Garden and early winter preparations
Summer is the best time to start thinking aboutwinter in the gardenFor plants to survive the low temperatures as well as possible, they must first fall into dormancy, during which they create a number of defenses against frost or long periods without sun. One of them is, for example, an increase in the concentration ofsugarsin cell juice, which makes it difficult to freeze. We will make it easier for plants to go to sleep by not stimulating them to grow before winter. To do this, you shouldstop fertilizing- the last treatment should be performed in July at the latest, preferably in the first half.This applies especially tonitrogen fertilization Care must also be taken with slow-release fertilizers. The release of nutrients from them should also end in the summer.
Plants on the terrace and balcony thirsty for sun
Sunny weather intensifies the play of colors in the garden. Many plants insunny positionsblooms more profusely, brighter, also discolorcolorful leavesshrubs and trees. In cloudy weather, not only are there fewer flowers, andthe colors ofare dim, but many plant species do not open flowers at all. These are often plants related to the astrom Asteraceae that form flower heads-baskets, e.g. the populargazania shinyGazania splendens,dimorfoteka zatokowaiosteospermumOsteospermum ecklonis with blue stained tubular flowers insidebasket
Poppy blooms only in the sunkalifornijskiEschscholzia californica,doroteantus daisyDorotheanthus bellidiformis,purslane large-floweredPortulaca grandiflora ormorning glory tricolorConvolvulus tricolor. The golden, peach-scented flowers open to the sun also the beautiful, but little knownbartonia goldenMentzelia lindleyi, which can be grown in larger containers. When selecting species for boxes and pots, it is best to combine plants whose flowers close on cloudy days with species that are indifferent to the weather. Thanks to this run, a possible "lack" of flowers in these specieswe will balance with abundanceof others.
Orchard: Flowering shrubs and repeating flowering in August
Shrubby cinquefoil , representing shrubs blooming in summer, is a dense shrub, 30-120 cm high, with a rounded habit.It has small,short-tailed leaves , composed of five leaves. The flowers arefive-petaled , 2-3 cm in diameter, develop from May to October. The cinquefoil bushes are frost-resistant, they can be planted all over Poland in sunny or slightly shaded positions. It is drought resistant.It tolerates heat wellIt grows well in sandy and loamy-sandy soils, but in fresh, slightly wetter soils it blooms more profusely and lasts longer.
Varicolored colonelis a shrub that grows up to 2 m high, with overhanging shoots at the bottom.Flowers minorcream gathered in large dangling panicles. It grows well in fresh and fertile soil. It should be planted in a sunny position, it is resistant to drought.
Żylistkiare shrubs that repeat flowering with great ornamental value. The most common isveinrough, white flowers gathered in panicles in pink buds - ' Candidissima ', ' Plena'.Varicose veins grow well in sandy loam, loose and humus soils, in a sunny position, sheltered from frosty winds.
Garden hydrangeais a shrub that grows to a height of 1 m. Large, sterile flowers, gathered in magnificent spherical inflorescences dia. 15-20 cm, formed a year earlier onshoots last year's shootsEnds flowering in August, but then creates decorative burgundy-green seed heads.HydrangeaThis should be planted in a sunny or semi-shaded position, sheltered from frosty winds, requires protection for the winter.
Bouquet hydrangeais a tall shrub that grows up to 2.5 m in height. Creamy-white flowers duringbleeding pink-red , gathered in conical inflorescences. Flower buds are formed on this year's shoots, formed in the year of flowering. It grows well in the shade and in a sunny position.
Shrub hydrangeaforms shrubs up to 1.5 m high.Flowersgathered in semicircular creamy-white inflorescences, towards the endflowering pinkBlooms on shoots produced in the flowering year. Hydrangeas require fertile, humus and acidic moist soil.
David's Budlejareaches a height of 2-3 m. It isshrubwidely branched, flowers gathered in longspiky inflorescencesGrows well in soilfertile ,permeable ,moderatelyneutral oralkaline
