Discount lavender
P:I love lavender, I have it on my plot and the article in your magazine interested me very much. I already know how to cut it. The only question I have is where to get lavender seeds with flowers other than blue.
The second article that aroused my particular interest was the proposal of a colorful island on the lawn. We just finished planting the land and sowing grass for our son. I left a piece of space for a rockery, but in my opinion this discount is more interesting. And also the question: what easy-to-grow flowers to plant there? The discount will be in the sun for 3/4 of a day.I am asking for advice. I have a lot of flowers on my plot, so I can plant them. Is it possible, for example, to plant a boxwood?
O:Pink or white lavender seedlings can be found at well-stocked plant outlets or at gardening fairs.In nature, there are spontaneous pink and white varieties, but their seeds do not always repeat the characteristics of the mother plants.
Ornamental plants can grow all year round on a bed in the center of the lawn, such as evergreen deciduous shrubs (e.g. boxwood), conifers (e.g. juniper - creeping varieties) or small conifers (e.g. thuja - varieties columnar).
You can add deciduous shrubs with seasonal leaves, but especially ornamental, or flowering ones.Seasonally blooming perennials should be selected so that something always blooms. You can use the example described in the article.
Unique Italian Pictures
P:I bought an Arum italicum from a mail order nursery last year. I planted them, only beautiful leaves grew. I checked the onions. It turned out that the bulb I planted (about 3 cm) has grown to about 13 cm and has numerous smaller bulbs. I dug them up, dried them and put them in a cotton sack where they started to sprout. I planted her in a pot. My daughter wanted to surprise me and also ordered Arum italicum and Arum sauromatum by mail. Only then did she say that the nursery sent me A. sauromatum instead of A. italicum. How to grow these plants, when to plant them and when to dig them up?
O: Arum italicum is a perennial plant native to Europe and North Africa, reaching 30 cm tall. It belongs to the picture family, just like our native pictures Arum maculatum or kalla. Arum italicumhas broad, sagittal leaves which, depending on the variety, have a more or less pronounced marbled pattern. Leaves grow up in autumn and stay for the winter. Therefore, you should cover them with dry leaves before the frost - this way they will overwinter without any problems.
In spring, a light green inflorescence shoot appears with a yellow butt covered with a light scabbard. Red corals are berry fruits that persist until late summer, the leaves die during this time. During the growing season, the tuber forms brittle, delicate "sausage-shaped" adventitious tubers that can be used for plant propagation.
Arum sauromatum, or rather Sauromatum guttatum, comes from the Himalayan palms. This plant first sprouts an inflorescence shoot in early spring, the leaf sheath surrounding the cob is brown with bright spots - it gives off a disgusting smell of rotting meat for a few days after flowering.Inflorescence shoots appear from tubers kept without soil, dug up from the garden in autumn and kept at home.
In April, the plants must be planted in the garden. Leaves appear after flowering. Fingers require a semi-shaded site and a moist, well-drained and fertile substrate.
