Asters are the best varieties for cutting

Many growers are afraid to grow asters seedlings due to the frequent disease of plants with fusarium wilting. Of course, this disease is quite common, but experienced specialists know how to prevent the death of flowers and are happy to share their knowledge with novice growers.

Preventive measures to prevent fusarium

It is extremely difficult to identify fusarium at an early stage of seedling development. Most often, obvious signs of the disease appear already at the aster budding stage: a beautiful healthy bush suddenly becomes covered with brown spots and quickly fades, turning into a dried broom.

In order for asters to avoid such a fate, it is necessary:

• plant plants in a new place annually, avoiding long-term cultivation of asters in one area;
• in the event of a manifestation of the disease, abandon the cultivation of asters for the next few years in order to reduce the amount of dangerous fungi in the soil;
• avoid feeding asters with fresh organic fertilizers.

The most effective measure for the prevention of fusarium disease is the cultivation of aster varieties that are resistant to this disease.

What are the best asters to grow for cutting?

There is a wide variety of aster species that are intended for cutting and are also highly resistant to fusarium. When choosing a specific variety, you can be guided by both the color scheme and the general appearance and structure of the plant.

Some of the most commonly grown and popular varieties for cutting are the following types of asters:

1. Flamir... It has rather dense petals and a tough stem. It grows quickly, it can reach a height of 70 cm. It blooms in the middle of summer, the inflorescences are large, full, resemble a peony. The color, depending on the variety, can be either one-color or two-color (for example, white-blue or white-pink).
2. Matsumoto... A series of Chinese asters growing in a bush, abundantly strewn with small but packed inflorescences. The color can be very different, however, all varieties of this species are characterized by a yellow center in the flowers, which makes them look like chamomile, especially in the white variety.
3. A princess... A series of asters with a dense flower consisting of two types of petals. Along the edge of the inflorescences, ligulate petals are located, slightly curved downward, and behind them are needle-like ones, decreasing in size towards the center of the flower. In unopened buds, the needles-tubes are yellow, but as they bloom, they acquire a basic color, depending on the specific variety.
4. The Dragon... Large double inflorescences are distinguished by long, curved in the center, petals, which makes asters a bit like a chrysanthemum.

And one more tip: when growing asters for cutting, it is better to select varieties with a juicy and rich color, a strong peduncle and sufficiently high (at least 80 cm).

The subtleties of growing asters for cutting into bouquets - video

It is not easy to choose the best varieties of asters for your summer cottage flower garden.Annual (Chinese) asters attract gardeners with a fabulous variety, and I want to plant the best varieties in the store. Modern varieties of the most beautiful asters were created by the best breeding schools and received worldwide recognition. Therefore, we consistently from year to year and grow the best representatives, selected from various varieties of asters.

A rich assortment is set by the following parameters:

1. Timing flowering (early, medium or medium late; long and fleeting).
2. Branching and number of inflorescences.
3. Height: ranges from 15 cm to 1 meter. In their own way decorative and border "kids", and cut "giants", and "middle group".
4. The degree of doubleness of the corolla... Of course, thick double creations are in fashion, but semi-double "daisies" are also cute.
5. Diameter: from 3 to 20 cm.
6. The shape of the petals and inflorescences: needle, peony, pompom, etc.
7. Coloration - the main "trump card" of the annual aster: a variety of bright or pastel colors, two-tone and complex overflows.

Asters do not require sowing too early. They are successfully cultivated through seedlings raised in outdoor greenhouses and unheated greenhouses. Winter crops are also practiced. Plants are unpretentious, and the only serious problem is their susceptibility to fusarium wilt (more about diseases and pests). There are modern varieties that are relatively resistant to this pathogen. Preventive measures can help you avoid trouble and help your true beauty emerge.

The best varieties of annual asters, with a description and photo

The best curb varieties of asters

Undersized

Flower bushes are not suitable for cutting, but they are indispensable in the design of a country garden.

