By following the guidelines below, you can grow a beautiful carnation that has a delicate aroma and looks charming. The content of the article:
- Carnation Shabo - varieties and colors
- Planting Shabo carnation seeds, growing seedlings
- Growing Turkish carnations
- Carnation herb: growing and care
It should be noted right away that there are several types of carnations. One of them is terry. This is a garden carnation, which is also called "Shabo". Such adorable creatures are sold in flower stalls and shops. The second type of carnation is also called "Turkish". These plants are made up of a variety of flowers, collected in lush caps. The Turkish carnation is a bright, elegant flower. She is more unpretentious than Shabo and her aroma is stronger.
There is one more perennial plant "grass", which also belongs to the type of carnations. It is enough to plant this once and then you can admire small, but bright and beautiful flowers for many years.
Carnation Shabo - varieties and colors
In the photo there is a Shabo carnation Such flowers will become not only a decoration of the country garden, but also an excellent gift if friends have a birthday in the second half of summer. After all, it is at this time of the year that the garden carnation blooms and appears in all its splendor. A lush bouquet of these plants will be an excellent gift for a memorable date, for a birthday.
Start by purchasing seeds. You can buy some that will later turn into flowering plants in white, yellow, red, pink, lilac and other colors. If you want to see all the shades on the site at once, purchase seeds called "mix of colors."
To make it easier for you to decide on the shades, the following are the varieties of garden carnations with an indication of their color:
- Marie Shabo - gray-yellow;
- The Fire King is orange-red;
- Jeanne Dionysus - white;
- Aurora - pink;
- Mikado - purple;
- La France - pink
- Lejeune de Oner - cherry;
- Luminette Mix - colors are different;
- The pink queen is deep pink.
Planting Shabo carnation seeds, growing seedlings
In the photo, the seeds of Shabo carnations Shabo carnations are first sown for seedlings and do it quite early, otherwise the plant will simply not have time to appear in front of you in all its glory in the summer. Sowing is carried out from late January to mid-February.
Pour light, nutrient-rich soil into the seedling box, sprinkle with warm water. Then scatter the seeds over the surface in an even layer. Sprinkle them on top with soil 7 mm. After that, cover the container with foil and put it in a warm place, where the temperature is +23 - + 25 ° С. Periodically inspect the film, if condensation has accumulated on it, lift it and ventilate.
After 7-10 days, shoots of Shabo carnations will appear, then place the container on a light windowsill. Remove the film for the day, and cover the sprouts again at night. So that it does not interfere with their growth, place small arcs made of wire inside the container. You can cover the seedlings with a transparent cake or pastry box.
Watering a garden carnation should be done carefully so that the water jet does not damage the seedlings that are still weak. In the early days, you can do this from a spray bottle using a diffused stream and only as the topsoil dries out.
In February-March, there is still a short daylight hours. Therefore, it must be extended with a backlight.
If shoots are frequent, remove the weak ones after 5 days. If the plantings are not thickened, continue to grow them in the seedling box for a month, then transplant each plant into a small, separate container.
To prevent Shabo carnation from stretching, do not water it too often, do not keep it at temperatures above + 25 ° C. Ideally, if it is + 20 - + 23 ° C during the day, and +15 - + 18 ° C at night. It is necessary to plant a Shabo carnation in a flower garden in the second half of May, when the night frosts stop. If they continue, reschedule this work until the end of the month. You can put arcs over the seedlings and throw a high-density non-woven material or a film thicker than 100 Mcr over them. Then the plants will survive the night frost down to - 3 ° С. Only in the evening pour plenty of water over them, as humid air also helps this.
It is necessary to plant seedlings of the Shabo garden carnation at a distance of 20 cm from each other, so that each plant has a sufficient nutritional area. Choose a location that is sunny, protected from strong winds. The soil should be cultivated, loose.
When the carnation blooms, you can put pegs near the plants and tie fragile shoots to them. As they wilt, remove these inflorescences so that they do not interfere with the development of others. Plants are quite drought-resistant and tolerate cold weather. If you want to admire the graceful flower for as long as possible, dig it up in early autumn, transplant it into a pot and transfer it to the greenhouse. After the onset of cold weather, put a pot with a plant at home on a windowsill or a glazed loggia, and it will still delight you with lush openwork flowers.
