A small petrel is a small bush with flowers formed from a multitude of small petals, from where it got its name. Despite the simplicity, this plant is very popular with many gardeners. It is unpretentious in the care and at the same time very decorative. More often there are perennial petioles, but sometimes they are two- and one-year-old crops.
Types of small petrel
This genus has more than two hundred species, which are distributed throughout the globe. Here are just a few:
- Small alpine alpine - a plant, up to 30 cm tall, with straight, rough stems. It has single inflorescences, 3-3.5 cm in diameter. Flowers are lilac-pink or purple. Blossoms for 45 days.
- Small-petalled naked - has a height of 40 cm. The leaves are elongated and oblong, flowers - purple. Blossoms, since June.
- Carvinsky's finely petrified petrel - for a long time grew in Central America as a weed, after - went into fashion among florists. It has thin strongly branched stems, blossoms throughout the summer. Inflorescences are like tiny daisies. During the season, change color.
- A fine petrel is beautiful - a plant with a short horizontal rhizome. Stems erect and branched, rough, reach a height of 70 cm. Flowers large - up to 5 cm in diameter, inflorescences large, corymbose. Blossoms from June to August lilac flowers with a yellow center.
Small petals - planting and care
It is necessary to plant a small petrel in fertile soils, although it grows in poor, even slightly alkaline. The main thing is that the earth is light and well drained. The site must be sunny, a small penumbra is acceptable.
Seeds can be sown under winter or spring in pre-prepared ryadochki, which then need to cover the ground. After planting, pour the seeds with warm water.
Another way of breeding a small petrel is to divide a bush. You can spend your time in the spring or late summer in greenhouses.
With regard to care - this plant is unpretentious, does not tolerate overmoistening, so that the watering of the small-petrel should be moderate. Wilted flowers should be cut, parallel to pruning forming beautiful bushes. They are able to decorate flowerbeds and mixborders .