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Browallia belongs to the Solanaceae family.

In nature, there are only 6 varieties of Browallia, and for home grown They use only beautiful brovallia.

The homeland of Browallia is Colombia; it can also be found everywhere in South and Central America.

IN natural conditions Browallia grows up to 1.5 meters.

At home, they are small compact bushes that are periodically pinched to form a lush crown.

It is used to decorate terraces and balconies, as well as as a potted plant for room decoration. Basic decorative element plants are flowers.

Depending on the variety, flowers can be:

• white,
• purple,
• blue or
• purple.

The flowering period is incredibly long, 16-18 months.

Even in winter, flowering continues, but its intensity may become less bright.

The life cycle of the plant is only 2 years, during which it blooms once, but the life of the plant can be extended through reproduction.

Appearance

Height. At home, the plant grows up to 40 centimeters and has pubescent, drooping shoots.

Leaves Lanceolate in shape, single flowers shaped like stars.

Fetus It is a box in which dark seeds are formed and spill out through the valves.

Seeds. Seeds of the first year have the highest germination rate.

The most popular types of brovallia

Beautiful (gorgeous) grown at home. The color of its flowers is quite varied from white to purple.

The flowers, up to 5 centimeters in diameter, are located on a peduncle 5 centimeters high. The leaves reach 6 centimeters in length.

Large-flowered grows up to half a meter, distinguished by white or blue flowers, which are collected in inflorescences - brushes, bloom from November to January

Hairy- a profusely flowering specimen with large blue or up to 5 centimeters in diameter purple flowers. Blooms from July until the first frost.

Sticky is a 30-centimeter spherical bush with a large number of small flowers, the distinctive feature reflected in the name is the sticky stem of the plant.

The color of the flowers is blue or dark blue, there is also a white variety. Flowering lasts from November to February.

Sapphire. His distinctive feature The petals are sapphire-colored and grow up to 25 centimeters in height.

American It has small flowers(up to 2 centimeters in diameter), but there are so many of them on one plant that they cover almost all the foliage.

The color of the flowers can be white or bluish-purple.

Home care

Brovallia is quite simple and unpretentious to care for.

The main task of care actually comes down to removing dried foliage and faded flowers.

Shoots can be pinched from time to time to form a bush and give the plant branching.

There are absolutely no demands on the composition of the soil, the main thing is that the soil is of high quality and well-drained.

When working with the plant, it is important to take precautions, as the plant is poisonous. It is necessary to work with gloves and then wash your hands thoroughly.

Creating favorable conditions

Illumination and temperature

Brovallia prefers bright places for growth and development, and tolerates partial shade well. The ideal option would be east or west windows.

Too much high temperatures Browallia doesn’t like it; in summer its optimal comfortable temperature is 20 degrees, and in winter 10-15 degrees.

Watering

In summer, watering should be plentiful, and in winter periods Watering must be stopped completely.

Fertilizers

Plants in pots and containers need to be fertilized only during the flowering period, 2 times a month. universal fertilizers, cutting the recommended amount in half. Plants in open ground do not need feeding.

Trimming

One of mandatory elements Brovallia care. By pruning, it is possible to maintain the decorative appearance of the plant.

In addition to shortening and pinching elongated shoots, it is important to promptly remove faded flowers and wilted leaves.

Reproduction

Since Brovallia is an annual plant, after flowering it gradually dies off. A new plant can be grown from its cuttings or its seeds.

Seminal

It is better to select soil for a new plant from sand and humus.

Plants can be propagated by cuttings or seeds at any time of the year. Only the flowering period of the plant depends on the time of sowing the seeds.

If you want your plant to bloom in the house as early as possible, then the seeds should be sown in August, and if you want to plant it in open ground, then in February. There is no need to dig in the seeds themselves; they need light to germinate.

Every day the greenhouse needs to be ventilated in the morning for a couple of hours. The first seedlings appear within a week. After germination and rooting, young shoots are planted in separate containers.

When warm weather sets in outside the window, plants can be transplanted into open ground.

Cuttings

For propagation, cuttings can be taken from any place on the plant, but the flowers must be removed from them.

You need to root in a light substrate, you can do it in sand or water, by organizing a greenhouse for the cuttings out of a plastic bag. When roots appear, the plants are planted in separate containers.

