Nowadays nobody looks at pots as ordinary containers for growing plants. Their decorative significance is unquestionable, while their practical value is invaluable.The concept of a pot garden has entered the language for good.
A properly displayed pot will decorate every stand, it will decorate a terrace and balcony, a bed and a path, a window sill and a garden stand.For many avid green enthusiasts, potting is the only possible way to grow plants.
Most of the potted arrangements will be created using several schemes. Repetition is a common theme; then instead of one pot, several, usually planted with the same plant (s), are used.This variant works perfectly on the tops of a fence wall or the edge of a path.To enhance the decorative effect, it is worth using pots corresponding to the colors of the surroundings (or made of the same material).
This rule also applies to classic exhibitions arranged in front of the entrance to the house (at the front or terrace door), where the pots are placed in pairs on both sides of the entrance. Tall metal pots are currently in fashion.
More and more people are departing from the traditional model of exposure and placing pots where no one expects them.Placing plants at the crossroads of paths, under a hedge, on the lawn gives surprising results. Both single and group exposures are allowed.Potted plants, especially large specimens, give structure to the bed.
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If long and persistent flowering plants, such as petunia or calibrachoa, are in the center of the arrangement, the breaks in flowering of other plants will become less annoying.Always try to place pots on a ballast with gravel or tiles.
When the collection of potted plants begins to grow over time, it is worth thinking about a new, better exhibition.Excellent conditions and favorable exposure are guaranteed by a multi-story shelf or stairs.
This should be remembered when caring for potted plants in August
End of power supply
We finish feeding plants that will winter outside, because fertilization stimulates them to further growth. Without fertilizing, the plants will survive a long period of frost better.
We breed geraniums
Summer (July-August), apart from winter (January-February), is a good time to prepare seedlings of bed, ivy and English geraniums. The shoots are already lignified enough then.Half-lignified cuttings with 3-4 leaves are cut from the apex of the shoots.Make the cut just below the knot.
Leave the seedlings to dry for a few hours, remove the lower bracts and place them in a complex substrate, e.g. from deacidified high peat with sand or perlite. The optimum temperature for rooting is 18-20 ° C.
Seasonal plant care
We constantly remove fading flowers, regularly water and fertilize seasonal plants . We pay special attention to the he alth of plants, because at the end of the growing season, the occurrence of pests increases, e.g. whitefly and spider mite.