Teise stars

The name plays up the original meaning of the Greek word ASTRA - "star". The novelty is a miracle of selection, unique in its short stature: the height of the whole plant does not exceed 15 cm. Miniature "balls" are densely covered with needle "stars" from the second month of summer until the end of the season (more than 100 days). The foliage is practically invisible. The diameter of each "star" is 6 cm, the shades are both rich and delicate. The beauty is resistant to bad weather, suitable for sowing before winter. Suitable for potting.

Erfurt dwarf

This kid is from Germany. The pyramidal, compact stem rises 20-30 cm above the ground. Strong twigs bear unexpectedly large inflorescences about 10 cm in size. They resemble miniature peonies - double and semi-double, saturated colors, in a classic color scheme. Bloom 3 months after the beginning of the growing season.

Varieties of the best tall asters for country flower beds and bouquets

There is no stable classification of asters according to the shape of the petals. For example, inflorescences with both narrow and wide petals can be attributed to the chrysanthemum type. But for a florist, it is not the name that is more important, but the real beauty.

Asters with wide petals

Basically, peony flowers of the classic type are presented here.

Duchess

Translated from French, the word means "duchess". This is a special type of peony aster with thick petals, beautifully inclined towards the center. Medium to mid-late flowering period: August-September. One branched stem can replace a whole bouquet. It grows 70-80 cm. Corollas are spherical, even, 9-10 cm each, with a rich palette of colors.

Mom's bouquet

Classic aster in the form of a peony with abundant flowering at the end of summer and early fall. Reaches a height of 70 cm. An erect, branchy bush is able to give a dozen flower heads with a diameter of 8-10 cm. They are great when cut - they do not wither for a long time in bouquets. The mixture gives out a varied color spectrum: bright colors prevail, but there are also delicate ones - light, pastel. Plants show the best qualities with high agricultural technology.

Tower

Peony type, wonderful in bouquets.Each stem of an individual flower grows by 35 cm or more, the common stem - by 70 cm. At the same time, more than a dozen baskets 8-10 cm in size can be observed in the dissolution. The palette of colors is the richest, at least a dozen shades: from saturated to pastel. One of the brightest is fiery red, and the most delicate is salmon.

Royal peony

The largest variety of heads of all peony asters - 15 cm. The stems are strong, erect, up to 80 cm, columnar. Each plant produces a dozen extra-large corollas of the highest commercial quality. Strong petals don't suffer from rain. A powerful bush needs increased nutrition. Breeders offer 6 color options; the most saturated is the blue tone.

Alexandria

This mid-early variety is good for its versatility: strong trunks 0.7 m long are resistant to lodging in a flower bed, ideal in bouquets. Corollas resemble large chrysanthemums or peonies: hemispherical, 12-13 cm in size, very dense and even. Numerous strong inflorescences withstand the vagaries of bad weather well. Timely pruning activates new flowering waves. The variety exists in several tones: white, cream, pink, red, purple. The most original is chamoa: light salmon, pale pink with orange undertone.

Yabluneva

The most popular aster variety, resistant to fusarium wilt. Sprawling bush, slightly above half a meter, bears up to a dozen corollas 10 cm in size. In shape, they resemble peonies - hemispherical, densely double. The plant attracts attention with its unusual color scheme (reminiscent of apple blossom). The bases of the petals are milky white, the tips are pale pink with a lilac-pink undertone, which intensifies as the corolla opens.

Gray-haired lady

This is a special pion-shaped aster with whitish-silvery ("gray") tips of the petals. The main tone is dark pink or lilac blue. The stems are strong, the heads do not droop, in full dissolution they are double or semi-double. The average size is 9 cm, the maximum is 12 cm. The bush is pyramidal, compressed, produces about a dozen flowering stems from July-August to autumn frosts.

