Beautiful decoration of the site - balsam garden

Intending to break a flower garden on a site, gardeners start leafing through the stops of the catalogs in search of suitable plants. Engaging in a selection of flowers, carefully look at a culture such as garden balm. It is more familiar to us under the name of Vanka wet or touchy balsam.

Balsam garden grows everywhere, but his homeland is considered to be South China, Malaysia and India. Stately plant reaches a height of 70 centimeters, has juicy and branchy stems, densely covered with foliage and easily broken. Balsam amazes with an abundance of large, irregularly shaped flowers, closely located throughout the trunk. Pleases the variety of varieties, differing in color from flowering purple to snow-white. This makes it possible to beautifully inscribe this plant into group plantings or to make accents on certain corners of the garden.

Balsam garden is an unpretentious plant. It is resistant to disease and various pests. The gardeners are pleased with the prolonged and abundant flowering. Planting a flower on the site, you should pick up a well-lit place in the morning and evening, and make a good drainage.

Darkness, cold and dampness balsam garden carries poorly. Such conditions will lead to loss of foliage and decay of roots. But the elevated humidity of the air he carries perfectly and begins to bloom better, which allows him to be planted near the ponds. In the warm season it is necessary to fertilize the plants with a periodicity of two weeks. This will increase the duration of flowering.

One of the most unpretentious annuals for open ground is a garden balm. Growing the same culture in a closed ground is possible all year round. And with proper care, balm will delight with the juiciness of the leaves and the beauty of flowering. This can be achieved by transplanting the plant every spring into a tight pot. Such conditions will contribute not to the growth of the green mass, but to the development of peduncles. The plant multiplies in two ways: by seeds and by the rooting of cut off apical petioles. In the latter case, the old plant should be completely removed.

When growing balsam, you can face several problems. And we need to correctly recognize the signals that the plant gives us. If the leaves have turned pale and the stems have started to stretch, then he lacks light or nutrients. The stalk has decayed, and the flower has thrown off foliage - it is damp and cold. If the air is very dry, then the leaves dry, twist and fall off. If your plant does not bloom, this indicates an excess of nitrogen fertilizers, a lack of nutrients or poor lighting. With a sharp change in the habitual conditions of the plant, the plant will respond by dumping all the buds and flowers.

You should carefully look at the leaves of the plant when they twist. After all, this sign can talk about infection with a spider mite. If a domestic plant becomes ill, it will be necessary to thoroughly rinse it under the shower followed by treatment with insecticides. When a street plant is injured and the threat of a disease of neighboring plantations will have to resort to the help of toxic drugs.

Balsam is perfect for landscaping balconies and loggias. For such plantings, you should choose varieties whose height is from 20 to 60 centimeters. According to the appearance of peduncles, the plant can be divided into several varieties: balsam terry, camelliform, clove-colored and with smooth flowers. For planting on the balcony, you will need to grow seedlings, followed by a transfer to the box. Seeds sown in April need only 4 to 8 days to ascend. After that the container with sprouts is installed in a bright and warm place for growing. Picks are not required. In boxes you can land in May, after the end of frost. Even with just a few varieties of balsam, you can turn your apartment or balcony into a flowering garden.