“My bells, steppe flowers ...” are the words of one popular song that almost everyone knows. But the bell of many years grows not only in the steppe and forests. It is also successfully grown by gardeners. He is completely unpretentious and does not need careful care. Delicate bell inflorescences are very beautiful, although they are considered rustic. Some of these plants reach a height of 1.5 m, for example, the bell is broadleaf. There are very small (1.5 - 2 cm), such as the Carpathian bell. These plants can be kept in the shade, but with good sun they feel much better and bloom more abundantly. The time of their flowering is summer. June, July, beginning of August. The perennial bell has many varieties and colors: white, pink, blue, lilac and all its shades. Size and shape are also different.
Varieties and their difference
The Bologna variety blooms in the middle of summer with small light blue flowers. The stem is poorly developed.
Flowering time - mid-July and early August. The Carpathian bell has large blue or white flowers in the form of a glass, a pyramidal inflorescence. Single flowers on a weak stalk. The peach leaf is characterized by a blue color, sometimes white. It grows with two or three flowers, collected in a brush on a thin stem. The bulbous is a perennial with a thick stem, up to two meters high. Covered with small woolly hairs. The calyx is funnel-shaped, purple; up to 10 flowers can grow on one stem. The round-leaf variety blooms the very first (in early June) and pleases the eye all summer with its small delicate lilac inflorescences on a long, flexible stem. To extend flowering time, dry petals are removed.
How is the bell propagated?
Bells are perennial flowers. Propagated by cuttings, division and seeds. Seeds (capsules) are best sown before winter, when they become brown. They are scattered on the ground and compacted. Fertilize the soil twice a season - in early spring and summer, when buds form on the plant.
These plants are transplanted rarely and in the offseason. When a bell grows in one place for many years, it loses immunity. They do not need frequent watering, unless there is a natural drought. But he does not like stagnation of water. The main danger for the bell is slugs and pennies. Shag helps to eliminate them. Perennial
garden bells are wonderful material for landscape designers. Tall flowers are used in group plantings to decorate flower beds and lawns. From undersized varieties create borders or planted along the tracks. In rocky gardens, it also grows very well. Decorate them and the Alpine slides. This plant reproduces well vegetatively and from year to year occupies an ever-increasing space. The bell is perennial - this is one of the most beautiful and convenient colors in the
preparation of bouquets and compositions. Carpathian variety looks amazing with red poppies. Bells are not only beautiful and unpretentious in growing, they are also useful. An infusion of such a variety as crowded, treat sore throat and other diseases of the throat. It is also used as lotions for skin diseases.