Flowers and compositions of them for balcony boxes. Minutunium
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Five options for designing balcony boxes with your own hands
Balcony boxes (in contrast to washed laundry) really adorn our cities and our balconies especially. Here are some floral compositions offered by the magazine My Beautiful Garden in several colors.
1. Design and composition for the balcony drawer - Silver and purple
This arrangement has been created for sunny balconies. The soil in the box should never dry out, but avoid stagnation of moisture. The game of pink and dark purple petals on a silver background looks very elegant. Actors and performers: 1 carnation (Dianthus) with dark red flowers (2 copies); 2 sage with variegated leaves (1 copy); 3 catnip (Nepeta) (2 copies). In addition, 4 carnations (Dianthus) with bright pink flowers (1 copy) and 5 sage (Salvia) 'Purpurascens1 (1 copy) take part in the production. The length of the balcony drawer: 0,6 m.
2. Composition for balcony drawer - Fireworks of colors
This composition captivates with gushing energy. In order for 1 coleus (Coleus) (2 copies) to preserve the decorative red color of the leaves, it must be in partial shade. Therefore, such a "bouquet" is only suitable for a balcony on the east or west side. For abundant flowering, 2 calibrachoa (Calibrachoa) with cascades of bright orange flowers (2 specimens) are responsible. Its share of orange contributes to the palette and 3 zinnias (1 copy). A decorative touch is added to the decorative cereal 4 cirrus bristles (Pennisetum) (1 copy). 5 In the center, in the foreground, the budra (Glechoma) (1 copy) “let loose curls” 6 Another zinnia flaunts to the right - with cherry blossoms (1 copy). Balcony drawer: 0,8-1 m.
A few words about coleus - what is this plant In the world there are not so many plants that are equally suitable for window sills, balconies and flower beds. Coleus Blum is one of those. This ornamentalist perennial prefers penumbra and is perfectly combined with annuals that have similar needs. The color range of the Blume's leaves varies from light green and purple-red to black, and their shape, size and pattern also vary. Propagation of the plant is simple: in summer, cut off the upper part of the shoot length of 10 cm and put the stalk into the water. When the cuttings develop enough roots, they put it in a pot with a fresh substrate. To the shape of the plant has always remained attractive, the tips of shoots regularly pinch. So even old plants can be shaped like a compact bush. For the winter, the koleus can be moved to a bright place by the window.
3. The composition of flowers for the design of the balcony drawer - Aromas of hot south
Do you have a south-facing balcony? You are just lucky: turn it into a corner of the Mediterranean! And the southern sun-loving flowers will help to create the appropriate scenery and atmosphere. Pay special attention to plants with spicy leaves. Here it is: 1 oregano smooth (Origanum laevigatum) 'Herrenhausen' (1 copy); 2 lavender (Lavandula) (2 copies) and 3 thyme lemon-smelling (Thymus citriodorus) (1 copy). The palette turned out restrained, but what aromas! From time to time, do not forget to water the southerners. The length of the balcony drawer: 0,6 m.
4. Floral design for balcony drawer - Flower symphony in white and bright pink tones
In this composition, the lush flower mass unexpectedly combines with filigree panicles of decorative cereal. In hot weather, plants need daily watering, once a week - fertilizing with fertilizer. In the background, left and right, 1 representative of the aster family grows, for example, red tansy (2 copies); 2 nemesia (Nemesia) (1 copy) picturesquely descends in front of the box over the edge of the box. 3 Cirrus bristle (Pennisetum) (1 copy) gives this colorful collection a graceful lightness. Around Nemesia, a whole support group is assembled in a pink and white palette: 4 ampelous petunia (1 copy); 5 pelargonium (Pelargonium) (1 copy); boreniya (Torenia) (1 copy) and 7 terry petunia (1 copy). Location: well lit by the sun. The length of the balcony drawer: 1 m.
