Lavaters, growing from seeds - when to plant?

Lavateter or Hatuma is an amazing bright flower from the Malvian family. Large flowers of gentle pink, lilac, white and yellow shades decorate flower beds and flower beds from the beginning of summer to the autumn itself. Grow a beautiful lavatera from seeds with even novice flower. When to plant a flower and how to care for a lavater, read further.

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Lavaiter - Description

Little genus lavater has 25 species. There are both perennial instances and annuals.

Botanical flower description:

• Stems - branches, reach height from 20cm to 2 meters.
• Leaves - blade, arranged alternately. Color sheet plates - dark green.
• Bright large flowers of yellow, purple, pink, white color up to 10 cm in diameter, shaped resemble Malva or Petunia flowers. Located single or form brushes. The period of flowering lavater is all summer, until the middle of the autumn.

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Popular varieties

Among the Hatch varieties are most popular considered:

• Mont Blanc - For this variety, white flowers with streaks are characteristic.
• Gorgeous - Attractive high strong plant with large flowers of bright pink, raspberry shades and white.
• Silver Star - Flowers of pink shades with burgundy streaks, with silver tint.
• White Sheruba. - low variety up to 35 cm high, is used for growing in a container. White flowers.

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When to plant the lavatar with seeds?

Lavaiter is an unpretentious culture that prefers light, loose, drained soil. You can plant seeds in open ground already at the end of April, when the night frosts will be afraid.

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How to plant lavatar seeds?

To lavaters adorned the garden with abundant and bright blossom, it is necessary to choose a well-lit and ventilated area of \u200b\u200bthe garden. Lavateter grows perfectly under all weather conditions, not afraid of drought, drafts and dampness. However, the soil must be nutritious and light. Before planting seeds, the soil on the site must be switched and add fertilizer to it: on a bucket of compost - 2 spoons of nitroposki.

Planting procedure:

1. At the selected area, it is necessary to prepare grooves for sowing seeds at a distance of at least 30 cm from each other.
2. Seeds are sulking to a depth of 1 cm and compact the soil. Seeds lavater are quite unusual shape, have a good germination. The distance between the seeds should be respected at least 8-10 cm.
3. After landing, crops need to pour well.
4. If the warm weather has not yet been established, the landings are covered with a film, creating a greenhouse effect. In such favorable conditions, the seeds of lavater will be faster and strengthened. As soon as shoots reach a height 5cm, the film can be removed.

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Lavaters: Recommendations for Care

1. Lavateter needs moderate watering. It is enough to water the bushes once a week, 2-3 water buckets for each adult bush. If the summer is rainy, the plant will be quite natural humidity in the ground.
2. The soil under the bush periodically needs to be neatly loosen in order not to damage the roots of the plant.
3. Spacidious high grades need to be tied to the support. Faded buds need to be deleted.
4. Hatch does not need to be superior, provided that before planting seeds, the soil was pre-fertilized.
5. The lavender is resistant to diseases and pests. Sometimes splashing bushes attack the failure, to combat insecticides are used. Rarely flower is striking rust when brown spots are formed on the bottom side of the leaves. When infected with rust, damaged leaves should be removed and treated with a bush of Bordeaux fluid.
6. On the site of the sealed flower of the lavator forms the fruit - a seed box. As seeds ripen, the box dries and acquires a brown shade. Dry boxes are cut off with a bush, get seeds and dried them in a well-ventilated dry room.
7. Perennial species of plants need winter shelter with snacks, dry leaves.

Colorful bushes with large attractive flowers - decoration of any flowerbeds and plot in the garden. The laveter is perfectly combined with many plants: Petunia, lavender, lilies, nyondist. The flower looks spectacular on the background of juicy green grass. Caring for the beauty is minimal, and planting the plant will not be much difficult.