According to legend, the flowers bells ring oneonce a year - on the night of Ivan Kupala, then, when the fern blossoms. Their distinctive feature can be called a bell-shaped or tubular five-part rim, often with a deeply cut upper edge. Flowers at the same time can be both collected in inflorescences, and individual.
In apartments and private houses as often enoughYou can find bells. Potted flowers are represented mostly ravnolistnym species (S. isophylla), leading its origin from Italy. The buds of this plant can be both white and blue. In the people they are often called, respectively, the "bride" and "groom."
This plant is grown and many gardeners on theirplots. Flowers bells are quite unpretentious in the care and easily propagated by cuttings and root shoots, and the usual sowing of seeds in the ground.
But still most often flowers bellspropagated through seeds. Since they are very small in this plant, they are first mixed with sand. The latter must be steamed or calcined before use. Sowing is usually done in winter in boxes or any other container. Light fertile soil is considered to be the most suitable for bells. Too much seed deepening is not recommended. You can plant bells, even just superficial way.
Boxes are buried in the ground at the site and coverfilm. In this form they are left until spring. In May, young plants in sunny weather need to shade, otherwise they will get burns. Watering is carried out carefully - best through a strainer.
Flowering begins in June and subject totimely removal of faded buds can last all summer. Many believe that this is an unusually aesthetic flowers. White bells "bride" (Alba) will decorate any, even the most exquisite flower bed. Blue - “bridegroom” (Maji) - have an unusually delicate shade. These two types can be considered the main, most often used in the landscape design of country houses. They both belong to the form of a bell-shaped bell. In addition, sometimes flowerbeds and lawns are decorated with a peach bell and a milky bell.
