Ampelnye plants - for home and garden

Ampelnyh called plants grown in hanging pots, pots. The word ampel in German is used in the sense of a "hanging flower vase". This way you can grow almost any plant, but the most beautiful in the hanging pots are garden and indoor flowers with curly or flowing shoots.

Ampelnye plants can be both beautifully flowered and ornamentalist. Occasionally, succulents are planted in suspended flowerpots (apocatactus whitish, cleansing and others). As ampelnye you can grow both indoor flowers, and those that are designed for open ground. In the latter case, vases or pots are exposed or suspended on site in accordance with the conditions that some ampel plants like, periodically shading them, covering them from the wind or transferring them from place to place (for example, when weather changes).

Traditionally, in various pots or flowerpots, various varieties of petunias are grown , especially its variety with long stems - surfium. Very popular and caliberachia (calibrracho), a hybrid of petunias, bred not so long ago. Outwardly, it is very similar to her cousin, but her leaves are smaller, and the stems, on the contrary, are much more powerful. They are stronger branches and form long shoots that can hang from the pot by 1.5 m. Small, up to 3 cm in diameter, calybricho flowers are also similar to petunia flowers. Derived varieties with purple, pink, red, white flowers. Blooms calibrahoes magnificently and abundantly and looks very picturesquely at the same time: its stems during the flowering period are dotted with dozens of small "bells". Propagation of this plant by propagation. Calabrachia is light and thermophilic, does not tolerate wind and strong drafts.

Another hybrid, derived from petunia - Fortunia. On flowerbeds, its varieties are grown as soil cover, and in suspended flowerpots - as ampel plants. Strongly branching sprouts of Fortune can grow to a length of up to one meter. Its flowers are larger than petunias: their diameter can reach 10 cm. Their color range is diverse: from violet to pale pink. Fortunia is a rather unpretentious plant, it perfectly withstands both cold, and wind, and heat. Propagation of fortunate vegetative way.

In an enclosed space, as an ampel, it is possible to grow beautifully flowering zigokaktus ("Decembrist"), Campanul, Thomson's clerodendrum, and some varieties of begonias. Of decorative, suitable for example, dwarf fig trees, Tradescantia, philodendrons, chlorophytums, asparagus, ivy. Ampel house plants can be hung in window or doorways, used for zoning rooms. Very beautiful amoel hoya, blooming, depending on the species, already in the second or third year. In the presence of proper conditions: a sufficient amount of light, a temperature of at least + 16 degrees, regular watering with warm water, in the absence of drafts, it will please its flowering for several months in a row, and in some cases all the year round. It should be remembered that this plant is poisonous: hoya juice can cause allergies and contact dermatitis, and a strong smell of its flowers is a headache. Therefore, hoyu can not be placed in bedrooms and children's rooms.

Ampelnye flowers in the picturesque pots are extremely beautiful, they enliven the appearance of the site, and places take quite a bit. In conclusion, it should be noted that not all plants with long stalks are suitable for growing as ampel. So, for example, a green pea has very brittle stems, so it can only grow on a flower bed or trellis. It is not necessary to grow as ampel plants in hanging pots without support and climbing vines: they must be sent. Otherwise, the plants will be weakened and will grow poorly, and their flowering in this case you will hardly wait.