Gaylardia flowers "Laurentian", annual, 0.2 g

A decorative annual with bright inflorescences. The plant is a bush shape, 50-60 cm high. The stems are pubescent with soft hairs. On long thin peduncles are terry spherical inflorescences up to 7 cm in diameter, consisting of large funnel-shaped tubular flowers of yellow or yellow-red tones with different colors. The plant is widely used in creating expressive accents in ceremonial flower beds, designing festive garden compositions, planting among lawns, for cutting. Bright flowering lasts from June to October. The plant is quite drought -resistant, prefers the solar location. It grows well on any cultivated light soil without excess moisture. They are grown both in a seedling method and direct sowing seeds in open ground. For seedlings, the seeds are sown in March-April in boxes with light soil, sowing into open ground is carried out in May superficially, without deepening deep into the substrate. At soil temperature +20-25 ° C, shoots appear on 10 days. Seedlings are planted in the ground at the end of May carefully, trying to preserve the earthen lump, so as not to damage the root system of the plant. Planting interval between plants 20-25 cm.