Video on how to preserve Shabo cloves in winter:
Growing Turkish carnations
In the photo Turkish carnation Varieties of Turkish carnation:
- Schneebel - large snow-white terry inflorescences;
- Haymatland - dark red flowers with a white eye in the center;
- Lakhskenegin - salmon-pink flowers, collected in large inflorescences.
Turkish carnation (bearded) is less whimsical than the "Shabo" presented above. It often reproduces by self-seeding. In any case, it is usually not grown as seedlings. But flowering will have to wait, since it occurs only in the second year after sowing.
Sowing Turkish carnations should be done in early to mid-June
Select the light area, there may be a slight shadow on it. Even loamy sandy soils are suitable, but there will be more flowers on the fertile rosette.
If the land is not sufficiently cultivated, add 1 sq.m. 7 kg of humus or compost, 200 g of ash, 1 tsp each:
- potassium sulfate;
- nitrophosphate;
- fertilizers for flowering plants.
Dig the area to a depth of 20 cm, level the soil.
After 2 weeks, when the ground is slightly compacted, start planting. Make grooves 1 cm deep, 15 cm apart. Plant dry seeds in water-spilled grooves every 5 cm.
Water the seedlings of Turkish cloves twice a week with sun-warmed water
In the heat it is done more often. When the seedlings grow up, cut them out so that the distance between the plants is 15 × 20 cm. You can feed Turkish carnations with fertilizer for flowers and nitrophos 2 times per season. At 1 st. l. fertilizer needs 10 liters of water.
By the fall, a lush rosette of leaves will form in the Turkish carnation. At the end of October, sprinkle the soil near the plants with a layer of peat so that the flowers overwinter better.
The next year, you also need to take care of the carnation. Then it will bloom in June - July and fill the garden with a pleasant aroma … In subsequent years, it will multiply by self-seeding, you will only have to thin out the plants and remove unnecessary ones.
Carnation herb: growing and care
In the photo there is a carnation herbaceous carnation This variety of carnation is perennial, the flowers are rather small, but beautiful. 4-6 years old feels comfortable in one place. This short plant is an excellent solution for alpine slides, lawns, curbs. The grass looks beautiful along the paths, effectively borders the flower beds.
It grows well on light soils with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction, loves sunny places. Therefore, give her just such a site. If it is waterlogged, herbal cloves will not grow in such a place, then you will need to drain it.
The plant is propagated by seeds, dividing the bush and cuttings.
Grass carnation seeds can be planted immediately in the ground in the second half of May or grown at home with seedlings first
If you choose the second method, flowering will come in the same year. If the first, then the next.
Plant the seeds in sand-dominated soil to a depth of 7 mm. Seedlings are planted in open ground in the phase of 4 true leaves. If you immediately planted flowers in the garden, when the fourth leaf appears, plant the plants, keeping a distance of 7 cm between them.
Carnation herbal care is simple
It is often not necessary to water it, as it does not tolerate too wet soils. Remove wilted flowers, sometimes you need to feed the carnation herb with mineral flower or complex fertilizers.
When the flowers grow, you can get your own planting material by dividing the bush. To do this, carefully rake off the earth from it and separate the daughter plant from the mother plant.
Reproduction by cuttings is rarely used
This is done from late May to early June, taking a shoot with a length of 10 cm. Cut it so that a knot remains at the bottom of the shoot, remove the lower leaves. Dip the cut into rooting powder and plant the cuttings at an angle in a light, damp substrate. Put an inverted glass jar or a transparent plastic bottle on top, having previously cut off the bottom of it.
If you did everything correctly, roots will appear in 2–3 weeks, let them get stronger. The stalk is planted in a permanent place in cool weather about a month after the roots appear.
Carnation grass tolerates winter well, so you do not need to cover it. You can put spruce branches on top to exclude the attack of mice, as they love to feast on this flower and can cause irreparable damage to it.
