Flower seeds Dorotheantus Margaritic mixture, o, 0.1 g

Annial. Dorotheantus (or Mesembriant, or Crystal Chamomile, or Levingstone chamomile) is a ground cover plant, 7-10 cm high. Flowers similar to non-acute daisyles, white, pink, red, with a diameter of 3-4 cm, are open only in sunny weather. At night and in cloudy weather they are closed.

is widely used for alpine slides and rockers, carpet flower beds and mixborders, curbs, well covers slopes and areas with faded spring onions. It looks harmonious in the landing with a large-flowered portula.

sow for seedlings in March-April. Seeds are evenly distributed over the surface of a not many moisturized substrate, slightly sprinkled with vermiculite, covered with glass or transparent film. Seedlings are placed in a warm, bright room. At a temperature of 18-20 degrees, shoots appear after 8-10 days. After germination, the film or glass is removed. It is rarely watered, carefully, it is better to spray, as seedlings can quickly bend. Grown plants dive into separate pots. Before planting in open ground, seedlings are hardened. In the end of May, the threat of frosts passes to the permanent place of the brush in a pitch of 15-20 cm. It is possible to sow in open ground since mid -May under the film, followed by thinning.

Dorotheanthus requires open, sunny places, for dry resistance, cold water. It does not endure an excess of moisture. It prefers well -drained, moderately fertile soils, it feels best on light sandy soils. The plant can cover even the poorer soil with a carpet. Feed with a solution of complete mineral fertilizer every 3-4 weeks. Flowering: since July and throughout the warm sunny period. In raw summer it blooms weakly.