Winter gardens

Presently winter gardens, or house greenhouses as is more often them name, have turned to a daily reality. More and more than owners of greater apartments, country houses or cottages wish to realize dream of a blossoming oasis. The winter garden at the house is perceived now as one more living room. It can be both a dining room, and a drawing room, and even a bedroom. Its main feature - an abundance of plants which as it is good, as well as to people. Charm of a winter garden that in any weather, both during a rain, and in a wind here is cosy.

In given clause it is not given practical recommendations on construction of greenhouses, and the basic moments in their planning and a choice, and also to assortment and accommodation of plants are described. To equip a winter garden in a city apartment or a country house quite probably, if whenever possible in advance to make its project, considering some nuances. In this case to equip the glazed room penetrated by light it will be possible in exact conformity with your wishes. It is necessary to pay separate attention to questions of illumination and heating of the future garden. Winter gardens ordinarily represent a design with glass doors and glass walls. Such design concentrates on itself solar beams and promotes heating of all premises but if the garden is not warmed in addition, the part of energy leaves on heating of walls and their protection against overcooling. In the winter temperature in a garden it is essential below, than in other premises, therefore presence of additional doors and windows here is simply obligatory.

Thus, owners of the winter gardens, described above a design, sooner or later come to conclusion about necessity not only heating, but also full heat insulation, enabling as much as possible to use all advantages of an atmosphere of a winter garden. It is obvious that to consider this and other similar moments at a stage of development of the project is much easier, than to make re-planning already available premise.

At creation of a greenhouse it is necessary to remember also about presence of such elements as an electricity lead by special rules, ventilation of a premise, to adjust temperature and humidity of a premise. For convenience place on a wall the thermometer. If in your winter to a garden accommodation of the plants, demanding the raised humidity it is possible to provide the device allowing constantly to spray a plant by water is planned. For care of decorative trees and bushes it is possible to get a small step-ladder. With its help it will be easier to you to carry out care of high plants. Do not forget that the floor in winter to a garden should be from not decaying material, and whenever possible provide water-proofing, the floor covering should be easy and convenient in cleaning.

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Assortment of plants for a winter garden.Oleander, Dracaena, Kafir lily, Bilbergia hanging

Oleander. An evergreen bush up to 1,5 m with dark coriaceous leaves and fragrant white, yellow or rose-red colors. All parts of a plant contain poisonous substances, therefore at care of a plant it is necessary to be careful. An oleander light-requiring. In the beginning of March of a branch of a plant it is necessary to cut, leaving on them on 3 - 4 kidneys. It is done because flowers are formed only on young branches of a gain of current year. Replace an oleander before the beginning of growth. A nutritious mix make from turfen, sheet and humus the grounds with addition of sand (4:2:2:1). Shanks of an oleander easily take roots in crude sand and in water.

Dracaena bordered. Is decorative-deciduous similar to palm perennial with lignification a stalk up to 2,5 m, narrow leaves in length up to 50 sm, collected on a top of a stalk. At occurrence of damages or deformation of leaves it is necessary to make to their scrap. Make multiple copies usually top shanks up to 15 sm or stem shanks with several kidneys.Ground blend make of the deciduous and turfen ground, humus, peat and sand (2:1:1:1:1). Illumination and humidity moderated (at 15 - 20С), spray leaves in the summer. Having watered plentiful, in the winter moderated.
Dracaena bordered

Kafir lily orange - a grassy plant with a short stalk, thick roots without a bulb and dark green ribbons the leaves located two-lane. Kafir lily plentifully blossoms large inflorescences of orange painting. On one arrow happens up to 30 flowers. On adults of a plant happens up to 5 arrows. Flowering proceeds from the end of winter up to the end of summer, forming a fruit. Contain kafir lily at 16 - 20С heat. Demands plentiful enamel and liquid additional fertilizings. More preferably east or western windows. It is made multiple copies by seeds and radical offsprings. A ground make of a mix of the sheet and argillaceous-turfen ground with addition of sand (2:2:1). Adult plants replace through 2 - 3 years. Upon termination of growth, having watered reduce.
Kafir lily orange

Bilbergia hanging - tow tropical plant, flowers in an ear on a small stalk with bright red bracts. Leaves band species, linear, 30 - 45 see Blossoms in January - March. It is made multiple copies by seeds and division of a bush. Demands uniform temperature (15 - 20С) and not too dry air (in dry air tips of leaves dry up). Leaves in the summer often spray, a dust clean wet webs. Replace a plant in the early spring in the turfen ground with addition of sand and humus (3:1:1). The plant does not transfer lime. It is used for gardening premises with windows of any orientation, in pendant baskets.
Bilbergia hanging

Assortment of plants for a winter garden. Araucaria, Abutilone and Acuba

Araucaria heterophyllous - an evergreen coniferous tree in height 1 - 3 m with a brownish shelled bark. Branches depart horizontally under a right angle to a trunk. Needles soft. Demands cool temperature (10 - 12С) in the winter. In the spring and requires in plentiful поливе and daily spraying in the summer. In the winter having watered reduce, but do not suppose drying the ground. Loves the moderate illumination, grows at east windows is better. The nutritious mix is made from turfen, coniferous, sheet, with the grounds with addition of sand (2:2:1:1). It is made multiple copies by seeds and shanks from tops of runaways in the middle of summer. The extended seeds stick the sharp end in the ground up to half and cover with a moss, support in a is moderate-damp condition at 14 - 16С heat.



Araucaria heterophyllous

Acuba Japanese (a gold tree) - a bush with oblong coriaceous leaves; at variegated-leafs forms - marble, light yellow painting. In the autumn the plant becomes covered by red fruits-berries. Flowers little ornamental. Contain at 10 - 12С in the winter. The plant unpretentious, well grows at lack of light. It is made multiple copies by top shanks in February-March. The plant demands spacious utensils. In the winter having watered moderated, and with approach of spring plentiful. A nutritious mix make from turfen, sheet and humous the grounds with addition of sand (2:2:2:1). In the spring and in the summer 2 times a month feed up mineral fertilizers.

Abutilone (a room maple) - an evergreen tree. Leaves green or variegated-leafs forms, not falling down in the winter. Flowers bluebell forms, white, cream-yellow coloured, reddish. Flowering plentiful, long. At 15 - 17С heat and good illumination blossoms also in the winter. That flowers on a plant was more, it is annually necessary to cut out superfluous branches. It is made multiple copies by seeds or green shanks. Replace in a nutritious mix from the argillaceous-turfen and sheet ground, humus and sand (2:2:1:1) in annually early spring. In the winter having watered moderated, in the spring - more plentiful. Feed up 2 times a month mineral fertilizers (3 gram on 1 litre waters).
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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