A beautiful azalea (flower). How to care for a plant

Azalea (botanists call it Indian) is a plant of amazing beauty. It occupies one of the first places among decorative room and garden flowers precisely due to its pronounced aesthetic qualities. And it's not surprising! The flowering period of the bush is winter-spring months. The plant causes admiration and the shape of flowers, and their elegant, bright coloration, and quantity. With good care, a low bush can completely drown in white-and-white, bright pink, crimson-fire, lilac and purple petals.

History of appearance in Europe

Like true coquettees, it's not just that we have the azalea charmer. The flower (how to look after it, we will consider later) was twice delivered to Europe. But the sunken plant from the island of Java, alas, was lost. It was in the 17th and 18th centuries, i.е. With a periodicity of 100 years. And only for the third time, at the very beginning of the 19th century, "emigration" was a success. Once in one of the botanical gardens of England, the bush received proper care and served as a material for the selection and creation of the variety of species and varieties of azalea, which now please the connoisseurs of indoor plant cultivation, landscaping of local areas, interior designers and just lovers of everything really refined and beautiful.

Features of growth and flowering

Now it is more detailed about what is azalea (flower), how to care for it, how to plant it properly. Let's start with that, continuously, one after another within 2 months, buds are bloomed on it. And the varieties are divided into early, middle, late. Therefore, if you correctly select and combine them, you can turn your rooms into a constantly flowering garden. At least half a year - for sure! This is in the first place.

Secondly, we must always remember that azalea-flower sailed to us from the southern edges. How to care for her, based on these parameters? First of all, it is necessary to provide a lot of light. Therefore, put the vases on the windows facing south-east, south-west. Keep the temperature regime from +16 to +22. Watering the flower is necessary all year round. Do not overdo it so as not to swamp the soil. But the drying of the earth's coma in the pot, too, do not allow: the plant will begin to fade, the color will fall down. Although in summer, of course, he needs more moisture than in other seasons. Because Pretty pampered azalea flower. How to care for him in the summer - there is one more nuance. During the day, always spray the bush several times with standing or boiled water at room temperature. And put a pot near the pot. Pour water into it to maintain the desired humidity (during a period of high solar activity).

Requirements for breeding

We continue to understand how to care for flowers. Azalea needs acid soils with coniferous or peat additives. Vases are better to pick up low, with a wide throat, as the root system diverges at the bush not so much in length as in diameter. While the plant is young, transplant it often - once a year. And when he gets a year old 3 - then every few years. To give the shrubs the right shape, emphasize their decorativeness and increase the number of buds, be sure to pinch your indoor azalea flowers. How to care for them in this case? The upper buds on the shoots remove, and when the flowering is over - cut the curves or dried branches.

Love your green pets, and their bloom will please you all year round!