Daisy - a flower that attracts attention in wild nature and in a flower bed in the garden. Bright colours and neat bushes give the plant decorative look. About the flower, there are many mystical and incredible stories about the history of origin. Buds and petals, root and aerial parts are used in cosmetology, cooking and folk medicine.
The progenitor of cultivated varieties was a field species, which is widely distributed on the plains of the Mediterranean. The plant is unpretentious, but effective. There are many varieties and types.
Variety of daisies
Bellis- perennial, which belongs to the Compositae (Asteraceae) family. From Latin, the name is translated as "beautiful, beautiful", from Greek - "pearl". Many other countries have their own names for the flower.
The origin always originates in beautiful legends - each nation has its own interpretation. The plant is considered very fashionable, so in almost any well-groomed garden or in a solid flower bed you can find one of the varieties.
wild daisies
What daisies look like, everyone can say, since they have seen these flowers at least once in their life. There are several varieties that have differences in their appearance. The "calling card" of a flower is the color and structure of the buds.
To find out this species flower among others, you need to know what it looks like. Its main features:
Appearance of buds and stems
Interesting! The plant has a unique "character". For example, its buds open after sunrise and close after sunset. Bushes bend to the ground in windy weather.
Gardeners are trying to grow a perennial, since every year the flowering turns out to be more magnificent. Usually you can enjoy timely flowering in the second year of the flower's life.
Daisies bloom from late April or early May. In the first year, the appearance of buds may be delayed and fall even at the beginning of June.
If you properly care for the culture, then the buds will decorate an inconspicuous bush for about 2-3 months.
Additional Information! In hot weather, daisies can stop flowering and resume when the weather normalizes.
Some varieties have longer flowering periods - often inflorescences can be observed until frost.
There are wild and domesticated species. In nature, there are 14 species, and only 2 are used in horticulture - annual and perennial. Annuals are usually planted in pots or planters, perennials are grown in flower beds and gardens. At the same time, domestic species have a lot of varieties, each of which has its own distinctive features.
Daisy Tasso has the following description:
Tasso is considered an improved version of Pamponetta.
Variety Tasso
The pompom variety is one of the first selectively bred in France. It is distinguished by lush flowering - about 40 buds can bloom on 1 bush at one time. At the same time, the buds are small (about 2 cm in radius), but fluffy.
Variety Pompom
A popular variety among lovers of rich colors. Basically, the color of the petals is close to burgundy, but the white-burgundy version is considered especially in demand. The buds have a diameter of about 6 cm, the petals are double and voluminous.
Variety Habanera
Growing daisy flowers is not difficult. They are mainly bred by sowing seeds. It happens in the spring. There are 2 methods of sowing - a seedling option with further transplanting into flower beds or sowing in open ground. Next is the cultivation of seedlings.
Even a beginner will be able to cope with seed germination, seedling cultivation and flower breeding. The plant is unpretentious, does not require special attention, but at the same time pleases with its flowering. Flower growers recommend this crop for planting in public flower beds, where watering and weeding are rarely done. Even a child can cope with the cultivation and care.
Growing seedlings of daisies begins with sowing, and then the following steps follow:
Then care is taken for small seedlings in open ground.
Growing seedlings from seeds
The first question that interests beginner flower growers is - daisies, when to plant seeds? There are several options for determining the sowing period. It is preferable to sow planting material in early January, February. It is better to choose granular seeds, which are covered with a special shell of nutrients.
Seeding algorithm:
Important! Planting material cannot be covered with soil.
If the procedure is done on time and correctly, then the daisies will bloom in the first year.
Daisies grow from seeds for seedlings within 1-2 months. Much depends on the conditions and plant variety:
seedlings of daisies
Watering is carried out as the soil dries. It is advisable to spray so as not to wash the sprouts.
3 months after sowing, you can start planting seedlings in open ground. This usually happens in mid-late May. If the weather is warm, then you can perform the procedure even in early May.
If there is no experience of diving seedlings, then it is better to initially take care to avoid this. It is enough to plant the seeds in peat cups, which are planted in the ground without removing the earthen clod from the root system.
Seedlings for planting
The procedure is performed in mid-May. How daisies are propagated by cuttings:
Rooting will occur in 2 weeks, and in a year the bush will please with colorful flowers.
The division of the bush is carried out after 2 years in order to rejuvenate the plant. The procedure is carried out as follows:
Reproduction of daisies
Plant new bushes in the prepared soil. The process is not too long and gives a faster breeding option.
Landing is carried out simply and efficiently if everything is prepared for this procedure:
Growing daisies is easy if you choose the right place initially. Culture prefers open areas where the bush will be illuminated by direct sunlight. But aggressive action can lead to sunburn, so next you need to plant more high view plants.
