Charming flower levision - planting and care

Levisius is rarely found in our gardens. Although her flowers are so beautiful that it is difficult to tear off their eyes. The color scheme of them is different and, most likely, resembles the artist's palette, where the colors shimmer from white to pink, sparkle with orange, yellow and red, combined with tender veins of light colors.

Features of the view

This unusual flower, belonging to the family of pearlaceous, in nature is found only in the mountains of North America. That's why we have a good habit on the Alpine hills. Few gardeners are familiar with levision, planting and caring for which require special attention.

While the levies themselves are too short (no more than 30 cm), the flowers are very large and seem simply huge compared to the size of the whole plant. Some species have a branched sturgeon, strewn with more small flowers, others are covered with large, less frequent ones. The third - a high stem, and there are those where it is generally absent. But in any case, the blossoming leftism will not leave anyone indifferent.

Growth conditions

This tender beauty does not belong to lovers of bright sunlight, she prefers sites with penumbra. The soil must be acidified and well drained, reminiscent of the natural conditions of the rocks, where levies grow. Care and cultivation of leviesis are successful if timely introduction of soil fertilizing in the form of a solution fermented manure.

Outdoor cultivation

Gardeners-collectors have long known that the most remarkable ornament of rockaria is levision. Growing and grooming in this case are quite simple, because on the alpine hill the plant can be provided with optimal conditions. The main thing is to use the eastern or south-western slope for landing.

A well-acidified soil is suitable for levision, in which there is an admixture of humus, sand, peat and necessarily crushed stone. After all, good drainage is the main condition for normal growth.

Water, falling on the lower leaves during irrigation or during rain, should flow well and leave in the soil. That is why, protecting the lower parts of the plant from decay, the rosette of the flower is covered with pebbles, and thus the leaves do not touch the ground.

The main difficulty is to constantly maintain the necessary acidic soil environment, which requires levision. Planting and nursing in the future are greatly simplified if the plant is immediately planted in pots, where an optimal substrate is already selected, and placed directly in them among the stones on the hill, providing a small slope.

Breeding in pots

As already mentioned above, with this method of cultivation it is easier to create good conditions for the growth of leviesia. The main thing is to follow certain rules:

• Pots do not choose a very large size with a bottom in which there is an opening;
• At the bottom of the drain. For it, claydite, gravel of large fraction, brick crumb or other small stones will do;
• The rest of the pot is filled with a substrate that includes earth, sand and compost, taken in equal parts;
• The pots are kept on the street throughout the summer, providing moderate soil moisture;
• With the onset of cold weather they are brought into a bright and cool room, where they spend the whole winter.

Reproduction

How does leftism multiply? Planting and caring, cultivation of leviesia from seeds - all these are the stages of a single process, as a result of which beautiful flower compositions appear, giving the garden a uniqueness. That is why, those who are faced with the charm of this flower, try to reproduce the species they like. You can do this with seeds and offsprings (side rosettes).

Ripe seeds in autumn, you can immediately plant in the open ground, and you can do it in the spring, planted in early March for seedlings. Stratification helps good germination. To do this, seeds sown in a moist soil, covered with a film and cleaned for 30 days in the refrigerator. When the deadline expires, they are transferred to a warmer and lighter place. Dive seedlings on pots should be when the young plants grow two full-length leaflets.

It is possible to propagate plants with side rosettes regardless of the season. They should be carefully cut off with a sharp knife from an adult plant, not being afraid that leviesia will suffer. Planting and care of rosettes are as follows:

• The cut on the mother plant is dried and disinfected with ashes, preventing decay;
• The rosettes are placed in a container and placed in a cold place with scattered light;
• It is not recommended to get moisture on the leaves of young plants;
• After the roots appear and become stronger, the shoots can be planted in a flower garden.

If you show enough zeal and patience in growing such a sissy, the work will be rewarded with lush flowering, and leviesia, planting and care of which, in general, not complex, will be a worthy decoration of the flower garden.