Annual Tunberg: growing from seeds

Thunbergia, in Latin - Thunbergia alata,is an annual climbing plant, reaching a height of more than two meters, with bright yellow-orange inflorescences up to 5 cm in diameter, which have a very gentle memorable odor.

It usually blooms between August and September.Flower tunbergia most like a plate with a black center. The leaves of this plant are up to 8 cm long, jagged along the edges, of a tender grassy-green color. At the moment gardeners have produced many flower forms that differ only in the color of the petals, but they all have a dark core:

• Alba, Bakeri - white;
• Aurantiaca - yellow;
• Orange - orange.

Methods of breeding a popular flower tunbergia -growing from seeds, budding, dividing the bush. To germinate the plant, it must be planted very early in seedlings. This should happen already at the end of February (the flower has a very long period of growth). In summer, the plant is placed in fresh air to ensure sufficient ventilation. Tungberia winged is extremely fond of water, which is why it should be thoroughly and regularly watered. Thunbergia, growing from the seeds of which will be an entertaining test for beginners, is very sensitive to parasites at an early stage of their life. It is necessary to carefully guard seedlings from enemies, for example, a red spider mite, which can destroy a plant in a few hours.

Providing optimal conditions for tunbergsyou can collect your own seeds for the next year. This plant - bee-dusted, gives round, fairly large fruits that crack when ripe and release the volatile seed itself. Seeds are collected in a separate paper bag and stored in a dry, dark place before sowing time. Sometimes seedlings can give a mutation in the form of flowers with a different color: instead of yellow - white.

This plant can both grow up the support, soand it is nice to descend downwards in its absence, which makes it an excellent option for cultivation in ampel compositions. We need a beautiful Tunberia - the cultivation must be carried out according to all the rules and necessarily in a suitable pot or capacious pot. With abundant watering, it can blossom on a balcony or an open loggia. With prolonged absence of watering and high temperature, the flower begins to rapidly lose leaves and becomes extremely vulnerable to insect attacks.

What fertilizers are needed, how often do they need them?Tunberg? Cultivation from the seeds of this plant does not involve complex care. When applying a large amount of fertilizers to the soil, the flower will throw a large number of very beautiful leaves, but it will give quite a few buds and flowers. When planting this beauty indoors or on the balcony, it is possible to get a small amount of viable seeds.

During the fall of autumn, a pot of TunberiaIt is necessary to place in a closed cool place, cutting off its shoots as low as possible. The plant, which was preserved with the help of such technology, will blossom very quickly in the new year. Thunbergia, growing from seeds which usually takes several months, develops much faster with cuttings. For this procedure, suitable as strong winter shoots, and fresh summer. Cuttings successfully develop the root system, being in the water for several weeks.