Site and soil selection
To decorate the garden with a plant, you need to choose a suitable place for it in landscape design:
Daisies in landscape design
To visually make the house bright, it is worth planting huge flower beds with bushes. different color near the facade.
Perennial daisies, planting and caring for which are not difficult, stay in a vegetative state for a long time. But still it is worth paying attention to some nuances.
You can grow a lush bush if you make a three-stage top dressing:
Important! The plant does not require additional fertilizing.
An important condition for normal development is protection from pests. The most commonly affected crops are:
If pests are identified, then it is worthwhile to immediately take measures to destroy "unwanted guests".
During a drought, the following diseases can occur:
It is necessary to treat the plant with a fungicide and ensure normal watering. After curing, you need to collect seeds from daisies:
Important! Seeds can be stored for no more than 3 years.
Collection of dry seeds
During the cold season, it is worth preparing the plant for winter:
It is not worth it to especially surround the culture with care before wintering - it is enough to carry out the simplest events.
Culture can decorate a balcony, flower bed, garden. The plant is not whimsical and blooms luxuriantly almost all summer. Usually, perennial daisy of different varieties is used for cultivation. You can propagate the culture by cuttings, seeds and dividing the bush. Many flower growers prefer this particular type of aster.
Daisy is a perennial ornamental plant, characterized by double inflorescences and elongated green leaves. You can find it in red, white or pink color. The peculiarity of the daisy is that it can reproduce both by cutting bushes, and by cuttings or seeds. Bright appearance and unpretentiousness have made this plant a real treasure for landscape designers and gardeners. More about daisies - growing from seeds will be discussed in this article.
Most often, this plant can be found in the Mediterranean countries and the western part of Europe. There are more than 15 types of daisies, but only 2 of them are used by gardeners: perennial and annual plants. The former are used for growing in gardens, the latter in pots. Many have heard about the incredible meteorological abilities of daisies - the flowers of the plant, having closed, are pressed to the ground before the rain.
The height of the plant is not more than 20 cm, it looks a bit like a small bush in its appearance. Daisy has a bare leafless stem, although in its lower part, at the very base, long, blunt leaves grow. The root system is branched, but small. The plant is distinguished by a large number of inflorescences, resembling baskets with its unusual shape. Inflorescences are reed and tubular.
On a note! It is advisable to grow daisies as a biennial plant. This will allow gardeners to enjoy its shape and size for a long time. Flowering falls at the end of April - the first half of May.
Cute daisies can decorate any corner in your house or yard. Despite their simplicity, the cute beauty of these plants will always attract the eyes of people. If you decide to grow daisies at home, then first you will need to decide on a variety, because there are many of them. Below are the most common varieties of this plant, which are grown in Russia.
Table. Popular varieties of daisies.
| Variety name, photo | Description |
|---|---|
| An early plant, characterized by bright red or pink inflorescences, the diameter of each of them is 2.4 cm. From the moment of sowing the seeds to the first flowering, 110-125 days pass. The stems are small, about 10 cm in height. |
| Another daisy variety with large flowers up to 5 cm in diameter, painted in white, red or pink. Already in the first year of plant growth, flowering begins. Stems can grow up to 12 cm. |
| Small two-centimeter flowers are the hallmark of this variety of daisies. Inflorescences are red, pink or carmine. Despite the small size of the flowers, the plant can reach 15 cm in height. |
| Very beautiful plant with bright pink-salmon inflorescences. The flowers grow up to 4-5 cm in diameter, and the stem - up to 18 cm in height. Because of the decorative qualities, some gardeners prefer to grow this particular variety. |
| The unusual shape of the petals, combined with lush terry inflorescences, made the plant very popular. This is not strange, because the well-known organization "Floroselect" gave this variety a prize because of its good decorative qualities. The plant grows up to 15 cm in height. |
| Flowering of this variety occurs in the first year after sowing. Daisy grows up to 14 cm. |
| Another popular daisy variety, characterized by large double inflorescences up to 8 cm in diameter. Pink or red inflorescences, combined with rare petals decorated with a light openwork pattern, create an incredible picture. The height of the stem can reach 16 cm. |
It is advisable to sow daisies in the second half of June - early July, that is, in the middle of summer. But if you plan to plant ready-made seedlings in open ground, then it is recommended to do this in the fall. At the same time, it is not necessary to dig the seeds too deep into the soil - just press them lightly with your finger and roll them a little.
This is a simple process that even people who are not strong in gardening can do. Therefore, if you want to start your "creative" life with the cultivation of a flower, perhaps start with daisies. Often people grow this plant from seeds, but more experienced gardeners use another method - dividing the bush.