Heart of France

The newest pion-shaped form of imported selection. Corolla diameter - 8 cm. The color is rich, blood-red; does not fade from sunlight, does not suffer from rain. Succulent spot in the flowerbed, excellent cut. The erect plant reaches a height of 70 cm, branches abundantly. Flowering period - mid-late: August-September.

Antarctica

Peony aster of the rosy subtype, bush form. The flowers are not very large (6 cm), but they bloom in large numbers on a branched stem of half a meter growth. The width of the bush is half the height. The baskets are snow-white, very thick. This characteristic is applicable to the variety "Antarctica" from the companies "Gavrish" and "Artikul"; asters of the same name from the company "Sedek" - curb (height 25 cm, diameter 9 cm).

Asters with narrow petals

There are many varieties, and all of them are amazing, original, non-standard: for any, even the most demanding taste.

Needle

Unique

A popular variety of needle asters with a rich palette of colors and an exquisite scent. Flowering period is medium early to medium. Radiant "stars" reach a diameter of 13 cm. The central petals gracefully hide the center. Plants are tall (up to 0.7 meters), with numerous branches, require free placement. During the season, 5-10 standard bouquet stems can be cut from them. When sowing a mixture, there is no reliable guarantee of the appearance of a certain shade, therefore, separate packaging by color is popular among flower growers. Crystal-white "Snowflake" is always in demand.

Comilfo

Translated from French: "what you need", "decent".

The perfect holiday cut. Coloring - snow-white. The sizes are record-breaking (16-17 cm). The heads are dense, with numerous petals - thin and graceful.The petals look very delicate, but in the ground they do not deteriorate from bad weather, and do not fade for a long time in the cut. Numerous peduncles sit firmly on a high stem (0.7 meters). A less common variant of red coloring (packaging of the company "Euro-seeds").

Harz

An unusually spectacular series with huge inflorescences - up to 16-18 cm in diameter. Thin needles-petals are arranged very densely, diverge in long beams, slightly curl in the center. Bushes start branching early, grow up to 70 cm. Powerful stems firmly hold standard, even-sized heads (9-11 pieces per root). Each of the many colors has its own name. Variety "Dutchman" - tender, salmon.

New

Updated format of the classic needle-like type with abundant mid-early flowering. The bushes are not too tall - half a meter, but the trunks are very strong: they do not bend under the weight of weighty "stars" 10-12 cm in size. Each plant produces at least a dozen buds. The color range of the new variety is very wide.

Claw

Needle petals bizarrely bent "claws" - usually to the center, while slightly directed sideways in a spiral.

Gremlin

Bushes are upright, compressed; suitable for thickened planting (30 × 30 cm). Tall stems (75 cm) are capable of bearing 15-20 corollas with graceful petals rolled into narrow tubes. Petals are numerous, arranged very densely, evenly. The color scheme of the mixture is sustained in bright colors, but sometimes pastels also slip through. The inflorescences surprise with the fact that they are even and beautiful in their own way, but at the same time unusual, and therefore not boring at all.

For reference: Gremlin is a "terrible" fairy-tale animal, a product of modern mythology (Great Britain, America, XX century).

Pavlova

The "terrible" is adjacent to the beautiful. In honor of the legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, not only a meringue cake and white tulips were named, but also new wonderful asters. About a dozen buds are formed on a slender plant. The inflorescence in dissolution resembles a spinning ballerina. The corolla is openwork - terry, but not too dense. The size at full disclosure is 10-12 cm. Plants are tall (0.7 meters), average flowering period, 9-11 flowers on strong stems. There are various colors; among them, yellow has a moderate tonality close to lemon.

Chinchilla

Mid-early compact variety with a pyramidal bush: 0.7 meters high and 0.2 meters wide. Corollas bloom up to 12 cm in diameter, very dense and dense. Color - pink with salmon undertone. Chinchilla animals are indeed pinkish-beige in color, but the eponymous aster is still a little darker.

Krallen

Standard clawed aster of medium flowering period. It grows up to 75 cm, does not spread in breadth. The stems are not prone to breaking, strong and resilient. The flowers open up to 11-12 cm. The color scheme is designed in a variety of classic tones.

