Calceolaria, landing and care

The first spring sun awakens with its warmth bright and beautiful flowers that decorate a plot or room. All flowerflowers were especially loved by the unusual Flowers of Calciolaria for the bizarre form of inflorescences in the form of shoes. This plant can be planted in the garden or to grow in room conditions, however, because of some nuances, it is easiest to plant Calceolaria in a pot and put on the windowsill.

The exotic guest from South America firmly entered the life of avid flowerflowers, and a huge range of varieties of this flower expanded its use area. Pricing calkesolaria with proper care and constant rejuvenation will become an excellent decoration, please you with bright and colorful colors in a cool spring season.

In this article, we consider the peculiarities of cultivation of calculation, we give a description of the most popular varieties, as well as mentioning important points of landing and care for this plant.

Features and description of calzolaria

Calceolaria is a perennial grassy plant that is most often grown in the form of an annual or two-year-old flower. It belongs to this unusual plant of Calceolaria to the family of Calciolaria and the large family of norchnikovy. Although there are scientists-botany, which distinguish all types and varieties of this flower into a separate Family Calcolelarium. The natural habitat area of \u200b\u200bthis plant is the territory of Central and South America, where more than 400 different types of calkesolaria received distribution. In nature, this flower is represented by grassy plants, shrubs and semi-staples that require compliance with quite low temperatures when growing.

The name of the Calceolarian flower itself occurred from the Latin word Calceolaria, which translated the "shoe". This is due to the appearance of the colors of the plant, which are two convex lips. The top is very small, almost not noticeable. The bottom has a spherical shape, very convex, several times more top. Such a shoe is very similar to the usual Sabo. On the Internet you can find a large number of Flower Calciscolaria Flower, the appearance of which amazing the imagination with its brightness and tenderness.

Description Calceolaria:

• Calceolaria is a herbaceous shrub or semi-staple plant, which is most often grown as annual.
• The root system is basic, on the surface there are branched shoots. Stems are straight or running.
• The plant itself is not high, in height can reach about 25-35 cm, but there are instances of up to 50 cm. In the width of the bush can grow to the same mark of 25-35 cm.
• A dense and a spherical cap create beautiful long leaves, which can reach about 10 cm. They are oblong and lanceal form, slightly corrugated around the edge. Have a bright green shade. The leaves are clutch or opposed.
• The lower part of the sheet plate is covered with small villos.
• Flowers appear on small and thin bluers, which are slightly towering over the leaves of calkesolaria.
• Flowers are small, have a peculiar form that resembles small shoes consisting of two lips of different sizes. In the center of the flower there are 2-3 stamens.
• The diameter of the colors is different, from 2 cm to 6 cm, depending on the specific flower variety. They can be assembled into one large busy inflorescence or several small.
• Color shade is also different: yellow, brownish, red, orange. Petals can be both monophonic and various strokes and spots on petals.
• Flowering calkesolaria at home begins approximately in April-May and, depending on the specifically, the flowering variety lasts 3-5 weeks.
• Calceolaria during flowering has a very beautiful and original look - about 20-50 flowers can appear on one bush.
• After the end of flowering on the plant, fruits appear in the form of seed boxes of the oblong shape, which contains a large number of small seeds.
• This plant has a very unusual feature - Flowers Calcolaria only once, the next year the flowers are already smaller and gardeners recommend to rejuvenate the plant every year so that it pleases you constantly with bright colors.
• In our climatic conditions, Calcelylarium is grown in the whole at home, since in this case it is much easier to follow him and comply with all the nuances of planting and leaving the plant.
• The optimal temperature for the full growth and flowering of calkesolaria is 14-17 degrees. The higher the temperature, the plant makes it faster and is subjected to pests and disease.

Variety of species and varieties of calceolaria

Calceolaria is a very interesting and unusual flower, which made in love with many flowerflowers. This plant will certainly become an excellent decoration of any room and will become a bright spot cloudy spring day. Today there are several varieties of calkesolaria, plants which are distinguished by the height of stems, sizes and coloring colors. Consider the features of the most popular species and varieties of calceolaria.

Hybrid calceolaria

This is the most popular variety of calceolaria, which includes a large number of varieties. To date, breeders continue to work on the removal of unusual and bright varieties of hybrid calceolaria. Present low bushes with a compact beautiful shape. The leaves are rounded, large, in diameter reaches 10 cm. Sheet plate has a slight omission. Flowers of this variety of calkesolaria are of a wide variety of colors: yellow, orange, red, brownish red. Preferably, all the flowers have strokes, recreation, stains of a contrasting shade on the petals, which gives the plant a very decorative appearance. This variety of calkesolaria is characterized by the longest bloom, which is about 2 months. Calcolalaria is hybrid most often used precisely for growing at home. The most popular grades of calctelaria hybrid include the following:

• Grade "Aida". It is a low compact ball of spherical shape, which during spring flowering is fully fitted with a medium-sized red velvety colors in the form of shoes.
• Calcceolarian grade hybrid "Golden Rain". This is a shrub plant, which is characterized by very small colors of a bright yellow shade, completely covering flower during flowering.
• Grade "Dervish". Also very beautiful and compact bushes, which during flowering decorated with bright orange-brown flowers. Paint coloring.
• Dainti variety. This is a low-spirited plant, which is in height reaches no more than 15 cm. The bush is formed by large soft leaves with a slight omission. Flowers of red shade.

