Yaskolka is a popular flower from the carnation family, common for planting in summer cottages. The plant is in demand among gardeners due to its appearance and unpretentiousness. Planting and growing chickweed is not a problem. Once planted, you will enjoy flowers every year.
It is a white-flowered plant. One flower can have up to 5 petals. Flowering begins in May and lasts for a month. The plant is fast growing. It reaches a height of 25-30 cm, and a width of up to 70 cm.
The diameter of one lascoli flower is up to 3 centimeters
Jaskolka loves sunlight, so plant it on the sunny side of the site. It is drought tolerant and needs moderate watering as it is prone to root rot when over-watered.
There are about 200 different species of this plant. Therefore, you can choose it according to your taste.
You can plant a plant both with seeds and seedlings:
- To grow by seed, simply place the seeds in the ground in mid-spring.
- To grow seedlings, you need to plant seeds in pots in May, and transplant them into soil in June. The optimum temperature for seedlings is above 20 degrees.
Plant on a sunny side. Any soil will do, except clay. It is better to dilute it with sand. The earth is dug up, and then the seeds are planted at a distance of 25 centimeters from each other. Then water it.
When digging, you do not need to fertilize the ground, since this is an unpretentious plant
Monitor the moisture level in the soil. Don’t water the plant too often. Enough 2 times a week.
Unpretentious care is the main advantage of this flower. You need:
- Loosen the ground. This will ensure a constant supply of oxygen to the soil.
- Remove weeds. Although this is not necessary, because the weeds do not interfere with this flower in any way. But if you remove them, then it will bloom better.
- Carry out pruning. In order for it to delight you for many years, you need to regularly prune in the spring: remove all diseased and dry parts of the flower.
- Shelter for the winter. Despite the fact that it is adapted to cold weather, it can still die due to extreme cold or lack of snow in winter. Make shelter for the winter with a cover material.
It is due to the fact that plant care is elementary that even a novice gardener can cope with this. Choosing a cerastium for your garden, you will definitely get beautiful flowers on your site.
If you want to extend the flowering period, trim the stems. This will restart the flowering process.
Cerastium is suitable for novice gardeners or people who do not like to carefully care for flowers. Having planted it once, you will only need to periodically loosen the ground and water it twice a week.