5. Lyrical sketch
Special offer for sophisticated natures: a mini-flower garden in white and blue, exuding a delicate aroma. 1 White-flowered lantana (Lantana) (3 copies) will require attention: wilted inflorescences must be removed immediately. 2 Lobularia (Lobularia) has a honey aroma and long flowering (2 copies). Vertical accents place 3 sage inflorescences-candles (Salvia) (2 copies). On the right is a drapery of bright blue flowers of 4 lobelia (Lobelia) (2 copies). Location: bright. Balcony box: 0,8 m long. Let us dwell on petunia, or rather a subspecies of minutunia. The appearance of minutunas on sale has become a real gift for lovers of ampelous plants. In order to admire the cascade of charming small flowers abundantly covering the shoots, earlier it was necessary to acquire caliberhoa. but it propagates only by cuttings. Minutuns look very much like their closest relative, and they can also be sown. F1 Ivory ('Ivory') Group: Minutunia Cascade petunia with miniature flowers, resistant to bad weather. Cream tint is ideal in any color combinations. Length of shoots to 90 cm, bloom is very abundant. F1 Rose ('Rose') Group: Minitunia Cascading petunia with shoots up to 90 cm long. The flowers are tiny, located on the shoots very densely, create a bright color spot, resistant to rain. It can be grown in hanging baskets, flowerpots and as a ground cover plant. F1 Rose Vein Group: Minitunia Cascading petunia with shoot lengths up to 80-90 cm. Small flowers, cover the bush very abundantly. Suitable for hanging baskets, and for flower beds when growing "vrasstil". Not afraid of rain. 
Not as an advertisement, but rather as a thank you and of course advice - seeds of minutunas are not very bad at Russky Ogorod company
Balcony garden with own hands
If you do not have your own garden, it is quite possible to create it on the balcony. By the way, few people are engaged in decorating balconies. And tal, because a beautiful balcony not only pleases its owner, but also decorates the house.
Usually there is very little space on the balcony, which is why it is important to make maximum use of its area. It makes sense to use floor pots, balcony boxes and pendant containers. So, the containers are placed, it remains to pick up the plants, and various and bright.
Now on the balconies flyers reign everywhere - these are really convenient plants for growing in pots or boxes, and they bloom before the onset of frost. The choice of flyers for balconies is wide enough.
Classics of the genre
Classic - ampelous petunias with fragrant flowers of bright color. They grow much better on the balcony than in the open ground. The same applies to tuber begonia - it can also be an excellent ampel plant. When grown in open ground, its double flowers are soaked after rains and lose any decorative effect.
Tuberous begonia can be grown for many years. But for this, do not forget to dig out its tubers in the fall, cover them with peat or sawdust and try to keep them at home - the easiest way to do this is in the refrigerator in the compartment for vegetables and fruits. And in the spring again plant the tubers in the pot.
Evergreen begonia is also a great option, it is completely unpretentious, compact, and most importantly, blooms very long and plentifully. Unlike tuber begonia, this species is much easier to keep in winter - you just need to bring the pot with begonia into the room and grow it like an ordinary houseplant. Please note that this species is photophilous and with a lack of light is very elongated. If the shoots are too long, cut them.
Marigolds are rarely grown on the balcony, and this is entirely justified: after all, marigolds are most often used rejected - they have a fairly powerful root system, so in a small pot they are cramped. But there is a more elegant look - marigold thin-leaved. In a flowerbed on the street they are not so spectacular, but for the balcony they are simply irreplaceable.
Pelargonium
Pelargonium is grown in the same way. This plant in our country is still incorrectly called geranium, although it is a completely different plant. For pots suitable pelargonium zonal, which now has a variety of varieties with a variety of colors, both flowers and leaves. But for pendant containers and balcony boxes it is better to use Pelargonium ivy.
Good in outdoor vases compact varieties of dahlias and chrysanthemums Korean, sometimes grown and small-flower gladioli
Balsamin Waller
Another rarely used plant is Waller balsam. This plant has practically no flaws - abundant flowering, flowers of various colors and, of course, perfect unpretentiousness - it tolerates light partial shade and does not take offense at the lack of regular care - most importantly, do not forget to water it.
Bulbous plants
Do not forget about bulbous plants - daffodils, tulips, crocuses. If all these plants need cooling of the bulbs for flowering, then eastern hyacinths do not need it at all. Your task is only to plant hyacinth bulbs in pots, put on the balcony and regularly water. It makes sense to plant not all the bulbs at once, but to do it gradually. As a result, the flowering period as a whole can be significantly extended.
