Seeds of flowers Astra "Blue Tower", SE. ALT, c/p, 0.3 g

A wonderful variety from the group of pionovite annual asters. A columnar bush up to 70 cm high with strong peduncles. The inflorescences are lush thick-crowned with a diameter of 8-10 cm, with wide purple-blue pagan petals curved up and inside and hide the central disk. It will add saturation of garden compositions, for a long time retains decorativeness in the cut. The duration of flowering from late July to frost. A cold -resistant, photophilous plant can grow in partial shade. It does not endure waterlogging and drought. It grows well on ordinary garden soil without fresh organics, sour soils must be neutralized with lime. Seeds for seedlings are sown in March-April, the depth of the seal is 0.5 cm. Crops are contained at a temperature of +15-18 ° C. Seedlings dive with the appearance of the first pair of real leaves. In open ground, seedlings are planted in the second half of May. Before planting in open ground, it is hardened for 1-2 weeks, lowering the temperature to +10 ° C. The landing scheme is 3030 cm. It is possible to sow seeds in open ground at the end of April under a temporary shelter to a depth of 0.5-1.0 cm (followed by thinning of seedlings), or in the winter (at the end of October) to a depth of 3 cm. Crops are mulched on top. peat or sawdust with a layer of 3-5 cm. In spring, crops are revealed.