If a family has no suburban area, you can organize a small garden on your balcony or a loggia. However, before you buy flowers for the balcony and proceed to the design of the space, you must determine how much it is blown by the winds and how long warmed by the sun.
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light-loving flowers
For the sunny side is better to buy these flowers:
Alyssum - annual house plant with small white flowers, gathered in inflorescences, and a pleasant honey aroma. Alyssum seeds planted in early spring, slightly prisypaya their land. Rostochku appear after about 8-10 days if the temperature is in the balcony is not less than + 16 ° C. Seedlings dive in balcony boxes in the middle of May, the gaps do 10-15 cm between them. If alyssum bloom became less active, it should be cut by half, after which the growth and bloom quickly resumed.
Geranium sown in the second half of February or early March, covered containers or glass wrapping film. Seedlings begin to germinate in 6-8 days. When the leaves of the plant should dive in small pots up to 10 cm. Not until the middle of May shoots diving into boxes or pots, which pre-poured nutrient soil. Geranium water-loving, and therefore requires a good watering. 1 meter of soil can be placed up to 5 plants. Gardeners say that this neighborhood ensures that no spider mites have other colors.
- Annual petunia has bright abundant flowering and beautiful neat form. Planting seeds in early spring, using small pots or cups, lightly pressing down plant material, but it is not going to sleep underground. Top cover paper pots, film or glass. At a temperature of +18... + 20 ° C seeds germinated after 1-2 weeks. Land for dive should be loose but not too nutritious. Hardened seedlings and transplanted into the boxes at a distance of 25x25 cm roughly in the middle of May. Petunia grows in height and 25 cm, blooms to fall.
Plants for the windy side
On a windy balcony of good will feel:
Verbena - a small ornamental plant with fragrant aroma and beautiful florets resembling primrose. It can be both annual and long-term. To verbena grew lush, its top pinch when plant height is about 12 cm. Need time to remove wilted blossoms, it promotes the appearance of new buds. Any variety of verbena it is easy to grow from seed.
- Godetsiya, pink, red, white silky inflorescences which are resistant to a slight cold, will bloom until frost the most. The seeds of this annual houseplant sown in pots in late March or early April. Transplant seedlings in May. Godetsiya loves lightly shaded places. The soil is better to choose a loamy or humus. The soil should be well fertilized and maintain moderate humidity.
When equipping the balcony and selection of plants is important to consider and interior trim, which should be combined with flowers. Pots and drawers can be painted in bright colors, beautiful film to paste or paint an interesting picture.
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