Coleria Clown Prince
Coleria was one of the favorite plants of our grandmothers, and then it was undeservedly forgotten. Now there is a new surge in the popularity of this flower thanks to the numerous new varieties that breeders have presented to us.
First of all, koleriya attracts attention with its continuous flowering and unpretentiousness. The varied color of its flowers is striking - from cherry, fuchsia, golden to greenish colors with contrasting specks. A generous scattering of its bell-shaped flowers will not leave anyone indifferent.
Koleria SRG's Persian Garpet
How can you provide her with proper care? First of all, you need to create the correct substrate. It should be light, moisture-consuming, consisting of peat soil for violets with the addition of vermicompost or old humus, coarse sand, charcoal, leaf earth.
You need to place the plant on the windowsills of the east and west orientation.
Coleria Ampallang |
Coleria Jardin de Monet |
Coleria Manchu |
Coleria Peridot's Rolo |
Coleria Sunshine |
Koleria An's Nagging Massaws |
Watering is carried out as the earthen coma dries out.
Coleria bloom lasts from spring to autumn. Closer to winter, growth stops and a dormant period begins. At this time, some varieties continue to vegetate, in some the aboveground part dries up and scaly rhizomes - rhizomes remain in the ground. They will give rise to new plants with the onset of spring, and in winter they will sleep. Rhizomes have a very short rest period, I moisturize them regularly - about once a week. If it's very hot at home, more often.
Rhizomes of Cinamon Toast
If the koleria grows and does not think to fall asleep, then the autumn care for it should be normal.
Coleria Marta
Colerias usually resume their growth in February. To rejuvenate the elongated bushes and make the plants compact, they should be cut off.
In spring, overgrown bushes can be divided. But I prefer to renew the plant with apical cuttings - I root them in water or in the soil under the bag and plant three in a new pot. The bush turns out to be compact and blooms very quickly.
In any case, whether the coleria slept in winter or continued to vegetate, in the spring the rhizomki need to be planted in new soil (the old one is salted), no more than three in a pot with a capacity of no more than 1 liter. By the way, planting pots should be wide, but not high.
Special issue of the newspaper "My favorite flowers" - "For you, flower growers", No. 1, 2019 ("Uzambara violet and her relatives")
