Salvia - a flower of marvelous beauty

Salvia ... The flower has a very beautiful and poetic name. Where did it come from? You can be carried away by the imagination into the gray of history and remember that in the days of Ancient Rome it was the female generic name Salviev. Perhaps the name of the flower perpetuated the beauty of the representatives of this ancient Roman family. Or maybe it comes from the substance salvinorin-A, which is part of it and is a psychoactive hallucinogen. You can choose different varieties, but salvia is the Latin name for plants of the kind of sage. Salvia is usually called the medicinal plants of the family, decorative floriculture has chosen a name for the name - Salvia. Photos of flowers can be found in many magazines on floriculture.

Flowers of this family are among the most numerous on the Earth, since they number more than 900 species. This plant is found in the temperate and tropical climatic zones of the entire globe. In the wild, salvia are flowers that grow in open sunny places. Light, sparse, stony slope, wasteland, watered meadow - these are the best places for them. Depending on the species, salvia is a flower that can grow from forty centimeters to one and a half meters. Some species of this plant are distinguished by decorative carved leaves. You can find white, pink, blue, red, purple and yellow salvia. There is a medicinal plant of this family called "Tricolor". Petals of his flowers are terry and tricolor.

In countries with a warm climate, salvia is a flower of many years or two years. In the climatic conditions of Russia, it is annual, since it can not tolerate winter cold. Also all plants of this species are divided into cold-resistant and thermophilic. There are such kinds of salvia as meadow, oak, forest, blue, sparkling, red, Spanish and many others.

These flowers are grown, as a rule, in places rich in sun, well tolerate penumbra. They love salvia heat and are very drought-resistant. To plant this plant is best to choose a light sandy soil, rich in humus. It should be remembered that the flowers do not tolerate stagnation of moisture at all. Salvia is a delicate flower, and therefore it is very often attacked by aphids, snails and slugs. Perennials reproduce by cuttings, and annuals, especially species - seeds. This plant is prone to crossing with the flowers growing in the neighborhood.

A huge variety of species, unpretentiousness and ease of care have earned these plants the love of flower growers. Salvia - a flower that can decorate any bouquet. Flowering shrubs of salvia are an excellent decoration of any site, that's why we love the flower and the designers who create spectacular compositions and decorate entire flower gardens.

Seeds are planted in March, and then dive into individual pots, in which the seedlings grow until the middle of June. Then the flowers are planted in the open ground. From the moment of sowing to flowering, approximately 100-120 days pass. However, such a long waiting period pays off with interest, as the salvia blooms continuously (from July to frosts), giving the opportunity to admire the magnificent flowers.

Salvia well coexists in the neighborhood with cineraria, lobelia and marigolds.