Hi, my dear friends!
It's been so long since I made my last post in this community that I can't remember when it was. Participation in several projects immediately took me away from gardening. There is not even a tiny bit of coquetry in this statement of mine: in the last three months I have appeared in my garden barely a couple of times.
But the project is over. If someone says that it’s already October, it’s too late and I missed everything, then this will be an erroneous statement. Firstly, October and November are a time of active preparation of the garden for the coming winter. And secondly, this is the time to plan for next year. And of course fall sales! It is in the fall that you can replenish your collection of garden plants without spending half of your family’s annual budget on it.
The great news was that a certain number of bonuses had accumulated on my account in my favorite online plant store. Not too much, but enough to get free shipping. Of course, I couldn’t help but take advantage of this chance. So, I'm waiting for my parcel. What will it contain
Columnar apricot "Star" - grows as a low (up to 2 m) tree with a narrow crown and a smooth, strong trunk. This is a self-fertile variety that quickly starts fruiting. The ripening period is medium - the fruits are harvested in mid-summer. Golden-colored fruits, ruddy on the sunny side, large, weighing 55-65 g, some up to 95 g, excellent sweet taste. The bone is easily separated from the flesh. Fruits are used fresh, various home preparations are made from them. Apricot is heat-loving, therefore, when planting, you should choose the most protected from the wind, sunny places. Growing columnar forms of apricot allows you to save space on the site and at the same time get good yields of fruits!
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I have been planning to buy columnar apricots since spring. Then I bought three columnar trees, but I didn’t get an apricot. Now I've done it. I must say that I have been dreaming of a garden of columnar trees for a long time. Trees of normal size are quite difficult to treat for pests, because they are quite tall. In addition, a large number of animals and birds greatly limit my capabilities, for example, regarding spraying. It may be an illusion, but it seems to me that caring for a small garden of columnar trees will be easier for me.
Miss America
I also included a couple of low-growing lilies with my order. I plan to grow them in pots. But in general, these lilies are described as follows
Low Potted Lilies are beautiful lilies with a weak aroma and low growth. They multiply beautifully, have almost no smell. A wide variety of colors makes this representative of lilies a welcome guest in the garden or on the windowsill. Low-growing lilies can be planted both in pots and simply in the ground. The flower is the same size as in an ordinary lily, just as if there is no stem. Flowers begin to bloom from the very bottom of the stem of the lily. Plant low potted lilies along paths, in flower beds, in a rose garden, or simply in pots of 3-7 pieces. They are very beautiful in group plantings, and you can plant different colors of potted lilies next to each other.
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New Wave
And this flower has never been in my garden before. It is called colchicum. It seems to me that it looks like a crocus and I don’t really understand what the difference is yet. Maybe I'll see it later when both flowers bloom.
Colchicum or late bloomer is an amazing bulbous plant. In early spring, colchicum produces large, elongated-lanceolate leaves, which die off by early summer. And colchicum blooms already in autumn, when only single funnel-shaped flowers of different colors rise from the ground. Colchicum flowers (late flowering) reach 20 cm in height, if we consider the perianth fused into a narrow tube, most of which is in the ground. Perennials are easily propagated by daughter bulbs. Sometimes there are so many of them that the plants stop blooming. Therefore, colchicum bulbs must be dug up and planted regularly.
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The last flower in my order was tuberose. I must admit that I have already tried to grow this flower, but failed. Maybe this time I'll be lucky.
Tuberose "Pink Sapphire" (Queen of Aromas) is a rare bulb-bulb, a flowering plant of the amaryllis family. Homeland of origin Central America, Mexico. Tuberose 'Pink Sapphire' was created at the University of Taiwan by the Chinese breeder Huang Guang-Liang and is a real breakthrough in breeding. Polyanthes "Pink Sapphire" combines the rich, deep pink color of terry flowers and the beautiful aroma of tuberose.
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