Floks Drummonda, płomyk Drummonda — Phlox drummondi
Within this species, there are varieties that clearly differ in color and height. There are varieties with red flowers, carmine, purple, pink, salmon, yellow and white, as well as two-color with eyelets, with asterisks and striped ones, single and semi-double. By height, the varieties can be divided into 2 groups: tall growing to 40 cm and low - up to 15-20 cm. They bloom from June to fall, are sensitive to prolonged rains.
Tall varieties are planted in flower beds and grown as a cut flower, the short varieties are mainly used, for planting a rebate - in the form of borders or for filling flower beds.
Seeds are sown in mid-March to a warm inspection, after emergence, quilt at a distance of 5X6 cm or place them in peat-earth pots. To produce 1000 plants, you should sow about 5 g nasion. They are blown up to the ground in mid-May; tall varieties in spacing 25 X 30 cm, and low 20 X 20 cm.
They require a sunny position, fertile soil, sufficiently moist.
Gailardis nadobna - Gaillardia pulchella
The flowers have large, very decorative and long-flowering, often two or three-colored in shades of cherry-brown-yellow. It grows up to the height 60 cm, blooms from July to autumn. It is most often grown as a cut flower, it is also used for rebates and to create groups in parks and gardens.
Seeds are sown for inspection in early April. On 1 the window is sown 10-12 g of seeds. For filling 1 macaw must be sown 25 g nasion. Seedlings with dense sowing require quilt at a 5X5 cm spacing. The seedlings are planted permanently after the last spring frosts, i.e.. in the second decade of May, in steps of 25- 30 cm.
Requires a sunny location, fertile and warm soil.
Lewkonia letnia - Malthiola incana annua
The flowers are red, lila, Violet, pink, heavenly, creamy or white. It is cultivated for its pretty and colorful flowers and a pleasant fragrance. The most valuable are the full-flowered levons, and in some varieties it is even obtained 80% full flowers. It is sometimes used for discounts, but most of all it is grown as a cut flower.
Lily of the valley seeds are sown from February to April, depending on what period we want to have flowering plants for. On 1 m2 are sown 8-10 g of seeds. For production 1000 pcs. seedlings need 3-5 g of seeds. Sowing is made into boxes in greenhouses or frames, using frame soil with an admixture of sand - the seeds are covered with a thin layer of sand. In order to protect the plants against fungal diseases, steamed soil should be used when cultivating the plant. The most favorable temperature for germinating seeds and young, the seedling is around 15-16 ° C. After getting educated 2 leaves, seedlings are quilt at 2X4 or 3X3 cm spacing or planted in peat-earth pots, with which you can plant seedlings in the soil beds at the end of April. Lewkonia is resistant to cold, and even frosts, it is, however, sensitive (especially young plants) to excess water and lack of light.
During the period when the seedling is in buildings, you should also remember to ventilate the plants.
Among the varieties of levkonia, due to the structure and growth of the plant, the following groups can be distinguished: single-leg levers (type "Brilliant" i ,.Excelsior”) and with a highly branched stem (e.g. Drezdeński "or" Bomba ").
Depending on the type, they are planted with a spacing of 15X20 to 25 X 30 cm.
Lewkonia requires a sunny position, warm soil, wet, rich in nutrients. During drought, they should be watered frequently and abundantly, especially during the development of the inflorescence and flowering.
Do not drop off on the premises, which previously grew cabbage, there is a possibility of infestation of plants by cabbage diseases, e.g. by cabbage syphilis.