Verbena , or vervain is one of the most beautiful flowering plants. This plant is decorated with small, numerous flowers of various colors. One year is a plant originating from South America. Growing Verbena is not required, it is because these flowers is recommended for beginners in horticulture.
With a little attention and care, you will enjoy the variety of colors of verbena which may garnish each garden or terrace, starting from spring until early frosts.
Verbena is still primarily balcony flowers, but if you do not have the privilege to deal with growing flowers in the garden, free to decide for her.
It was a sacred plant with the Celts, Romans and Egyptians, and many old people have attributed it to magic, and healing properties. Verbena of the rules teas and medicinal or ritual baths.
Verbena flower blossoms that look like umbrellas and which are monochrome or two colors. The flowers are usually white, yellow, pink, red, purple or blue. Special decoration give solid green oblong leaves that are serrated and have fine hairs.
Types of verbena
There Verbena growing like a tree, then those bushes and hanging verbena forming beautiful flower falls.
When planting and how they planted verbena
Shrub verbena is best planted in the garden with flower beds or rock gardens with mandatory spacing 20-25 inches. Bushy verbenedostignu a height of about 30 cm.
Planting creeping verbena, which deal him as a houseplant Intelligence in pots, hanging baskets, pots or pots from which the magnificent fall during flowering. They can be planted in the ground where they form a flower carpet.
To transplant was successful, the root of verbena should be healthy, and pure white. Do it too wrap at the bottom of the pot. Plant one to two plants in pot size 19 to 21 centimeters or three plants in an area of one square meter, if transplant carried out at Jardiniere.
Care and maintenance
Verb corresponds with less sun position. It will be submitted and drought, while some varieties will not have a problem not with strong winds and the scorching sun.
Watering : Verbena regularly bay just after planting, and while the plant is not received. Once it starts to grow, you should not overdo it with the amount of water for watering.
Should water only when the soil is very dry, rain water, early in the morning or after sunset. Note that the water does not stay on a platter, if vervain cultivate potted.
Young plants need to tear off the top of the stem and when to grow two or three pairs of leaves as you will to encourage bushy growth.
Also, if you want longer verbena flower in late June is a little orez. If you want to lose shape To achieve a, overgrown branches should be cut by two-thirds. Expect for about 15 days verbena begin to flourish and to branch.
When you first preferably also be orez to safe again flourished. Remove wilted flowers that would not jeopardize the development and flowering plants.
Fertilization : Adequate nutrition is every season and this spring, when the plant reaches a height of about ten centimeters.
Then using fertilizer-based iron.
If you follow the recommendations of saves and watering, the plant will not befall the disease and your verbena will be well developed and healthy plant with lots of beautiful flowers.
Propagation and planting of seeds
Since verbena hardy plant, it should be planted each year. Seeds and seedlings are easily available and have them in almost every nursery. Sowing starts in late February in pots or crates.
Put them interspace where the minimum temperature is 15 degrees.
In mid-May, the young plants can transplant into the garden or in pots. Preferable distance between the two plants is at least 25 cm.
Flowering and combine
During flowering desirable even add fertilizer to the water for watering twice a week. Your garden will look like magic if vervain combine with other annuals who enjoy plenty of sunshine. Hanging verbena can be combined with other hanging plants.
Flowering Verbena is continuous throughout the year, because the plant is constantly developing new side branches which bring new flowers.
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