14/03/2023
FLOWERING PLANTS IN WINTER
Christmas symbol. plants blooming in winter
Poinsettia is an ancient symbol of Christmas. Of course, for the New Year we will decorate the house with a Christmas tree, sparkling garlands, figurines of fairy-tale characters, we will arrange elegant candles and vases with tangerines. But the most important decoration of the house is always flowering plants and in winter they delight us and surprise us more than ever.
If you want to have flowering plants in your apartment in winter, get an orchid, azalea, or rhododendron, poinsettia, indoor callas, schlumbergera (zygocactus), ripsalidopsis, camellia, hippeastrum, bulbous ... To bromeliad flowers, which are most often sold on New Year's holidays, include Guzmania and Vriesia ...
Poinsettia - an ancient symbol of Christmas
The poinsettia season starts in December. Lush, bushy, with red apical leaves reminiscent of a Christmas star, traditionally considered a Christmas plant. The poinsettia, or Christmas star, blooms on Christmas Eve. A pot with these beautiful flowers will be a wonderful gift for the New Year.
Zygocactus truncated, or Decembrist, Schlumbergera
An elegant succulent plant that blooms on Christmas Eve. The most popular of the moisture-loving cacti are the Decembrists, so named for their winter flowering. Pink, or crimson-pink, dark red or carmine inflorescences up to 6-8 cm long give the plant a very decorative look. Zygocactus blooms profusely in winter, and is at rest in summer.
The closest relatives of the "Decembrists" - ripsalidopsis - also bloom in winter. Unfortunately, they are still poorly distributed in culture, although they are extremely unpretentious and attractive.
Camellia japaneseCamellia is one of the most beautiful flowering houseplants. The flowers have different degrees of doubleness - simple, semi-double, double, white, pink and red. Flowering occurs from November to May, depending on the variety. The plant is considered capricious and picky about temperature, lighting and air humidity. Fans will need a lot of patience and caring attitude.
And here is the opinion of a Chinese florist at a bonsai club in Palo Alto, California: "Camellia? Oh, well, this is such a plant that simply cannot be killed. You don't water it, you water it excessively, you don't fertilize it - it grows and blooms for itself." In many nurseries in the West, camellias are transplanted in the winter when they are in bloom. Perhaps when growing whimsical camellias, you can easily avoid mistakes if you know their needs ...
Azalea has always been revered in China and Japan as a symbol of a long and successful life, and more recently in Europe they began to believe that these flowering plants bring happiness to the house. Azalea blooms from October to April - just in time for the most winter holidays. Currently, these beautiful flowering plants are very popular. More than 500 varieties of this plant are known with a color palette from white to deep red, with many shades of pink, purple flowers. Azalea prefers a bright, cool place without direct sunlight, cannot stand the proximity of central heating radiators - the flowers fade, the leaves begin to fall off. If you follow all the rules, then the flower will not disappoint you. At a temperature of 12 degrees, flowering can last two months, at a temperature of 20 degrees - only two weeks. With a lack of light, the buds may not open.
Plants that bloom in winter: Persian cyclamen Persian cyclamen - blooms very beautifully in winter, from October to March. It is better to buy in the fall, and not in the middle of winter, choosing a plant that has a lot of buds. It is necessary to create a cool content for him (15-18 degrees). If the room is too hot, put a few ice cubes in the tray regularly.
Begonia "Borias" is valued for the beauty and abundance of its flowers. It is also called winter begonia, although many varieties, under good conditions, bloom almost continuously for many months.
Elegant begonias (Begonia Gloire de Lorrain) with white or pink flowers and green or dark green leaves are sold only in winter. They should be handled very carefully. So, for example, these beautifully flowering begonias love rooms with a temperature of at least 15 ° C. And in no case is it cooler, because then there is a real threat of damage to plants by powdery mildew. And no drafts!
Distillation of bulbous plants.
It is not difficult to grow flowering plants in winter, such as bulbous plants such as hyacinths, crocuses, daffodils, tulips, irises, if you purchase bulbs that are specially prepared for earlier flowering. The usual time for planting intended for distillation is September. In the warmth of the house, the bulbs begin to develop, but in order for them to bloom, the bulb needs to be kept in the cold for some time. On sale there are already ready-made bulbs that were in optimal conditions in the cold. Their embryonic flower is already quite developed. These bulbs are usually large in size, which guarantees large flowers. Place the bulbs in a sandy substrate or fine gravel. Keep the pot in the dark until
