Annual flowers give to the front garden special charm as blossom is abundant and is long. Their multi-colored bright spots perfectly lighten the mood, and to grow up in garden this beauty absolutely simply.
Modest beauty of lion's pharynx
This plant, probably, one of the most popular annual cultivated flowers. Its second name - antirrinum. In garden culture it is possible to meet grades from tiny to tall, to each of them there will be suitable place in garden. Generally lion's pharynx – perennial plant, but in garden culture it is grown up as annual plant as severe winters it does not take out. However, it is possible to dig out plant, to put in pot and to put it at window.
In this case blossoming will continue, and it is possible to return bush on the former place to garden in the spring. However the few are solved on such act as to grow up seedling of lion's pharynx less troublesome, and the decorative effect of young plants impresses during the whole season. At the same time the lion's pharynx is unpretentious in leaving, is easily grown up from seeds. Even the person absolutely unfamiliar with this occupation can cope with it.
When it is necessary to put antirrinum on seedling
Seeds of lion's pharynx sow on seedling at the end of April beginning of May. For this purpose soil for flowers and capacity for crops of seeds is required. If conditions of the region allow, it is possible to sow antirrinum directly in flower bed. But in the conditions of midland and even more severe northern latitudes it is not possible. Very small therefore at crops they do not need to be powdered with the soil, soil is enough to condense with palms seeds of antirrinum and to properly spray its surface from spray. After that it is necessary to cover crops with transparent polyethylene film in order that the necessary level of humidity remained. Shoots appear in 5-7 days. The film needs to be removed, and to put capacity with seedlings on the light place that plants were not extended. In 3 weeks, after emergence of the first couple of real leaves, antirrinum it is necessary to raspikirovat. It is necessary to do it extremely carefully not to damage gentle plants. It is possible to plant them in small cartridges 5 X 5 cm on one and if there is no such opportunity, it is necessary to seat seedlings in the capacity of the bigger size, having left more free space between plants. In this case it is necessary to make one more change, but it will do good to plants – at change they begin to cluster better. For strengthening of branching it is necessary to prishchipyvat tops of plants. To the open ground the lion's pharynx is landed after there takes place the threat of returnable frosts. To the soil the plant is not exacting, but when landing it is better to bring nevertheless a little humus and wood ashes, it will allow plant to blossom more magnificently and more for a long time.