Herbate annual I. perennial plants With bright, burning colors of various shades are phlox. These plants are known for more than 300 years. From his homeland, North America, Floxus spread around the world and became popular due to variety varieties. In this article you will learn how to grow floccals from seeds And when from need to plant. Annual flowers will become a real decoration of your flowerbeds and all landscape design.
Today, botany and flower lovers talk about more than 300 varieties of phlox. Mostly phlox perennial plants. This annuals are represented by Flox Drummond. Among the most characteristic varieties of phlox annual can be allocated:
Breaks phlox in two ways:
When to plant phlox? Some gardeners sow phlox in the spring, after the threat of spring frosts passes. Floxes have time to root, but the flowers will delight only by autumn. If we decided to start growing phloons in the spring, you need to grow from seeds to grow seedlings, which is subsequently transplanted into the ground.
To grow floccals from seeds, you need to take a few simple steps:
Step 1. Start work from mid-March. Small drawers fill loose peat soil, wipe and sow seeds.
Step 2. The box is placed on the windowsill and periodically rotate with different sides to the sunlight.
Step 3. In the room it is necessary to maintain a temperature of up to 20 degrees, and after the appearance of the first sprouts, it is reduced to 15 degrees to handle the plant.
Step 4. Water sprouts need as the soil drying. The plant does not like water stagnation, the roots may die. You can use a spray gun.
Step 5. Three weeks later, the seedlings are diverting and transplanted into a separate pot, where it continues to grow and fix it before landing on the site.
By the end of May, the graced seedlings are transferred to open ground. The soil for phlox is required light, loose and wet. Plants are placed in 15-20 centimeters from each other. The price behind the flocks is simple, it includes several basic works. Watering, if necessary, should not be allowed to excessive moisturizing the roots.
Floxes should be well covered, but not to be under the right rays of the sun. Soil is saturated with oxygen, it is exploded every 3-4 days. Floxes require feeding four times the season with liquid organic nitrogen-based fertilizers. The fourth feeder, which is carried out at the end of July, should include phosphoric fertilizers. So that the bush was lush and faster bloomed, side shoots pinch. The bush periodically inspects, remove flowers that beat away and sick shoots and leaves.
When the appearance of flowers or leaves infected with fungal diseases, which are manifested in the form of plaque or black dots, such bushes immediately dig and destroy, the ground and the remaining bushes of the plant are treated with gray. In case of damage to the floccus, non-empties, the plant is treated with insecticides. Seed collection is held late autumn. The stem is cut along with a seed box, the boxes are left on the paper until the ripening. Then reveal the boxes, and the seeds are stored in a dry, dark place.
Flox Annual Cultivation of Seeds Will be able to spend any dacket, the main thing is to know when to plant and how to care for these flowers. or at cottage plot With flocks, then you can bring bright notes in the landscape design.
These fragrant beautiful flowers came to Europe from North America from the middle of the XVIII century and became the inhabitants of lawns, gardens, chains, borders, and often even balconies. It is possible that the harsh climate of the Motherland endowed them by force, unpretentiousness, vitality.
Floxes (in Per. From the Greek language - "Flame") belong to the genus of grassy plants from the Sino family. They have about 70 species, and only a little more than half of them are grown.
Among the multitude of varieties, varieties annual Floxes Drummond are in Favoros from flower products and lovers. Compared to their many years of "relatives", they have long been belonging to the palm of championship. This is largely due to a large variety of varieties, colors forms, their shades compared with perennials. They look great on the Alpine slides, flower beds. They can be decorate the space near the houses with the help of decorative tanks.
In one complex compliance, phloxes can be collected about 90 pieces of colors. Each of them has 5 stamens and bent petals, 1 pestle.
Their tubular-funk-shaped form resembles simple, semi-world and terry stars, snowflakes with a rich palette of tones and halftone. This is beige, cream, red, pink, yellow, blue, purple, brown, black and other colors.
Floxes have an amazing ability to change their appearance, responding to the whims of "Mother Nature", climate. So, for example, in the bright sun, their colors acquires brightness, and at a cloudy time - dull.