Difficulties of growing

Particular difficulties in organizing proper care does not occur with the plant.

When elevated temperature in rare cases may occur yellowing of plant foliage, in this case, more frequent spraying of the foliage or moving the plant to a cooler room will help.

Application in design

Most often, browallia is used as a solo plant, placing the necessary accents in the interior, for example, decorating a coffee table or kitchen table.

It is quite rare in flower compositions. In the garden it can be found in flower beds and borders, as well as in containers on balconies and verandas. It can also grow as an hanging plant.

As you can see, browallia is not as difficult to care for as it might seem at first glance at this exquisite and aristocratic flower.

Anyone can grow such beauty. And for more than 1.5 years you will be able to admire the ever-blooming plant.

Browallia- this is a charming beauty, gentle purple flowers and the lush greenery of which has already won more than one heart.

Brovallia cultivated both in the garden and in an apartment.

This plant It has an unpretentious disposition and is excellently grown from seeds. Genus Browallia has 6 species, among which there are both annual and perennial plants.

View – Brovallia is beautiful

Being a relative of petunia, Browallia, called Browallia in Latin, belongs to the family Paslenova. Browallia is native to Colombia, Central and South America.

Only one species is grown indoors - Brovallia is beautiful, called Browallia speciosa in Latin. In the lap of nature this perennial species grows up to 1.5 meters in height. In indoor conditions, Browallia is a compact bush up to 35 cm high, which branches well and blooms profusely.

For growth new shoots, it is very important to pinch the plant in time, that is, cut off the tops of the branches. Beautiful Browallia is very common and is loved by gardeners as a potted plant, but it can also decorate a summer balcony.

home the beauty of brovallia enclosed in beautiful flowers white, blue, purple or blue-violet color, as well as all sorts of shades of purple. If you properly care for the plant, browallia will simply be strewn with bright and very delicate flowers.

Flower growers will also be pleased with the fact that Brovallia blooms surprisingly long. Its flowering can last up to 16 or 18 months at a time! Even winter does not prevent brovallia from blooming - except that due to lack of light, flowering will not be so abundant.

When the plant has bloomed, we can assume that the time has come for him to grow old. As a rule, re-blooming does not happen, because Browallia lives for only two years and then dies. But this is not scary - you can constantly renew the plant by propagating it from a faded bush, which is not at all difficult.

It should be remembered that Brovallia contains toxic substances. Therefore, the plant should be placed away from children and pets.

Growing Brovallia from Seeds

Multiply Brovallia seeds can be practically all year round. The most convenient time for sowing is August for decorating an apartment with a plant, or February or March for placing brovallia on the balcony or in the garden for summer flowering.

For acceleration of germination Before sowing, it is useful to soak brovallia seeds in warm water for 2 days.

Earth for sowing seeds and adult plants it should be loose and peaty. Beginning flower growers can use a ready-made substrate for flowering plants, and experienced ones - to compile mixture yourself from:

• 1 part of turf land;
• 1 part humus soil;
• 1 part leaf soil;
• 1 part coarse sand.

Into the bowl with large drainage holes, you need to pour a drainage layer of pebbles or brick chips 1 - 3 cm high.

Followed by fill the container earth, compact it with your hand and moisten it properly.

If you are not sure of the sterility of the soil, you can additionally spill it with a weak (pale pink) solution of potassium permanganate, making sure to allow the water to drain through the drainage holes.

This will protect the soil from fungal growth and speed up seed germination.

Sow the seeds Browallia should be planted superficially, without going deep into the ground. You can also lightly sprinkle them with soil.

Next you need sprinkle the seeds water from a spray bottle. The bowl with the seeds should be covered with glass or plastic bag, creating a “greenhouse” to maintain constant humidity, and place it on a bright window.

Before seed germination you need to ventilate them daily, opening the greenhouse for an hour or two, remove condensation on the glass or bag and make sure that the temperature is from +18 to +25 °C.

If everything is done correctly, first shoots will appear in 10 or 14 days. When all the seedlings have sprouted and become a little stronger, they should be transplanted one at a time into small and narrow pots with a diameter of 5 to 7 cm.

After the appearance 1 or 2 true leaves that grow after the cotyledons; seedlings need to be pinched.

When the weather gets warm outside, it is recommended to land young plants in balcony boxes. And when kept indoors, for greater decorativeness and splendor of the bush, you can plant 4 seedlings in one pot.