In the company to bulbous add a trio tricolor (pansies-eyes) and a daisy perennial.
It is also possible to plant large-flowered hybrid primroses.
Favorite perennials
In addition to flying on the balcony, you can grow perennial plants.
So, many types of ground cover sedum grow well on the balcony. As, however, some species were young (roofing, offspring, cobwebby). And care for these plants is minimal. The only problem can be severe frost in winter. To prevent the plants from becoming frozen, cover the pots with a non-woven material or simply wrap them in newspapers, and wrap them in a plastic bag. It makes sense to do this only if it is predicted to lower the temperature below -15 degrees. When retreating frosts, shelter is best removed, otherwise the plants may be podperet.
There is another feature of growing plants - in the winter they must leave in dry soil. So when the temperature drops, stop watering them, otherwise the plants may simply rot.
Beautiful and useful
On the balconies conceived grow flowering plants. But maybe it makes sense to combine the beautiful with the useful? And from such a combination the balcony does not become less interesting, on the contrary, it will become completely unusual.
Bright salad leaves are not only beautiful, but also useful. A fragrant basil not only looks spectacular, but also has healing properties due to essential oils. An excellent choice is to put chard, a leafy beet with bright saturated red or yellow leaves. Varieties of parsley with curly leaves are also good in the flowerpot.
You can grow and various varieties of mint, lemon balm, cats. But they may not overwinter, especially if the balcony is not insulated.
TIPS FROM OUR READERS
Kallistefus Chinese (one-year-old aster) and snapdragon rarely use in the landscaping of the balcony, but now there are compact curbs. In addition, these plants are cold-resistant, and they are not afraid of the first autumn frosts. L. Ovsiannik
The balcony is a great place for “resuscitation” of indoor plants. After a long winter, many need a sanatorium. Street air and real sunlight will help them to return to their former decorativeness S. Ivolgin, Los. Solar
© Author: A.Kabanov
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In the new season I want to ennoble the balcony with flowering plants. Which is better to choose?
Alexandra
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- The most important rule for a balcony flower garden is to combine plants so that they bloom in turn and delight you from spring to late autumn. Usually the choice falls on annuals. Land them, given the location of the balcony. If it goes to the south side of the house, you can use heat-loving plants (verbena, phlox, purslane, gaillardia, aster, rudbeckia, kobe, sweet peas, Wittrock violet, snapdragon), and flowers that prefer shade or partial shade (fuchsia) are suitable for northern windows , begonia, forget-me-not, tenacious creeper, periwinkle, lobelia, ageratum, tunbergia, coleus, ivy, cineraria). But geranium, viola, calendula, petunia, reseda, nasturtium and marigolds can grow both in the shade and in the sun. They are best planted on the western and eastern windowsills.
It is very important to acquire the seeds of low-growing plants. High grades look awkward, and in the worst case, they break and fall from the windowsill. Consider gusts of wind if the balcony is not glazed or is often aired. If it is located on the upper (last) floors, the wind is always stronger there. In such cases, only the lowest flowers can be planted so that their stems do not break and bend.
Irina KOROZA
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Advise which plants, except geranium, can be grown on the balcony?
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There are lots of flowers that can decorate the space of the balcony. on the balcony
Here you will feel great and look, especially if the balcony is on the sunny side, hibiscus. Enrich the environment fuchsia, however, will have to take care that the wind does not break the plants. In a light shadow will show the beauty of the balsam. Care for them will have the same way as at home. Each will have their own requirements and preferences. But one thing will become common to them: in the summer, all the plants listed adore spraying with water. In this case, the grower will have to ensure that no pests reach the plants in the open air.
In general, multicolored pots look great on the balcony, which you can not only put, but also hang on the railing. They are comfortable using 8 and will become a real boon for the design of your green balcony, giving it not only style, but also a certain charm.
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In summer, I always keep the door to the balcony open, so that the entire apartment is filled with a floral scent.
I do not have allergies, so I can afford to grow on the balcony dope, matthiol, heliotrope and other fragrant flowers. But at the same time I do not plant all these species. If you plant many plants with a pronounced aroma on a closed balcony at once, unrestrained fragrance can lead to headaches.
