When I looked online to find the correct Latin name of horseradish ordinary computer, in order to save my time, after four typed letters offered an impressive list of words and phrases mostly with negative or ambiguous meaning. While I was interested in them from a purely positive aesthetic reasons, not related to cooking or sexual preferences …

For several years, I admire the horseradish as a beautiful flower, but not aromatic additive to food, and I wonder how I used to, and possibly others, was not aware of his decorative qualities that are truly unique and time-bound (from snow to snow ) and exerted impression. Today, May 26, 2009. Horseradish is bloomed again, despite the cold and overcast weather, lighting, along with blossoming apple trees gloomy day. This light is picked up the mood and highlighted on the table paper and pencil, for which I long could not bring himself to take …

Horseradish ordinary – Armoracia rusticana, a perennial herb, spreading around the world, and as it turned out, the south-east of European part of Russia. I will not write about his roots, over which shed many tears as during meals, and when you try to completely remove them from the land. Dwell on the decorative parts.

This is, firstly, the leaves. Radical leaves – year-round garden decoration, of course, except in winter. Their dark green, slightly corrugated, elongated ellipse about 50 cm in length on short petioles resistant to lodging. The set of leaves (bush) first conical with apex on the ground by mid-summer spectacular collapse, forming a hemisphere. Peduncles up to 1,5 m branches and are small oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or pinnatisect leaves. The flowers are small, white, gathered in large multiflorous brush on top of the stem and its branches. They exude a sweet pleasant aroma. Horseradish may bloom the second year after planting, but even without the flowers, bushes and components of its leaves look beautiful, especially as the emphasis on the lawn. It is on the lawn!

The beauty of horseradish, I think, have seen many, but are afraid to use it in decorating the garden, because they believe the aggressor – they say, it is growing rapidly, and then he was not brought forth. My experience has shown that it is not so fast it grows, especially at the point of planting and without any attempt to dig when the root is cut into pieces and each of them gives rise. Seed horseradish does not form. If unnecessary shoots appear, it is desirable to break off. It is convenient to do this mower. That’s why I recommend planting horseradish on the lawn. Lawn glanced frequently and shoots do not have time to get used to. Lawns are not harmful, and the bush shit would pose majestically on a background lawn. However, it must necessarily remove leaves before the winter radish, as the grass dies under the fallen leaves, snow and downtrodden horseradish.

On agronomy horseradish usual will not write, because it did not apply. He grew up and I have been growing for many years without special care. I only obkashivayu with lawn mowing. Bought same sprouts horseradish variegated form that differs from the usual presence on the leaves areas of white color, it is difficult to take root, and now after 3 years in the bush, only five points of growth, and variegated is weak.

But in any case, the disposal landshaftnikov in our climate is not so much beautiful seamless large-leaved perennials, to neglect bestowed upon our nature handsome.

Give horse radish flower!