Sowing of winter fragrant heliotrope

Heliotrope I love for the beautiful buds, shields made of small flowers purple or blue color.

Got its name from the Greek word that means "sun" and "rotation", due to the fact that the flowers turn toward the sun. In France, his name is "love grass", in Germany "grass of God", and Britain called the "cherry pie".

Description

In late February, I sow the seeds for seedlings to June already enjoy the fragrance of these flowers (middle lane). Plant heat-loving, so in our gardens it is grown as an annual. At home, it grows a few years. Even in heliotrope blossoms are beautiful not only, but also the leaves of dark green color.

Basically I buy dwarf varieties from trusted manufacturers.

Propagated by seeds, cuttings, and dividing the bush. The first way - the simple, if you do not have this plant at the site. Seeds from heliotrope is not small, and large. The plant develops a long time.

Sowing

The soil should be loose and breathable. Buy universal primer landing for flower crops with a neutral acidity. But you can make the mixture yourself. To do this, take 4 parts with one part peat river sand, ignited in the oven, and potting soil is ready.

The container must be fill the earth and make razravnyat surface grooves, lightly spray the soil and sow the seeds at a distance of 1 cm from each other. After layout sprinkle seeds in furrows calcined river sand. If it is not, just sprinkle a little soil layer no more than 1-2 mm.

Then each furrow spray water pulvelizatora. A container or package must cover glass for condensation. Put in a warm place.

Care of seedlings

Temperature for sprouting seeds + 21- + 24 degrees. When the shoots appear (it's about a week under favorable conditions), bag or glass must be removed. The soil should not dry up, you need to watch out for moisture. After 4 weeks after planting, when a two true leaves of the seedlings dive into separate cups. 14 days after the pick plants fed fertilizer for flowering plants or seedlings.

Flowers appear after 14-16 weeks after planting. Planted in open ground, when the pass by frost. Plant better in a bed, which is closer to the gazebo or a bench, where you relax in the evening to enjoy the smell of this plant. Not without reason from the flowers fragrant heliotrope make the perfume.

I wish you to grow fragrant heliotrope and beautiful on your site!

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