I do so. I plant, for example, a heliotrope, which produces a delicate vanilla scent, and side by side, so that the balcony is bright and colorful, I place flowers practically without any scent. I like very much mahrovoy and ampelnuyu petunia. I supplement all this with a multicolored creeping lobelia, which I grow in long boxes. For the interspersing of white I plant the alimsum Primavera Princess.
This is also a soil plant and has a very pleasant smell of honey. And most importantly, in my fragrant flowerbed - it blooms continuously from the end of June until mid-September. Sometimes after a hard working day I sit on a stool in the midst of this splendor and just admire silently. Fatigue relieves at hand!
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Seeds of alissum I sow on seedlings in the beginning of April. The heated soil from peat and sand (3: 1) is poured into the box, leaving to the top 5 see. I sprinkle some seeds on the soil. Crops I moisten from the nebulizer and cover with a film. Germinate at a temperature of about + 20
At the same time, the seeds of the ageratum (superficially, on the moist soil) and covered with polyethylene. Two weeks after the emergence of seedlings seedling dive. For better bushing, in grown-up seedlings, I pinch the growth point.
Seeds of marigolds, nasturtiums, marigolds are planted immediately in balcony containers in early May. At the bottom I put the drainage. The soil mixture is prepared from equal parts of compost, turf ground, coarse sand with perlite.
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Sowing flowers for the balcony garden can be done now. Place drainage at the bottom of the flowerpots. Then fill them with nutrient soil, water it and spread the seeds on the soil surface. In the center, place the seeds of tall plants (delphinium, ornamental cypress), then - medium height (carnations, marigolds, asters) and along the edges of flowerpots - undersized or ampelous (purslane, nasturtium, petunia). Sprinkle the crops with soil and cover with foil. Place in the shade until emergence.
When the seeds germinate, place the pots on the windowsill. Regularly water plants and twice a month feed them with fertilizers for flowering crops. Equip the backlight. To flowers better bush, periodically spend on their crowns hand. I do not know exactly the mechanism of this effect, but it works better than pinching.
Thanks to such actions by May, the plants on my windowsill usually bloom, and I put them on the balcony. First only for a day, bringing it home at night. And then, when the flowers adapt to the street conditions, I keep them on the balcony all the time.
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The glazed balcony, on which the air temperature does not fall below -5 ° C, can be completely landscaped in winter. The main thing is to choose the right plants: beautiful and cold-resistant. So, lying berry gaulteria, spiky gaulteria, pyracantha and cranberries will become excellent “berry” candidates.
Good in balcony compositions are coniferous and evergreen plants, for example, Fortuna Colorosa sprites with variegated leaves or nandina home, whose leaves fall in the fall red. It is important: if an earth clod freezes, even such stoics of the plant world may die.
Therefore, pots with "pets" should be insulated with a bubble wrap and burlap, put a sheet of foam under the container and cover the substrate with peat or sawdust.
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Who is who: petunia and minutunia
Can you please tell me the difference between Petunia and Minutunia? I'm confused in these names, but I'm more concerned about not the classification, but the possible difference in care. Valentina Karpova, Moscow Region
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The genus Petunia has about 25 species. A petunia hybrid (garden) was obtained by crossing the petunias of the axillary and petunia violet. Numerous varieties of hybrid petunia have been identified, they are divided into four groups: large-flowered, multicolor, floribunda and ampel. In large-flowered petunias, the diameter of the flower reaches 10 cm, but the corolla tissue is soft, so the varieties of this group suffer from bad weather. Varieties of the multicolor group are characterized by abundant flowering.
The floribunda group occupies an intermediate position between the first two. Petal petunias are long (1.5-2 m), hanging shoots strewn with flowers of diameter 4-9, see. Not so long ago, the surfinia, one of the american petunia varieties, was very popular. However, the surfium can be propagated only vegetatively. Now there was even more fashionable group - minutunia. Varieties from this group are characterized by abundant and long flowering, the length of shoots reaches 90 cm, diameter of flowers 3-5 see. Flowers are resistant to bad weather, especially to rain and temporary cold snap. The series includes hybrids Coral Crash, Rose, Bluestorm, Ivory, Rose Wayne, and others.
