Winter gardens part2

The organizations of a winter garden need to be given enough attention. First, it is important to choose in what party of light it it will be turned. Being under direct solar beams the most part of day, it will be heated and hardly probable will be comfortable both for people, and for plants. Even if the winter garden is turned on the north, good ventilation is necessary for it, and in turned on the south for can be necessary and jalousie (as a variant most convenient and practical).

Stone or paved a tile a floor and unpretentious wattled furniture plants according to their requirements, not being afraid to spoil allow to water and spray conditions. Good wattled furniture, some pillows - that else is necessary for comfortable reading or conversation. And the table covered in winter garden will seem to more harmonious if to use utensils and devices with vegetative motives.

Other problem for a winter garden - wreckers and illnesses of plants which much more hardy at the big density of plants as conditions for them are created practically ideal, and - birds and predatory insects - here are not present natural enemies. Application of chemicals in this case not always is desirable, especially if in winter to a garden spend a lot of time and the more so eat. There is also more modern way - the biological control. It is developed for the majority of hothouse illnesses and wreckers. This use of alive microorganisms and predatory insects which at correct observance of the instruction of suppliers, can be very effective.


Winter gardens

The climate of your winter garden is important for convenience of people and colors. Inevitable efforts will depend on a climate on its maintenance and selection of assortment of possible plants. The most widespread and often most successful decision - a climate of the Mediterranean, dry both hot in the summer and cool and damp in the winter. In such conditions of will well feel many plants for which in living rooms happens too жарко in the winter. It, for example, grapes and citrus, olives, monsterium, a rosemary and a sage, pelargonium, bougainvillaea, abutiloniums, cypresses, camelias, azaleas and even many palm trees. If the winter temperature does not fall below +10°С, a specific variety of plants can will increase (for example, hibiscus, passionflowers, and many surprising plants). At higher winter temperature (+15°С) there is possible a cultivation of tropical plants, such as anturium, a ficus and even orchids.

Assortment of plants for a winter garden.

Sunsveeria three-lane Laurenti (the pike tail) - unpretentious grassy perennial with a thick rhizome and the long dense leaves which are sticking out upwards, as swords, with cross-section rough light strips. One socket leaves on 6 - 8 leaves in length up to 90 centimeter. Light-green flowers are collected in clustering inflorescences. Blossoms usually in the spring on well shined place. Grows and at opacity. It is undemanding to temperature - can be in warm and cool premises. Having watered moderated, in the winter it reduce. To replace better in the spring, at this time it is necessary and to make multiple copies a plant parts of a leaf or division of rhizomes. A long leaf cut on shares in length 5 - 6 sm, them aslant put in sand. In some weeks leaves take roots. For landing take wide and low pots. A nutritious mix make from turfen, sheet and перегнойной the grounds and sand (2:2:1).

Sunsveeria three-lane Laurenti

Chrysanthemums - subshrube a plant. In room conditions reaches height 20 - 50 see Shanks of chrysanthemums with 4 - 5 leaves in February put in the easy nutritious ground. The bottom pair leaves is cut off, and internode at landing deepened in the ground on 2 - 3 see Shanks on a regular basis spray to not suppose drying the ground. In a month shanks take roots, by April they can be replaced in their nutritious mix turfen, humusis, the sheet ground with an impurity of peat and sand (2:2:2:1:1). In the summer flowers demand plentiful enamel, frequent spraying, sufficient illumination. At fine flowers chrysanthemums in the beginning of growth 2 times pinch back tops of runaways for greater bushiness plants. At hybrid large flowers chrysanthemums cut out all axillary runaways, leaving central. Blossom in room conditions in October-November. Flowers can be various painting: yellow, white, orange, white. Leaves multilobular, light green. After flowering trunks shortly cut and leave in a cool premise (4 - 10oС heat), moderately watering.
Chrysanthemums

Fuchsia hybrid - a small bush with opposite leaves. Flowers at a fuchsia hanging, cups and nimbuses are often various on painting. There are simple and double versions. Becomes covered by numerous colors in the summer. To turn pots with a fuchsia does not follow, from it it often dumps leaves. In the winter leaves partially fall down. The fuchsia to ground and light is not exacting almost, but well blossoms on the shined places. It is made multiple copies by shanks in length 5 - 7 sm or large strong leaves, them land in the easy sandy ground. After rooting land in pots with a mix from sheet, turfen, humous the grounds and sand. (1:1:1:1). From May till October 2 times a month are necessary to it liquid top dressing. In the winter a plant contain in at temperature 10 - 12С. The fuchsia is grown up одиночно and in group landings, on window sills and in pendant baskets.
Fuchsia hybrid

