Ampel, in fact, means "a hanging pot of flowers." The options for planting ampel colors in different baskets, flowerpots, flowerpots are wonderful in that they can be transferred to any place, change compositions, each time updating the decor, changing the design, moving flowerpots to the right places at a certain moment.
The advantages of ampel flowers also include their long flowering, unpretentiousness in care, an excellent combination of varieties and species. There are also ampelous creeping species that can be used to line entire carpets in the garden.
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Petunia can be attributed to the most popular ampelous ones - it hangs beautifully decoratively from flowerpots, is not demanding on soil, you just need to water in moderation, remove faded inflorescences, and it will delight you with its bright beauty for a long time. The most luxurious of them is the cascading petunia Surfinia, its variety of color shades and plentiful flowering delight gardeners. The flowers are large, can be propagated vegetatively.
Turbelina Dichondra is unpretentious, spectacular, good, except for planting in flowerpots, and as a groundcover. Her beauty in foliage, may be silver or green, on its waterfall background begonias or lobelia will look great, perfectly combining their luxurious flowers with the magnificent foliage of dichondra. The tumbellin can be planted at a high elevation and it can hang down to 3 meters in length, creating a beautiful decor. Planting seeds, propagation by cuttings.
Dichondra Bacopa delights with graceful shoots dotted with bright small flowers, blooms until the fall, loves the sun, does not tolerate much moisture. Pruning shoots, propagated vegetatively.
One of the unpretentious ampel beauties - Pelargonium, easily tolerates drought, but does not like winds, its terry species are very beautiful. He loves top dressing, requires the removal of dried inflorescences, can be planted with seeds, and propagated by cuttings. Tuber pelargonium is very beautiful, blooming in bright clusters, with large flowers, if properly looked after - pleases with long flowering. He loves loose soil, weekly feeding and watering.
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Lush and beautiful Fuchsia Bidens will delight until the fall with its colorful balls, drought-resistant, loves sunny areas, gets along well with other ampelous, propagates by seeds.
Lobelia is another ampel beauty, but it needs to be kept in partial shade, the sun loves, but heat is contraindicated for it, timely watering is needed, it blooms until autumn. Lobelia Diasia is especially good, in sunny areas it blooms for a long time and is plentiful, loves nutritious soils, moisture, propagates except for seeds by cuttings.
Dyzana Verbana is drought-resistant, fragrant and incredible in its colors. To bloom all the time, you need to remove the faded shoots and feed.
Another ampelous beauty - Nasturtium, is perfect for pots and garden vases, unpretentious, can grow remarkably on poor soils. In addition, it is edible, healthy and used for salads. Nasturtium Verbeynik can decorate any part of the garden as a groundcover.
Ampel flowers grow quickly, require only watering and top dressing, are not demanding, you can plant in any variation and composition. For example, in the center, plant erect flowers, hanging several on the sides, creating wonderful cascades and vibrant compositions. And the biggest advantage is their long bright flowering, which can decorate the garden from the beginning of summer to autumn.
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