Floss flower Ageratum houstonianum Blue Danube

Watering Floss flower
As the cold weather arrives, in autumn, we can interrupt watering, and let the plants perish. Let’s avoid watering the The Floss flower excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 1-2 weeks with 2-3 glasses of water .

Generalities Floss flower
The Floss flower has a panel-like development, therefore it tends to widen very much. This plant in the spring, summer, autumn, winter assumes a blue colouring; it is medium in size and can reach 15 cm high. It doesn't keep its leaves in the winter. These plants have a one or two year development.

Exposure Floss flower
Plant which need at least a few hours a day of solar light. These plants shouldn't be grown in the garden during the cold period; in autumn the plants usually perish, and should be eradicated from the ground.These plants can be brought outside only if there isn't any more danger of freezings. Usually they are moved to the garden, or terrace, during the months of April-May.

Watering Floss flower
Let’s avoid watering the The Floss flower excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 1-2 weeks with 2-3 glasses of water . As the cold weather arrives, in autumn, we can interrupt watering, and let the plants perish.

Treatments Floss flower
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Soil Floss flower
They prefer dissolved soils, with an optimal drainage.

Climate peat sand Soil Pumice Bark S. Organic alpine 3 0 3 0 2 1 continental 2 0 3 0 2 1 mediterranean 1 0 3 0 2 1

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Notes Floss flower
If desired, we can grow the The Floss flower in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

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This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area alpine mediterranean

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