If in the first case everything is corny simple, then in the second you will have to work a little. Of course, before sowing, you need to take care of the seeds and soil.
Any well-drained and cultivated soil is suitable for growing daisies. Loams are often used because of their qualities (they retain moisture well). When preparing a bed for daisies, it is advisable to fertilize the soil with rotted manure since autumn. This should be enough for the plant for almost a whole year.
Despite the light-loving plant, it also feels good in conditions of slight shading. Of course, when growing in partial shade, they will not bloom so luxuriantly, although the leaves will become more tender, and the peduncles will be tall. When grown on the sunny side, the growth of daisies will be more active and abundant, but the height of the plants will be correspondingly lower. The optimal place for growing is a site that does not receive midday sunlight.
For growing daisies, you can use not only purchased seeds, but also collected with your own hands - in both cases, they will grow well. But if you decide to collect the seed yourself, in no case do not use hybrid plants for collection. Otherwise, plants may lose their varietal characteristics over time. We are talking about the diameter of the inflorescences, the color of the leaves, flowers, and so on. Before planting daisies, you do not need to carry out any seed preparation - this is the simplicity of their cultivation.
Having decided on the variety, you can start growing. Often they sow seed directly into the beds - this is also correct. But we will consider the method of planting seeds in containers.
Table. Planting daisy seeds.
| Steps, photo | Description of actions |
|---|---|
| After choosing a suitable container for growing (in this case, it is a tray), fill it with soil mixture. Often people do not bother preparing it, so they buy soil in specialized stores. After that, shake the soil a little so that it is distributed throughout the container. |
| Using a ruler, make special grooves in the ground for seeds. The distance between them is 1.5-2 cm. |
| Open the seeds and start sowing them. Daisy seeds are small, so plant them as if you were salting a dish. At the same time, try not to cover the seeds with soil. |
| Moisten the soil with a spray bottle. The soil should be moderately moist. It is not recommended to water it from a watering can or a glass, as this can wash the daisy seeds out of the grooves. |
| Cover the container with a plastic lid and don't forget to write the name of the daisy variety and planting date on it with a marker. Do not place a container on the window. The optimum temperature for germinating daisies is +25-28°C. |
| After the first shoots appear, remove the lid from the container. You can also lower the temperature a little, to about +18°C. |
As noted earlier, daisies are considered undemanding plants able to survive not only drought, but also other, more unfavorable conditions. V spring period you need to feed the daisies with special store-bought fertilizers for flowers. When flowering, try to regularly pinch off the baskets that begin to fade, thus preventing the daisies from setting seeds. Such actions prolong the flowering period, since the plant considers that the attempt to produce offspring was unsuccessful, therefore, it must be repeated.
On a note! If you grow in the garden perennial daisies, then it is imperative to divide and transplant the plant (at least once a year). This is a troublesome procedure, but only in this way can the annual full flowering of daisies be achieved without losing them. decorative qualities. If we talk about watering, then it should be moderate. The plant can easily survive the drought, but waterlogged soil can be a problem for it. It is enough to water twice a week.
Daisies are quite resistant to various diseases and pests, but still there is a certain probability of infection with a virus. In rare cases, the leaves of the plant begin to turn pale and decrease in size, the inflorescences become smaller, and the stems begin to stretch. As a rule, this happens in the first half of summer. If you suddenly notice such deviations in development, then the diseased plants should be burned, and they must be destroyed with roots. And the place where the affected daisies grew, immediately treat with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Also, the plant can get sick with powdery mildew, which is accompanied by the appearance of a gray coating on the surface of flowers and leaves. The resulting fungus can be eliminated with Bordeaux mixture or colloidal sulfur. One of these means is to process all the flowers in the garden. And with the affected daisies, you already know what to do.
Sometimes daisies need to be saved from ticks. To do this, treat the plants with Actellik or Karbofos. If you find mice on your site, from which, by the way, plants can also suffer, then you need to decompose special baits with poison. The troubles that can happen to your daisies do exist, but they are very few. In addition, in the end, a pleasant surprise awaits you - a reward for the effort and time spent in the form of a beautiful and long flowering.
Most often, for decorative purposes, daisies are used as a small portable garden. To create a stylish and beautiful landscape, you must first consider all options for placing plants in pots. Vases, exquisite stone containers or pots made of wood or ceramics can be used. Plastic molds are considered the most economical solution. To decorate the house, daisies are best placed in places for recreation (on the porch, near water bodies, in secluded corners, and so on). Thanks to this arrangement, you can achieve the desired peace and tranquility.