Assortment of plants for a winter garden

Monstera delightful - powerful long-term just as liana a plant in height 1 - 4 m. the Stalk naked, climbing with air cord roots. Leaves large with long stalks, reach length 10 - 50 sm, coriaceous, at adult plants they or made a hole or divided. Fine flowers are collected in a cylindrical thick ear. The plant prefers a penumbra or a diffused light, but water-resistant plants. In the summer plentifully water, often spray and feed up liquid fertilizers of times in 10 days. Cording roots монстер are recommended to be lowered in flowerpots with water that promotes faster development of leaves and growth. In living rooms it is better to grow up in the form of the low upright plant attached to a support. Replace annually in the spring, large copies - time in 2 years, but annually replace the top layer of the ground fresh. It is made multiple copies by shanks, т. е. A part of a stalk with 1 - 2 fine leaves which take roots in water. Cuts be strew charcoal. Substratum make of the turfen and sheet ground with addition of sand (3:1:1). At the bottom of utensils the drainage from shards is necessary.


Monstera delightful

Pelargonium (geranium) - one of few plants, capable to blossom practically the year round in conditions of a light and warm winter garden. Flowers large, collected in umbrella-shaped inflorescences of various painting. The plant reaches height 20 - 60 see Kinds of a geranium are incorporated in 4 groups: zone, petals flattened out, fragrant. The plants often named by a geranium concern to the first group, with rounded green leaves, with brown, yellowish or white border on a circle. Flowers simple or double with white, pink, red, crimson painting. Petals flattened outthe group includes plants with strongly jagged folded green leaves. Flowers are collected in umbrellas - white and pink with is dark-cherry spots on all petals or only on top. - plants with drooping stalks and green pentagonal leaves, on the form reminding leaves of an ivy. Fragrant pelargonium with deep divided leaves with a smell of roses. Flowers fine, pink or lilac with dark specks on the top petals.


Pelargonium (geranium)

Make multiple copies pelargonium shanks, and at deducing new grades - seeds. Matrix plants hold at light windows at temperature 12 - 15С heat. Shanks cut off in the spring, slightly them dry. The taken roots shanks feed up quarterly a solution of mineral fertilizers. Shanks blossom in 4 months. Land in a nutritious mix from turfen, sheet or compost the grounds with addition of sand (4:4:1). Water moderately. At watering leaves do not moisten. Withering leaves because of an excessive moisture and a cold is possible. Contain at 8 - 10С heat in the winter. It is necessary forming crones for what old stalks cut, using the removed branches not shanks in the spring. In small pots blossoms better, and in spacious well develops.

The maintenance of plants on a balcony

Being rooms within winter the plants intended for an ornament of balconies, should be preliminary prepared for cultivation on air. Them bear on a balcony with approach of warm days and frost-free nights. For protection of roots of plants against drying and burns, and also for constant humidifying plants, pots with plants drive in boxes, on 2/3 filled by a moss, peat, sawdust or sand. Water, evaporating from such ground, sates with a moisture air, that favorably affects growth of a ground part of plants. That roots not germly through a water-waste aperture also have not gone deep into the ground of a box, under a bottom of a pot it is possible to put a circle of plywood. If such way is very combined, plants can be exposed on a balcony in own pots, but thus it is necessary especially will take care about them watering, and dark pots to protect from solar beams, for example decorating their light paper or having painted a pot in light color. Watch, that leaves of plants did not lean to разогретому solar heat to a windowpane.

To land flowers in balcony a box it is necessary not too densely that there was a place for development of new runaways. The magnificent, well generated plants or plants which develop the greater vegetative weight can be landed in one number. The most good results at cultivation of colors in boxes reach landing of the strong, well developed sprouts. The majority conservatory can be landed in a stage budding, landing make after the period of possible frosts in cloudy weather or in the evening. After landing plentifully water. Plants can be grown up by crop of seeds directly in a ground of a box. In the ground superficial grooves, and after crop are done, seeds fall asleep finely sifted ground or sand. After crop having watered make accurately to not admit washing away of seeds. Before occurrence of shoots it is necessary to cover boxes a paper or glass.

Preliminary not prepared plants in the first days quite often strongly suffer from solar burns, differences of temperatures. Stalks, leaves and buds can wither and even to be lost. To bear plants on a balcony it is better in cloudy day that plants have not suffered from sharp change of conditions, they are preliminary necessary for tempering in well aired room. On balconies in the first days, especially at midday, plants during shadow, for example, using for this purpose the newspaper. In some days an original screen clean. In boxes for summer of a plant have freely that they could expand in all the parties. In the rest leaving same, as well as in rooms. Since August, start cleaning indoor plants from balconies. First time of a plant can suffer from lack of fresh air and dryness, therefore it is necessary to air rooms on a regular basis. Gradually plants get used to new conditions.

