Hundreds of millions of years on our planet successfully grows fern. Flowers cultivated at home and in gardens should be very decorative and resistant to environmental conditions. It is precisely these properties that this remarkable plant possesses. In natural conditions , there are about 12 thousand different kinds of ferns. Some of them feel great in the northern latitudes. How, among this variety, choose the most beautiful and suitable for cultivation in our conditions fern? Flowers for the garden: an idiom stop-shaped, a female and Japanese maidens, a daffy-headed, multicellular bristle-tailed, common ostrich, male shield.
At home, these kinds of ferns are grown: the adiantum "Veninine hair" and "Radi", the bone (asplenium) bulbous and nesting, the blechum (Brazilian, humpbacked), crescent crescent sickle, davallia canary, nephrolepsis sublime, peleunculum, scolopendrous leaflet, pteris Cretan, xiphoid, four-pointed, trembling). Almost all these flowers are grown by man in gardens and greenhouses for several centuries. Currently, this fashion returns, because for decorating living quarters and offices ferns are ideal. Flowers of this species are unpretentious in their care, grow relatively fast, relatively easily reproduce and have an excellent appearance.
Care instructions
Home fern flower requires certain conditions for successful development. He does not tolerate arid conditions of detention. For normal development, it is necessary to create a humid atmosphere. To do this, it will be sufficient to sprinkle the fern daily. Flowers will also feel great, if the pots in which they grow, put in fairly wide pallets, which are constantly poured water. Ferns prefer constantly moistened soil, but do not over-fill the plants. They need to be fed periodically with complex fertilizers. Ideal is scattered lighting. For their cultivation, eastern and northern window sills are most suitable. The indoor flower fern prefers moderate temperature (15-20 ° C). The vast majority of these plants do not tolerate temperatures below 10 ° C and develop poorly when it rises above 22 ° C. When filling the pot with roots, it is necessary to transplant the fern. Flowers are planted in a larger pot in the spring. Most young plants need an annual transplant.
Reproduction
Fern grows in nature by spores. What to do with a potted plant? At home, the easiest way to reproduce it is to divide the bush when it has shoots. The plant is dismantled in early spring into 2-3 parts, each of which is planted in a separate pot. Some species of ferns reproduce by ingrained terrestrial shoots - stolons (nephrolepsis sublime). Especially rare species still propagate by sprouting spores, but this procedure is very complex and time-consuming.