This plant is also often used to create decorative plant rugs. To do this, choose large semi-shaded areas. In such conditions, the daisy will bloom for a long time and brightly, and thanks to a well-chosen place, its leaves will last until the end of autumn. In terms of choosing a composition, your hands are completely untied, because when creating a carpet from plants, you can choose not only monotonous varieties and types of plants. For example, along the edges you can plant higher and dark flowers, and in the center - large and bright inflorescences of the Bellissima variety.
Daisy perennial (bellis perennis) belongs to the family Compositae genus Astrovs. The homeland of the plant is considered to be Southern and Central Europe. But because of its attractive appearance and unpretentiousness, it has spread throughout the world. Africa, North America, Australia, Europe - this flower culture is cultivated everywhere.
And the wild-growing form of the flower - the annual daisy (bellis annua), which is affectionately called the "pearl", can be found in the wild. She prefers to grow in forest clearings, along roadsides. The flower is small with small flowers of white or pinkish tint.
Daisy, respectively, is a perennial crop, grown as a biennial, with a compact rosette of oval elongated leaves. The height of the bush is 15-30 cm. The shoots end in inflorescences with a diameter of 4-8 cm of white, pale pink or dark red color. By structure, flowers can be reed and tubular in the form of daisies, buttons, buboes. The flower is used in landscape design for group plantings and as a greenhouse or balcony plant.
Since the daisy is a biennial plant, if it is grown using seeds or cuttings, lush flowering can only wait for the second year. For flowering in current year gardeners use methods: seedlings or division.
It is more correct to grow daisies as a two-year culture. But growing a flower by dividing a bush rejuvenates the plant, while maintaining varietal characteristics and decorativeness. So, once again we list the methods of plant propagation: using seedlings, cuttings, dividing and sowing seeds in open ground. And now more about each method.
When to sow daisies for seedlings? If you want the flower to bloom early, you need to sow the seeds in February-March. It is better to plant seeds in separate containers. Suitable pots made of paper, plastic or peat. In this case, if one or two plants sprouted in a pot, they can not dive. If a large container is used for planting seeds, the grown plants dive.
It grows well and does not get sick if the soil does not dry out and daylight hours last up to 14 hours. That is, it is necessary to ensure the illumination of the "young animals". Two weeks after the emergence of sprouts, the temperature at the location of the plants is reduced to + 15ºC. And the middle or end of May (7 days before planting seedlings in the ground) is the time for hardening the plant.
Daisies can be planted in April-May, when there are no night frosts.
Daisies from cuttings will bloom only next year. Reproduction in this way is carried out in mid-late May. A young shoot with an axillary bud is separated from the mother specimen with a sharp knife.
Shoots treated with "Kornevin" are planted in the ground to a depth of 1 cm. The place for planting is a cold greenhouse. After half a month, young plants take root. But they can be planted in a permanent place of growth only at the beginning of autumn, when a cool temperature is established.
You can plant the cuttings on the windowsill, in separate cups, and just monitor the moisture content of the substrate. It is best to plant in special soil for flowering, so that the soil is nutritious and breathable. Rooted plants are planted in early September in a permanent place, not forgetting to cover for the winter.
This procedure is carried out in early spring or after flowering. For division, take healthy two-, three-year-old bushes. They are carefully dug out, trying not to damage the root system, and divided into 5-10 parts. Of course, each part must be rooted. Flowers and buds on new plants are removed, the roots are shortened to 10 cm.
The division of the daisy flower bush makes it possible to rejuvenate the plants, get new specimens, while maintaining varietal characteristics and decorativeness.
Daisies, when sown in the garden, will come only next year. In open ground, seeds are sown when the soil ripens, at the end of March - April and until the end of summer.. The method of sowing on the soil surface is used, i.e. the seeds are not buried in the soil, but scattered over the site and mulched on top with humus or prepared sifted soil. If the seeds are not immediately covered with earth, but first covered with a dark film and left for two days, their germination will accelerate.
The soil with planted seeds is regularly and carefully watered, preventing drying out. To create greenhouse conditions, you can cover the area with seeds with agrofiber. It will protect the tender shoots from the bright spring sun and protect against nighttime drops in temperature.
Sprouts appear after two weeks, and after another two weeks they dive into the garden or into the nursery. Daisies are planted tightly. The distance between them should be no more than 5 cm.
The grown plants are planted on the prepared site at the end of summer. And next year in early spring they will delight us with abundant flowering.
Young plants that have sprouted as a result of the so-called "self-seeding" are weeded, removing weak and damaged ones. Plants grown in this way lose their decorative effect and the characteristics of the variety: the brightness of the color, the size of the flower, and the doubleness.
In order for the flower to grow and not get sick, it is necessary to choose the right site and composition of the soil. Daisy loves bright lighting. Also, a plot in the near-stem circle of a tree, in partial shade, is suitable for her. Only the Cape daisy prefers bright sunlight, and fades and loses color in the shade.
