The basic nuances of taking care of plants in rockeries

Rockeries in April requires your undivided attention!

Remove dead leaves and stems, cut the stems at a sprawling groundcover. Sits new plants instead of dead winter. Near plants that require neutral or alkaline soils (gypsophila, Edelweiss, spring-flowering gentian, yaskolki, a cross) into the soil, add lime.



Check whether firmly lie on the hill the stones are not washed away part of the soil when snow melts, and if it happened to pour soil or sand.
In early may on the free space between the spring-flowering perennials or in crevices of stones sown a little brachycome, graceful gypsophila, iberis or other compact annuals. In the second half of the month plant the seedlings of annual flowers: lobulyarii, verbena, gacanii, Portulaca, petunias.



In this respect the measure as rockery – not a flowerbed, and too many annuals it should be.



Then weed, mulching the soil under the plant, water only after drying of the soil to a depth of 7-8 cm.



Feed only those plants that need it. Regularly remove faded flowers, cut the sprawling groundcover. Bulbous times at 3 years digging, the bulbs are sorted and re-planted. published



 

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