Flowers at home in February
End of sleep
In February, this applies to most potted plants. The prolonged day and the increasing intensity of solar radiation make the plants receive more light.The photosynthesis intensity increases.Plants take up water and nutrients faster, so we increase watering, we can also start fertilizing the plants.
Transplant the tubers
We awaken to life the sleeping tubers of potted plants, such as caladium or syningia.Caladium tubers are transplanted into a new medium with a high humus content and placed in a warm (temp. 24-26°C), light and humid.After the leaves have developed, the plant may grow at a lower temperature.Syningia grows best at 18-20°C. Leave 1 or 2 of the shoots growing from the rhizome, remove the rest.
Prune the plants
If we haven't done it in winter, it's high time to trim the plants to rejuvenate them, thicken them or give them the desired shape. This must be done before new leaves begin to develop from the buds. We make the cut over the knot.In order to rejuvenate and thicken the shoots, shorten by 1/3.By the way, remove dead, sick or too thickened shoots.
Decorative garden: place of cultivation and use of snowdrops
In the garden, an ideal position for them is the close edge of trees and shrubs, especially deciduous ones.Why? Because snowdrops grow best in diffused light, in fertile humus soil (which is provided by fallen tree leaves), which retains moisture in early spring.At the end of spring, the shrubs draw the most water, drying the ground around the snowdrop bulbs.
Snowdrops grow beautifully in the same place for several years. However, we must spread fertile compost around them, preferably in autumn; such fertilization will completely satisfy their needs.Snowdrops are reproduced by separating incoming bulbs and also by seeds.
In the garden, snowdrops can grow in smaller or larger homogeneous groups, e.g. against the background of a lawn or in the company of crocuses, ranchers, liverworts, snowmen and laurel wreath.Then a beautiful colorful composition, a real ornament garden when most of the flowers are still asleep.
Trees and shrubs: common ivy
This is our only native evergreen climber with woody shoots, with numerous adventitious roots, thanks to which it climbs up supports.Some of the shoots will run on the ground. Older shrubs produce drooping twigs that do not climb onto supports.Ivy creates multiforme leaves, the first three to five-flap, growing in the shade.In young shrubs, they have visible bright innervation on the shiny leaf plate.
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The second type of leaves is formed on the shoots at the top of the creeper.They are exposed to direct sunlight and have an ovoid, diamond-shaped or elliptical shape, without flaps, dull green in color.These shoots produce bisexual flowers, greenish, gathered in straight hemispherical umbels.
In Poland, flowering lasts from August to September, and the spherical, pea-sized fruits ripen the next year.Naturally, ivy can be found in forests (here it is fully protected), where it is often undergrowth and climbs old trees. It grows on rubble, walls of old buildings, in cemeteries and in gardens.There are single specimens estimated to be about 400 years old and the trunk diameter of about one meter.
Potted ivy? Here are tips on how to care for it
Ivy prefers a calcareous substrate and a mild microclimate with high air humidity. In the garden, it grows perfectly in shady or semi-shaded places, where it is suitable for beautifying walls, gazebos, rocks, tree trunks, pergolas and as a ground cover plant.Can be used as a plant for planting in various types of containers.Does not like long periods of high temperatures and drought. Requires fertile, humus-rich and well-moist soil.
There are also varieties grown in the gardens, such as 'Goldhard' with a yellow leaf center, 'Arborescens' - a bushy variety, 'Hibernica' - an Irish variety with very large leaves.