The plant prefers a light, drained, moisture-permeable soil. Loam with neutral acidity is best suited. If the soil in the area is sandy, then it is mixed with manure, leafy soil, humus, ash, peat.
Daisies are perennial, planted on a prepared site 30 days after diving. Transplantation is performed with a clod of earth to preserve the root system of the seedling. The distance between young bushes of daisies is up to 20 cm.
You should not plant less often, as the effect of group planting will be disturbed. Also, flowers planted strictly along the line will not look interesting. After planting, water the plants with plenty of water.
Interesting fact. Perennial daisy loves transplants. They activate the growth and development of the plant even at the stage of flowering and budding.
Daisies planted densely can not be weeded. But regular watering should be mandatory: in hot weather - every day, the rest of the time up to three times a week. Excess moisture is detrimental to the flower. It can rot its roots. To reduce the frequency and volume of watering, soil mulching is used between plants.
In spring, during the period of snowmelt and after heavy rains, the soil is loosened in order to improve aeration.
Interesting fact. Daisy perennial during growth drowns out almost all weeds. This property of the plant is highly valued by gardeners. Indeed, in the soil after daisies there are almost no weed seeds.
The flower responds well to feeding. There are several of them during the season:
To add decorativeness to the flower and lengthen the flowering time, faded inflorescences are cut off from it.
Daisy is unpretentious and many diseases are not terrible for her. But it is prone to such diseases as: gray rot, rust, powdery mildew. The plant can also be damaged by rodents and insects.
The cause of the disease is damp cold weather.
The appearance of the bush is watery leaves with a gray coating.
Prevention - reduction of humidity.
Preparations for processing - "Skor", "Chistotsvet".
The cause of the disease is a fungal infection.
The appearance of the bush is leaves with rusty red or brown spots.
Decontamination is the removal of an infected part of a plant.
Preparations for processing - 1% solution of Bordeaux mixture.
The cause of the disease is oversaturation of the soil with nitrogen fertilizers, lack of moisture.
The appearance of the bush - the leaves darken, a white coating appears above and below.
Prevention - destruction of plant residues, thinning.
Preparations for processing - "Chistotsvet", "Fitosporin", "Trichodermin".
The cause of the disease is the defeat of the plant by bacteria.
The appearance of the bush - the leaves are covered with light spots with a border.
Disinfection - removal of the infected part of the plant or destruction of the entire bush.
Prevention - destruction of plant residues, loosening.
Preparations for the treatment of plants - "Kuprotoks", "Hom"
Soil preparations - a solution of ferrous sulfate, a 3% solution of Bordeaux mixture.
To protect flowers from animals- rodents: mice, shrews, moles - poisoned bait is left on the site. Make sure that it does not poison pets.
Insects that can harm daisy plantings(spider mites and thrips), are destroyed by repeated spraying of the plant and soil. For spraying, solutions of laundry soap, celandine, Aktara, Iskra are used.
Since, with proper storage, the germination of daisy seeds lasts up to three years, it makes sense to collect and save the seed material. One condition - the seeds are collected from non-hybrid plant varieties.
The rules for collecting seeds are as follows:
This is an important step that should not be neglected. Failure to comply with wintering conditions can lead to partial rotting of the roots or to the complete death of the plant.
In order for the plant to grow well, remove dried leaves and flowers around the bush, cover the roots that are on the surface of the soil with earth.
Then mulch the ground around the bush. Suitable mulch: humus, rotted sawdust, needles, peat. The layer of mulch should be at least 5-10 cm. It is undesirable to use fallen leaves as mulch and covering material.
They can serve as a breeding ground for fungal disease spores or as a hiding place for insect pests. At the same time, fallen leaves placed in a compost heap are an excellent component for compost.
Best of all, plants hibernate under a snowy “blanket”, but if your winters are not snowy, you should cover the daisy bushes with spruce branches or other covering material.
Perennial daisy is a culture demanded by gardeners, designers and florists.
This is facilitated by such perennial qualities as:
Daisies are not very interesting in a single planting, so they are best used as a companion crop for planting taller plants, such as spring flowering bulbs: daffodil tulips. Or in combination with primroses, lilies of the valley, hyacinths.
There are a number of garden compositions that will lose heavily without daisies.
Daisies are planted:
The perennial daisy is also used in group plantings in flower beds, discounts, balconies, in separate containers, as well as for cutting and forcing.
This versatile culture is loved by florists. Low compact bushes plants look beautiful in ceramic flowerpots, pots and containers. Such flower arrangements can decorate your favorite corner of the garden, greenhouse, terrace, balcony, patio, garden gazebo.