Choosing a location and lighting

Browallia is a light-loving plant that does not tolerate direct rays of the scorching sun. The ideal place for it is the east window. The plant will also like to live on the eastern balcony, where it will be provided with shade in the summer heat.

Browallia is needed moderate temperature maintenance, since the plant does not feel well in the heat. In spring and summer perfect option- this is +20 °C, and in winter during flowering - about +18 °C.

If in winter time young plant has not yet had time to bloom, it is necessary to winterize it at +10+15 °C. The same should be done with an old plant that is planned to be propagated.

Watering and humidity

IN summer time Brovallia is necessary abundant watering, and in winter - very moderate. It is extremely dangerous to be too zealous with watering - excess moisture leads to rotting of the roots.

Browallia won't give up high humidity air, but can adapt to normal room conditions. The plant will be very grateful if you spray it regularly.

Bloom

For the health and beauty of browallia you need very little. Important Remove dried flowers and yellowed leaves in a timely manner. To maintain its shape as a compact and neat bush, you need to regularly pinch the plant and remove overly elongated shoots.

Topping Browallia allows you to control the shape of the bush and provokes the appearance of more flowers.

Transfer

Due to rapid cessation of flowering and aging recommended renew brovallia through propagation by cuttings or seeds, rather than replanting.

It is very important that the soil for brovallia it was loose and allowed air and water to pass through well.

Top dressing

Such a lush flowering plant Browallia, does not really like fertilizing, especially with nitrogen content. Starting from spring and until the end of flowering, you can feed the plant 2 times a month with fertilizer for flowering plants. Concentration Fertilizer required is 3 times less than indicated in the instructions.

Reproduction

Brovallia successfully multiplies two ways: cuttings and seeds..

As we see, Browallia- This is a surprisingly unpretentious plant that blooms almost all year round. Caring for brovallia does not cause any problems and even a beginner can do it. Growing Brovallia from seeds at home is as easy as inhaling.

By renewing the plant every year, you can endlessly rejoice lush greenery bush and charming scatterings of flowers.

And for those who like to know everything, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the video tutorial about brovallia.

The Browallia genus of the Solanaceae family includes only 6 species of herbaceous perennials native to South America.

These are erect or creeping herbs with thin, abundantly branching, bare or slightly pubescent stems. The height of an adult plant depends on the species and can either not exceed 10 cm or reach 1 meter. The leaves are short-petiolate, entire-edged, broadly lanceolate or lanceolate-heart-shaped, with an elongated pointed tip, 2 - 9 cm long and 1.5 - 4 cm wide. The leaf surface has pronounced venation, uneven, as if gathered along the veins.

Flowers are on short, about 2.5 cm, pedicels, solitary or collected in small axillary racemes. The corolla is zygomorphic, five-petalled, with half-fused petals forming a wide-open funnel. The length of the tube is 4 - 20 mm, and the diameter of the cup of open petals is 10 - 50 mm. The color of the flowers depends on the type and variety, but is mainly monochromatic, sometimes with a contrasting color on the inside of the tube (pharynx). The fruits are oblong capsules 6 mm long, containing from 10 to 45 seeds.

Types of Brovalia

Most common at home Brovalia is beautiful (Browallia speciosa). This is a herbaceous shrub, natural environment habitats growing up to 70 cm, and in culture not exceeding 40 cm. Stems are simple, short, glabrous. The leaves along the veins are slightly pubescent. Their length varies from 2 to 6 cm. Surface sheet plate rough, obovate with a pointed tip. The petals are broadly oval and the leaves are pointed. The color of the flower of the species form is violet-blue, the inside of the throat is white, and the anthers are bright yellow. Flowering is long lasting and favorable conditions can last all year round.

Among the varieties of this species, the most popular are those belonging to the Bells line:

- "White Bells" – the flowers are pure white;
- "Blue Bells" – blue flowers;
- "Jingle Bells" – blue flowers different shade.

Also popular is the variety " Blue Troll"with blue flowers.

No less attractive appearance, although not yet very widespread, - Brovalia pubescent (Browallia demissa). This is also a rather tall plant, up to 70 cm. The stems are simple, slightly tomentose. The leaves are slightly hairy, broadly lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. The petals are obversely heart-shaped, with a notch at the end. Their color can be blue, lilac, violet or white. The diameter of the corolla is from 10 to 15 mm.

