Flower seeds Gaulteria "Sophie", 5 pcs.

A beautiful ground cover, frost -resistant perennial plant! A shrub with creeping shoots up to 15 cm high, the diameter of the crown is 40 cm. The leaves are almost round, 1.5-4 cm long, bright green, shiny. The flowers are single, drooping, juggled, white. The fruits are inedible, charlah-red color 8-10 mm in diameter. The whole plant is aromatic.

Seeds are stratified. Seeds rush slowly, within 1-2 months. The soil should be maintained moist, but not allowing waterlogging and ensuring seedlings with good lighting and ventilation in order to prevent seedlings of seedlings. It is transplanted into the soil in early spring or under the winter, in dense groups at a distance of 20-25 cm, in loose groups-35-40 cm. The root neck should be at a level of land or 1.5 cm below. The depth of the pit is 30 - 40 cm. Drainage from river pebbles or broken brick is required with a layer of 10 - 15 cm (1/3 of the depth of the pit). Flowering period: May-September, fruit to frost. The fruits are preserved until the spring of next year. Gaulteria prefer the sun or partial shade, sour peat soils. It can be successfully used to decorate autumn-winter compositions in mountaineering and borders, since the greatest decorativeness of the Gaulteric reaches the fall when the fruits ripen. Gaulteria is good for balconies and containers.