Calciolaria wrinkled

This type of calcacolaria is a perennial plant, which in southern warm countries is grown in gardens, parks, on the flower beds. In room conditions, Calceolaria is growing as a two-year-old plant. Natural habitat of calceolaria wrinkled or solidistic. It is a rather high plant, which in height can reach approximately 1-1.5 m. The leaves of this plant has an oblong lanceal form, which are assembled into the roasting outlet. Beautifully calkesolar looks at the time of flowering, when the entire bush is covered in small, up to 2-2.5 cm in diameter, flower in the shape of a yellowish-orange shoe shoes. Flowers are collected in small fluffy inflorescences. When growing this species in the room, it is important for the summer to put pots into the courtyard. Based on this type of breeders, breeders brought a large number of frost-resistant varieties capable of incubating frost to -5 degrees. The most popular varieties of this variety of calkesolaria are the following:

• Grade "Gold Bouquet". It is a bustard that can reach about 30-35 cm in height. Frequently large flowers form dense, bright yellow inflorescences.
• Sort "Sunset". This is a miniature plant, a height reaching 15-20 cm. During flowering on a bush, small-orange or pink colors are blooming.

Calceolaria purple

The natural habitat area of \u200b\u200bthis type of calkesolaria is considered the territory of Chile, where this plant is most often grown on flower beds and in flower beds. In the height, the plant reaches 35-50 cm. The leaves are oblong with zubinkami along the edge and pointed tip, are collected in a root rosette. Sheet plate thick covered with a pile. Leaves have bright rich green. During flowering on a bush, loose-like inflorescences from purple-purple colors in Krapinka are blooming. Flowers oblong shape.

Calciolaria gentle

This kind of calkesolaria is a perennial miniature plant, which can be perfectly grown as at home, so on the site in the summer. A flower height can reach about 15-20 cm. It is a fragile beautiful plant with small rounded leaflets of a bright green shade. Flowers of calkesolaria gentle golden yellow color with dark stains.

Calciolaria Mexican

The natural habitat of this species of Calceolaria is considered the territory of Mexico, where the flowers grow on woody slopes. The height of the bustice can reach about 20-50 cm, but they can grow higher when creating the most comfortable conditions - a shaded area with a wet fertile soil. Flowers are very small, in diameter can reach about 5 cm. They are bright yellow, sleeping completely all the plant. Blossom can continue for 2 months.

The reproduction of calkesolaria

Without a doubt, each flower appears the question of how to grow calzelaria, if there is no landing material from the store. For the dilution of this flower at home, you can independently use two methods: the reproduction of calkesolaria from seeds and the model of drawing. Each option has its own features and nuances that are important to comply with the creation of a healthy plant.

Calcceolary breeding from seeds

• Calciscolaria flower can be purchased in a specialized garden shop with seeds and their breeding.
• It is also important to properly prepare the soil for sowing Calciscolaria. Soil mix can be bought in the store, and you can cook yourself. To do this, take one part of the sand and seven parts of the peat, a little dolomite flour.
• Before sowing the soil, it is necessary to rolling in the oven, after that the soil mixture is placed in the container and abundantly moisturize.
• Calceolaria seeds are sown in April.
• Seeds of plants do not need to be chopped into the soil, it is enough to sow them on the surface and close on top of a film or glass.
• The container with seeds must be placed in the room with a temperature of not lower than 17 degrees. Periodically, you need to remove the condensate from the film, to ventilate and moisturize the soil. How to moisturize only with spraying.
• After about 2 weeks, the first shoots will appear, which can already be watering with watering.
• During the month, the plants need to be careful, water, after which the seedlings are picked for the first time in a small pot.
• The second time the seedlings are picked in September, for this we pick up pots with a diameter of 9-10 cm, and then containers are placed in the illuminated cool place with a temperature of 8-10 degrees.
• At the permanent place, the seedlings are planted when a full-fledged socket is formed, in time it falls about February.
• When cultivating calzelaria from seeds, bloom occurs in about 8-10 months after sowing.

The reproduction of Calcceolaria Cherenkovania

• This method is also possible to use calkesolaria for breeding, but it is not so popular among the flower water.
• It is possible to harvest the seating material in April or in February after circumcision of shoots, which is carried out after biting inflorescences.
• The cuttings can be pre-treated with a solution of growth stimulator, after which they are rooted into a container with a nutrient soil, which should consist of sand with peat.
• Before rooting the soil is abundantly watered.
• The cuttings are coming around in about 3-4 weeks.
• After that, the seedlings are transplanted for a permanent place, while it is recommended to plant a few rooted cuttings in one pot.

