Flowers Flox flower "flickering star", this. ALT, c/p, 0.2 g

A brightly flowering unpretentious plant up to 25 cm high, strongly consumed from the base. Star-shaped flowers, two-tone, widely opened, up to 3 cm in diameter, collected in dense inflorescences on the tops of the stems. Flowering begins in June-July and continues until frost. Flox is widely used for group plantings in massifs, flower beds, slave, borders, grown in balcony boxes, it looks great in garden compositions, less often used for cutting. Light and heat-loving plant, regular watering is necessary for good flowering. It is undemanding to the soils, but it reaches the greatest decorativeness on fertile soil. For seedlings, seeds have been sown since the end of March. The containers are filled with ordinary sowing ground, spilled with a pink solution of potassium permanganate. A boiled river sand is poured on top, which should be saturated with moisture from the ground. Seeds are laid out into the paved grooves with a depth of 3 mm, tightly pressed into the ground, without clinging to top. Crops are covered with a film and placed in a shaded place. The optimum temperature for germination of seeds is +18-20 ° C. Seals appear in 10-15 days. When the first present sheet appears, dive is carried out. Seedlings are planted in open ground in late May - early June, when the threat of return frosts passes. Planting interval 20-25 cm can be grown in sowing seeds in open ground in the earliest stages.