Upright one-year with awkward stalks and greyish - green , spoon - form basal leaves and lance - shape stem leaves , up to 1 1/2″ tenacious . Dark carmine - pink flowers , to 1/2″ across , are hold in dense , wide , round panicles , and borne in late summertime . ‘ Electra ’ is an highly complimentary - flower cultivar . Grows to 12″ improbable and spread 6″. promiscuous to raise and often self sow in , if winter moisture is not excessive . This fragile plant is at place in the woodland or rock candy garden and should be pose where it can be apprise . Native to central and southerly Europe .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
A week to 10 days before planting , add 2 to 4 inches of aged manure or compost and work into the planting site to improve fertility and increase pee keeping and drainage . If soil constitution is rickety , a level of topsoil should be consider as well . No matter if your soil is sand or clay , it can be improved by adding the same thing : constituent topic . The more , the good ; work late into the land . Prepare beds to an 18 in cryptical for perennials . This will seem like a tremendous amount of work now , but will greatly ante up off subsequently . Besides , this is not something that is easily done later , once plants have been established . How - to : Preparing ContainersContainersare excellent when used as an ornamental feature , a planting choice when there is little or no soil to plant in , or for plants that require a soil eccentric not found in the garden or when soil drainage in the garden is inferior . If grow more than one plant in a container , ensure that all have similar cultural requisite . Choose a container that is deep and enceinte enough to let root developing and growth as well as relative balance between the fully developed plant life and the container . Plant great containers in the place you intend them to stay . All container should have drainage holes . A mesh screen , broken clay pot pieces(crock ) or a newspaper coffee filter place over the pickle will keep territory from washing out . The potting soil you select should be an appropriate premix for the industrial plant you have chosen . Quality soils ( or dirt - less medias ) take up wet readily and evenly when wet . If water runs off soil upon initial leak , this is an index that your soil may not be as in force as you suppose .
Prior to filling a container with soil , wet potting soil in the base or place in a tub or lawn cart so that it is evenly moist . Fill container about halfway full or to a level that will allow plants , when implant , to be just below the rim of the pot . Rootballs should be flat with soil origin when labor is complete . H2O well . How - to : Planting PerennialsDetermine appropriate perennials for your garden by considering sun and shade through the daytime , exposure , body of water requirements , mood , ground makeup , seasonal color desired , and position of other garden flora and tree .
The good times to plant are spring and fall , when soil is workable and out of risk of frost . Fall planting have the reward that roots can develop and not have to compete with develop top growth as in the spring . Spring is more suitable for perennial that dislike wet conditions or for moth-eaten areas , set aside full establishment before first wintertime . Planting in summertime or winter is not advisable for most plant , unless planting a more established sized plant life .
To plant container - grow plants : Prepare planting golf hole with appropriate deepness and place between . Water the plant soundly and lease the excess pee drainpipe before cautiously removing from the container . cautiously loosen the solution ball and place the plant life in the hole , bring grime around the roots as you fill . If the works is extremely root oblige , disjoined roots with fingers . A few slits made with a pocket knife are okay , but should be kept to a lower limit . Continue filling in soil and water thoroughly , protecting from direct Lord’s Day until stable .
To embed bare - root plants : Plant as soon as possible after leverage . Prepare suited planting maw , spread roots and work soil among roots as you fill up in . Water well and protect from direct sun until stable .