Interesting view Brovalia sticky (Browallia viscosa), so named because of its sticky stems. One of the varieties of this plant is especially attractive – ‘Sapphir’. Its height is only 20 - 25 cm, the sapphire blue flowers are small, but very numerous. The flowering time lasts about 4 months and occurs in November - February.

Caring for browalia at home

In cultivation, brovalia is grown as an annual and, usually, after flowering, the old specimen is replaced with a new one, purchased in a store and just entering the flowering time, or independently obtained by cuttings or sowing seeds. But despite this short life, Brovalia, no less than other plants, needs good care.

Lighting. The plant requires bright light with some direct sunlight in the morning or evening. Windows facing east and west are best suited for placing it in a room. On a northern window, due to the lack of light, flowering will be quite sparse, and on a southern window, this flower will need to be shaded during the midday hours.

Brovalia, which blooms in the autumn-winter period, requires additional lighting and the formation of a 12-hour artificial day. Otherwise, flowering will stop or will be very scarce.

Temperature. Brovalia is quite thermophilic, but does not tolerate heat. In summer, it is optimal to keep it at 20 – 25 °C, in winter, in the absence of additional lighting, – 15 – 17 °C. At higher values, the shoots of the plant will become very elongated, and the bush will lose its attractive compact shape.

Watering. During the flowering period, the plant is watered abundantly; the earthen ball should always be slightly moist. But when low temperature air, it is necessary to ensure that water does not stagnate in the pot; you should wait until the top layer of soil dries a little.

For irrigation use well-settled water room temperature does not contain chlorine.

Air humidity. In hot weather, it is recommended to regularly spray the bush with soft water. If there are flowers, it is advisable to spray along the bottom of the leaf.

Trimming. To form a lush compact bush, you should constantly pinch the tops of young shoots.

The soil. Brovalia prefers loose, water- and breathable soils. Ready-made universal soils for garden or decorative indoor plants, offered in a large assortment by various flower shops, are quite suitable for it, but you can successfully grow it in ordinary garden or vegetable soil.

Before planting, a good drainage layer is created at the bottom of the pot, preventing stagnation of water and, as a consequence, waterlogging of the soil and rotting of the roots.

Fertilizer. During the growing season and flowering period, fertilizing is carried out once every two weeks with a weak solution (1/3 of the standard concentration) of fertilizers for flowering indoor plants.

Transfer. The plant does not need replanting, as it is renewed every year.

Reproduction. Brovalia is easily propagated by seeds and cuttings. It is best to take mature apical shoots without buds for cuttings. Rooting is carried out in a mini-greenhouse, in a loose, moist substrate. But you can wait for the roots to appear by placing brovalia branches in a glass of water.

Seeds can be sown at any time of the year. Sow on the surface of the soil, under glass. Seed germination occurs within 1 - 2 weeks, and after 10 weeks the young plants are ready to flower.

Pests and diseases. Brovalia is damaged by spider mites, aphids and whiteflies. At the first sign of pests, the plant should be sprayed on the underside of the leaf with Actellik, Fufanon or others chemicals similar action.

The most common diseases are chlorosis and powdery mildew.

Brovalia tender and beautiful plant, which is related to potatoes. The plant is easy to care for and completely unpretentious at home. Therefore, I will tell you in detail about the brovalia flower, care at home and the nuances of its maintenance. This is a low floor shrubby plants, reaching a height of 40-50 cm and belonging to the nightshade family.

This family consists of herbs, shrubs and even small trees. The first representatives of the nightshade family arrived in Europe with exotic plants. The Brovalia plant comes from the tropical regions of America. Under natural conditions, the plant grows up to 1 meter tall and is a subshrub. The genus Brovalia has only six species.

The flower in the photo is a small bush with a crown of dense dark green foliage. The leaves of the flower reach 6 cm. The shoots are branching, drooping, and have slight pubescence.

Flowers are bisexual, irregular, odorless. They are formed in the axils of the leaves. There are species in which the flowers are collected in racemes. Five fused petals form a funnel-shaped corolla and calyx. The number of petals is equal to the number of stamens. The flower is self-pollinating, since the anthers are attached to thin threads and directed inside the flower.

