💎 Are you familiar with torenia? Unusual "Gloxinia" for a seed garden

Fiery fireworks, fellow flower growers!

While there is still time before planting annual flowers for your garden, I continue to introduce you to rare but fascinating candidates to decorate your site. Today is the turn of a little-known (even a little offensive!), But very beautiful torrent. The plant is remarkable for its numerous bright gramophones, which slightly resemble gloxinia flowers, of modest size and simple needs.

But first things first! Read to the end to find out all the advantages of torenia, the features of growing on your site and just enjoy beautiful photos of an ornamental plant 🌷

What torrenia in the garden offers flower growers

Charming Torenia is a very compact plant. The height of an adult, with might and main a flowering bush reaches 20-30 cm. Therefore, our today's heroine can rightfully be called universal.

How to use torrent: Create an interesting prefabricated flower garden with the participation of torenia, where she, due to her small stature, will be in the foreground. Or plant a few bushes in a bunch to heighten the blooming effect. And torrenia is also ideal for borders, boxes, pots. Therefore, with its help, you can create interesting options for landscaping balconies, verandas and terraces.

The main noticeable feature is the bell flowers. Due to their characteristic shape, flower growers have nicknamed Torenia "garden gloxinia".

As for the color of the petals, thanks to modern breeding there are almost no limitations) Based on the types of "Kawaii" and "Fournier" there are many colors for every taste of the Russian grower: there are two-color, three-color and fancy.

Author's advice: By the way, the varieties and hybrids bred on the basis of Fournier torenia branch better than the Kawai descendants. Therefore, if you want a super-lush bush, then take "Fournier"

Torenia is unpretentious, but some of the nuances of growing are still worth knowing

• The best spot for torrenia is moderate partial shade. In the southern regions, the scorching sun can "burn" foliage and flowers. In this regard, toreya is a delicate plant. I advise you to give her a place where the sun comes in the morning or evening, or under the protection of larger flowers.
• Watering the most common, moderate, as the earth dries up. I advise you not to fall on the flowers, so that the petals do not lose their decorative effect.

• An annual can do without top dressing, but for abundant flowering, I advise you to feed it with potassium and phosphorus 2-3 times a summer.
• Topping torenia shoots every 8 cm allows you to grow a lush bush.
• It has been noticed that more decorative. Therefore, if you want to decorate a flower bed with it, just dig in the container and enjoy)

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