Terry perennial "daisies" - Nivyaniki

Terry camomile (Nivyanik is the largest of the Aster family) - a plant that will give your garden a spectacular look.Like a bride in a snow-white outfit, daisy blends beautifully on one flowerbed literally with all the flowers. But most effectively it looks on the background of undersized flowers. It will look elegant no matter if you choose a single or group landing.

Terry perennial daisy belongs to one of the types of small chrysanthemums. It is a decorative perennial, which begins its long flowering from the end of June until the first decade of autumn. She has white Kipennaya impressive size flowers, the stem in length reaches from 50 to 100 cm. These flowers are not only a decoration of any flower garden, but also look gorgeous in bouquets, since they retain their original, fresh look for a very long time. It blooms from early June until the end of August.

The inflorescence has a diameter of 10 to 12 cm. It is very thermophilic and prefers spacious sunny places for growing. Very sensitive to the lack of light, begins to wither, the flowers become smaller, the bushes are not so fluffy, and the quality of the flower also changes.

There is a large variety of terry chamomile (Nivyanik) varieties, which differ in flower shape, inflorescence diameter. The most common are the following: "Aphrodite", French chamomile "Edelweiss", Crazy Daisy, Polish, "Aglaya", "Alaska" and others. Consider some of them in more detail.

• Camomile terry "Aphrodite". Its flowers are bright, contrasting, perfectly fit into the landscape of any flower garden. This is a perennial flower, which has many narrow, curly, snow-white leaves. The stem grows to a height of 80 cm. Aphrodite begins flowering in July and continues to delight the host’s eye until September. Ideal in combination with other flowers in the garden, the diameter of the flower reaches 10 cm. He loves sunbathing, carries the winter under a small insulation.

• Terry Chamomile (Nivyanik) Crazy Daisy. This plant has terry snow-white flowers. The stem grows up to 70 cm, the petals are quite strongly dissected. It grows well on friable soils, where there is a lot of light, and it needs a spacious flower bed. This delightful plant with large buds needs moderate watering, a little more often in drought. He loves top dressing, especially suitable mineral and organic fertilizers. In spring, the seeds of Crazy Daisy should be planted in a greenhouse, and already in July - in open ground. After the first color goes away, the twigs should be cut, then new flowers will appear in their place.

• French chamomile "Edelweiss". This plant is quite winter-hardy, prefers moist soil. Planted it immediately in open ground in the period from May to June. In the place of direct growth, the seedlings are transplanted in August, while keeping the distance between the plants: it should be 25-30 cm. The Edelweiss inflorescence is 10-12 cm. The flowers are very similar to chrysanthemum, fluffy, terry. The unusual nature of this variety is that it continues to bloom until the onset of frost.

Nivyanik very beautiful!

Before planting the seeds of a plant, it is necessary to prepare the soil. The landing place should be sunny, spacious, if the flowers do not have enough sun, then over time they will lose their quality, fade faster.

Before planting, you should dig up the selected area, fertilize it with humus, and then dig it again. Next, the wells are made, the grooves should be small, located 30 cm from each other.

There are two ways of breeding terry chamomile (Nivyanik): seedless and seedling. The seedless way is that the seeds are planted already in fertilized soil, when the air temperature becomes high enough, approximately the end of May - the beginning of June.The seeds are only slightly covered with earth to make it easier for them to ascend, since they are small.

When you notice that the plants sprout, wait until they give 4-5 leaflets, and only after that they should be seated at a distance of 30-40 cm from each other, two or three per well. This will allow the plants to grow into large bushes and give beautiful fluffy flowers. The seedling method of growing terry chamomile is that the seeds are planted in pots of soil somewhere in early March. The seeds are planted in a well-moistened soil not too often, covering them with a small layer of earth for a better shoot. During planting the seeds should not be watered with water, ideally it is better to just spray them with a spray bottle.

After planting, the pots should be covered with foil and put in a dark, warm place until the shoots emerge. As soon as they appeared, the film should be immediately removed and the pots of plants should be placed on the window, on the sunny side.

Chamomile can be propagated by dividing the bush. This is usually done in the spring, not more often than once every four years. To do this, separate part of the rhizome and immediately planted in the prepared soil. If you do this division more often, it will give your flowers the most chic look, because the bushes grow better, and the flowers will be enlarged.

More about some of the features of the landing described in this video.

Chamomile requires careful maintenance: timely watering, fertilizing the soil, pest control. While plants do not harden in the ground, they should be watered frequently, after which they require watering only in dry weather. You should also often loosen the soil and weed, because weeds not only spoil the appearance of the flowerbeds, but also can become carriers of diseases and pests. In addition, the advanced root system of weeds can harm the rhizome of chamomile.

Plants require frequent fertilizer, feed can be humus, peat, compost. The first dressing is carried out before planting, the second - in the middle of spring with ammonium nitrate, during the ovary buds can be fertilized with urea. In the soil with an acid reaction is best to make slaked lime in the autumn.

Chamomile need help to winter. When flowering finally stops, the bushes are cut off at the root, the roots themselves are well covered, because they do not tolerate cold very well.

Landscape designers refer Nivyanik to a garden decorative flower. It looks gorgeous both singly and in group compositions, for example against the background of ornamental shrubs.

The plant is the ideal partner for flowers such as bells, cornflowers, delphiniums, calendula, lupins and many others, therefore it is used in difficult flowerbeds, mixborders. It looks beautiful when more low-growing plants are located around Nivyanik - it effectively stands out against their background.

Terry daisy looks great in bouquets, long maintaining its original, fresh look.