Needle-clawed

Javel

The modern cut series "Javel" (Jewel, Jewel) translates as "shine" and combines varieties of uniform shape with the names of jewelry stones (garnet, purpurite, ruby, heliodor, amethyst, rhodolite, etc.). Perhaps this is one of the most terry asters, with a huge number of narrow petals. They bloom in large balls 14 cm in diameter. At first, the petals stick out in even rays, then slightly bend with claws. The height of the bush is up to 0.7 meters. The bouquets are very durable.

Mineral heliodor is the most delicate golden-yellow variety of transparent beryl. Flower Javel Heliodor is a very light yellow, barely perceptible shade of butter. Coloring unique for the aster!

Spherical needle

This form is a relatively recent breeding novelty. Highly appreciated by professional cut flower growers.

Fairy

The variety combines early periods and long flowering, relatively hardy to fusarium wilt.The stem grows quickly to 65-70 cm, branches well, while maintaining the highest strength. During the season, more than a dozen buds are formed, which slowly bloom into large balls at least 12 cm in size. Needle petals are uniform in length and are extremely dense. The colors are very original - purple-crimson with a light sheen.

Cherry Eagle

This is the newest spherical needle type series, available in several varieties. Among them, aster "Cherry" ("cherry") stands out with a thick dark red color. A strong tall stem (0.7 meters) grows from 9 to 13 hemispherical flowers per season. Numerous petals are rolled into tubes and fit very tightly. Flowering begins in mid-summer and continues until frost.

Pompom asters

These astrochis are not too tall and not very large, but there are a lot of corollas on the bush - up to fifty of them change over the entire season; a whole bouquet flaunts at the same time. Flowering pleases the eye for at least two months.

Pampushka

A special selection from the "Gavrish" company is endowed with original "edible" names: milk, strawberry, blueberry, etc. (more than a dozen varieties in total, according to the association of taste with color). Bushy stems rise half a meter from the ground. Corollas (5 cm in diameter) have an original shape. Extreme, slightly wider and longer petals form a kind of "skirt". The central petals are short, densely set. The varieties "Strawberry with Cream" and "Blueberry with Cream" are the most original: two-color, contrasting ones.

Garden aster (Chinese) is an annual or biennial flowering plant, which is also called garden calistemma (Chinese) or Chinese callistephus (Latin Callistephus chinensis). The plant belongs to the class dicotyledonous, astrocyte order, aster family, genus Callistephus (Latin Callistephus). This genus is very close to the genus Astra (lat. Aster). Translated from Latin, the word "callistefus" means "beautiful wreath" - this is the name given to this flower by the French botanist Antoine Jussier in the middle of the 18th century, when he first saw the blossoming miracle on the flower bed of the Parisian botanical garden.

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The root system of Chinese callistephus is fibrous and rather widely branched, mainly located at a depth of 15-20 cm. Damaged roots are very easily restored.

The erect and hard stems of the garden aster are green, sometimes reddish in color, usually very bushy, depending on the variety, reach a height of 20 to 100 centimeters. The stem of the plant is covered with short hairs, and longitudinal grooves can be seen on the surface of the stem.

The leaves of the garden aster are alternate, dark green in color, in some varieties the leaf blade is slightly pubescent. The leaves located in the lower third of the stem are larger. The length of the oval-rhombic leaf blade is from 3 to 7 cm with a width of 3 to 5 cm, the top of the leaf is pointed. In the upper part of the stem of callistephus, the leaves are smaller, with large denticles along the edge, oblong. Both the upper and lower leaves along the midrib and near the edge of the winged petiole, which is 3-7 cm long, are ciliate. The number of leaf plates on the main stem varies from 6 pieces to 19 pieces and depends on the variety.