A small round bouquet of white or pale pink daisies can even be used as a wedding bouquet. A pot with bright buttons-flowers against the background of green leaves will be a nice gift.
There are about a hundred species of perennial daisies. They differ in the following ways:
In addition, varietal daisies differ in the time of flowering: early and late flowering.
Among the abundance of varieties and types of flower culture, one can still distinguish the most popular among gardeners. So, terry and semi-double varieties and perennial hybrids are mainly cultivated.
"White ball" - plant height 15 cm, pure white double flowers.
"Pink ball" - plant height 15-20 cm, double carmine-pink flowers.
"Red Carpet" - plant height up to 20 cm, double dark red flowers.
"Etna" - the color of the flower petals: orange middle and dark purple edges.
"Robella" - the color of the flower petals: coral combined with red.
Balcony varieties with abundant and long flowering are also in demand. "Early Etna", "Dresden China", "The Pearl" are compact plants suitable for forcing in winter and early spring.
The so-called Cape daisies or African daisies (osteospermum) also belong to the Astrov genus. These are evergreen perennial shrubs or shrubs. They grow up to a meter in height and have flowers similar in appearance to daisies or daisies.
Daisy seedlings are grown on the windowsills of most amateur flower growers, fans of graceful inflorescences in tubs, flower beds and mixborders. There are several ways to propagate bushes with surprisingly cute buds. However, in order to avoid the degeneration of the flower, the method of planting daisy seeds for seedlings is most often used.
Daisy (Bellis) is a herbaceous plant small growth with a short rhizome. The flower belongs to the Asteraceae family. The plant has a basal rosette with obtuse leaves, many leafless flower stalks, each of which has 1 inflorescence. Translated from the ancient Greek "margarites" means "pearl". The Latin name of the flower translates as "beautiful." In England, he is affectionately called Daisy, since the "eye of the day" - another name for the flower culture - in English sounds like "days eye".
Daisies are highly tolerant to environmental conditions. They are able to surprise with long flowering even in regions with 2 months of summer. Several dozen varieties of daisies are available to a wide range of flower growers, among which are the simplest, and terry, needle-shaped and multi-colored.
Flower growers cultivate 2 types of daisies:
According to the structure of inflorescences-baskets, perennial daisies are divided into 2 groups: reed and tubular. Each of them has varieties with double, semi-double and simple inflorescences. By the size of the inflorescences-baskets, small (20-40 mm in diameter), medium (40-60 mm) and large (from 60 mm and more) are distinguished.
Robella. The color of the flower is salmon-pink, large terry inflorescences with a diameter of 5-6 cm consist of densely spaced tubular petals. For exceptional decorative characteristics, the Robella daisy was awarded the gold medal of the international competition "Fleroselect".
Bella Daisy. The flower is a rich pink color, simple medium inflorescences 2-3 cm in diameter. Variety of the earliest flowering, winner of the competition "Fleroselect".
Rob Roy. Red inflorescences with a diameter of 1-2 cm impress with bright shades.
Pomponette. The bush is decorated with miniature pom-pom-shaped baskets of white or light pink shades.
Varieties of daisies are united by many common features, while differing in color.
Tasso series. The varieties are characterized by short shoots with a dense inflorescence 4-5 cm in diameter, pompom-shaped with tubular petals. The color varies in pink, white, pink-salmon, red colors.
Speed Star Series. Flowering begins in the year of sowing. Semi-double baskets have a rich yellow center and petals of white or carmine color. Varieties Pink colour provide a white rim around the yellow center.
Rominette series. A miniature bush 15 cm high is decorated with densely double inflorescences of small sizes up to 3 cm in diameter of red, pale pink, white or carmine-pink hues.
Daisies are valued by gardeners for their charming appearance, long flowering and undemanding to living conditions. The plant is able to propagate by self-sowing, and the bushes are also divided and cuttings. At the same time, most fans of beautiful compositions on balconies, flower beds and mixborders prefer to grow daisies in seedlings.
When deciding when to sow daisies for seedlings, they choose a date two months before planting in the ground, taking into account the climatic features of the region. As a rule, flowers are transplanted at the end of May or the first half of June. Accordingly, sowing seeds of daisies for seedlings is carried out in March-April.
In order for the perennial to please with bright flowering in the first year, seeds are sown in the winter months. Among experienced flower growers, planting daisies for seedlings is practiced from the second half of January to mid-February. For full development, seedlings are provided with additional lighting. Next, young bushes are planted in a greenhouse.
When planning how and when to plant daisies for seedlings, you should know:
To grow pets with seeds in open ground, it is necessary to wait until May, when the earth warms up and the risk of night frosts is eliminated.
