For the owner of the suburban area, the flower garden is a special pride. With what pleasure the owner of a colorful flowerbed can show his friends and neighbors his own bright, unusual plantings! Especially heart pleasing plants, similar to colorful suns. This is perennial rudbeckia - a herbaceous plant that can reach a height of one and a half meters. Flowers with inflorescences-baskets are large, from ten to fifteen centimeters in diameter, their color combines yellow, orange, black and purple. The birthplace of the flower is North America. There are thirty of its varieties.
Attracts this plant with its unpretentiousness. The composition of the soil is not demanding. But as the best option, sandy loamy or loamy soil is suitable, its acidity should be neutral. Easily rudbeckia perennial tolerates drought and extreme heat. She is not afraid of temperature changes. When planting for a flower, you need to choose a well-lit area, since he loves the sun. Seeds can maintain germination for two to three years. In April, to obtain seedlings, the seeds are sown in boxes and planted to a depth of three millimeters. The first shoots appear after nine to twelve days. For hardening, they can be taken out to the balcony or open veranda. The plant is planted in open ground from May to July. Between landings should be a distance of twenty-five to thirty-five centimeters.
Perennial rudbeckia blooms in the second or third year. The flowering period continues until the frost. For winter, the plant does not need to be covered. To extend the life of a flower, it can be rejuvenated, propagated by dividing the bush. This operation should be carried out three years later. Between the bushes during planting, you must observe a distance of forty centimeters, as the plants grow strongly in the roots.
To ensure longer flowering, it is necessary to feed plantings with manure. You can not transplant the flower, then the perennial rudbeckia grows every year, the bush becomes thicker and more and more flowers appear on it. It is necessary to remove already faded inflorescences in time. Care is required traditional. It is necessary to remove weeds, regularly water and carry out fertilizing with humus. Mixtures for flowering plants are suitable as fertilizers for young seedlings. Twenty days after the first top dressing, a solution prepared on the basis of ten liters of water can be added to the soil, to which Rosa fertilizer and nitrofoska (1 tablespoon) must be added.
A wonderful addition to the decoration of the garden is a long-term rudbeckia, the photo shows how beneficial it looks as a background for a flower arrangement. It can be planted on the south side of the garden fence. The flower is suitable for a tapeworm, as a border, it will look great on a flower bed.
The plant does not suffer from pests, is distinguished by its extraordinary vitality, and is stable against spring frosts. In winter, the perennial rudbeckia does not need shelter. In the fall, its stems are cut to the root, then mulching is carried out with humus, and it is applied with a layer of five to seven centimeters.