Yes, and the bushes themselves with a green mass of developed shoots resemble a colorful ball. With more favorable conditions They will be represented even up to 1.5 m. Also, phlox-semi-staples are also found.
And growing at high altitude, there will be mock-like and low-speed up to 25 cm with evergreen leaves. Floxes are most often grown up with whole-creeps, sedentary, oval, lanceolate, oblong egg-shaped leaves.
If you know and be able to grow such plants, they can be admired by their gentle beauty from the very spring before the beginning of the autumn. After all, by the time of flowering, they are early, medium and late.
There are the possibilities of reproduction of phlox in a vegetative way:
However, many flower products prefer the use of seeds for breeding seedlings. Of these, it is possible to grow a rather strong seedlings suitable for landing on time.
After all, even the seeds dyed in the land in the fall give up to 70% of the stem. And yet we suggest to get acquainted with some nuances of the person's own landing for effective cultivation of seedlings.
Important argument in favor eat growing Flox is to avoid cases of freezing seeds of seeds. Along with this, plants from seedlings longer periods of flowering plants.
Preparation for landing seed annual colors starts from late February to middle of March. Such deadlines allow you to see the nozzle after 2 months in May. And the seed seeds directly on the plot at the same time germinate and dissolve the color only from the end of September.
This process consists of the preparation of soil, tanks, actually seeds, as well as creating optimal lighting, temperature mode. At the same time, there are nuances in each of these stages, whose ignoring is undesirable.
To plant seedlings, a loose soil is suitable, consisting of peat, overwhelmed, lime, sand, mineral fertilizers. It is placed in different tanks (drawers, containers, cells, peat pots, etc.). Then the land is moderately moistened and seeding begins.
Held in March. Despite the density of large seeds, they need not strong gluing in the soil mixture, but good lighting. They simply scatter on the surface, slightly pressed the palm and spray a little spray from the sprayer.
After that, the container with planted seeds is covered with transparent glass or film and is located in a warm and bright place, for example, on the windowsill. Here should be no lower than +23 ° C.
Further, daily ventilation of future shoots, spraying, cautious shaking from the film / glass of the resulting condensate. As soon as the small roots of the proceeding seeds attach to the Earth, transparent "shelters" are removed. After 7-10 days, the first searches appear.
It is a dive after 2-3 weeks after the appearance of the first real leaves at a distance of more than 15 cm, uniform illumination at a temperature of + 20 ° C.
Moderate watering through the pulverizer is performed during the dried upper layer of the soil. For quenching on the eve of the landing of the sprouts, the temperature should be reduced to +15 ° C, increase the multiplicity of watering with the addition of mineral fertilizers.
With the appearance of 4-5 leaves, the plant is pumped to form a lifestyle of bushes.
After the onset of sustainable heat in May seedlings are transplanted on areas with light, fertile soil saturated with biohumus, compost. The "heavy" land needs to be alleviated by sand, organica, peat. The best way - Sandy, unliterate soil with good drainage, medium acidity.
When placing seedlings on the site, a place is selected in a half-way, where direct solar radiation do not penetrate. Taking into account the future height, the spreadsiness of adult phloxes, the distance is observed about 20 cm between the "neighbors" (lion zev, bells, etc.).
Landing is carried out in a small hole with the addition of ash (up to 150 g). A seedling with horizontally straightened roots is placed there and the ground is slightly covered.
After the "resettlement" in open soil, the cultivation of phloxes is rather unscrewed and pleasant.
Chief Principle Care for aluminas flocks in summer period - Do not interfere with growing!
It will take:
Increase the effect of these uncomplicated techniques of agricultural equipment will help mulching the soil around the plants. Repeated cultivation of Floxes next year you can already with the help of your own seeds.
Select the lured colors' varieties for subsequent dilution are needed on time. For this twig, together with large, started to yellow boxes, after completing the flowering, you need to cut.
Further ripening of seeds will occur in a paper or linen, but not cellophane, package. After cracking the oval box, the seeds remain in the same package.
