Unique flower salpiglossis: growing from seeds

This is a really beautiful plant in every respect. It only recently began to appear in our flower gardens. Salpiglossis, growing out of seeds which presents certain difficulties, is striking in its beauty and variety of shades. The name of the plant consists of Greek words that have such meanings: the pipe ("salpinx") and the language ("glossa"), which is due to the unusual shape of the flower. In nature there are no more than 18 species of this plant. His homeland is considered South America. Salpiglossis is a beautiful flower with straight and thin stems. In height, these garden flowers grow to 40-90 cm. They have silky pubescence. Regular leaves are sessile and petiolate. They can be whole, dentate and pinnately incised. The main advantage of this plant - large, funnel-shaped flowers, having a variety of colors. Their feature is a spectacular combination of different shades. The fruits of the plant are oval two-cavity boxes with seeds. In our latitudes, one- and two-year-old salpiglossis are grown. Cultivation of the seeds of this flower is made difficult by the fact that it has very small seeds. So, in one gram they contain 5-6 thousand! Their germination lasts up to 5 years.

This unique flower is created by nature to admire. If there is a resting place on the site near the house, plant a salpiglossis near it. Cultivation from seeds can be done in a seedling and seedlings way. When sowing seeds in the open ground in autumn or spring, thinning seedlings at a distance of 30 cm will be required. Seedling of the flower is planted in March. Seeds are left on the surface of the soil, they are pressed a little, poured and covered with glass. The crops are pritenyayut paper. The first shoots will appear only after 14-20 days. At this time, the crop should be kept at a constant temperature of 15-20 ° C. Adult seedlings are dived and planted in rows after 5 cm. On a permanent place, a strong seedlings are planted in June. The distance between the seedlings is 30 cm. Salpiglossis, the cultivation of which is very laborious and often ends in vain, is very difficult to grow. This plant, when planted in the soil, often does not germinate, and when propagating by seedlings, seedlings do not tolerate transplantation. But if the florist still gets blossoming salpiglossis, he will grow it constantly.

Care of this plant is much easier than cultivation from seeds. Salpiglossis prefers fertile water-permeable soil. This flower is hygrophilous, so the soil must be moistened, although it should not be allowed to clog it. Over the summer several complex fertilizers should be introduced . This procedure stimulates abundant and prolonged flowering. Plant this plant in sunny places, protected from gusts of wind. This flower pleases with long flowering (June-October). Salpiglossis in the cut is quite a long time, so it can be used for decorating rooms. Flowers, reaching a diameter of 5 cm, look very picturesque against the background of a green lawn, which shades the beauty of its coloring.