Pansies: planting and caring for a spring flower

Many amateur gardeners are already beginning to plan their flowerbeds and flower beds in the spring with the onset of cold weather. Among the flowering early plants, one of the first places is taken by the pansies. By the variety of shades, the combination of colors is not equal to them. It's hard to even imagine how wide the color spectrum of this plant is. The shades of the flower are from white to black with interspersed with yellow, red, blue. The article presents photo - pansies in the midst of flowering.

The most common species among the florists are the three-color violet and the Vittroka. The difference is only in the form of the flower itself. Violet's violet differs from its rival in large flowers.

In this article we will talk about the pansies. Planting and caring for this plant is in the hands of beginning flower growers. This perennial plant is most often grown as a biennial. Many modern hybrids of this plant perfectly adapt under a hot climate and can bloom almost all summer.

Pansies: planting and care

The traditional method of planting: in June, ripe or purchased seeds are sown in Soil or in containers with loose soil. The first shoots most often appear on the 6-14 day. The main thing at this time is to provide the seedlings with the necessary conditions: moderately watered and covered from the bright sun. After the first round leaves appear, the plants are planted at a distance of 5 cm from each other. In 10 days after transplanting, when the seedlings get stronger, you need to start feeding with a frequency of once every 10 days, alternating the need for mineral and organic fertilizers. The soil needs to be loosened and weed removed.

In late August and early autumn, plants should be transplanted to the place where you plan to see them in the spring, at a distance of 20 cm from each other. Florists recommend the soil around the pansies after a transplant to sprinkle with peat. This is done to help the plant retain moisture, and also to save the flower in the early spring, when frosts occur.

And in April-early May you will be pleased with the first buds. At this point, the flowers should be fed with complex fertilizer. Loosen the ground around the plants, remove the weeds. If the spring is arid, do not forget to water it. With a small investment of forces and resources, pansies will bloom almost to autumn with small breaks in very hot weeks.

There is another way to grow pansies: Planting and caring for the plant are carried out as for annuals. In this case, the seeds in February-early March are sown in a greenhouse. In early May, planted in the open ground - and until the end of the month the plants bloom.

A great interest of flower growers is another rare way to grow pansies: planting a plant in a vegetative way. This variant of breeding is suitable only for hybrid varieties.

The very method is very simple, allows you to get a lot of seedlings in one summer and keep the variety in "clean". Cuttings begin to cut off from May. Shoots should have 2-3 knots. They are planted very tightly to a depth of not more than 1 cm. For a good result cuttings should be sprayed with water all the time, so that the leaves do not wilt. A month later the sprouts take root, and they can be transplanted. With an early and successful cuttings, plants can blossom this year, at a late one - already in the next.

This flower, pansies, planting and caring for which does not require much effort, will please you with its long flowering. It should be watered in time, loosen the soil around the bushes, weed from the weeds and periodically fertilize. To prolong flowering you need to remove wilted flowers.

Interesting fact: pansy in the old days attributed an amazing ability to attract love. In France and Poland, at parting, they give a bouquet of flowers from pansies. And in England there is a tradition to send the beloved girl dried flowers in recognition of love.