Grass-flower - cultivation and care

Gazania (or gatsaniya-flower) - a representative of the family Compositae (astrovyh). In total, there are more than 50 different species. Very beautiful are the mixtures: Izi Grou, Ausliz, Daibrake, Zonenshain, Sunshine Mixst, Mini Star, Carnival, Monarch Mixst, Chansonet, Talent. These flowers are becoming more popular every year due to their unpretentiousness and beauty. The birthplace of Greece is Africa. There gatsaniya grows in arid places, where humidity is high only at night. The second name for this unusual flower is the African chamomile.

African chamomile

In our latitudes the African chamomile is an annual, as it can not survive the harsh winter. And in his homeland gatsania - a flower for many years. It is a grassy low-growing plant that has a shortened stem or a complete absence of it. Depending on the species, flower-flower can have a color range from silvery to dark green. On the underside, the leaves are pubescent, which reduces the amount of evaporation on a hot day. Their shape is very diverse in gas-bearing: palmate-dissected, elongated-lanceolate, pinnate or linear. Collected leaves in the socket. African chamomile has a core root system, which allows the plant to extract water from a great depth.

Flowers of the grubby plant

Flowers gatsaniya quite large: grow up to 10 cm in diameter - and represented by a variety of colors. Regardless of the species, each inflorescence in the base has a dark spot that gives the plant a special attraction. Gazania itself is represented by a basket where tubular flowers are located in the center. It is they who exude the aroma during flowering, and on the edge are located linguistically (they are sterile). Beautiful flowers gatsaniya - photo, on which you can see their true size, displays their beauty. The plant has many small seeds (up to 250 pieces per year) with a "parachute". Seeds retain their germination capacity for 2 years. With the onset of the night or in cloudy weather, the flower-flower closes. In a rainy summer, enjoying its fragrance is quite problematic, but do not despair, as the plant blooms from early summer to snow itself.

Cultivation

In the cultivation of these flowers are very unpretentious and look great in the flowerbed, in the balcony boxes or flowerpots. For their planting it is better to choose a sunny place without stagnation of water. To feed these flowers 1-2 times a month, using universal fertilizers. Grow gazaniyu better through seedlings. For this purpose, the seeds are sown in March to a depth of 5 mm, the first shoots will appear already on the 5th-7th day. On a permanent place, transplants are transplanted at the end of May, necessarily with a small clod of earth.

Reproduction

Propagation gazaniya cuttings. To do this, they are cut in the summer from the side shoots and, after processing the growth stimulator, are planted in the ground, at first pritenyaya and watering as needed. With stagnant water, these flowers suffer from gray rot. In such a case, it is necessary to ensure the flow of water and treat the flower with a fungicide. Pests are not affected almost never.