Iberis
Description. This plant is also known to the flower growers as the wall. The most common are two types of Iberis: bitter and umbrella. The first is distinguished by beautiful pure white blossoms resembling hyacinths. In another species, fragrant inflorescences - small umbels, tender( pink, lilac) and bright( carmine and lilac) colors. Both species of Iberis are annual herbaceous, highly branching plants with small flowers collected in inflorescences of different shapes. The height of the Iberian, depending on the species, varies from 15 to 40 cm. They are used as a curb plant, they are also planted in groups in the foreground of prefabricated flower gardens. Iberis can also be used to decorate stony slides and mixborders. Iberis bitter is good for bouquets and stands in the water for more than a week. Iberis is a very unpretentious culture. Plants are very cold-resistant, light-loving and drought-resistant. The only shortcoming of this culture is a relatively short flowering. Seeds ripen in August-September, they can be collected when the pods turn yellow.
Types of Iberis
Iberis bitter ( Crown form) is a plant 30 cm high with a branching branch at the top. Leaves are lanceolate, rounded at the ends. Aromatic white flowers about 1 cm in diameter are collected in umbrella-shaped bristles, stretching as they flow and taking a wide-pyramidal shape.
Iberis umbrella is a plant with branching stems almost from the base, from 15 to 40 cm in height. The flowers are smaller than the previous species, fragrant, collected in umbellate brushes, which retain their shape until the end of flowering. The color is white, pink, lilac and purple.
Cultivation and care. The aforementioned Iberis deficiency allows the plant to be sown several times during the summer, since flowering begins 40-45 days after sprouting emerges.
Soil Iberis prefers non-moist, lean, limy, location - solar. Seeds are sown directly into the soil in early spring or winter. Seedlings appear on the 7-10th day. Seedlings thin out at a distance of 15 cm from each other. It is possible to grow seedlings, but this is not so advisable. Flowering begins in the shona.