Elegant zinnia - application and care

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Zinnia use

Zinnia bloom from July to October.With annual plants (asters, lionesses, lion maws, cosmos, spurgeons) they create colorful flower beds - meadows. They look nice along the fences in the company of greyhounds and amaranths.

They look impressive against the background of hedges and on lawns in single-color or multi-colored groups, and also, especially low varieties, on the edges of lawns and along paths.They are suitable for perennial beds, for lawns and larger pots. Zinnia is used in arranging bouquets and in flower arrangements, also after drying.

Beauty treatments

Elegant zinnia planted in the garden to weaker soil require mineral fertilization at a dose of 25 g / m² before flower development or with multi-component liquid fertilizers (according to the fertilizer manufacturer's recommendations).Remember that abundant flowering is also influenced by liquid, diluted organic fertilizers.During drought, plants must be watered. Our duties will also include loosening the soil, weeding and removing faded inflorescences.

To avoid fungal diseases causing the root neck to rot and plants to die each year, we should change their place in the garden.If a white coating appears on the leaves, it is a sign that they are attacked by powdery mildew and then the plants we must spray it several times at 4-7-day intervals with a fungicide.

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