Garden flower phlox one-year - growing out of seeds and care

Phloxes are perennials. At the cottage they attract beautiful glossy leaves and bright colors. Only one grade - Drummond's flock - is one year old. It is low, its flowers are rich in flavor. They can have different shapes and colors. It is possible to mention the following varieties, which have annual phloxes: stellate and large-flowered. The first species can reach a height of twelve to thirty centimeters. The flowers of such a phlox Drummond are reminiscent of asterisks. Large-flowered plants also have a height of thirty centimeters. They have large flowers of various colors. Very beautiful varieties of phlox with terry flowers.

If you are interested in an annual phlox, cultivation from seeds for it is the most suitable way of breeding. And you can plant flowers both in the open ground, and in boxes for seedlings.

In the open ground, sow seeds better at the endspring, when the earth is well warmed up. After the shoots appear, they must be thinned. The distance between the flowers should be ten to twenty centimeters. To the plant grew more bushy, lush and low, it is necessary to pinch the ends of shoots or the first flowers. This operation is suitable for plants that are grown at home.

Blossoms flock in late July. If you want to get beautiful flowering plants, you need to remember what the one-year-old phlox is demanding. Cultivation of flower seeds must be accompanied by regular feeding. It is carried out in the summer two or three times, using complex mineral fertilizers. Nitrofosco is suitable for this purpose. Ten or twenty grams of fertilizer should be diluted in ten liters of water. Use as fertilizer manure is not recommended. It promotes rapid growth of plants, but at the same time the number of colors decreases. Also, in order for the Drummond floss to bloom longer, it is necessary to remove the faded inflorescences in time.

You can successfully breed at homean annual phlox. Cultivation from seeds of seedlings is better to start in March or early April. Eight to eleven days after sowing shoots appear. During this period seeds germinate, planted in warm soil, the temperature of which is from twenty-two to twenty-five degrees. Otherwise, the germination slows down. Diving plants spend 2-3 weeks, when there are real leaves. Seedlings are transplanted into boxes. If it was sown in March, then in the open ground flowers are transferred at the end of May. If these conditions are met, the annual phlox seedlings will reach maturity and the plants will bloom in June.

Before landing, you must choose the right oneplace for flowers. Phloxes love the sun and fertile soil. Can not stand the shadow. Watering plants is necessary abundantly, while at the same time avoiding overmoistening of the land.

Phloxes are capable to amaze with a variety of colorsand its pleasant aroma. Due to the simplicity of care, which requires an annual phlox, growing from seeds is not difficult. Therefore, many gardeners decorate their summer cottages with these wonderful flowers.