Garden chrysanthemums will become a colorful decoration in the autumn period

Garden chrysanthemums begin their flowering from the endsummer and continue to please various shades before the first frosts. In the autumn, when many flowers have lost their appeal, chrysanthemums decorate flowerbeds with motley yellow, purple and many other colors. These flowers will give the garden a royal look, they can be planted separately or in combination with various perennials. Garden chrysanthemums were brought to Europe in the 18th century, the birthplace of these amazingly beautiful flowers is Asia, their name translated from Japanese as "sun". Now many botanical gardens grow many varieties of chrysanthemums, and during the flowering period they represent a real ball of colors. Chrysanthemums garden, photo of which depicts the most popular varieties, are globular species.

Chrysanthemum location and planting

Chrysanthemums are undersized globular orborder with small flowers, tall with large inflorescences and long pagons, they all have a variety of colors and different periods of flowering. Chrysanthemum garden perennial is not exacting for special care. For planting should be picked loose soil, with a sufficient amount of humus and a low degree of acidity.

Too fertilized soil can affectplants, the bush will grow violently, but will not give flowering. The best time for planting chrysanthemums is the spring period, in autumn they do not take root well, and winter frosts can ruin a plant. In one place, chrysanthemums can grow to five years, further their decorative abilities decrease, in which case the plant must be transplanted every three to four years.

Care and reproduction

Garden chrysanthemums grow very fast, and fora short time from a thin cut can get a huge bush, which will please abundant flowering. Particular attention should be given to fertilizing plants: in the initial stage of growth of shoots, it is already necessary to make nitrogen fertilizers, and in a few weeks to feed bird dung or mullein. Phosphoric and potash fertilizers of chrysanthemum must be obtained during the formation of buds. In the hot period bushes chrysanthemums should be watered abundantly. To obtain a beautifully shaped bush, the prickles of shoots are pricked, this is done continuously, beginning in June. Garden chrysanthemums left for wintering in the ground, should be cut off and dipped by leaves and earth, they must be opened only with the establishment of warm weather. Among the pests and diseases of these plants can be called aphids, mites, gray rot, powdery mildew and many others, for the prevention and control of them using sprinkling copper sulfate, Bordeaux fluid. The garden chrysanthemums reproduce most often by cuttings, this method allows preserving all varietal features. Cuttings cut to a height of ten centimeters are planted in boxes with moist soil, the rooting occurs fairly quickly, and after a few weeks they can be planted in the open ground. Many varieties do not tolerate winter cold, for this, bushes are excavated and stored in a cellar or planted in boxes, while maintaining moisture in the soil.