Welcome dear readers, those who are interested to watch how Masha Zhenya constitute the "Alphabet of flowers".
Today in the morning they have already studied one of the two plants scheduled for that day, and after dinner began to study the following.
This time they decided to take the colors whose name starts with the letter "Ш".
To do this, Masha chose the simplest at first glance, the flower, known to many gardeners, and not only them.
It's called "Sage" and to meet him in the wild in South America, where it was first discovered in Brazil, and also in the South of Europe and North America and even North Africa.
Masha in the garden, these flowers also grew, and the guys have long considered colored bushes of sage with oval and lanceolate leaves, which are located on the sunniest spot of the garden, creating a real branchy thickets. Height they were from 30 to 90 centimeters, and quite a lot (5-15 cm) were on the stems, shaped like the ear.
After they admire the blooming sage, Mary began to tell Zhenya all that she found about it on the Internet, in particular that:
- In nature, there are about nine varieties, depending on which is the shade of a flower. They can be white or blue, or any shades of red, purple, pink, or purple.
- Good this flower that requires special care, though, before planting, the ground should be well dug and fertilized it with manure, compost or humus. In addition, ground mixture and add a little sand.
- To water constantly it should as long as it is not accustomed, and then only to the extent that, as the plant begins to wilt.
- Sage propagated from both seeds and cuttings. Seeds germinated in complete darkness at temperatures above 21C, the resulting sprouts can be planted outside in 2-2. 5 months. The first cuttings take root and strengthen in greenhouses, and then in the spring are planted in the garden. In order for this plant has formed strong roots, it is necessary to prune after flowering. This is best done in late autumn.
- Use of sage for decoration of gardens and parks, and in dried form for decoration of the premises. In addition, it is used for medicinal purposes and even in cooking.
- This is an interesting flower, - finished his story Masha - beautiful and useful, and to prepare treats amiss.
So we went for a walk while my mom from work didn't come back, and they right off the bat, as the stagnant foals, rushed to the meadow, since he was close to home.
Thank you for your attention, see you next time!
The beginning of this story, read:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
To be continued...