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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.
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Tips to achieve a natural effect
More than likely you already know these beautiful gardens that give the impression that Mother Nature had thrown by the middle path between culture and nature. The secret to getting these sets are harmonious and at the same time, rustic, is in the way of planting. With bulbs can also get this natural effect. Just follow these little tips.
First, you have to dig the patch of ground where you want to cultivate, so that loose soil is well. Then grab a handful of bulbs and gently scatter on the ground: in effect, randomly planted in the same place where they went. Sometimes they fall very close to one of several others. In that case, you plant them a little farther apart, but not too much and thereby maintain the natural distribution.
It is also good idea to create groups of elongated shape. This increases the paradoxical effect of capricious and balanced. Applying some kind of planting in flats, as is done in buckets and pots, you get a natural course of consecutive flowers on a relatively small area, but with a natural look.
Planting in an orderly
This other culture system has been applied since ancient times. Here there is a smooth transition when the bulbs are scattered haphazardly. After removing the soil, place a row of bulbs, as we want. We will consider the spacing used on the label prescribed. The circle, oval or other shape is now filled with bulbs.
Heliotrope: a unique Peruvian plant
This plant is native Sacramento rain forests of Peru. Belonging to the family Boraginaceae, is part of a genus comprising over 250 species of annual plants.
Scrub and shrubs are varieties, such as Heliotropium arborescens, Heliotropium compulsory or the Heliotrope peritoneum. Perhaps one of its virtues is the pleasant aroma given off its leaves and flowers.
For proper growth and maintenance, heliotrope be positioned at a slight shadow over the summer and be adequately protected during the cold raw days of winter. The temperature may not fall below 7-10 º C, according to specialists.
As for irrigation, should be abundant in summer and low in winter. The ideal soil is one rich enough in organic material to stimulate a bloom abundantly. The final time of planting should be put in the spring. The image is part of Site Search Plants.