Hosta Rainforest Sunrise: description + photo

Hosta Rainforest Sunrise is a perennial with beautiful leaves. There are approximately 60 varieties and hybrids of this flower. Bushes are unpretentious in care, and are also resistant to frost. It is not difficult to plant them on your personal plot, and growing them requires a minimum of costs. Due to this hosta is very popular with gardeners.

Description of the hybrid host Rainforest Sunrise

In the natural environment of the host “Rainforest Sunrise” grows in a warm temperate climate (Sakhalin, the Kuriles, the Far East). In Japan, a flower is grown not only for decorative purposes, but also eaten.

This is an Asian plant, but the mid-latitude climate also suits it well. Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” can feel great in the cold summer and is able to survive the harsh winter. Frost resistance allows you to successfully plant a flower in the middle regions of Our Country (up to -15 degrees), however, for the northern regions it is better to choose a more frost-resistant hybrid or grow in containers.

Hostas are native to China and Japan.

Hosta is a rhizomatous flower with large leaves (15-35 cm) on petioles forming a basal rosette. The height varies between 25-120 cm. The peduncle has an elongated shape (in some cases reaches 150 cm) without foliage, it has pinkish or white flowers resembling small bells. They bloom in summer.

Benefits of the Rainforest Sunrise Host Hybrid:

1. The texture of the leaves with a slight wax coating, matte or glossy, wrinkled or smooth.
2. The color can be gray, blue, green, cream or yellow.
3. The shape resembles a heart, elongated or round.

Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” is unpretentious in growing conditions, can decorate any shady areas, has a long life – the flower has been growing for more than 25 years, every year it only becomes more magnificent. The variety gets along with other garden crops, and dense plantings do not allow weeds to grow.

Application in landscape design

In the landscape, the Rainforest Sunrise hosta is used as a border bush, it can grow in one place for a long time. Also, the variety of hybrids makes it possible to grow magnificent compositions, for example, near the paths. But you need to take into account that in the shade the plants will be green, without decor features, and in sunny areas the leaves will burn out due to burns.

Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” is often used for carpet plantings. At the same time, large leaves drown out the growth of weeds, thus clearing the area around them. The variety of varieties makes it possible to create magnificent carpet patterns.

Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” blooms in July-August

Breeding methods

Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” is propagated by dividing the bush, seeds and cuttings.

Dividing a bush is the simplest and most proven method. This can be done at any time of the year, but it is advisable to do it in the spring before active growth or in September so that the “delenki” can take root.

Young plants are difficult to tolerate this procedure, bushes under 5 years old are not advised to divide. The procedure itself looks like this: carefully dig out the Rainforest Sunrise host, divide it into parts with a knife so that each contains at least one kidney. After the “delenka” they are transplanted to open ground.

Cuttings are desirable to perform in the summer. Why choose shoots with small leaves or those left over from division with parts of the root system. A part of the leaf is cut off at the cutting (approximately 1/4), this will reduce the evaporation of moisture. Then it is planted in a slightly darkened area and covered with a liter jar.

When cutting a cutting, it must have 4-5 leaves.

Planting seed material will make it possible to get many bushes at the same time. But seedlings cannot retain varietal characteristics. It is best to treat the material with a growth activator before planting.

Landing algorithm

In its natural environment, the bush grows in open sunny places, in floodplains of reservoirs. Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” does not like to be in the shade. It is best to choose a place for growing – a site that is more darkened at the end of the day. The earth requires moderately moist. In summer, large leaves evaporate a lot of moisture; during its shortage, the plant becomes brown.

When choosing a site for planting, you need to consider the color of the leaves:

1. Yellowish, white and golden hues on the leaf blades indicate that the flower needs more sun, but not direct sunlight. It is advisable to choose a place in which the sun prevails in the morning, and most of the time the host is in the shade of other plants. In direct sunlight, the bush will burn out, and in the shade it will be green.
2. Blue varieties can be planted under apricots and peaches. This neighborhood will not allow you to create a permanent shadow, but it will protect the leaves from the sun.

Seedlings should be planted in March, before the start of intensive root growth.

Sometimes the host is planted in September, so the bush can take root before frost. At this time, it is advised to divide and plant the host “Rainforest Sunrise” – its roots are arranged so that September is best suited for this.

The bush is undemanding to the ground, but if the hosta grows on poor soil, then it is better to fertilize it with complex bait. You can use wood ash. Peat is added to sandy soil, this will help retain moisture and prevent leaching of useful elements.

Planting material is divided into several types: with closed and open roots. In the latter case, the bush is planted simultaneously with a clod of earth, in the first case, the roots are bare.

The hole needs to be made a little wider and deeper than when planting the roots of the seedling. Feed is added to the bottom. The growth bud is left above ground level. After planting, the soil is lightly rammed and the bush is watered.

Before planting, the hosts dig up the plot and bring in a bucket of humus

Growing rules

Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” is not very demanding in care, however, in order for the plant to fully develop, certain conditions must be observed:

1. The bush has superficial roots, so during loosening they can be damaged. To prevent this from happening, you need to use mulching (bark, sawdust, peat, straw). It allows you to keep moisture and looseness of the soil.
2. Periodic moderate irrigation. Hosta “Rainforest Sunrise” is moisture-loving, however, does not tolerate excessive humidity. It is necessary to water directly under the root system, avoiding contact with the leaves.
3. Near young bushes, it is occasionally necessary to remove weed grass, however, as it grows, the hosta can get rid of it on its own.
4. Since young plants are planted in fertile soil, bait is not required in the first year, especially with timely mulching. Subsequently, the bushes are fed with complex compounds several times over the summer. Since autumn, bait is completed, so the host is prepared for wintering.
5. First, young flower stalks are cut off, otherwise the plant will “fall apart”.
6. After 5 years, the Rainforest Sunrise host should be divided and transplanted. This will rejuvenate the mother bush and help provide new material for planting.

Preparation for winter

To protect the bush from frost until next spring, it is advisable to cover it with spruce branches. With the arrival of spring warmth, everyone cleans up and cultivates the land from insects.

It is forbidden to fertilize the Rainforest Sunrise host in the fall, otherwise the bush will freeze. The last bait is carried out before the beginning of September. In November, the ground is mulched with organic matter. This will protect the host from freezing.

You can use hay, peat, sawdust. To prevent harmful insects from appearing in the mulch, it can be treated with tobacco dust or Fitosporin.

Proper shelter will allow plants to easily endure even severe frosts.

Diseases and pests

The main pests of the Rainforest Sunrise hosta:

• on frostbitten bushes, phyllosticosis can be seen – yellow spots on the leaf plate. This hosta needs to be cut and burned, and the ground in this area must be disinfected;

  

• leaves infect rot, it can be removed with fungicides, which include the active ingredient folpet;

  

• often white cotton wool is visible on the root neck – sclerotinia fungus, they fight it with the help of “Dichloran”;

  

• if holes began to appear on the foliage, it means that the bush is damaged by slugs. These pests can be controlled by placing beer containers;

  

• the host is infected by nematodes. They can be identified by yellowish spots between the veins on the foliage. This is the most dangerous enemy of the plant, you can not get rid of it. Not a single tool allows you to remove nematode larvae. The only way is to cut the bushes within a radius of three meters. You also need to prepare preparations that will allow you to deal with caterpillars, bugs and grasshoppers.

  

Conclusion

Hosta Rainforest Sunrise is great for decorating summer cottages. These plants are planted on discounts, in groups or singly on the lawn, used as border flowers near the paths.

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