Daisy seeds are small, stand out high level germination. Profile companies offer seed in its natural form and pelleted products. Dragee provides covering with a nutritious cover which promotes active shoots, healthy growth and development of a young seedling. Despite the wide range of offers, self-collection of seeds from flowers with the most outstanding decorative characteristics is often preferred.
Dragee seeds of daisies are sown on seedlings without additional processing. The nutrient coating contains, among other things, substances against fungal / viral diseases and protection against pests. A simple seed before sowing is disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate and dried on a napkin.
When deciding how to sow daisies for seedlings for growing on a windowsill, they use special containers from gardening stores or home-made boxes with low sides. To propagate rare varieties, cultures acquire peat tablets or pallets with cells for planting seeds. Before sowing, containers are subject to treatment with compounds from biological threats. Next, a drainage layer is made of gravel, coarse sand, vermiculite.
The soil for seedlings is chosen among special substrates for flower crops or they independently prepare fertile soil with the addition of nutrients. It is recommended to use compositions containing turf, humus and sand. The soil mixture is sieved and disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate.
When planning when and how to plant daisies for seedlings, take into account the high germination of seeds. You also need to take care of additional lighting, since the growth of young pets requires daylight hours lasting from 12 hours. For additional illumination, fluorescent devices, phytolamps or ordinary table lamps are used.
Sowing features:
When deciding how to plant daisies peat tablets for seedlings, lay out 1 granule or 3 seeds in a washer. Pre-pressed peat pots are moistened with water in a tray for 30-40 minutes. After the washers are saturated with moisture, swell and take the shape of a barrel, the seeds are laid in a recess and lightly sprinkled with soil. Next, the peat tablets in the pan are sprinkled with water and covered with a transparent lid.
Temperature conditions:
Watering mode:
When thinking about how to properly grow daisy seedlings on your own, you should know that the soil mixture in the container should not dry out. It is also important to take into account that when high humidity environment, there is a high probability of illness and death of young seedlings.
Lighting features:
According to the agricultural technology of flower culture, the duration of daylight hours is at least 12 hours.
With the formation of 2-3 true leaves, the seedlings dive, planting in separate containers. For picking, use soil with a similar composition. Further care consists in timely watering and supplementary lighting. A few days before planting in the ground, hardening manipulations begin:
Young plants are hardened gradually, otherwise exhaustion, disease or death of seedlings can be provoked.
Seedlings of winter sowing daisies are transplanted in the spring into a greenhouse or hotbed, followed by planting in open ground after the end of spring frosts. Perennial seedlings grown using this technology will bloom this season, decorating flower beds until the autumn cold.
Plants of spring sowing in the first year delight those around them with juicy greenery of beautiful foliage, flowering begins from the next season. Seedlings are planted in open ground in the second half of May or early June after the cessation of return frosts.
For planting young daisy seedlings, choose a well-lit place. Representatives of certain varieties of culture tolerate light shading well. A flower with a short rhizome grows best in loamy areas with a pH in the range of 5.5-6.2. The acidity of the soil is easy to balance with lime. To prepare suitable soil for transplanting seedlings, add 1 glass of lime, 25 g of potassium sulfide and 50 g of superphosphate per m².
Transplantation work is carried out mainly in the evening or during the day in cloudy weather. Planted plants with an interval of 10-20 cm, depending on the variety. The holes are prepared in accordance with the size of the root ball, young bushes are transplanted by transshipment. After planting in open ground, green pets are watered with warm water.
Summer care for unpretentious daisies consists in timely watering, weeding and feeding. Mulching helps retain moisture on the soil surface and reduces weed growth. To resume flowering in the fall, faded baskets, flower stalks and dry foliage should be removed.
Before fertilizing, the bushes are watered abundantly. clean water to eliminate the risk of burns to the root system.
The flower is rarely affected by pathogens and insect pests. To prevent possible ailments, it is necessary to ensure the breathability of the soil, fight weeds, and eliminate excessive planting density. healthy growth and the development of flower bushes are also determined by timely watering and fertilizing the soil with nutrients.
The main threat is borne by small rodents that damage the rhizome. To combat them, baits or scaring devices are used. Effective way eliminating the danger in the form of small rodents is considered an ordinary garden pinwheel. The propeller device on the rod generates low-frequency sound waves that act as an alarm to rodents, and they flee.
With proper care, daisies will decorate the landscape with a living carpet with endless flowering in a variety of colors.
Many gardeners are trying to plant daisies in their backyard. These flowers have beautiful terry buds, and can also form full-fledged flower beds, covered with carpet paths.
In order to beautifully and efficiently decorate your garden, you need to understand the varieties that are most suitable for this, as well as the rules for planting and caring for the plant.
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is a unique plant. It is unpretentious, does not require complex manipulations in care, and is also very simple in the process of reproduction. Daisy is often used to organize landscape design.
