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The most beautiful plants
Plants are a gift of nature for us human beings, precious both from an aesthetic/emotional point of view (beauty, after all, always arouses emotion…) and from the point of view of nature’s need. . It is clear that this vision is strongly anthropocentric, that is to say that it gives too much importance to man, placing him essentially at the center of the conception of Nature. In fact, it is not, because it has been shown that man is in this dominant position on planet Earth due to fortuitous circumstances, random events that caused him to have an amazing evolutionary path and unique. However, the fact is that plants play a fundamental role in the life of man and all other living species on Earth. in fact, they practice an energetic/chemical cycle which, with the hours of light, produces the substance that we need most to live: oxygen. However, as we all know, plants are also valued for their beauty and their innate ability to furnish, beautify and make many of our environments more welcoming and livable; Indeed, the practice of having plants at home has been practiced since the oldest populations such as the Romans and the Greeks, peoples of great culture and marked foresight.
The Rose
One of the most beautiful plants in the world is undoubtedly the rose: this species of plant is so famous and loved that it is really simplistic to describe it only as “beautiful”, indeed its charm does not derive solely from the aesthetic (which among other things is subjective, so someone may not like it), but it’s a combination of legend, grace and romance that makes it all so special. The rose is a bushy plant that has three main characteristics: the flower, the thorns and the… delicacy. There is not much to say about the flower because much has already been said and written, having a conformation of the petals closely associated with the feminine universe precisely because of the grace and that aura of inaccessibility that she evokes. The thorns of the rose are an important part at the same time because they are very painful because they water the whole stem and the branches, and both because they are kind of the antithesis of the beauty of the flower itself, like a metaphor for the good and bad things in life that are very close. The delicacy of the rose is not its appearance, but the delicacy of the plant in the sense of little resistance to weather, temperature changes, diseases and various pests.
rose pests
The rose is a plant species very subject to the attack of adversities, whether fungi, insects, parasites and various viruses; maybe this aspect is also a metaphor for life, in the sense that the beautiful things are always the ones most in danger and the ones that disappear the fastest, or maybe it’s all the fault of the actions that man has come to do for centuries to try. to improve the appearance of roses and increase their already large market. The fact is that the platoon usually has a limited duration due to the attack of external agents; Specifically in this article we talk about pests of roses. There are some very famous ones, but if detected in time, they can be easily deleted. the important thing is to make sure that the plant lives in adequate conditions of temperature and humidity, in fact, excessive humidity intended primarily for deposits or stagnation of water near the roots is one of the most frequent causes of plant death. To avoid all this, without which one cannot even think of seriously growing a rose, it must be equipped with very draining soil, possibly with shards or large stones at the bottom, and avoid overwatering the plant.
lice and flies
There are two pests that most affect roses and they are called (commonly and popularly, because the scientific names are quite different) lice and flies; more precisely, we speak of “plant lice” in reference to aphids, very small but very annoying insects that attack not only the rose but many plants. They form very numerous colonies which lead the plant to a slow death or in any case to the fact that it does not produce flowers or fruits (this is not the case with the rosebush) in a satisfactory manner; in particular, it is the larvae that feed on plant sap very aggressively. To eliminate this annoying guest, if everything is taken in time, just put ladybugs in the plant area and in a few days you will see the result: Ladybugs are very hungry for aphids and can quickly wipe out entire colonies. The second annoying parasite is the so-called “rose flies”, a kind of insect that does not really look like flies but works by destroying the rose from the inside since it establishes colonies inside. inside the plant and eats it from the inside. inside; The problem is that when you notice this disease, all you have to do is prune back any parts that have already been attacked and wait for the plant to recover. Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen often, but if it’s actually just a small part of the plant, chances are. a kind of insect that doesn’t really look like flies but works by destroying the rose from the inside, since it establishes colonies inside the plant and eats it from the inside; The problem is that when you notice this disease, all you have to do is prune back any parts that have already been attacked and wait for the plant to recover. Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen often, but if it’s actually just a small part of the plant, chances are. a kind of insect that doesn’t really look like flies but works by destroying the rose from the inside, since it establishes colonies inside the plant and eats it from the inside; The problem is that when you notice this disease, all you have to do is prune back any parts that have already been attacked and wait for the plant to recover. Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen often, but if it’s actually just a small part of the plant, chances are.