It remains only to sort the most ripe, large planting material and store it in a dark, dry, cool place to the next sowing in the spring.
Drummond has 2 varieties:
Separate gardeners classify annual phloxes not only on these features, but also a small height of up to 20 cm. This is so-called dwarf flowers.
Today, such varieties of Drammonds are most common:
We hope that with the help of these basic information, you can implement our designer ideas To reflect the garden and at home.
Flox ( Phlox) – herbate plant Family Sovyukhovy. His name he owes Karl Linneu, who was just admired blooming plant And he gave him the name of Phlox, that with Greek translates as a flame. Being a family of North America, this plant settled so firmly on our flower beds and in our gardens that we are accustomed to what we see it from year to year growing at the same place.
Yes, Phlox is a perennial. However, among his diversity there is one species that is an annual, and this is Flox Drummond ( Phlox Drummondii.).
This species can be multiplied by two methods - stalling and seeds. As for the first way, shilling out, it must be carried out during May-June. To do this, the cuttings carefully cut off the cuttings, which should contain at least two pairs of leaves and one interstice.
The material obtained is planted directly into the open. wet primer and provide him with regular watering. For better rooting of the cutlets, it must be contacted from direct sunlight, and in particularly hot weather also spray.
About a month later, Flox has a developed root system and for autumn it is already able to give young shoots and have time to bloom.
As for the second method - the reproduction of seeds, it must be carried out during March-April and before the seeds themselves are sown to obtain seedlings. At the same time, the composition of the Earth is not so important as its temperature, which should not fall below 23 degrees. Only then can we expect a successful proportion of seeds and friendly shoots that appear in about 10 days.
After the seedlings are formed in a pair of real leaves, it must be signed in separate containers, providing regular watering and sufficient lighting.
In late April - early May, ready-made seedlings are planted into open ground, at a distance of about 20 cm from each other. During this period, they must be contacted from direct sun enter, which will significantly improve rooting.
You can also suck seeds right into open soil and best time For this middle of May, when the soil is already enough. In this case, the area with crops must be regularly watering and also to diatense from the straight sun.
You can seed and sow for the winter, in October-November. As a rule, they are not bad to carry frost, but for this purpose the landing site must be additionally insulated with dry grass or leaves.
Regardless of the selected method of reproduction of phlox, as the bush is forming, young shoots must be quenched. In this case, the flowering will be more abundant, and the bush himself is formed lifestyle.
Flox Drummond in the garden (Grandiflora varietary mixture
Flox Drummond grows up to 60 cm high and is characterized by lush flowering since June and to autumn. Therefore, when choosing a place for landing, it is necessary to take into account the possible height of the plant, whatever he interfere with, neither the neighboring plants should grow and develop.
As for the soil, it should be noted that the plant can grow anywhere, but preference is better to give a light, fertile plots on which Flola bloom only improves.
Flox Drummond is heat-loving, but it can easily carry small frosts and tolerates tightening rains well. The only thing to be avoided with its cultivation is the shadows and dampness. Therefore, if there is a desire that the plant is beautiful and healthy, it is better to plant it at open areas of the garden or flower beds, with a sufficient number of light.
In general, Phlox plant is unpretentious and does not require some special care. Nevertheless, there are several recommendations that should be followed by growing it in its area.
- Regular watering, especially in a dry time.
- Regular looping of the soil around the bush, for the best air permeability of the soil.
- After each 5th pair of leaves, the shoots need to be segged, so that the bush would be more magnificent, which in turn stimulates flowering.
- The blurred inflorescences must be removed in a timely manner. But if the seed collection is planned, they are left to full aging.
- Regular feeding with mineral fertilizers.
- carry out prevention against mildew dew - the most likely disease of Flox.
All the varieties of annual Flox Drummond are suitable for cultivation in our latitudes and are simply affected by their variety of forms and shades of colors. The gardener remains only to make their choice and comply with all the recommendations on its cultivation, whatever this unpretentious plant pleased with his blooming all summer.