The flowers are large blue, purple, in the form of narrow tubes with a light throat, open at the ends. The flowers fade quite quickly, but there are so many flowers that the plant is covered blooming flowers constantly. The fruit of a brovalia is a capsule with a lid and flaps. When ripe, dark small seeds leave the fruit through the open valves. Seed germination is 100%, but over the years it decreases to 70%.

Attention! Brovalia is a plant with a long flowering period. Many beautifully flowering indoor plants have a flowering period of 0.5-2 months, and for brovalia up to 18 months (including the winter period).

Brovalia became popular as a decorative annual plant at the end of the 19th century. Today the Brovalia flower is a plant for indoors, balconies and gardens.

Brovallia is classified as a short-lived annual and the flower is often thrown away after flowering, although it is possible, using some techniques, to keep a blooming brovallia in the house for more than one year.

B.grandiflora and B.viscosa are cultivated in the garden as annuals. Seedlings of these species are transferred from the garden to the house in February. B. beautiful (Browallia speciosa) is grown indoors. Synonyms: b. nice, b. excellent, b.magnificent.

Interesting! The plant got its name thanks to the Finnish botanist and bishop Johan Brovallius, who was a friend of Carl Linnaeus.

Brovalia care at home

The plant requires minimal care and fully justifies the money spent on purchase, temporarily creating a temporary floral picture in the house.

Location

The flower requires a bright, warm place and a lot of light, although it does not tolerate direct sunlight. The ideal location is a western and eastern window sill, where there is plenty of daylight in the morning and evening. Brovalia also grows well in a southern or southwestern orientation, but it is recommended to provide the plant with 2-3 hours of sunlight daily. In hot afternoons, brovallia needs to be shaded.

Attention! The Brovalia flower does not tolerate drafts.

If the flower is located in the shade, then the plant will not bloom. The condition for flowering is twelve-hour daylight. If not observed this condition flowering will be short. You can extend daylight hours using fluorescent lamps. If there is little lighting in the room in winter, then the temperature should be lowered to 16ºC and the plant should be allowed to rest.

Temperature

How to water brovalia

During the growing season, brovallia is watered abundantly, as active growth flowering is always accompanied by rapid drying of the soil. During flowering, watering should ensure complete hydration of the earthen clod. We can say that watering should be abundant in spring and in summer. In winter, watering is reduced and the flower is watered sparingly. If the plant is dried out for any reason, it will be impossible to restore it.

Air humidity

The plant is undemanding to high humidity and yet it will not be superfluous to occasionally spray the leaves, and regular spraying with soft water is a measure to prevent the buds from falling off. In particularly hot times, it is advisable to place a container of water next to the plant.

When spraying a plant, moisture should not get on the flowers, as water will cause brown spots to form on them.

Top dressing

When flowering, periodic feeding is required mineral fertilizers for flowering indoor plants. The interval of procedures is 12-17 days or 2 weeks. “Rainbow” fertilizer is ideal for feeding the flower.

Attention! To make the plant more bushy, you should regularly pinch the tops of the shoots.

The soil

• river sand (1 hour);
• humus (1 hour);
• peat (1 hour);
• soddy clay soil (2 hours).

Transfer

As mentioned above, a seasonal plant does not require replanting, but if the plant is grown as a perennial, then when the flower ages, it requires transshipment. Senescence usually occurs in the second year of a flower's life. It is accompanied by thinning foliage and poor flowering. To renew the plant, they use material obtained by propagation.

Attention! The Brovalia plant is toxic and is closely related to henbane and mandrake. Safety precautions should be observed and children and animals should be protected from contact with the flower.

Brovalia propagation

Brovalia is propagated by cuttings and seeds. Cuttings (apical shoots) are cut from mature stems that do not have buds. The sampling is carried out in the summer or late spring. For rooting, use a mini-greenhouse using moist and loose soil. Plant cuttings also produce roots when placed in a container of water.

Seeds are sown in winter, summer, and spring. The sowing time depends on the desired flowering period of the flower. The seeds are sown in a small bowl. Seeds are rarely sprinkled onto the surface of loose, moist peat soil or a mixture of peat and sand, without covering them with substrate on top. Water with a spray bottle every day.

The bowl is covered with a plastic bag and placed in a bright place with t=+22…27ºС. Every day the polyethylene is removed for 1.5-2 hours. Seedlings sprout in ten to twelve days. When the sprouts reach a height of 3-4 centimeters, they are transplanted into separate pots. Seed ripening time is three to four months.

