Daisy - flowering plant family Asteraceae, one of the most common ornamental plant flower beds.In Greek Daisy - "pearl."Daisies, planting and care that does not require much effort - unpretentious hardy plants reach a height of 15-20 cm, with the fluffy flowers.They are very popular among gardeners.The buds of these colors have different shades ranging from white and yellow to bright red and crimson.
Among all species of daisies (and there are seven) in Russia, the most common annual and perennial daisy.Same age is very often confused with chamomile.It grows in a natural environment - in the glades and meadows - and most often white.Common daisy is grown as a biennial plant.In the first year of planting grows rosette of bright green leaves, and the next there are the first flowers.These plants love very sunny spots, but do not give up, and from the penumbra.
Daisies: planting and care
Most often, these plants are used for decoration of flower beds and borders.Florists love daisies.Planting and caring for them burdensome, and the plants themselves pleasing to the eye quite a long time - the first buds bloom in mid-spring and stay until the cold weather of late autumn.Often women use these flowers for decoration of balconies, terraces and window sills.Basic methods of reproduction - by dividing the bushes and seeds.Seeds are planted in warm soil in early June.They sprout in 10-12 days after planting.The division of the bushes is best done during the flowering period.Daisy love moisture, so they need constant watering.In its absence, the flowers become smaller and unattractive.As a plant food used ammonium nitrate.
Osteospermum
Another type of flower growers have enjoyed great love - Osteospermum or Cape Daisy.It is an annual herbaceous bushy plant, reaching a height of 30-70 cm. The large flowers of white, orange, yellow, purple, pink, lavender and purple flowers shaped like a daisy, but, unlike the perennial plants have a tubular shape.Gardeners should remember that Osteospermum - South daisies, planting and caring for them need special attention.Previously, these flowers because of their slow growth simply did not have time to bloom in central Russia.Now, however, we brought several varieties to delight the eye with their buds in temperate latitudes.You only need to put them in the sun-lit places.Cape daisy propagated from cuttings, seeds and division of the bush.Unlike conventional daisy, Osteospermum pre-planted seeds for distillation in special boxes still in the early spring, and then transplanted seedlings in preheated wetlands.However, high-quality features of the plant are preserved better when propagated from cuttings.Cuttings kept in water with the onset of winter and planted in the ground at the same time as the seeds are germinated.
