Aubrieta - growing from seeds.

Obryta is a genus of plants, which includes 12different species of cruciferous family. Its name was given in honor of Claude Aubrieta - the famous French artist-florist. These flowers are widely distributed throughout the territory of modern Europe. They are evergreen, low plants with small flowers of blue, red, white, pink or purple flowers. Aubrieta very much loves well drained soil and light, but can also grow in partial shade. It is well experienced by drought in summer and increased humidity in winter, but it is not planted in lowlands.

Aubrieta, a photo of which you can observe,grows well on the slopes of the mountains, creating a lively, vegetative carpet covering the limestone walls or stone screes. Even untreated bushes of this plant attract the eye with its decorative and pretty, especially noticeable in the very beginning of spring, when the first leaves start to break through under the snow.

Suppose you decided to have at home such aa plant like a shroud. Cultivation of the seeds of these flowers is remarkably carried out with the help of ordinary pots. Sowing is done in the autumn and in the second year you can expect the appearance of the first flowers, but you need to take into account the factor of splitting varieties, as the shade of colors may differ from the plant of the parent.

It does not matter how you got a shade -growing out of seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush all the same give you only a seedling. This plant is very fastidious to the environment and in the absence of care can simply die. Three times a year he needs an operation of mulching sand from three to five centimeters, and after the spring flowering, a pruning is necessary, then the plant will blossom again in autumn. In winter, it is better to cover with dry leaves.

Aubereta, growing from the seeds of whichimplies a thorough and constant care, does not tolerate excessive fat content of the soil. That's why when applying fertilizers, do not use compost or peat, as this can kill a young plant.

Hybrid varieties of this bush are terryor semi-double colors. All of them are united in one kind - a cultural oberite. Other species of this plant: graceful, deltoid or Balkan, are also beautiful, but did not find their lovers in the gardens.

A flower of a shade, cultivation from the seeds of whichalthough labor-intensive, but an interesting process, no doubt, will become an excellent ornament of the flower garden of any gardener. A colorful carpet of this plant will look good in rockeries in early spring, especially if you plant hybrids of different colors. It looks great in the form of a curb or decoration of retaining walls. The squat and crouching can be an excellent decoration for alpine hills, and some varieties are even suitable for floral bouquets.

If you are a beginner gardener, then a shoal,the cultivation of which will become a rather difficult test, can become indispensable in your garden. You can draw wonderful paintings on a carpet of real flowers, picking up the shades of planted hybrids.

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