Lobelia
Does anyone have lobelia growing in their dacha? I just recently learned about this plant and simply fell in love with it. I want to plant it in my garden, but I don’t know at all the rules for caring for, planting this plant, and in general is it an annual or not?
I know that this flower is quite difficult to grow from seeds, since they are like dust. Last year I was given three lobelia bushes and they bloomed all summer. But this year, unfortunately, I couldn’t find any seedlings anywhere.
Nothing like this. It is quite easy to grow lobelia from seeds. We sowed at the end of April and even forgot the flowerpot on the windowsill in the evening. The flower spent the night and did not freeze. It’s still blooming, or rather it’s fading.
The main thing is to water in a timely manner and so that the weed does not appear, otherwise the plant has a thin root system and any intervention will slow down the growth and death of the flower.
Flowers from small seeds are difficult to grow because they can only be sown in crowds; they sprout in a dense brush. When watered, tiny sprouts bend to the ground and rot. I always have this problem - you can’t give water through a tray, since there are practically no roots in small seedlings.
I just love love. I saw it once and since then it has been a permanent inhabitant of my garden. But I couldn’t grow it from seeds. No matter how hard I tried, the shoots were still weak and frail.
Yes, what a beautiful lobelia. I also dream of seeing it in my garden, but I couldn’t grow it from seeds. The seedlings died every other day.I learned that it is still possible to grow. When the sprouts have sprouted, you don’t need to open the greenhouse lid completely, but move it a little every day, otherwise I would take it off right away. And also take seeds in bags of imported origin.
Plants are annual. You need to sow the seeds somewhere in March or April, then lobelia will begin to bloom in early summer. I plant the seeds in plastic containers from small tomatoes that are sold in supermarkets. Then you get this greenhouse effect, and even while growing seedlings you need to light them well. In May I already plant them outside in a flowerbed.
Now it is fashionable to make compositions from lobelia - as if these flowers are water flowing from a vessel. for example, from a large pot placed on its side. But it probably takes a lot of work to grow such a composition!
It grows in my dacha, I’ve been planting it for several years now. This year we bought this gazebo-awning for our dacha
And I decorated it with these flowers, it turned out very fresh and summery.
I sow lobelia every year, so that it grows well, you need to thin out the seedlings and create a greenhouse effect, then the sprouts will not interfere with each other and will grow more actively and gain strength. Lighting for climbing is also important. I have a special lamp.
I don’t have this plant, but my neighbor does, and I haven’t seen her experience any difficulties with this plant. We communicate with her often, so plant and try to grow.