Growing from lobularia seeds

The genus Lobularia includes five species, but only one species of Lobularia marine (another name is Alyssum) and its garden forms are grown in gardens: Bethnama and prostrate Lobularia. These plants look like low-growing shrubs with small pink, white or blue flowers collected in racemes. The plant exudes pleasant fragrant aromat. Lobularia blooms for a long time, from May to October. Often used to create alpine slides and ridges. Growing from lobularia seeds has its own characteristics. Its seeds are very small and require light to germinate. Therefore, they are sown without being embedded in the soil.

At the end of April or beginning of May, the seeds are sown in open ground to a permanent place. You can mix them with sand to disperse them evenly. The seedlings will then need to be thinned out, leaving an interval between plants of 15 or 20 centimeters, otherwise the plants will become very elongated and will bloom poorly. You can also grow from lobularia seeds for seedlings. In this case, in March they are laid out using a toothpick on the surface of moistened soil in a seedling box. The substrate must be loose. The box is covered with glass or cellophane film and placed in a bright, warm place.

The soil in the seedling box is moistened with spraying, the resulting mini-greenhouse is regularly ventilated. Shoots can appear only on the 10th day. When the seedlings have a pair of true leaves, they are planted in separate containers and watered moderately.Seedlings can be planted in a permanent location at the end of May, when the threat of night frosts has disappeared. Lobularia blooms 40-50 days after sowing.