What is genziana and its multiplications ?

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​ What is genziana and its multiplications ? Genziana​, (genus Gentiana), any of about 400 species of annual or perennial (rarely biennial) flowering plants of the Gentianaceae distributed worldwide in temperate and alpine regions, especially in Europe and Asia, North and South America, and New Zealand. they're especially a notable feature of mountain regions, where the moisture-loving plants have access to underground water in summer and snow cover in winter. Genziana flowers are typically blue (hence “gentian blue”) or royal blue but could also be purple, violet, mauve, yellow, white, or maybe red; the four or five petals are usually united into a trumpet, funnel, or bell. The flowers are utilized in the making of dyes, especially marsh gentian, a source of blue dye. The tough fibrous roots were once used herbally for putative alimentary cures, and therefore the name gentian derives from Gentius, king of ancient Illyria, and alleged discoverer of the plant’s medicinal value. great yellow gentian, the yellow ​genziana, ​is found in Europe and western Asia and is that the source of a flavoring in liqueurs.

Other species, like the fringed ​genzianas​, formerly included in Genziana, are now mentioned as Gentianella (about 125 species) and Gentianopsis (about 15 species). The Gentianaceae, Gentianaceae, includes 87 genera and nearly 1,700 species. Gentianaceae, the Gentianaceae (order Gentianales) of flowering plants containing 102 genera and around 1,750 species of annual and perennial herbs and, rarely, shrubs. Members of the family are native primarily to northern temperate areas of the planet, though many also are found in tropical and subtropical regions. Flowers of certain members of those genera display a number of the purest blues within the Plantae, and lots of are cultivated as garden ornamentals. Members of the family have leaves that are opposite to one another on the stem. The leaves often lack leafstalks and have smooth margins. The flowers have four or five united petals, which can be deeply divided. The petals overlap and are twisted within the bud. Nectar-secreting pits are found at the bottom of the petals and sepals in some species. The fruits are commonly capsules.


Genzianas​ (plants of the genus Gentiana) bear attractive flowers, usually blue but occasionally yellow, white, red, or purple; several species are cultivated as garden ornamentals. Gentians occur widely in moist meadows and woods. great yellow Genziana of Alps is prized for its yellow flowers; its root is locally considered medicinal and is employed to flavor herbal bitters and aperitifs. The gentian reproduces by seed in autumn and maybe propagated by division of the tufts or rhizomes in spring. Multiplication by seed The seeds of ​genziana​s are dormant or quiescent seeds, so to form them germinate, this state must be interrupted before sowing, they need to be immersed for a minimum of 24 hours during a solution of gibberellin or Gibberellin, a phytohormone that stimulates the germination and production of sprouts. The seeds collected in autumn must be stored then at the top of winter, in February, treated then sown at a depth of 1 cm during a substrate of sand and peat, kept constantly humid, and exposed to temperatures no above 15 ° C. In April, when the seedlings are strong enough, they will be transplanted into the bottom in rows about 50 - 60 cm apart.

Multiplication by the division of the tufts Perennial gentians also can be multiplied by the division of rhizomes. The plants are extracted from the soil, the roots are untangled and therefore the larger rhizomes are separated and implanted at an equivalent time within the soft and nutrient-rich soil. Repotting


Repotting of gentian is administered when the adventitious roots of the rhizomes begin of the drainage holes of the watering. A wider and better container than the previous one is employed, new soil, fresh and previously fertilized with phosphorus and potassium. Pruning It is a little plant and thus doesn't got to be pruned but withered flowers and dry or damaged leaves must still be eliminated.


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