Among hardy, delightful plants, globularia stands out with its beautiful appearance, which has incredible decorative inflorescences. Thanks to the amazing bulbs of inflorescences, this plant is also called a sharnovitsa. Her fluffy heads go well with a green rosette that resembles a dandelion. Originally a plant from the Alps, it is mainly used to decorate alpine hills. However, globularia is also beautifully decorated with flower beds and flower pots. If you choose the right place, the charmer will quickly grow, create a delightful lush carpet of tiny lilac, white, blue flowers.
Globularia is a herbaceous perennial with different heights ranging from 5 to 30 cm. It has more than 20 different species. The farmer has shallow roots. Long leaves with a rounded end are formed from the basal rosette. This plant begins to bloom in May.
Types of globularia
The most beautiful species are: point, heart, hair-flowering, creeping.
- Schnauzer dot - a plant with powerful basal leaves of the rosette type, more than 20 cm high. The flowers are flattened balls of white and purple color on powerful thick pedicels.
- Heart globularia - a small plant, up to 10 cm long, creating bright thickets-pillows. Her flowers are blue, and in hybrids - lilac and white, have a hemispherical head.
- Globular flower - the highest species with creeping intensely rooted shoots and strong many-headed rhizome. Her three-toothed leaves are formed into a rosette, over which in June a strong peduncle rises with lush dark lilac flowers with a diameter of 1.5 cm or more. This species is listed in the Red Book of Russia.
- The canteener - an exquisite shrub no more than 6 cm tall. It blooms all May with lavender-blue flowers. This view is perfect for an alpine slide.
Growing globularia
Globularia is an undemanding plant that prefers calcareous and fairly loose soils. She feels much better in a sunny place. Due to creeping shoots and fairly quick rooting, globularia grows rapidly. All species of this plant are frost-resistant and extremely drought-resistant, they do not like waterlogging.
Globularia is very easy to care for. It does not need to be fed or shaded during the season in hot weather. It is enough to apply organic fertilizers to the soil once in the spring. In winter, globularia does not need protection, only a point-worm woman needs a little shelter. After flowering, flower stalks should be cut in order to prolong their flowering. The hair-flowering browner should be replanted every 4 years, since the center of the bush dies in it, other species - once every 10 years.
The broiler is easy to breed. Its seeds germinate almost completely, already in the second year after planting, the plants will bloom. Rhizomes of globularia easily divide, and cuttings take root very well and give roots without any treatment. Seedlings produced vegetatively begin to bloom much earlier.
A browner is a great addition to decorative ideas. It fits nicely in mini rock gardens, rockeries. From globularia, you can make a low border, planting as a groundcover. Also, the charming woman looks spectacular on flower beds for a great mix. For this plant, just pick partners. The blue breeder goes well with roses. She also looks very good along with stonecrops, young trees, cereals, geraniums, chamomiles, yarrows and with all the soil protectors.
