Wonderful flower of digitalis: planting and care

Everyone who lives in his house or has a dacha dreams of a beautiful garden with wonderful flowers. Landscape design is an unstable and unpredictable process. Many people take this very seriously and carefully select plants for their garden. One of the magnificent flowers is the digitalis. Planting and caring for her are quite easy, and, in general, she is unpretentious. In fact, it is a drought-resistant plant that loves the sun and slightly loosened ground. If you plant a flower in the shade or in a place where water stagnates and moisture persists, the digitalis can not bloom at all or it can only breed a couple of "cubs".

The plant foxglove loves fertile, friable and water-permeable soil. With good care and removal of discolored elements, new leaves will appear in their place, and the flower can blossom as soon as possible. The plant should be regularly fertilized with humus, fed with mineral additives and dig up the soil to 30 cm deep. But the main thing is not to overdo it and do not damage digitalis. When it grows and becomes a "grown-up" plant, its roots are slightly exposed, then it is necessary to sprinkle them with compost or nutrient soil. In addition, it will ensure the flower successful wintering and future growth.

In the main plant grow a year or two, no longer take risks. In the gardens the digitalis is successful, propagates by seeds and has many species (purple, rusty, yellow, large-flowered, and so on). The flower should be regularly weeded, fertilized and cut off the faded inflorescences. Digitalis, planting and care of which is quite simple, can be prevented in winter due to excessive development of leaf outlet. The flower seeds are harvested as the capsules mature. There are a lot of them, but the best ones are in the lower flowers. When the fruit is separated from the stem - it's time to collect the "harvest" (do not be afraid, they do not crumble for a while). After harvesting the seeds must be spread and dried, and then soak and clean from the boxes.

A plant of digitalis, the planting of which has no special difficulties, prefers penumbra. In the open sun it grows very well, but the flowers themselves will often crumble quickly, in addition, they can be faded and not lush. Plant the plant in the spring, and in the autumn abundantly feed and cut the dried, unnecessary parts. Soil is desirable to choose an average degree of fertility, without stagnation of water and excessive moisture. A flower of a digitalis, planting and caring for which requires only the observance of certain rules, is unpretentious and will please everyone's eyes, because it is remarkably tolerating the landing, is being accepted and is growing well in the coming year.

The plant is used in medicine (but if used for personal purposes, it can harm a person, since it is poisonous). The flower will perfectly fill the voids and easily decorate any landscape design. Digitalis, planting and care of which is simple, rather tolerant plant, so it is very popular.