The inflorescence of an annual Chinese aster is a basket consisting of numerous tubular and reed petals of the most varied colors and varying degrees of terry. In some varieties, the inflorescence reaches 18-20 cm in diameter, but aster varieties with a basket size of 3 to 11 cm are more common. The middle of the flower is almost always bright yellow. The basket is located singly, decorating the main stem and the tops of the lateral shoots. The outer part of the basket is protected by a wrapper formed by many oblong leaves (the outer ones are green, the inner ones are colorless, resembling a film).

The reed flowers of the garden aster are female, with three teeth at the top, can have a wide variety of colors and shapes: in the form of a spatula, ribbon, boat, tube or curl. In non-double varieties of callistephus, ligulate flowers are located along the edge of the basket in one row, in semi-double and double varieties - in several rows. Moreover, in double asters, tubular flowers are completely "hidden" under the reed ones.

The tubular flowers of the annual callistephus are located in the middle of the basket, forming a disc of various diameters. Usually they are small, painted in a bright yellow color, although in some varieties of garden asters they are quite large (up to 1 centimeter long) and can have a color identical to the reed ones. Tubular flowers are bisexual, their petals are fused. Both the tubular and ligulate flowers of the garden aster have a tuft of fine hairs in their structure, which help the seeds of the plant to spread self-seeding with the help of gusts of wind.

The callistephus fruit is an achene, which, depending on the cultivar group, can have different sizes and shapes. Most often it is tapered.

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The homeland of Chinese callistephus, of course, is China, but today garden aster is grown not only in Asian countries, but also in regions with colder climates, which became possible due to the painstaking work of breeders and thanks to the numerous varietal varieties that appeared as a result of their work. Chinese aster has become a favorite decoration of flower beds and lawns of Russian flower growers, it is cultivated in the Baltics and the Far East, Mongolia and Korea, it is quite widespread in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, it feels good in Central America, but for some reason it is not very popular with local amateurs flower crops.

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Today, there are about 4000 varieties of garden asters in the world, forming more than 40 variety groups. In addition, thanks to breeders, the number of newly bred varieties increases significantly every year.

For the convenience of classification, asters are distinguished by a number of characteristic features:

* among the varieties in the classifications, both annual and perennial asters are presented

by plant height:

• dwarf asters, rarely growing more than 25 cm in height (varieties Gnome, Glow, Snow pearls, Tanechkin bouquet, Triumph, Milady, Ballad, Granddaughter Anyutka, Granddaughter Katyusha, Granddaughter Mashenka, Granddaughter Nastenka, Little Queen, World of dreams, World of luxury, Music box, Field of Miracles, Rhythm of Life, Pinocchio);
• undersized astersthat do not exceed 35-40 cm in height (varieties Vologda lace, Summer, Baby curb, Autumn Olympics, Dwarf, Glow, Star pearls, Snow pearls, Talovchanka, Ribbon, Silver miracle, Feuerkugel, Dwarf royal bright pink);
• medium-sized astersgrowing no more than 65 cm in height (varieties Snow White, Daria, Dragon, Eurasia, Bride, Spectacular, Isadora, Alice, Assol, Belaya Nika, Blue Hoarfrost, Marina, Night Star, Naina, Smile, Jubilee white, White ball, Raspberry ball, Lada, Morning haze, Pampushka, Rita);
• tall astersreaching 80 cm in height (varieties Russian Beauty, Youth, Blue Frost, Katyusha, Nadezhda, Nata, Oblachko, Boretta, Violetter, Juvel, Quartz Tower, Changeable Blue, Krallen, Rose Crystal, Lady Coral, Madeleine, Royal Peony);
• giant astersgrowing in height by more than 80 cm (varieties Symphony, Royal, Slice, Apricot King, Apollonia, White King, Pink King, Matador, King size).

by the shape of the bush:

