Nodding acquaintance with eschscholzia for bright flower beds

Eschscholzia belongs to the family of poppy. It even sometimes referred to as the California poppy as this beautiful annual plant originally grows in the distant North America. Now eschscholzia bred gardeners all over the world. There are 120 species of plants, but in our country the most common, only two of them - this Eschscholzia californica and eschscholzia turfy.

Eschscholzia, depending on the variety, it has different characteristics and is between 15 and 50 centimeters in height. The plant has a clearly expressed the main stem and ribbed blue-green shoots. Dissected leaves, shaped like wormwood. Eschscholzia flowers are large, up to seven centimeters in diameter, solitary.

There are varieties with simple or double flowers of different colors - white, yellow, orange, pink and others. eschscholzia flowers have an interesting feature - they opened at ten in the morning until four in the evening, in the rest of the day beaters folded. Flowering - June-October. When eschscholzia fades on each bud produces a large number of seeds that are showering the ground, give new plants the following spring.

Eschscholzia - undemanding and undemanding plant. It prefers sandy poor soil, but on a wet and oily fertilized soil will grow poorly. Also eschscholzia not like acidic soil. Best of all, this plant will thrive in a well-lit, sunny location. At the same time, eschscholzia resistant to drought, and almost does not need watering, it is enough natural rainfall.

As mentioned earlier, eschscholzia propagated by seeds. They should be sown directly into open ground, around mid-May. You can also sow the seeds in October, they are well spend the winter and germinate in the spring. Sowing of winter under a good impact on the future colors will bloom earlier, and the plants themselves will be stronger and stronger.

Sow the seed furrows at a depth of half a centimeter. Seedlings need to thin out at once as eschscholzia not like transplanting. This plant can grow in one place for many years, multiply by self-sowing. For the maintenance of a decorative kind flower garden, you need only periodically thin out seedlings.

Eschscholzia looks great in a variety of flower compositions, as a bright spot on the stony hills, sandy slopes and as a component of a blossoming lawn. Eschscholzia also can be grown in the balcony boxes, with sufficient lighting.

Decorate your garden and it eschscholzia many years will delight you with its beauty and simplicity.