Beautiful Cineraria: Growing and Care

Cineraria is a small shrub-perennial, which can be grown both in the open ground, on the flower bed, and at home, in a flower pot. The way of growing often depends on the type of flower. One of the most popular types of cineraria is the bloody cineraria. This plant variety can be planted and grown for one season or left for winter in the ground.

The flower in the form of an oval shrub with dark green leaves and inflorescences-baskets will decorate the window of your house and will please the eye.

Cineraria, the cultivation of which requires certain conditions, varies according to the varieties, the shape of the flowers and their size. The plant is of several varieties: for example, in the form of chamomile, terry and semi-double, and also stellate. The variety of color scale and the shape of the inflorescence allows the gardeners to choose exactly what they like more. Or even you can combine several varieties at the same time. Most gardeners grow small shrubs with large inflorescences.

Next, pay attention to some practical tips on how to grow cineraria correctly, so that it decorates your home garden.

The plant develops with an average air temperature of no more than fourteen degrees. Only under such conditions, the cineraria blooms long, and you will see how beautiful it is in bloom. Growing in the room has some features compared to the cultivation of these flowers in the garden in the flowerbed. For example, you do not need to put a flower pot on the windowsill on the sunny side, since the cineraria does not like a lot of direct and bright light. Inflorescences and leaves burn and fade from sunlight.

When watering a plant, it is advisable to avoid getting water on the leaves and stems, especially if moisture does not quickly evaporate from the surface. This can lead to disease of the plant, when the leaves and flowers are covered with mildew and a gray coating, similar to cobwebs. When buds begin to appear and flowers bloom, you can start to water the flower with special solutions with mineral top dressing.

In fact, cineraria is an annual plant, so to make it bloom as long as possible, at the end of spring the flower should be transplanted into a new pot. In the fresh soil of the cineraria, the cultivation of which requires the exact implementation of recommendations, it will be able to get more useful substances and, accordingly, forces to bloom longer. If possible, plant the flower in peat with an admixture of turf and pine needles.

Cineraria, the cultivation of which can begin from scratch, that is, with the planting of seeds, can successfully reproduce and cuttings. However, if you want to feel that this is your cineraria, growing out of seeds is an ideal choice. Seeds need to be planted in a separate bowl in early April and only two weeks later, plant the seedlings of the flower in a pot or soil. The roots of the seedlings are very thin and tender, so the planting is done very carefully. It is very important that the temperature in the room where the planted seeds are stored is at least twenty degrees.

With poor care of the flower, he can get sick. For example, if there are brown spots on the leaves, this disease is called an alternative. Similar stains, rust and fungi are treated with antiseptic treatments that can be bought at specialized flower shops.

Those gardeners who grow on their sites Cineraria, will never regret it, because this small bush leaves after itself only pleasant impressions. Yes, and grow it easily. If you know what and how to do, flower breeding brings pleasure. This beautiful decorative plant will decorate any flowerbed. Pots with Cineraria can be put on balconies or windows as a decorative decoration.