Minutunium is grown in seedlings, seeds are sown in February, and reflux is used. It is desirable that before the emergence of shoots, the room temperature should be about 24 ° C. The soil should be loose, nutritious, well retaining moisture. In the phase of two real leaves, young plants are dived into pots, then every 10 days they are fed with a complex fertilizer. The best seedlings develop at a temperature of 15-18 ° C and good light. Do not overmoisten the soil. Shoots twice pinch: when their length reaches 10 and 15, see.
Flowering occurs approximately three months after emergence. Plant minitunium in well-lit areas, you can grow it in pots or as a ground cover plant. Ampelnoe petunia should often be watered and twice a month fed. Some varieties form many seeds, it is recommended to cut off for a more lush blossom of a capsule with seeds.
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My guests are always surprised when they see in their plates ... flowers! But what's so strange? Among the plants that flower growers grow on balconies, there are many that are useful and look very beautiful in dishes.
Let's start with the flower queen - roses. Firstly, I note that only compact varieties are suitable for balconies: tea, discount, decorative ground cover. Secondly, the containers for them should be quite roomy. Thirdly, roses do not need to be placed in an unventilated place - there they will “suffocate” and bloom poorly. And in cooking it is pink petals that are used. They give the bakery taste of strawberries and green apples. I also add rose petals to homemade wine - its taste from this only becomes deeper and more unusual. Do not put a bitter cup-core in food.
Low-growing varieties of chrysanthemums feel great both indoors and on balconies. And the bitter petals of this plant are widely used in Japanese cuisine - they are put in various salads, main dishes and even sandwiches. This is exactly the case when a flower supplement makes dishes more useful, since the chrysanthemum contains a high content of trace elements, provitamin A and vitamin C.
Viola is a rather unpretentious plant, but it will bloom magnificently only in good light. So it should be planted on such balconies, where most of the day the sun's rays fall. I really like to add the sweetish petals of this flower to side dishes, salads and drinks.
Nasturtium has a shallow root system, so it is also suitable for landscaping balconies. Her fragrant flowers with a spicy taste I use when cooking salads.
Ekaterina TONKOVA, city of Kirov
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Staggered landings
I do not have a summer house, so I grow flowers only on the balcony.
In this area, you will not turn around very much, and yet my balcony pleases the eye from early spring to late autumn. Plants of different periods of flowering planted in boxes in a checkerboard pattern, which allows you to gradually replace one another, without disturbing the overall decorativeness of the balcony flower garden. While the early blooms, the later ones are gaining strength and are preparing for flowering. Then I remove the effluent, partially replace the soil and in their place I plant new seedlings.
By September, it is necessary to remove petunias, lobelia, balsamins, geraniums.
These plants do not tolerate even weak frosts. Remains the most cold-resistant. These are small marigolds, annual phlox and silver cineraria. Openwork leaves of cineraria remain beautiful even after the first snowfalls.
With the onset of cold nights, a small amount of land in the boxes quickly cools. When the temperature of the soil decreases, the absorption of nutrients by the roots is impaired. Therefore, it is better not to apply fertilizers to the soil, but to carry out foliar top dressing with complex preparations.
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Balcony, drowning in flowers
I don’t have a family estate with greenhouses and flower beds. But there is a balcony that I can be proud of, because this is a real flower garden. I would like to see balconies pleasing to the eyes with magnificent blossoms in our cities as much as possible, therefore I tell how to organize all this.
My con-pollen ball is facing the sunny side. Last year, I put needle and terry asters in containers, and this year - stunted dahlias. I placed them on the facade of the balcony. Sweet pea curls on the side walls. And on the lower shelves located on the outside of the balcony, various types of petunias bloom. Feel great under hot
rays of the sun are also balsam, verbena and viola.
But the neighbor, whose balcony goes north, grows fuchsia and begonia. To protect them from pests, she also plans to plant marigolds.
My experience suggests that the most practical solution for a balcony is plastic containers. They retain moisture better, do not overheat in the sun. I buy soil in a store. Since it quickly depletes, I add 1 tsp to the water once a week to water it. complex mineral fertilizer for indoor plants. This is enough for the season. But in the spring I completely replace the soil in containers with a new one.