Pelargonium home - unpretentious beauty

Pelargonium, or geranium, is a fairly common flower in indoor culture. The native land of this plant is South Africa. Grassy or shrub pelargonium is absolutely unpretentious in cultivation. Considering the fact that it blooms very long - from spring to winter, it is called "geranium blossoming" in another way. All the existing pelargonium species that are grown in the house have one name - room geranium. Her close relatives are ordinary geranium (weed), growing in the kitchen gardens and roadside roads, and meadow geraniums, which grow in meadows, glades in the forest and on the slopes of the mountains.

Pelargonium home has several types. One of the most widespread is pelargonium zonal. This name is not accidental. On its leaves there are dark circles of transitional colors, dividing the leaf into zones. Her flowers are in the form of a globular umbrella, terry and simple. The color range is diverse - white, pink, crimson, red. The stems are strong, the leaves are pubescent and very fragrant. In general, this plant reaches a height of 30 - 60 cm, and there are up to 1 meter.

Another very nice view has a pelargonium house. This kind of pelargonium is called royal. It is a large flowered plant with jagged, rough leaves. Its flowers have wavy edges and a brighter coloring with a diameter of 4 to 6 cm.

The shortage of the royal pelargonium is a short bloom. Since it blossoms only from the onset of spring to the middle of summer. And its height in height reaches 30-60 cm.

Pelargonium is a hybrid form of pelargonium thyroid. She has thin hanging shoots, reaching one meter in length, and this makes it possible to grow it as an ampel plant. The leaves of this plant are juicy, ivy, bright green, sometimes along the edges with a white border. Flowers and ordinary, and terry from white, tender pink, salmon tones, to bright lilac.

Today, due to its abundant and long flowering, ordinary care and bright, beautiful leaves of pelargonium, the thyroid gland is very popular. Also there is the opportunity to grow it as a stump tree.

Pelargonium fragrant is a herbaceous plant that has a large number of branches and leaves. Strong smelling sheets of small sizes emit the aroma of lemon, and some have the smell of orange, apple, nutmeg, mint, rose. The same small flowers of pink or lilac color, which are collected in an umbrella, perfectly combined with leaves of geranium fragrant. But still this species is grown because of the leaves, as they are used as seasonings and in various fragrant pads.

As you know, one of the most non-selective plants is pelargonium. Home care for this flower does not require much time and effort. Simply, growing geranium, you should remember - she loves moderate watering (in winter the land should be almost dry), does not require spraying, well tolerates sunlight, but on especially hot days needs protection from the sun.

Young shoots should be plucked after the appearance of 4-5 pairs of leaves, in order to improve flowering and increase the number of shoots. Crop the plants in autumn, while leaving a few sheets at the bottom (not less than two). Branches that have undergone pruning can be rooted. And if during the winter period pelargoniya domestic too stretched, then it must be cut in the spring.

Only large-scale pelargoniums are an exception. They blossom mainly for the next year after planting and bloom much more abundantly when uncircumcised. Flowers that have already faded, as well as leaves that have turned yellow, should be removed, but it is better not to break off, but cut off so that the stem does not rot.

In winter, pelargonium domestic comes in a period of rest, so watering should be minimal, and the temperature should not exceed 10-15 degrees. Do not forget that these plants do not like transplants. Pelargonium flower is transplanted only in the case when the pot is too small. To feed geranium it is required potassium fertilizers. If the fertilizer is already ready, you need to make sure that it contains a small amount of nitrogen. Otherwise, the plant will have many leaves and few flowers.

Pelargonium domestic is sufficiently resistant to pests, but there are unpleasant cases when it is affected by aphids, mites, whitefly and weevil. But it's not scary - weevils, ticks and gray rot can be destroyed with the help of fungicides, and aphids and whitefly - permethrin-containing drugs.

Also, the mite is afraid of washing the leaves with infusion of chamomile pharmacy with green soap or tobacco. After such washing, it is necessary to re-wash the leaves in 2-3 hours with water. And in the fight against the whitefly, this procedure is required to be done once in three days and always outdoors.