• pyramidal bushes (varieties of asters Night Star, Smile, Galina, Nata, Cloud, Suliko, Comilfo, Tourmaline, Queen in red, Queen in blue, Lilliput, Ambria);
• columnar bushes (aster varieties Snow White, Birch, Daria, Eurasia, Isadora, Assol, Belaya Nika, Marina, Blue hoarfrost, Naina, Sasha, Tanechkin bouquet, Timiryazevka, White ball, Katyusha, Katenka, Raspberry ball, Morning haze, Khavskaya silvery);
• oval bushes (varieties of asters Apollo, Waldersee, Sadness, Edelweiss, Snowball, Heart of a Beauty, Martian, Maxi, Pink Scattering, Ruddy Sun, Hawk Bouquet);
• wide spreading bushes;
• wide dense bushes.

by flowering time:

• early asterswhich begin to bloom in July. From germination to flowering, 83-106 days pass (varieties Salome Brick-red, Midi, Californian blue, Star of woodland, Carmen, Kirkvel, Summer night, Raspberry ball, Odarka, Polina, Roksolana, Ruby stars, Sofia, Sasha);
• medium asterswhose flowering period begins in early August. From germination to the beginning of flowering, 107-120 days pass (varieties Burma, Crimson, Blue Spider, Cloud, Heart of France, Samantha, Russian beauty);
• late asters with the beginning of mass flowering at the end of August. From germination to flowering, 121-131 days pass. (Varieties Tsaritsa, Anastasia, Gray Lady, Niobe, Venus, Oktoberfest, Elephant, Weiser, Violetta, Mount Everest, Beachwood Rivel, Herbert Wunder, Ada Ballard).

by the nature of branching:

• weakly branched;
• strongly branched.

by the structure of the bush:

• compact;
• spreading.

by the size of inflorescences:

• small asters (inflorescence diameter less than 4 cm) (varieties Apollo, Waldersee, Zarevo, Oktoberfest, Dick Ballard, Beachwood Rivel, Ada Ballard, Mary Ballard);
• medium asters (inflorescence diameter 8 cm) (varieties White Nika, White ball, Galina, Raspberry ball, Khavskaya silvery, Vologda lace, Oksana,);
• large asters (inflorescence diameter 9-11 cm) (varieties Snow White, Daria, Zephyr, Bride, Russian Beauty, Spectacular, Youth, Blue Frost, Marina, Naina, Night Star, Katyusha, Lada, Suliko);
• giant asters (inflorescence diameter more than 12 cm) (varieties Isadora, Alice, Star of Woodland, Queen of the Market, Unicum, Smile, Bride, Sonnenshine, Comet, Flamingo, Californian gigantic, Californian blue, Tien Shan beauty, Harz carmezin, Aquamarine, Tatiana's day).

by the morphological structure of inflorescences:

• tubular varieties - plants with inflorescences composed of tubular flowers;
• transitional varieties with inflorescences consisting of tubular flowers that form the center, and ligulate flowers bordering it;
• reed varietiescharacterized by the complete absence of tubular flowers in the inflorescence or by the maximum development of reed flowers that visually cover the tubular center.

by destination:

• varieties for cutting (with a high stem, long peduncles and large inflorescences);
• decorative varieties (including a dwarf and undersized group with multiple small inflorescences. Used for the organization of flower beds, flower beds, rabatok, etc.);
• universal varieties (includes compact, medium-sized bushes with long peduncles and medium-sized inflorescences. They are suitable for both cutting and planting in flower beds).

by the shape of the inflorescences:

• flat asters (varieties Ada Ballard, Anmouth, Beachwood Ravel, Dick Ballard, Corallen Mittelblau, Medallion, Apollo, Waldersee, Sonnenkugel, Sonnenschein, Margarita, Salome Brick-ed);
• flat-round asters (varieties Aurora, Ambria, California blue, Riviera blue, Feuerkugel, Dwarf royal blue, Dwarf royal bright pink, Olympic gold, Excellent gasfort, Excellent rakley, Camilla, Victoria, Hohenpollern);
• hemispherical asters (varieties Bride, American Bush, Victoria Baum, Radiant Margarita, Early Miracle, Riviera, Triumph, Tubular, Schenheit, Duchess, Zarevo, Malyshka, Nadezhda, Oblachko, Galina, Vologda lace);
• spherical asters (varieties Martian, Fakel, Snow White, Daria, Zephyr, Russian Beauty, Youth, Oksana, Odarka, Eurasia, Blauer Turm, Opalfeuer, Roter Turm, Roter Berg, Duchesse Crimson, Duchess Carmia, Rosa Turm).