Preparation before planting Calceolaria

You will have to deal with the questions of the landing of Calceolaria every year, since the abundant and full bloom of this plant can only be seen once, after which the flower needs to be rejuvenated. To do this, collect seeds or use cuttings. First of all, it is important to prepare the soil mixture for planting and choose a healthy planting material.

Calcceolaria varieties and planting pots

• First of all, decide with the grade of calceolaria, which there is a large amount. Give the hybrid calculation preference, which is represented by a huge variety of bright and unusual varieties. If you plant a plant for the summer to the garden, you can purchase species plants, for example, Calcolasolar wrinkled or calkelylarium delicate.
• Next, purchase the seeds of the plant or take the cuttings for landing.
• From the correctly selected pot will depend on the full growth of the calciumlar flower, since the plant may heat in too small container. For an adult flower, a pot of diameter is ideally 15-20 cm.
• The pot can be made of any material, and glass containers, and ceramic, and clay.
• It is important that the pots have drainage holes.

Preparation of the soil mixture for calcium planting

• It is further important to choose a suitable soil composition for the cultivation of calkesolaria at home.
• For an adult plant, such a mixture is suitable: two parts of the leaf land, 2 pieces of the turf, 1 part of the peat and 1 part of the sand.

Calcalaria landing and transplantation

• Each year Calcolaria requires transplantation. This procedure can also be carried out immediately after buying a flower in the store, which is in the technical pot.
• First of all, prepare a pot for landing, which must be thoroughly penetrated in warm water with soap. If there are no drainage holes in the pot, then they must be made independently.
• At the bottom of the pot, pour the drainage layer to remove moisture residues. As a drainage, you can use small stones, gravel, ceramzit.
• Next, we start the acquired plant in the purchased capacity and carefully by the method of transshipment, move the calcacolaria flower to a new pot together with the earthen room.
• All empties need to be additionally filled with a special soil mixture. In this case, you can buy a soil in the garden shop for drowning or you can use the self-cooked mixture.
• After planting, planted plants should be abundantly pouring and put the pot on a well-lit place.

Calcolalaria care

Caring for Calkesolaria is not particularly difficult, the main thing is to periodically pay attention to your flower attention and it will give you bright and amazing colors.

• Lighting level and temperature. It is important to take into account that Calceolaria does not endure direct sunlight and high temperatures. Therefore, it is important to put the pot into the illuminated place or in a slightly feverish. Optimal for cultivation of calkesolaria temperatures are considered to be 14-16 degrees. This is the main difficulty if you wish to grow in your room a beauty of Calcalkolaria. For summer time, you can put a bustard of calkesolaria on a garden plot that will be protected from strong wind and direct sunlight. In winter, the temperature should be within 12 degrees. An ideal place to accommodate a pot with a flower is a windowsill on the eastern, western or northern side.
• Air humidity. Calceolaria loves wet air very much, so it is important to put a pot with a plant on a pallet with a clayzit that needs to be filled with water. You can also put a pot in the porridge, and the space between them is filled with peat, which is regularly moistened. It is categorically not recommended to spray the flower, as this can lead to rotting and appearance of diseases.
• Watering. Regular watering plant is needed during flowering. To do this, it is important to use resistant soft water. Focus on the state of the top layer of the soil, if it is a little back, it's time to water the flower. After the end of flowering, watering is reduced, the main thing is that the soil never swam.

• Calcceolarian feeding. This plant needs regular feeding with mineral fertilizer mortar. The first time to make fertilizer is necessary two weeks after landing. Calcolaria feeds every 10 days until the start of flowering. In winter, the flower does not need to feed the flower.
• Calceolaria after flowering. Calceolaria flowers only once. Therefore, it is important to maintain a flower after flowering to preserve the plant. When the flowers are swinging, all shoots need to trim, and the plant itself is necessarily placed in a precurable cool place. In such a room, Calceolaria is stored about 1.5-2 months. Periodically, the soil in the pot must be watered, and after the appearance of a new row, the pot is transferred to the illuminated place. However, in this case, the plant loses its decorativeness, begins to stretch. Therefore, flower plants are recommended to rejuvenate Calceolaria every year.
• Fighting diseases and pests. Most often, Calceolaria is amazed tool and blonde. To combat them, the plant is important in time to treat with chemicals. Of the disease, the flower may suffer from gray rot, which appears as a result of constant oveurgement of the soil. If you see signs of illness, be sure to remove the damaged areas, and the plant itself is treated with topaz.

Picture of Calceolaria

Calceolaria is a very interesting and unusual plant that can decorate any windowsill and garden plot. With proper care, this plant will give you bright colors in the form of shoes with the most numerous colors.