Gardening of balconies

Gardening of balconies is the most simple and accessible way of an ornament of your dwelling. Beautifully framed and balconies are effectively allocated with greens and colors of a window on a background of walls and decorate buildings. Densely effuse plants on a balcony look not only is elegant, but thus also weaken street noise, partially absorbing a sound, I clear air of a soot and a dust, and in hot day will weaken a sunlight. Special charm is represented with the indoor plants which have been born in the summer on a balcony. For warm days of summer they turn to large bright copies, and with approach of colds transfer back to a room. Thus fresh air, a warm wind and solar beams is necessary to plants.

Growing up plants in boxes, it is possible to transform a balcony in green pergola, and before each window to create a tiny flower bed. Balcony boxes make from various materials: a tree, plastic, metal - a choice for you, the main thing they should be spacious enough. The recommended sizes: thickness 1,5 - 2 sm, height 15 - 20 sm, width not less than 20 see Choosing, remember, that in small boxes in length less than 1 m the ground on open air quickly dries up.

Flower boxes can be made their dry fur-tree or pine boards. At formation a box for greater durability on its internal corners put racks section 4? 4 sm, from below under a bottom two cross-section rods beat the same section. For a drain of superfluous water in day of a box make apertures in diameter of 1 sm through everyone 15 see there are boxes of more complex designs: with the spare tank for water that the ground did not dry up, and also with pallets for running off of water.





Fastening of flower boxes should be made strongly and reliably. The strongest fastening is carried out by means of special metal arms. They can be used and in the event that windows open outside as the box in this case fastens below outwardly a window sill. If the window opens inside of a premise, the box with plants can be established directly on an external window sill. The box thus necessarily strongly fastens to a window sill, for example by means of metal crampon. That the box stood horizontally, under it are enclosed oblique wooden scantling. On balconies with metal lattices at windows boxes can be established from the interior of a fencing, on a floor of a balcony, for example on flower supports. High plants place in the boxes costing on a floor, with a wall, there, where more than natural protection against damages.

If you have enough place on a balcony it is possible to construct an original rack of containers, having arranged it along a wall on all height. According to your desire it can be a rack from forepart or decorative boxes-containers. In containers it is possible to place the bought flower sprouts or small flowerpot with indoor plants. Besides, such design not only saves a place, in it it is possible to change easily according to your desire flowerpots with colors. Beautifully look on balconies hanging in special baskets or ceramic ornamental flowerpot ampelnes plants. For their fastening it is possible to use special arms with supports for pots or wicker ornamental flowerpot.

At cultivation in boxes of twisted plants for them establish special support in the form of directing cords, lattices, arches, etc. which give a necessary direction to twisted runaways and create the conceived form of gardening. Presence on balconies of vertical gardening, as a rule, creates a background for flower registration, selection of its assortment and color scale.

Using the resulted examples in your flower box on a balcony it is possible to arrange a tiny garden, having landed at once some kinds of plants. From external edge of a box it is possible to land ampelnes plants that their hanging down stalks decorated a box. On the center of a box any low plants land, it can be as pottery plants or pergola. And from internal edge balcony a box it is possible to land any twisted plants (for example, an ivy) by means of which it is possible darkened a balcony.

Basis of good development of plants is the healthy ground rich with nutrients. The fresh friable earthen mix with addition of sand is most suitable. Sometimes add the crushed peat, especially in that case when boxes are located on the solar party. Peat absorbs in itself an excessive moisture, keeps it, not souring and not rotting. The box is in regular intervals filled with the ground so that the surface of a ground was below edges of a box on 1 - 2 see Densely to stamp the ground does not follow, a deposit of the ground is reached by stirring of a box at its filling. In balcony boxes the ground is quickly exhausted, therefore plants already through 2 - 3 weeks after landing are necessary to feed up on a regular basis (time in 10 - 14 days) complex fertilizers, and every spring the ground in boxes needs to be updated. For winter of a plant from boxes are cleaned, the ground is loosened and in such kind remains for the winter. In the spring the part of the top layer leaves and replaced fresh. As plants in boxes are usually landed very densely, to bring fertilizer in a loose it is not recommended.

The Most convenient forms additional fertilizing for balcony colors - liquid and sticks of long action. Special care of a plant demand to itself during flowering, during this period top dressing with the maintenance of phosphorus is necessary for them.