Arriving from South America, verbena, growing from seeds at home tolerates well and does not require special care. It can be grown with seedlings in pots so that it blooms early, it can be sown immediately in warm soil, or it can be planted on a balcony or window sill like a perennial and enjoy beautiful tender brushes of inflorescences.
See also: hydrangea garden - planting and care in the open ground.
Seeds
The main thing is that the seeds must be fresh, pay attention to this immediately when buying. 1-2 years will pass, and nothing will grow from you, you should not waste your money and time.
Priming
Mix peat with humus - and your seeds will be happy. Steaming the soil, if you are sowing seedlings, if immediately in the garden - dig up, add humus and spill with warm water.
Landing time
For seedlings - February-March, in the ground - the end of May, so that the zemlyotska was warm and not expected to freeze.
How to plant
For seedlings: pour soil into the drawers, spill with water, just sprinkle the seeds on top, a little dug out and river sand on them. And cover with a film, put in heat. In about three weeks all seeds will sprout. As 3-4 leaves appear - to dive, do not water the ground, but only spray from the spray gun. In warm weather, take out a little for hardening.
Immediately into the ground: in the south this process is natural, no need to mess with seedlings. As it got warmer, by the middle of May they had prepared a bed in a sunny place, spilled it, pierced the holes and put the seeds, sprinkled them with earth. You can cover while sprouting. If you plant in groups - weeds will not grow, if one bush each - mulch, in the heat and during flowering, strengthen the watering.
Breeding
In the autumn, shed and dig up the bushes, wrap them in plastic and save in the basement. In spring to get, cut the cuttings and plant in peat with sand - so you can propagate verbena cuttings, it is very convenient. Hide them too, let them take root. Periodically take out to temper, and by mid-May you can already transfer to the ground.
When you transfer plants, pinch the tops so that the bush does not stretch, but grow.
Add organic fertilizing once, then you can add ash or nitrophoska and then enough - rejoice at the beautiful flowering of verbena in your garden!
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