Bright and colorful flowers - snapdragon will become a real decoration of your garden. Planting and care will not require much effort, and there will be no limit to the pleasure of flowering. Begin to bloom from the end of June. They will delight you with their bright colors to the very frosts.
Snapdragon - flowers that prefer fertile breathable soil. It is excellently accepted on sandy and loamy soils. For it, open sunny areas are more preferable, although it grows well in partial shade, only it will not stretch very much, and it blooms not so abundantly.
The color palette of snapdragons is very extensive: from pale yellow to almost black. In addition, flowers of different shades can be on one plant.
When buying seedlings, pay attention to the roots (they must be well developed) and the leaves (they must be a juicy green color). Do not purchase seedlings in pots with dried soil, as well as with a thin stem and wilted leaves.
Snapdragon. Landing and care
Propagated by seeds. A fairly unpretentious, very undemanding to soil and hardy plant - snapdragon. Planting and caring for these vibrant flowers is not only easy, but can also be an interesting activity for someone. Snapdragon is widely used to decorate borders and flower beds, balconies and terraces.
So snapdragon. Planting and care begin with sowing seeds. To do this, you will need a planting box or pots, a shovel, soil for plants, a sieve and, of course, snapdragon seeds.
1. Fill the planting box with soil for flowers. With a wet hand, level the surface of the soil.
2. Sprinkle seeds densely, but be careful not to lay on top of each other. Gently push them into the soil.
3. Sift the ground through a sieve and sprinkle it with seeds. Pour and cover the box with transparent plastic wrap.
4. After a while, when you notice that a lot of leaves have appeared on the seedlings, separate them and plant them in separate planting pots.
5. If the time of frost has passed, then you can leave the seedlings on the street for further germination.
Ready seedlings are planted in flower beds in April-May.
Plant care is to maintain moist soil. Cut wilted flowers near the ground to prevent seed formation and stimulate the development of flowers.
If in the wet season you find gray rot on a plant, then it must be destroyed. Tear off diseased inflorescences and leaves, and then treat with systemic fungicide. If you notice that the snapdragon has few lateral stems, you need to slightly shorten the main stem. Wilted inflorescences must be removed so that new buds begin to develop.
In the flower beds, this plant goes well with chrysanthemums, sea alissum , cosmea and many others.
The plant will perfectly decorate not only the garden, but also the interior. Flowers can be cut and placed in a vase, only need to be cut off at the very ground. So, new shoots will appear much faster.
The flowers of the plant with the interesting name "snapdragon" are amazingly beautiful. Photos against the background of its inflorescences turn out to be rather bright, colorful, cheerful in a summer way.