Any amateur gardener who for years is looking after the garden site and who is growing up flower beds is perfectly familiar with such plant as garden geranium. In the world there are about 300 grades of this interesting plant.
The place for landing
That the garden geranium has turned into the fine flower which is daily pleasing you with the abundant blossoming and pleasant aroma it is necessary to create it optimal conditions for normal growth and development. First of all, it is necessary to choose the place where you want to plant plant. The garden geranium prefers the open, well lit places, but not bad belongs also to half-shade. She loves humid, not compressed air and also well trained, fertile soil.
When landing plant it is necessary to consider all these factors. You should not forget and about the maintenance of the soil – it is better if it is neutral or subacidic. The level of underground water not has to be too closely to surface since the root system of garden geranium does not transfer excessive soil moisture. On one place the geranium can grow for 10 years, without demanding change and rejuvenation.
Reproduction of garden geranium
The most optimum time for reproduction of garden geranium is spring or early fall. It is possible to make it in three ways – seeds, pieces or division of bush. The first way is quite labor-consuming since after maturing the seeds scatter in different directions therefore to collect them is very problematic. Besides, in this case all valuable high-quality signs are too often lost. For this reason the garden geranium is made multiple copies most often rhizome pieces. For this purpose early select in the spring healthy young rhizomes which cut off from maternal bush. Then they are put in the fertilized soil and well watered. It is necessary to pay attention to speed of growth of geranium, it likes to occupy large number of free space therefore, planting this plant on the prepared site, consider the free area which is available nearby since she, most likely, will be also busy with geranium. The distance between young bushes has to be not less than 25-30 cm. The next year the continuous carpet is formed of them. Besides, this plant badly transfers change, and the easy fit will allow it grow long time on one place.
Care for geranium garden
Care for this flower is quite simple. In the spring weeding is necessary for it, for the present the plant has not thrown out large number of leaves. Besides, it is necessary to loosen and fertilize the soil. During the season the garden geranium needs timely moderate watering. Periodically cut off the withered and turned yellow leaves. In the fall, the geranium which has begun to fade and dry up, it is necessary to clean from all escapes and leaves. The garden geranium perfectly transfers low temperatures in the open ground, without demanding the additional shelter. Besides, this plant is practically not surprised diseases, and its pungent smell frightens off insects wreckers.