Astra The Princess and the mixture

Annuals Vysokodekorativny varieties of annual asters . One of the best varieties for cut flowers . A bush, much-branched, quite durable, 50 - 70 cm high, 50 cm in diameter . Peduncle medium-strong, densely leafy, up to 50 cm length . Inflorescences hemispherical, densely-double, up to 11 cm in diameter, often drooping . Ligulate flowers broad, located in the 1 - 4 rows along the edge of the inflorescence, in the center - a long tube, painted the same way . The bush is blooming inflorescences up to 27 . Used for cutting . Sowing seedlings March - April . Seeds lightly sprinkled with ground . Watering - only warm water . Crops grown at a temperature of 15 - 180 C . With the advent of the first pair-leaf seedlings dive under the scheme 6 * 6 cm . Before planting seedlings in open ground in late May, it quenched for 1 - 2 weeks, reduce the temperature to 100 C . Prefers a sunny, sheltered from the wind, with fertile , limed, well-drained, but not fresh manure soils . The distance between the plants - 35 - 40 cmTall varieties, and 20 cm for undersized . possibility of landing the seeds directly into open ground (a film) in late April, followed by thinning seedlings . CARE: rare, plentiful watering . It is recommended that frequent, careful loosening . You need fertilization during budding . Flowering: from late July tofrost Height: 50 - 70 cm Diameter: 11 cm