A variety of bright colorful colors allow this flower to be used as a decoration for almost any composition.
The flower belongs to the Astrov family. Its name is translated from ancient Greek as - pearl. In ancient times, these were very popular flowers, a number of legends and tales were even composed about them. In the East, these flowers are a symbol of youth and innocence.
This perennial plant is undersized and grows no more than thirty centimeters tall. In a cultural form, daisies are grown as a biennial plant, because when this period passes, the inflorescences become very small and lose their attractive appearance.
The rhizome of the plant is short and oblique, the stem, as a rule, without leaves.
Daisy leaves are usually drooping down, oblong in shape with sharp teeth along the edges. The leaves are formed quite low on the trunk, forming a kind of basal rosette. From several such sockets are formed small bushes, which have a large number of small flowers.
Beautiful flowers are main decoration plants. The inflorescence is formed from a single basket with large flowers along the edge and small ones in the center. In the central part, usually yellow, golden or white flowers, and pink or red grow along the edges.
Wild flowers are usually much smaller than their counterparts that grow on household plots. The natural habitat of daisies is very extensive: from northern Africa to Asia and Europe.
In the wild - usually low plants that have small non-double inflorescences. After prolonged cultivation in suburban areas, cultivation and transformation, breeders have bred a large number of varieties that have a variety of flower sizes and colors.
The most common varieties are:
Consider these varieties in more detail:
In order to successfully propagate the bushes of these beautiful plants, you can use one of several methods:
The first two propagation methods are the vegetative form, and the last one is the seed one. If you propagate and plant a plant using vegetative methods, you can save the value of the variety, its color qualities, and the size of the inflorescences. If you go a different way of reproduction - flowers become smaller, the color becomes less bright and pronounced doubleness is lost.
If you grow daisies using seedlings, using seeds, this allows you to make plants more sustainable To weather conditions and various pests.
The bush can be divided after two years have passed since its planting. This is usually done in the summer when the daisies stop blooming. In rare cases, if the need arises, you can start the division in early spring before flowering. Growing daisies in any case requires the implementation of the same rules.
Large bushes are chosen for division, they are dug up and divided into several parts, there may be about ten of them.
In order for the new sockets to take root better, necessary cut off all the leaves, and pinch the flowers and buds. The roots of the plant are also cut, leaving no more than five to eight centimeters.
Prepared divided bushes are planted in open ground. It's best if it is penumbra. It is necessary to water the plants as abundantly as possible, since now the lack of moisture can play a detrimental role. A transplanted daisy quickly takes root in a new place and may soon continue flowering.
If the gardener decides to propagate daisies in a similar way, it is necessary first of all to prepare the cuttings. To do this, use a sharp knife or secateurs to separate the side shoots. After that, the cuttings are planted in loose soil, where they usually take root within two weeks.
It is best to cover the planted cuttings from above with a special material to create a small greenhouse effect. This is usually done in May - June.
Daisies grown from cuttings usually begin to bloom no earlier than a year later.
Sowing seeds is usually carried out at the end of June. This time is most suitable, as the air temperature becomes the highest, and the soil warms up as quickly as possible. Seeds fall asleep in shallow holes, then sprinkle them with a small layer of soil.
A week after sowing, the first shoots may appear. Before transplanting seedlings to a permanent place, it must be dive. If the root is cut a little in the process, the plants will be larger and more resilient.
The grown bushes are planted in holes at a distance of about twenty centimeters from each other. This is necessary in order to provide the daisies with sufficient free space. Such plants usually bloom in the spring of next year.
I have always been fascinated by perennial daisies, which are fairly easy to plant and care for. I liked to grow these flowers at home in small pots. They have beautifully decorated my apartment. Growing daisies is quite an interesting activity and I can say with great confidence that I enjoyed planting and caring for these wonderful flowers.
My wife loves daisies very much and when we got a dacha, we decided to grow them. The most beautiful one turned out to be pompom, it has an attractive appearance and is not picky in growth. I also like the daisy, growing it from seeds turned out to be a very interesting process. I realized that it is important to prepare the soil and collect fresh seed for planting. We grew seedlings and transplanted them from the house to the plot, after which we just waited. Already in the spring, a large number of beautiful daisies appeared on our site.
I have been growing perennial daisies on my plot for many years. When I first started gardening, concepts such as planting, caring for, growing seedlings were very difficult for me. I read a lot of specialized literature, I even started participating in chats dedicated to floriculture. Thanks to this, I found amazing daisy flowers, planting and caring for them in the open field did not seem very difficult. And I decided to try to start growing them. Everything worked out and my landscape design has become simply beautiful, the flower beds on which daisies grow attract the attention of all my guests.
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