Know! In order for the plant to delight you with flowering in winter, you need to sow the seeds in the last ten days of September or early October. The plant begins to bloom 75-85 days after emergence.

To place brovalia on a balcony (gazebo) for seedlings, seeds should be sown at the end of February. The plant grows well on eastern and southeastern loggias and balconies.

When growing brovalia in the garden, the seeds are sown in open ground in May. Then the crops are covered with film to protect them from frost. For rapid germination and increasing the percentage of germination, it is recommended to soak the seeds before sowing for 2-3 days in warm water. Experienced gardeners for more early flowering The seeds are pre-sown in a closed greenhouse. Seedlings are planted in the ground when warm weather sets in. On permanent place the flower blooms all summer until the first frost.

Pests and diseases

Whiteflies and aphids form colonies around buds and at the ends of young shoots. These pests reproduce quite quickly. At the initial stage of the appearance of insects, it is necessary to wash the flower with a soapy solution. Severe infection will entail the use of chemical protection drugs: fufanon, actelik.

Drooping and yellowing leaves of the plant are evidence of the appearance of red spider mite, which thrives in dry air and warm conditions.

Attention! When a red spider mite appears, you should isolate the flower and treat the bottom of the leaf blades with Actellik. If the measures taken do not lead to a positive result, the plant should be destroyed.

Powdery mildew. The disease is caused by a pathogenic fungus that loves warm and humid conditions. room conditions. The disease is also provoked by excess fertilizer. The disease can be detected by a dusty or powdery coating appearing on stems, leaves, and flowers. If symptoms occur, the disease is removed.

Possible problems when caring for browalia

1. Defeat mealybug or spider mites - extremely dry and warm air in room.
2. Powdery mildew appears when the substrate is waterlogged.
3. The occurrence of chlorosis, in which the leaves of the plant turn yellow, is caused by a lack of iron in the soil.
4. The appearance of whitefly, aphid, and scale insect larvae on the plant can occur when the flower is left in the open air.
5. The leaves are wilting - the room is too warm.
6. The plant is frail, has pale leaves– lack of lighting.
7. Yellow spots on the leaves are sunburn.

Attention! Brovalia is necessary sanitary pruning, that is, timely removal of dry stems and wilted flowers. For greater bushiness, pinching the tops of the shoots is recommended.

Types of Brovalia

The most popular ones are:

B.beautiful is a small shrub, in nature it reaches a height of 70 cm, at home - 40. The stems are bare and short. The leaves are located along the veins and have a slight edge. The length of the leaf plate is up to six centimeters, the apex is pointed.

B. pubescent or B. americana is a tall plant (70 cm). Stems are tomentose, simple. Leaves (5 cm) with weak hairiness, broadly lanceolate shape. The corolla is up to 15 mm in diameter. The color of the flowers is violet, lilac, blue.

B. sticky - the name of the plant is due to the stickiness of the stems. Leaves with corrugated veins. The flowers are solitary, small. The color is bright blue or white, with a light spot in the center. Flowering time indoors is November-February, outdoors July-October.

B. Blue Bell - a bush in the shape of a ball (35 cm). The plant is cold-resistant and begins to bloom in the third month after sowing the seeds. Star-shaped flowers, 3 cm in diameter, blue in color, located on a racemose inflorescence.

Sapphire is a compact bush (up to 25 cm in height) with large (4 cm) blue flowers. All in bloom life cycle plants.

B. Marine Bell - a bush 35 cm high with highly developed branching of shoots. The flowers are solitary or collected in racemes, dark blue in color. Flowering occurs 3 months after sowing. Flowering time indoors is in January-February, outdoors in June-July. The plant is frost-resistant.

• White bells – snow-white flowers;
• Jingle bells – color all shades of blue.

Use of the plant

Due to its decorative properties, the plant is used for:

1. Flowerbeds continuous flowering and a flower bed-mix.
2. Curbs, paths, alpine slides.
3. Winter gardens, terraces, balconies, loggias.
4. Compositions for landscape landscape style.
5. Growing at home.
6. Ampel compositions for camouflage of outbuildings.

Know! To extend the flowering period, fertilizing with phosphates is necessary, which is applied during watering.