"My little bells, steppe flowers ..." - the words of one popular song, which almost everyone knows. But the bell for many years grows not only in the steppe and forests. It is also successfully grown by gardeners. He is completely unpretentious and does not need careful care. Gentle inflorescences-bells are very beautiful, although they are considered rustic. Some of these plants reach a height of 1.5 m, for example, a broadleaf bell. There are also very small (1.5 - 2 cm), such as the Carpathian bell. These plants can be kept in the shade, but with a good sun they feel much better and bloom more abundantly. The time of their flowering is summer. June, July, early August. The bell has many varieties and colors: white, pink, blue, lilac and all its shades. Size and shape are also different.
Varieties and their difference
Bolognese variety blooms in the middle of summer with small light blue flowers. Stem is poorly developed. Flowering time is mid July and early August. At the Carpathian bell, large blue or white flowers in the form of a glass, the inflorescence is pyramidal. Single flowers on a weak stem. For persikovilnogo blue is characteristic, sometimes - white. He grows two or three flowers, collected in a brush on a thin stem. Reptchatovidny - this perennial with a thick stalk, up to two meters high. Covered with small woolen hairs. The calyx is funnel-shaped, violet, on one stem can grow up to 10 flowers. The round-leaved variety blooms the very first (in the beginning of June) and pleases the eye all summer with its small, gently-lilac inflorescences on a long, flexible stem. To prolong the flowering time, dry petals are removed.
How do they multiply the bell?
Bellflowers are perennial flowers. Propagation by cuttings, division and seeds. Seeds (boxes) are best sowed under the winter, when they become brown. They scatter on the ground and compact. Fertilize the soil twice a season - in early spring and summer, when buds are formed on the plant. Transplant these plants rarely and in the off-season. When the bell for many years grows long in one place, it loses immunity. Frequent watering is not needed, unless there is a natural drought. But he does not like stagnation of water either. The main danger to the bell is slugs and pennies. Helps to remove them makhorka. Garden bells are perennial - a great material for landscape designers. High flowers are used in group plantings to decorate flower beds and lawns. From low-growing varieties create curbs or plant along the tracks. In stony gardens, it also grows well. Decorate them and the Alpine hills. This plant grows well vegetatively and from year to year occupies an ever larger space. Long bell is one of the most beautiful and convenient colors when composing bouquets and compositions. The Carpathian variety looks amazing with scarlet poppies. Bells are not only beautiful and unpretentious in growing, they are also useful. An infusion of such a variety as bored, treat sore throat and other diseases of the throat. It is also used as a lotion for skin diseases.