Lobelia flowers "Red Fountain" Plesy, this. ALT, c/p, 0.02 g

A charming plant for suspended baskets and containers grown in an annual culture. Open or hanging shoots, up to 30 cm long, are abundantly strewn with small, 1.5 cm in diameter, red -shaped red flowers located in the sinuses of leaves. Flowering is long, from June to September. It looks wonderful in suspended baskets, balcony boxes, flowerpots, mini-alpinaries. A photophilous, shade -tolerant and moisture -loving plant, quite cold -resistant. The greatest decorativeness reaches in open sunny areas with well -drained sandy loam and loamy soils of medium humidity without excess organics (otherwise flowering will be weak). Crops for seedlings are carried out in February. Seeds sprout only in the light, so they are not closed, but only slightly pressed into the substrate. The crops are moistened from the spray gun, the planting container is covered with glass and placed in a warm bright place. Glass is periodically removed to ventilate crops and removal of condensate. At soil temperature +18 ° C, shoots appear on 7-14 days, the glass is removed. Flowering begins after 70-80 days. The shoots are tender, they are dive for several pieces in light land together. Seedlings are planted in open ground after the end of spring frosts. Planting interval-15-20 cm. For the best tuning of the top of young plants, pinch. In dry and hot weather, flowering may stop. Optimum temperature for growth 20-25 ° C.