Cornflower. Growing out of seeds is not an easy matter!

Cornflower is one of the simplest and at the same time favorite colors of the vast majority of gardeners. Love it for a modest, but very beautiful look, and for a long and profuse flowering, and most of all for its healing properties. Many specialists in the cultivation of flowers call it "insouciant," or "a plant for the lazy," since it is very unpretentious and does not require special care. Modest flower cornflower has long attracted the attention of breeders, and they have so far produced a large number of hybrid varieties. Thus, already now there are about 500 of its species. Convenient for gardeners plant cornflower: growing from seeds does not cause any special trouble.

Its color range is diverse: yellow, white, lilac, violet, blue, blue, pink, red, maroon cornflowers are found almost everywhere. Lovers can choose for their site the most suitable varieties: tall or dwarf, ordinary or terry. The most popular is the large-flowered perennial cornflower, which is good for both the flower bed and the bouquet, and also perfectly tolerates winter frosts without special shelter.

The most unpretentious flower can be called cornflower. Cultivation from seeds is one of its advantages. Deserted achenes cornflower with a crest are planted in a moist fertile soil, rich in humus. It should be remembered that this flower does not tolerate blockage, and the only care for it is weeding and loosening. Remarkably, its property is also drought-resistant.

The medicinal properties are possessed only by the blue sowing cornflower. Cultivation from seeds is a common practice for obtaining therapeutic concentrate. Collect the edge, reminiscent funnel, flowers. Then they are dried in the shade, without access to the sun's rays to preserve the color and useful properties. Collect only fresh, not fading inflorescences. Infusion cornflower bitter and astringent, but very useful for diuresis, it is also used as a choleretic and antimicrobial agent. Treat such a kidney, liver and edema, purify the urinary and biliary tract. To make a medicine, a teaspoon of dry cornflower petals is poured into a glass of boiling water and insisted for 20 minutes, then cooled and filtered. Take infusion should be 2 tablespoons 3 times a day for 20 minutes before eating. More flowers of this plant are harmoniously supplemented with any herbal tea.

Cornflower meadow is considered a symbol of fidelity and constancy because of its sky-blue pure blue. However, some people, by the iridescent variation of its shades, on the contrary, considered it an indicator of impermanence. In combination with daisies, it was meadow cornflowers in the old days that were included in bouquets for beloved girls. And the youngsters, in turn, wove it into wreaths, which they then put on their heads to their chosen ones.

Sunny meadows and meadows, unseen beds and flower beds like cornflowers. Cultivation from seeds allows you to find the most suitable place for him. The best neighbors in the flowerbed are white chamomile, gaylard, gravel, bell-bell. The fact that the cornflower is one of the best ornaments of any flower garden has long been undeniable.