Шток-розу уже много лет выращивают на своих gardeners plots. Mallow - so called this plant - fell in love with flower lovers not only for its unsurpassed beauty, but also for its unpretentiousness in growing. In this article, we will talk about how a stock rose looks, when to sow its seeds and how to care for it in the future.
External description of mallow
There are several species of mallow - perennial and annual, lower - up to 30 centimeters in height, and real giants - up to 2.5 meters. The stem can be recumbent or ascending.
The leaves of the rose stem are round, reminiscent of a heart,having small incisions in the form of blades - from 5 to 7. In the axils of these unusual leaves are flowers, which can be from 1 to 5 pieces. The diameter of the flowers ranges from 5 to 15 centimeters. The flower consists of several double or semi-double petals, the edges of which are usually wavy.
There are many stock-rose colors:pink, red, white, purple, yellow, purple, lilac, lilac and other colors. Malvy polyclavicular ovary. Inflorescences are spike-shaped and raceme-shaped.
Stock-rose blooms very long, and this is remarkable. Farmland will be decorated with beautiful mallow from mid-June until the frost.
Varieties and types of mallow
The most popular types of stock roses are:wrinkled, pink, moorish, musky and wood. Of these species, many varieties were created - one more beautiful than the other! We offer to get acquainted with the most beautiful and sought-after of them:
- Annual Mallow.A popular variety, the height of the stem reaches 80 centimeters, but it can be much lower - up to 30 centimeters. Flowers with a diameter of 5 to 10 centimeters, created from terry or ordinary wavy petals. The variety has a delicate aroma that will be felt in every corner of the garden. The annual stock-rose blooms from mid-June until the last warm days.
- Royal Mallow - annual. Stem up to half a meter in height, on it a lot of unusual flower buds bloom. Petals are terry, all with several cuts. It blooms from June to September.
- Terry mallow grows from half a meter to 2.5 meters. Very fond of sunny areas of the garden. Terry flowers, fragrant, with a diameter of up to 15 centimeters. It blooms from June to the first cold weather.
- Carnival - a two-year view. The height of the stem - up to one and a half meters, the flowers are woven from thick double petals. Flowering from June to September. Plus species - drought tolerance.
- Margarita. This stock rose grows to two meters.Terry flowers are woven on stalks in spike-like inflorescences. Ideal this variety for vertical decoration of the walls of the house, arbors. Blossoming from June to the end of September.
- Виолет.This is a beautiful plant with powerful stems, on which racemes of racemes bloom from flowers of blue-violet color. This stock-rose to 2 meters in height, blooms from July to September. Feels perfect cut off, does not fade, but worthy until the last bud blooms.
- Lyubava - a biennial, blooms only in the second year. The height of the stem to 80 centimeters, the flowers are blood-red, large, double.
- Мажоретте.Very light-loving plant, biennial, blooms in the second year. The color of this mallow can be from light yellow to almost black. The height of the stem - up to 80 centimeters, flowering begins in mid-July, ends in October.
When to plant seeds for seedlings?
If you want to grow stock-rose seedlings in pots, then you need to sow from late March to mid-April.
If you plan to grow mallow in the greenhouse, then the planting of seeds begins in February - in the heated soil.
In the open ground, stock-rose seeds are sown inend of May or in June, and it is possible and in the last days of August - for the winter. If you immediately plant the seeds in open ground, then flowering will come only in the second year.
How to grow seedlings?
Pretty unpretentious flowers - stock-rose.They do not like wetlands, but easily tolerate dry seasons. If you want to get flowering in the first year, then first you need to try and grow the seedlings, which will later be planted in the garden.
For better germination you need to use biennial seeds. The first thing you need to germinate them - at 12 o'clock pour warm water. So they are saturated with moisture and give the first shoots much faster.
Plant root - tap, and plant seedsneed shallow. Individual cups or containers are perfect, growing seedlings in a common box is not recommended - during transplanting, the root of a plant can be damaged, it can then become sick and die.
For growing seedlings will require nutritioussoil consisting of sawdust, compost, turf, sand and peat. The seed is placed on the ground, and sprinkled on top with a centimeter of the same mixture. For quick germination, you need to cover the pot with polyethylene, maintain the humidity and temperature in it not higher than 20 degrees. Subject to these conditions, after 2 weeks sprouts will appear.
Care of seedlings
When the first shoots appear, the film must be removed for 10 minutes, the next day - for a longer period, and on the third it should be removed completely. So the plant is hardened.
Watering should be regular, if necessary.worth loosening. If the shoots are strongly drawn out and have a pale color, then you need to create an additional backlight. After the appearance of three leaves every day for an hour you need to clean the seedlings in a cool place. A pick is an undesirable stage in growing. For planting in the ground you need a plant with an earthy clod to get out of the pot so as not to damage the root.
Transplant to open ground
Prepare beds need to advance, adding to themlime, peat, compost and sawdust. It is necessary to create the wells as follows: the depth is up to 30 centimeters, the distance between them is from 30 to 60 centimeters (depending on the type of plant).
Seedlings are planted by the transfer method - along with a clod of earth. If peat pots were used, then they should be planted directly into them.
We talked about planting stock roses. Care of this plant is a further point of the article.
Plant care in the summer
The main thing - regular watering.Malva does not tolerate excess water, so create good drainage. The plant tolerates drought well, but we should not forget about watering, which is made once a week. If the summer is too hot - do not let the land dry out, water more often. This should be done carefully so as not to wet the leaves of the plant.
In addition to watering, need weeding and loosening.This will allow to absorb water and oxygen well. Remove weeds, they take away many nutrients and shade cultivated plants. Growing stock roses should be done in a well-lit place. Otherwise, it will be lower than that stated in the characteristics of the variety, and its color will become more pale.
Use universal fertilizers for flowers.or potassium phosphate. The first time you need to fertilize when landing in the ground, the second - in mid-August. If the plant is a perennial, then do not forget to add compost and humus to the bed each year.
