Seeds of Flowers Astra "Royal Size", blue, seed. ALT, c/p, 0.2 g

A magnificent Astra with luxurious bright color inflorescences. The bush of an outdoed -pimidal shape up to 100 cm high with a large number of strong elongated peduncles. Large bright inflorescences of purple-blue color (9-11 cm in diameter) are formed by many wide linguistic flowers curved to the center and hiding the disk. It looks great in solitary and group plantings, for a long time retains freshness in bouquets. The duration of flowering is from August to September. 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.