Hello everybody.
Today I was a bit keen on the camera and decided to take a picture of flowers in his garden called Impatiens. I have them growing 3 types is crimson, pink and purple.
This is a very beautiful flower.
Small characteristic balsam:
Feature balsam
Balsam- it is quite a large genus of herbaceous plants, there are more than 850 species.
Balsam belongs to the family of balsa. Translated from the Latin "Balsam" means "impatient"
This plant blooms for a long time and attracts originality. It is very prolific, for which the British called it "hard Lisa", the Austrians called the plant "a beautiful wreath," focusing on the beauty of flowers.
The reason the name of the balsam with a singularity of its fruit, to which the slightest touch causes them to crack, causing the seeds scatter over long distances. Impatiens, depending on the type belongs to the annual or perennial plants.
For balsam characteristic fleshy, succulent stems. The leaves are toothed or entire, lanceolate, without stipules, whorled arrangement on the stem or simultaneously from opposite sides. The color green, a variety of shades. The flowers are irregularly shaped, simple or double, there are single types of flowers and balsam collected in loose inflorescences. The flowers vary in color palette: depending on the type can be white, red, yellow or two-color.
Fruit plants - polyspermous box. Rhode Bal'zaminova includes about 400 species of herbaceous plants. Grow it, usually in Africa and Asia, prefer the tropical and subtropical climate.
Useful properties of balsam
It should be noted that the composition of the plant is not sufficiently studied. Therefore, medicinal properties, too, are not fully known. Some studies suggest that the plant contains a poison. However, despite this, Balsam actively collected during its flowering, because at this time, it contains the highest concentration in the composition of vitamin C. For this reason, this tool is used for the treatment of various inflammatory processes.
As part of the balsam flower found tannins needed to support vital processes, flavonoids and alkaloids. Most often used the ground part of the plant for medicinal purposes herbalists. Its components are a component of diuretic medicines. Such drugs have a beneficial effect on the kidneys and the entire urinary system of our body as a substance capable of degrading in the balsam Solat and stones, remove them with the excess fluid from the body. For this reason, hard to get used to treat swelling of the heart and kidney.
His particular niche medicinal balsam found in Tibetan medicine. They use it to treat diseases such as ascites and spazmofiliya, diabetes. Tibetan medicine is also actively uses and soothing properties of this natural means. Under the influence of medicinal plants calms the nervous system that slows the heart rate, increases the amplitude of heart contractions.
Harvesting and storage
All lovers of breeding houseplants are wondering about how to optimally prepare them as seeds. With regard to the balsam, the seeds should be collected only in the mature form. And if the seeds have not dospeli, the box just will not open and will not give up its contents. Therefore, you should not miss the moment, their maturation and if the leaf boxes begin to open, it's time to cut the ovary. Collect ripe fruits produce carefully, because the fruits burst right into the hands - and the contents scatters a few meters. The collected seeds is recommended to sow directly into the wet ground. If, however, there is no need to plant a plant, its seeds can simply be dried and stored for several years.
The use in the home
This plant in the home performs a decorative function. Its flowers are very bright, because will look great in flowerbeds and curbs, forming at the same time beautiful red carpet. A characteristic feature of the plant is that it gets along fine with other species, so it will look like an original mix of balsam and boxwood. You can choose to combine different types and shades of colors, thus showing their creativity in landscape design. Just Impatiens is a universal basis for the creation of flower arrangements.
