Alissum flowers "Golden plane", SE. Alt, c/p, 0.1 g

A brightly flowering carpet perennial, a wonderful decoration of a rocky garden and borders. The plant forms numerous branched shoots, wood in the lower part. Against the background of grayish-green leaves, compact golden yellow brushes, consisting of small fragrant flowers, look contrasting. The plant blooms in the second year after planting, flowering lasts from the beginning of May to June. A photophilous, cold-resistant plant, prefers light, loose, air and moisture-permeable nutrient soils with a slight lime content. Crops for seedlings are carried out in late March - early April. Seeds are evenly distributed over the surface of a moistened substrate and slightly pressed into it without closing. The container is covered with a film (before the emergence of seedlings) and placed in a bright warm (+22-25 ° C) place, periodically removing the film to ventilate crops and removal of condensate. Seals appear on 18-20 days, the temperature is reduced to +18-20 ° C. Seedlings dive in with the advent of 2-3 real leaves. Seedlings are planted in the ground in late May - early June, when the threat of frost passes. The planting interval is 10-15 cm. After the first wave of flowering, the plant must be cut off, leaving 5 cm above the soil level, pour and feed with complex fertilizer abundantly. Flowering will resume after 1.5-2 weeks. It is possible to sow seeds in open ground in early May in a cold greenhouse.