Flower of azalea.

Azalea flowers are one of the most beautiful home plants. They prefer coolness rather than a hot climate, so they mostly bloom in the winter. Of course, it's nice to admire the magnificent bouquet in the winter, when the plants are mostly resting. However, if the domestic conditions are liked, then the azalea flower to please the eye with its abundant flowering can also in the summer. This plant can successfully compete with any purchased bouquet.

Azalia - a flower whimsical. If he does not create the proper conditions after the purchase, then at the end of flowering, it can discard leaves and die. Therefore, before you buy this plant, you need to carefully and carefully study the characteristics of its development.

Optimum for azalea is considered the temperature from ten to fifteen degrees of heat. In winter it is recommended to keep the flower away from batteries and dry air. It is desirable to keep the temperature from thirteen to sixteen degrees. With this mode, the azalea flower will be very fruitfully prepared for flowering. Then, when it comes, you can lower the temperature a little. This greatly prolongs the duration of flowering. To do this, the pot can be covered with ice slices or poured with cool melt water.

The plant prefers a humid climate, so the soil in the pot must be appropriate. If the temperature is lowered, watering should be reduced, spraying is not carried out. When raising the heat regime, water should be applied in the morning and in the evening, and sprayed several times a day. Ideal water for irrigation azaleas - rain or melted. If the tap is used, then it should be well defended, and even better - boil. Once in two weeks you can water the plant using a weak solution of citric acid. This helps maintain the desired acidity of the soil.

The azalea flower does not like to be exposed to direct sunlight. This can have a detrimental effect on it, up to the fall of the buds. It is necessary to try to find a place where there will be no direct exposure to the sun's rays, but at the same time there will be sufficient lighting.

After the flowering period, azalea care should not be stopped. Withered flowers with pedicels and deformed leaves must be removed. After a month after the blossoming, the tips of the young shoots are plucked. This contributes to the intensity of flowering. If, after buds appear near them, young shoots are formed, they must be removed.

Spring azalea undergoes some renovation. Weak shoots, as well as too high, cut off, and the plant itself is transplanted. This procedure with an adult plant should be made every two years, a young (three-year) - every year. The pot should be taken flat and wide. A characteristic feature of azalea is that the roots are horizontal, so loosening the soil is not recommended, so as not to harm them.

When transplanting, special attention should be paid to the root neck. In no case should it be covered with earth, as the plant will die. Also, try not to damage the roots. It is necessary to transplant the plant with the already existing around it a lump in the fresh soil and do not forget about drainage. When frosts pass, azalea can be carried to the balcony. Cool air for her will be very handy. During this period the flower needs regular feeding.

All the diseases of this plant come from the violation of the elementary rules of care: improper irrigation, insufficient lighting, improperly selected soil, untimely spraying. It rarely attacks pests. This occurs in the event that the conditions of plant maintenance are violated.

The azalea flower will respond with a noble bloom in the event that, together with the appropriate knowledge of care, show concern and attention to it.