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Tips for planting and transplanting
If you want a beautiful garden all year and that your plants grow healthy and strong, heed the following recommendations:
- The best season for planting is autumn, as it enables the winter rains water the plants.
- Plants must have enough space between them to avoid extreme competition between specimens by light, space, water and soil nutrients. In the case of shrubs should be planted in holes seasonal plants. The goal is not having to remove or transplant the whole plant is formed.
Plants for each garden space
Each garden has its particular characteristics, according to the area where you are. For this reason, we must take into account that each location will need different plants.
In windy areas, the plants tend to become brittle and break down, to avoid this situation, put hedges, screens or cypress.
In places with lots of sun, cacti or succulents choose to support very well all day sun and drought. If this part of the land has sandy soil, little water it and so should your plants will be better.
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Time of planting of seedlings
Within our domestic capabilities and resources of space for a mini-greenhouse, we are at the perfect time to start planting our seedlings.
Precisely because most of us do not have much space, we must be selective when choosing what to plant. Of course try to balance among flowers and vegetables. Think of the entire process: not only the place that we have to plant the first seedlings, but how much rather have for the transplant.
Of course, there are plants that support transplantation but others absolutely not; example of the latter are root crops like carrots, turnips etc.La reason is obvious: its roots deep look beyond what makes common seed plant .
So, some suggestions are valid for the time to plant seedlings are: zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, marigolds, impatiens and zinnias.
In the next post on this topic, more tips and details. For now, view by selecting the seeds, as we see in the picture and we’re thinking together jardineria.pro next steps.
Friendly Flowers
Not all insects are bad for the species that inhabit our garden and should be viewed as pests. Some of them are beneficial, like the bee and its excellent relationship with flowers and fruits.
The truth is that many gardeners are unaware that a lot of flowers and many varieties of fruit should disappear if not for the bees. In turn, the plants feed these friendly insects.
Raphiolepis : Flowers Pure Harmonic
Raphiolepis umbellata is the scientific name of this species, which belongs to the Rosaceae family and is native to Japan. It is a shrub that reaches one or two meters in height during growth.
It has a compact crown, with persistent foliage and bright toothed leaves that may reach 6 inches in length. The flowering season is spring, and it delivers its primary attribute.
Gazania: Flowers in The Sun
Gazania splendens is the scientific name of this species from South Africa that belongs to the Asteraceae family. The leaves are fine and an interesting silvery green color.
The flowers are similar to those of the margarita, but larger. They have a variety of different colors and react to the sun opening in all its splendor. Therefore, sites should be placed in full light.
The Roses: The Most Popular Flowers
The rose is a shrub mainly characterized by its flowers, called roses and thorns covering its stem, family Rosaceae. The rose is considered by many as the queen of the garden and the rose bush is blooming most frequently used in the decoration of it reaching even the concept of a rose garden, a roof garden of roses only.
The variety in the colors of the roses is huge and is that because this flower so prized for its beauty and aroma, has been the subject of many hybrids that have led to today there are about 30,000 species, but the more traditional even have an associated meaning, are a symbol of love red, white symbol of purity, roses represent appreciation, the yellow express joy, but the more superstitious can see some double meaning, most evoke positive feelings, but there are also black and gray roses represent death and sadness respectively.
Intense Blood Red Flowers
Are what gives us the Grevillea, a shrub Grevillea rosmarinifolia scientific name and belonging to the family Proteaceae. It is a species native to Australia.
Reach feet in height at most branches being provided with short hair. Its leaves range from 2.5 to 5 centimeters long, featuring dark green hue on the upper side and white on the bottom.
The Meaning of Flowers
The delivery of flowers has been linked, since forever, different meanings were the main reasons for this gift. For love, friendship, death or loneliness, flowers conceal a symbolic language that we will go briefly here, and that undoubtedly has a long history.
With its beauty, color and expression, the flowers are a reflection of the human soul. Therefore, some symbolize innocence and the white rose of the picture, while others, such as red tulip, are ideal for a declaration of love. Each flower is that it tells us something: there is listening.
The Anemone
The anemone garden is a perennial herbaceous flowering stems long and branched. Features intensely colored flowers with white accents, pink, red and yellow, among other colors depending on the variety.
If the goal is to include it in our yard, we take into account that supports the best soils of average fertility, humus rich, abundant moisture and well drained.
Baptized in ancient Greece, referring to the word Anemos (wind), the anemone has a large number of varieties, blooming in all temperate zones of the planet, with more than 60 known species.