Godetsia

Description and grades. The is an annual plant 40-60 cm high with smooth branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, abundant. Flowers simple or double, fairly large, 6-7 cm in diameter, with silky shiny petals, collected in magnificent inflorescences of racemose form. When all the flowers bloom, the brush looks very smart. The color of the flowers is white, pink, crimson, lilac, carmine and lilac-purple, and there are also variegated forms. Flowering is abundant, lasts from the end of July to frost.

Seeds mature within 25-30 days after bloom( in September), they are collected when the boxes of the

are darkened. In culture, the and yearning with the and yearage are most often grown and the numerous varieties obtained from these species.

Kinds of a charming

Rembrandt, Gloria, Meteor, White Swan, Rosamund.

is a medium-branched plant with a height of 30 to 60 cm. The flowers are cupped or broadly-shaped, often terry, white, pink and carmine-red, sometimes two-colored, 5-8 cm in diameter, on short pedicels. Inflorescence is a brush stretching as new flowers bloom.

is a large-branched, compact, dense plant with a height of 20-40 cm. Flowering is abundant. Flowers large, up to 8 cm in diameter, funnel-shaped, of the same color as the first species, collected in the brush at the ends of the shoots and in the upper axils of the leaves. The most decorative group is the Azaleicum Years with double flowers.

Use godetsuyu widely to create large groups on the lawn, for flower beds, rabatok, and tall varieties - for cutting. Large decorative flowers of the state of gentle colors are unusually decorative.

Cultivation and care. Godetzia is an unpretentious cold-resistant light-loving plant. It tolerates freezing up to -3 ° C, so the seedlings can be planted quite early in the ground, without fear of late frost. Godetia prefers normally moistened, rather humus and nutrient-rich loams and sunny open areas. The preferred acid reaction of the soil is neutral. Flowering deteriorates in wet weather and is significantly reduced in droughty periods. Propagate the state of seed. To obtain seedlings, the seeds are sown at the end of March in boxes. Seedlings appear after 10-12 days, seedlings dive at a distance of 20-25 cm between plants. You can sow the year and early spring in the ground. Plants suffer a painful transplant. Distance at a constant place between plants is 20 x 30 cm. Flowering occurs 60-80 days after sowing. It is recommended to fertilize full mineral fertilizer before flowering( 2-3 times 20 grams per bucket of water).Watering is necessary when the soil is dry, the excess moisture of the plant is poorly tolerated.