounts of dissolved nutrients in the water and shade to reduce the temperature and light levels of the water. His only maintenance is to remove those that are wilted. As they feed on the nutrients they purchase water through the microscopic pillars of their roots, so they need not pay in the autumn but in spring, with a special liquid fertilizer for aquatic plants in ponds.

There are some species that multiply very quickly and need a regular pick, as in Pistia stratiodes.

There is usually some floating ice, but is cut in the spring frost and the leaves sprout again.

Example: Azolla filiculoides, Eichhornia crassipes, Hydrocharis morsus-frog Hydroryza aristata, Lemna gibba, Lemna minor, Limnobium laevigatum, stratiodes Pistia, Salvinia auriculata, Salvinia biloba, Salvinia minima, Salvinia molesta, Spirodela intermedia, Stratiotes aloides, Wolffiella oblonga.

The Wiring of Ficus Robusta

Eventually, our Ficus robusta grows and even if the pruning may seem both to continue to maintain the ornamental wanted to continue with pre-set size, the fact is that the plant continues to grow and we must use technology as a wiring guide. Thereafter, we will explain some aspects of the wiring Ficus robusta.

These wiring techniques vary significantly depending on the type of plant. Ficus robusta for we must know that it is a tree which in its early stage we will use as an ornamental indoor and came to adulthood as a garden plant or of outside.


As an ornamental plant for inside, at the outset, when we buy a Ficus robusta has already guardian bamboo. Therefore, we will continue to look to the same reed or if we decide to change, we must distribute the attachment areas strategically throughout its main branch.



For against, when we change the garden or larger pots on the outside, we need the first two or three years guardians much larger and more rigid. We fix as close as possible to the main trunk, to avoid possible damage to its roots. In the same way, we will fasteners distributed throughout the guardian between the tutor and even the main trunk of Ficus robusta.

In the latter case, as the Ficus robusta is outside, we must pay greater attention both to the choice of the guardian as to material of attachment. Both must be not only aesthetically acceptable, but sufisemment strength to resist strong wind avatars.


We can change all the guardian one and two years until he is no longer necessary to use it. And it will always choose the most aesthetically integrated at all possible.

As for material of attachment 'or guide, there's something for all tastes (wire, raffia, etc..), Although they have changed much in recent years. While that was used before any material at hand as the son of iron with aluminum or copper, today we have the products of "new generation" in the market, specially designed for this purpose and which do not damage the branches, allowing the opening and closing thousands of times without deterioration, are resilient to climate change, easy to handle, fully adjustable and fit more in harmony with the plant.

As plants, we can use materials with small dimensions. For against, in the garden, the material must be wider so that the strength of fixation is better distributed and to avoid damage to bark by possible friction by the movement of the plant due to the wind. Similarly, as the diameter of the trunk increases, we will change the magnitude of the base so as to avoid undesirable bottlenecks in the trunk or branches of Ficus robusta.

Scindapsus Aureus

The Scindapsus aureus, also popularly known as Pothos is one of the most popular plants, whether suspended or climbing. Its enormous power adjustment allows it to adapt to domestic environments with a full guarantee.

Among the different presentations with which you can find the Scindapsus aureus is the tray. These are pots with decorative brackets, designed to be easily suspended immediately.

Once at home, as we said, simply look for a place to suspend or simply leave them on a shelf or on a saillie.À from that time, the Pothos will grow and fill in the blanks with its elegant stems and decorative sheets. Its stems usually reach 25 to 50 centimeters per year within the house according to the vitality of the plant.

Care to be taken are those of habit and it will only take care to guide its long stems to these areas that are considered the most aesthetically pleasing to the place.

You can also use the pruning of some branches that have forced more than what we wanted. In such a case, we need to take into account that it will grow mainly from the last bud left. So we advise you to cut the branch closest to the tray or area in which it is to grow again. It is also advisable to carry out pruning in stages over time and not all its branches at a time. The bud grows stronger that way.

Similarly, we must be careful during the re-guidance of its branches as they become a little fragile with age. Once this is done, it will not be worried by the direction of the leaves a bit since more than one day, they will move themselves back to the main source of light.

Ornamentals

1. Select the right plants

The gardens of low water consumption do not have to be made only by semi-arid climate plants. Not cactus gardens or gardens with lawns. Nor should we use only native species.
In Xerojardinería choose species adapted to local climate. Are indigenous, but again not the only ones. There are other ornamental plants, which although not native, are resistant to drought. Avoid plant species generally avid water.

The advantages of using native species that are generally more resistant to everything (drought, soil, climate, pests and diseases are best suited ,...), and therefore the maintenance is reduced.
There are a variety of native species very broad covering all the needs of shapes, textures, sizes, colors, climate and soil. The downside is that sometimes in the garden centers and nurseries do not have many of them simply because they bring the most typical and trade. We must make our interest to see them or to place bids. In all countries there asilvestradas and native plant species that have not yet been used and possess excellent aesthetic qualities and practices.

If you have little water to irrigate, you need to rather than just the most resistant of all, who can viver virtually no irrigation, and other such gross Cactus.

2. Grass

• The grass is the main consumer of water gardens. It takes 70% of the water that brings the water to a conventional garden.

• The grass is not essential. You can do nothing without a beautiful garden or lawn with a little, perhaps the central area around the pool areas and more.
• The Xerojardinería also adopts the use of grass, but efficiently. There are other alternatives to cover the ground as we shall see later.
For a minimum expenditure of water follow these tips:

• for a small surface to grass, so essential to family needs.

• The simple design of grass is easier to water (circle, square).

• Plant grass on the edges of the low water plants.

• Avoid or implanted in marginal areas with steep slopes (slopes), better put on those sites tapizantes plants.
• Choose a grass that is resistant to drought. Mixtures are specially designed for this.

The species of grasses are more resistant:

* Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda)
* Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu)
* Stenotaphrum secundatum (Gramona, St. Augustine)
* Zoysia japonica (Zoysia)
* Paspalum notatum (Bahia Grass)

These are all warm and frost causes leaves to brown, but not die, the roots are still alive, and when the spring regrowth. Therefore, in climates with frost seeding should not be any 5 of these species if you do not have a lawn unsightly brown color during the autumn-winter.

In cool climates the most resistant to the lack of water are Festuca arundinacea and Festuca ovina and should dominate the mix.

• Do not water so often in order to stimulate root growth in depth. If you have plenty of moisture on the surface what is going to look down?. Used to the grass for a little water over its roots deeper.
• Mowing the lawn, leaving more height. The mowing will also promote its high hardness and better resistance to pests, fungi and drought that develops deeper roots: leaves longer, longer roots. No cuts in the summer as satin, let the grass grow higher as temperatures rise.