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There are no many colors in the country area, especially if these are unpretentious plantslike phloxes. Floxes (translated from the Latin - "Flame") are amazed not only with an exquisite and thin odor, but also the unique color of the color. Consistently admits that there are practically no problems with them. Nevertheless, it is impossible to pass by some features in landing seeds of perennial phloxes in the fall in open soil and spring to seedlings.
Varieties and varieties of perennial phloxes:
Interesting! Perennial phloxes are not only blunt, but finding seeds of other species actually unreal 🙂
And the only variety annually Plants is phlox Drummonda.
By the way! There is a separate material on the site.
Perennial phlox plant seeds, as a rule, in order to obtain a large number of plants, for example, to create borders, dividing strips in the garden.
Seeds you can purchase in the store or on your own in the autumn. Collect boxes with seeds in the garden.
Note! Floxes from seeds, with proper careBlooming already for the second year. Just necessarily!
Flox seeds can be sowned under the winter in open soil or at the end of winter-early spring on seedlings.
If you are going to sow Flox seeds immediately on the bed at the end of autumn (October-November), it is very convenient to do this in plastic rings that can be cut out of plastic 5 lithing bottle. According to the rules of sowing under the winter, it is necessary to sow only on frozen soil and fall asleep with dry ground, without watering.
Tip! Norma Sowing B. winter It is advisable to increase compared to sowing seeds to seedlings in spring.
Floxes at home is convenient to sow in food plastic containers With a lid (or any other shallow tanks), in which you must not forget to make drainage holes (to leak up excess moisture).
Earth can take the most common universal for growing seedlings of flowers. The soil should be light and loose.
Step-by-step instruction of sowing perennial phloxes seeds:
Seeds in many years of phlox are not small, sow them comfortably.
If you do not have the ability to bring tanks with sowing to the garden (let's say you live in the apartment, and before the cottage you can not get in winter), then you can take advantage another way Seeding seeds, namely:
It is in such conditions that you will create the most suitable conditions (an acceptable temperature) to germinate seeds of phloxes. So they will pass natural stratification.
When the seedlings of Floxes appear on 5-6 real sheets, it should be landed into open ground. Usually, such a term is suitable for about May, it will be freezing, and the seedlings will no longer threaten anything.
Place in the gardenfor further cultivation, it is desirable to pick up sunny or with a light half.
The soil for the normal development of the flower requires a loose and fertile, rich in organic. If you have too heavy soil, add sand, peat or any other soil baking powder into it.
Further care for phloxes consists in regular irrigation as the soil dries, loosening and weeding from weeds, as well as timely feeding.
It is especially important to carry out frequent watering In hot and dry summer days, otherwise bloom will not be so abundant and saturated.
It is important not to overflow the flower, since stagnation of the water tolerates the plant badly, it may simply be controversial.
It is worth knowing! And the phlox is desirable to transition every 4-6 years to a new place.
As a rule, phlox begin subcarmb in the spring for extension of green mass. As such fertilizer can be used. Grateful will be plants and for organic feeding. So, you can easily eat a cowboat or chicken litter. The following feeds during the bootonization and active flowering period, naturally, should be without nitrogen (or with its minimum quantity), and exclusively using potassium and.
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Thus, the joy and advanced flower flower, and beginner dachniks, care of these surprisingly beautiful and fragrant colors called Flox is not particularly difficult. Just for the sake of the good of the colors, grow them not ababy as, but correctly, adhering to our recommendations for choosing tanks for seedlings, places, soil, sowing and further care Before disembarking on the flower.
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It is fragrant phloxes that are able to fill your garden with chagging aroma and dazzling paints. Stunning universality and unpretentiousness of these decorative plants presented their homeland - North America. The harsh climate ordered them well, and the efforts of breeders only strengthened the quality of this flower. Europeans got acquainted with flocks in the middle of the XVIII century. At the moment, more than 1500 are derived hybrid varietieswhich are resistant to a variety of unfavorable environmental conditions. The word "phlox" in Greek means "flame". It is thanks to stunningly bright colors, the flowers were spotted by Karl Linnem, who gave them such a name. In this article, you will learn about the flocks of annuals, landing and caring for these plants.
