Rudbeckia, the care and planting of which will be considered in this article, is an incredibly unpretentious and bright flower. This plant forms in the garden a whole sea of yellow and orange golden balls and, with a small expenditure of energy, will transform your personal plot beyond recognition. This is a good rudbeckia - planting and caring for it are simple. And the appearance is luxurious and original.
Rudbeckia: care and planting of young plants
Usually these flowers are grown from seedlings. A brilliant rudbeckia perennial (planting and caring for it is a little more complicated than for ordinary) is better propagated by seeds. For these flowers with a dark convex core to appear on your site, just sprinkle the planting material in the garden, and then slightly press the seeds into the ground and regularly water it. When buying seedlings, pay attention to the condition of the plants - they must be strong and strong. Even tall sprouts should be planted compactly enough. Thin and excessively elongated shoots with an abundance of leaves (more than three pairs) should not be bought. Also, do not take yellowed plants.
These flowers look like little children of the sun. Therefore, if you want a magnificent rudbeckia to appear on your site, care and landing should take into account placement on the sunny side. The place where the seedlings will grow should be illuminated by direct sunlight for at least six hours a day. Prefer fertile soils that pass water well. Both seedlings and seeds should fall into the soil in the first spring months, when the snow has already melted and warm weather has settled.
Loosen the soil, remove stones, weeds, parts of old dried plants from it. Put well rotted compost into the soil, dig, level the surface of the plot. Seedlings in containers must be watered before being removed from them. Take out small plants carefully, being careful not to damage their root system. Land at a distance of half a meter from each other, slightly tamping the ground. Then the rudbeckia should be watered with a small amount of water. It is advisable to tie the seedlings to the pegs or pull a rope next to them for support.
Rudbeckia: care and planting, watering and pruning
If atmospheric precipitation falls in the area where you live, at least once every two weeks , then this flower will have enough moisture. Additionally, watering is not necessary, it may be necessary only if drought is established. After heavy rainfall, a lot of moisture collects on the lush foliage of Rudbeckia - it needs to be shaken off, otherwise a tall stalk may break under the weight of the water.
The plant is fed a small dose of complex fertilizer before flowering. It is brought into the earth around the flower, carefully distributed in the soil. Withered inflorescences are pruned in order to intensively form new buds. Then the plant will continue to bloom profusely until the fall.
Before the onset of winter, cut shoots at the level of fifteen centimeters above the ground. Mulch the plants with compost. If there is a desire to propagate rudbeckia vegetatively, you need to dig it out and divide the rhizome into two or four parts.