To plant seedlings : A number of perennial produce ego - sow in seedlings that can be transplanted . You may also set forth your own seedling bed for transplantation . Prepare suitable planting holes , spacing appropriately for plant development . Gently lift the seedling and as much surrounding dirt as possible with your garden trowel , and replant it like a shot , firming soil with fingertip and piss well . Shade from lineal sun and water on a regular basis until stable .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and take away infested plants . Dry gentle wind seems to worsen the problem , so check that plants are on a regular basis water , especially those prefer high humidness such as tropicals , citrus , or tomatoes . Always learn new industrial plant prior to bringing them home from the garden core or nursery . Take reward of rude enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommend by your local garden center professional or county Cooperative Extension part , say and keep up all label directions . Concentrate your efforts on the underside of the leafage as that is where spider mites generally populate . Pest : WhitefliesWhitefliesare small , winged insects that see like tiny moth , which assail many types of industrial plant . The vanish grownup phase prefers the underside of leave to tip and breed . whitefly can multiply cursorily as a female person can pose up to 500 eggs in a life couplet of 2 month . If a plant is infested with whitefly , you will see a cloud of fleeing insects when the plant is agitate . Whiteflies can weaken a plant , eventually lead to constitute death if they are not checked . They can transmit many harmful plant viruses . They also grow a scented substance telephone honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can lead to an untempting black open fungal emergence called jet stamp .
potential controls : keep weeds down ; consumption screening in windows to keep them out ; remove infest flora off from non - infested plants ; employ a musing mulch ( aluminum foil ) under plants ( this repels whitefly ) ; trap with yellow unenviable cards , apply label pesticides ; encourage natural enemies such as parasitic WASP in the garden ; and sometimes a good steady shower of water will launder them off the industrial plant . Pest : Slugs and SnailsSlugs and snailsfavor moist climate and are shellfish , not louse . They can be edacious feeders , eating just about anything that is not woody or highly sweet . They may eat hole in leaf , slip intact stems , or entirely devour seedlings and tender transplants , leaving behind tell - tale silvery , wretched trail .
Prevention and control condition : Keep your garden as clean as possible , carry off concealment place such as leaf debris , over - turn mass , and tarps . Groundcover in shady places and hard mulches allow protection from the elements and can be favorite concealment places . In the spring , patrol for and put down eggs ( bunch of small translucent spheres ) and adults during dusk and sunup . lay out beer traps from late saltation through crepuscle .
Many chemical substance controls are useable on the grocery , but can be poisonous and deadly for nipper and pets ; take care when using them - always understand the recording label first!Pest : AphidsAphids are small , soft - bodied , slowly - move worm that suck fluid from plant . Aphidscome in many colors , vagabond from fleeceable to John Brown to black , and they may have annex . They attack a wide range of plant life specie causing stunt flying , deformed leaves and buds . They can transmit harmful plant viruses with their pierce / sucking mouthparts . Aphids , generally , are but a pain in the neck , since it takes many of them to stimulate serious plant life damage . However aphids do produce a sweet substance called honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can result to an untempting smutty open increment called sooty mold .
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female can bring forth up to 250 alive nymphs in the class of a calendar month without mating . Aphids often appear when the environment changes - bounce & downfall . They ’re often mass at the tips of branches feed on succulent tissue paper . Aphids are attracted to the color yellowness and will often hitch on yellow wear .
Prevention and Control : Keep locoweed to an rank minimum , especially around desirable plants . On edibles , lave off infected area of plant life . Lady hemipterous insect and lacewing fly will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphid . attempt the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee . Fungi : RustsMostrustsare host specific and overwinter on leave , stems and spent flower debris . Rust often appears as small , lustrous orangish , yellow , or chocolate-brown pustule on the bottom of leaves . If touched , it will leave a colored spot of spores on the finger’s breadth . cause by fungi and pass around by splashing water or rain , rust is spoiled when weather is dampish .
Prevention and Control : institute resistive varieties and provide maximum air circulation . Clean up all dust , specially around plants that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and water only during the day so that flora will have enough time to dry before night . Apply a fungicide labeled for rusting on your plant . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf speckle are make by fungi or bacteria . chocolate-brown or calamitous spots and patches may be either ragged or circular , with a water soak or yellow - edged appearance . Insects , pelting , dirty garden tools , or even people can help its bedcover .
Prevention and Control : transfer taint leaves when the plant is juiceless . Leaves that pick up around the base of the plant should be raked up and disposed of . Avoid overhead irrigation if possible ; pee should be directed at soil level . For fungous folio spots , use a recommend fungicide fit in to recording label directions .
