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Sweet boronia Boronia megastigma

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Water Sweet boroniaTenere asciutto
If we decide to grow a specimen of the Sweet boronia in a container, we should remember that it will have slightly different needs compared to a specimen grown in the ground: we should pay more attention to its water and nutritional needs and check more often for possible development of parassites. Let's water abundantly, moistening the soil deeply with 1-2 buckets of water , but let's act only when the substratum is dry, leaving it dry even for 2-3 weeks before watering it.

Cultivation Sweet boronia
The development of the The Sweet boronia is erect; in genereral in the lower part they have a pretty bare stem, while p many ramifications develop towards the top. Sweet boronia Is an evergreen; during spring iIt assumes a greenred colouring; the adult specimens are small in size and reach 80 cm high. These plants are shrubs.

Light Sweet boroniaSole pieno
The Sweet boronia should be preferably located in a place where it can have at least a few hours a day of direct solar light. When the minimum temperatures are very low we can protec the more sensible brushes by covering their roots with dry leaves or straw.These plants are grown in apartment or in a temperated green house; they can be brought outdoors when the minimum temperatures are above 15° C.

Water Sweet boroniaTenere asciutto
Let's water abundantly, moistening the soil deeply with 1-2 buckets of water , but let's act only when the substratum is dry, leaving it dry even for 2-3 weeks before watering it. If we decide to grow a specimen of the Sweet boronia in a container, we should remember that it will have slightly different needs compared to a specimen grown in the ground: we should pay more attention to its water and nutritional needs and check more often for possible development of parassites.

Pests Sweet boronia
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.

Mold Sweet boronia
The Sweet boronia favours specific soils for acidophilic plants, with a good drainage.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
6
0
0
1
0
1
continental
5
0
0
2
0
1
mediterranean
4
0
0
3
0
1

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Plant Sweet boronia

We suggest cultivating the The Sweet boronia in a specific soil for acidophilic plants. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

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

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