Floxes conquered the hearts of many gardeners with their unpretentiousness and spectacular appearance. Among the design features and appearance of this flower, the following can be distinguished:
This variety is incredibly beautiful. A bush has a very compact form. The plant is considered to be a low annual phlox, because reaches a maximum height of 20 cm. Fragrant flowers are painted in juicy pink colorwhich does not fade in the sun. This variety is successfully applied to the decor of balcony boxes, to create flower compositions on the flower beds, the decor of the space along the tracks.
Putting this variety of phloxes in its plot, you will all summer admire charming flowers in the form of stars. Each petal on the flower has a pointed form, due to which the star resembles. The plant grows in the shape of a bush and does not exceed a height of 25 cm. Some flexible lovers prefer to grow a "shimmering star" on the balcony, loggia.
Flowers of this variety of phlox are assembled into spectacular inflorescences in the form of muffins. Each flower has a rather large size - up to 3 cm in diameter. Such lush inflorescences create volumetric appearance Kush. The colors of Floxes will surprise even the most demanding and sacred gardeners. You can find white phlox, red phlox, yellow, orange, blue, pink. The plant is great for creating flower arrangements, decorating space around the arbor, terraces.
Flowers of this variety of phlox also resemble miniature stars. The plant has upright stalks with numerous side shoots. A bush reaches a height of 0.5 meters. The undoubted advantage of the growing "Star Rain" is the amazing stability of this variety to the most unfavorable environmental conditions. Floxes are perfectly tolerated drought, frosts. The plant reaches the greatest decorativeness at sunny areas.
Perennial varieties of phlox successfully can multiply vegetatively. But for annual copies, it is preferred by growing precisely by the seed method. Follow the following advice when sowing seeds of Floxes:
An early flowering of annual phloxes can be achieved with the help of growing seedlings of this plant at home. When can I start sowing seeds of Floxes at home? It depends on the month in your region, the threat of frosts. You can navigate the beginning or end of March.
In order to see the most beautiful bloom of phlox, it is quite serious to take place to the selection of landing sites. It is from this that the duration and brightness of flowering of annual phloxes will depend on. Explore the following recommendations At the choice of place of landing of annual phloxes:
Floxa Annual is one of the most unpretentious to the composition of the soil of plants. If you do not take absolutely no attempts to improve the soil, the phlox will simply bloom so bright. If you want to achieve maximum decorativeness, then follow the following rules for the preparation of the soil for planting Floxes:
The place for planting phlox annuals is chosen, the soil is prepared, which means that it is possible to start planting the seedlings of Floxes into an open ground. Of course, if weather Already allow it to do. So, plant annual phlox:
A huge advantage of phlox annual in growing is their absolute unpretentiousness. If you just water the plants from time to time, they will still please you with their aroma and bright colors. Minimum Recommendations for Flox Care are:
If you have successfully coped with the cultivation of Floxes from the seeds that you purchased in the store, then try to prepare the seed material yourself. On the next year You grow floxes from your seeds. It turns out that not all phlox annual suitable for collecting seeds. If you planted the store of Floxes with the "F1" mark, then the seeds will not get out of it. The fact is that such a mark means that the hybrid variety. This means that the plant will not grow exactly the same, it worst its qualities for the next season. You can risk and plant such seeds. Perhaps the resulting plant will look quite decorative, have an unusual color and the shape of the petals.
Diseases can hit plants due to non-compliance with the regime of watering, the rules of agricultural engineering, improper preparation of seeds to landing. Among the most frequent and dangerous diseases of phlox, which can lead to the complete death of the plant, can be listed:
Floxes Annual can become a delicious "dessert" for a variety of pests:
One of the most effective tools Prevention from Flox's infection annual pests is regular weeding. Wear grass is an excellent pest insect pedestal.
Fragrant annual phloxes on a flowerbe can become a "business card" of your site. Try to grow these unpretentious plants that will charm you forever their variety of shades, an unforgettable aroma.