by the structure of inflorescences:

• simple asters (varieties Anemonoidnaya, Sonnenkugel, Sonnenshine, Margarita, Salome Brick-red, Pinocchio, Petito, Edelweiss, Salome, Andrella, Rainboy, Madeleine);
• semi-double asters (varieties Apollo, Anmut, Waldersee, Madeleine, Mignon, Cirrus, Rosette, Rose-Marie, Oktoberfest, Herbert Wunder, Violetta, White Waldersee, Matsumoto, Rosette);
• terry asters (varieties Golden bouquet, Mix of colors, Queen in blue, Queen in white, Royal ball, Heart of France, Elegy, Winter cherry, Olympic gold, Isolde, Bride, Victoria, Hohenpollern, Ruby stars, Tanechkin bouquet);
• thick double asters (varieties Comilfo, Assol, Koster, Milady, Yesenia, Night Star, Giant rays, Tatiana's day, Aquamarine, Tourmaline, Pearls, Queen of Market, Dolce Vita, Magic bouquet, Alla Borisovna, Galina Ulanova, Queen in pink, Queen in purple , Camilla, Elegy, Red Wine).

By color:

Despite the fact that there are a huge number of color options for garden asters, there is no classification for this parameter. Annual Chinese asters are white, red, pink, blue, purple, lilac, lilac, salmon, yellow, cream, carmine. There are also two-color asters (for example, varieties Rosa Turm, Rainbow, Contraster, Gray-haired lady). Only green and orange asters do not exist.

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When describing varieties in variety groups, a combination of all of the above parameters is usually used. The most common among amateur flower growers are the following varieties of one-year and two-year asters:

• Laplata - a variety type of asters, bred by Danish breeders. This is a medium-sized cultivar group with a columnar form of a weakly branched bush. Stems are weakly leafy. On the bush there can be up to 16 blossoming terry drooping crown-shaped inflorescences at the same time, consisting of tubular and ligulate wide ribbon flowers. Aster flowers can reach 9 cm. This variety group belongs to the early and mid-flowering types and pleases with its beauty for 1.5-2 months. These asters are grown for cutting. The best varieties of asters:
  • One-year aster "Oktyabrina" - a beautiful bush up to 45 cm high, with 9-11 inflorescences of dark carmine color, with one row of bordering reed flowers. The diameter of the inflorescences does not exceed 8 cm. The flower is not very susceptible to fusarium disease. These asters bloom in July.
  • Aster annual "Laylek roses" - a plant with lilac-pink inflorescences located on a bush, 45-55 cm high. It blooms very early - in early July.

• Needle cultivar, which is a medium-sized and tall, little or medium-branched aster bushes of a columnar or pyramidal shape. On the bush there are usually up to 12 hemispherical double inflorescences, the diameter of which reaches 10 cm. The ligulate flowers, fused into a kind of hollow needle, form up to 7 bordering rows along the edge of the inflorescence. The outer rows are located horizontally, and the middle and central ones are directed "with a point" upwards. The middle, consisting of yellow tubular flowers, becomes visible only after the inflorescence is fully opened. Aster bloom, which begins in July or August, lasts about 50 days. Unfortunately, these flowers are susceptible to fusarium disease, and therefore require more careful care. The needle garden aster is suitable for universal use. Among all the variety, the following varieties of needle asters are popular:
  • One-year aster "Lime" Is a medium to long flowering variety. The flowering period is about 50 days. The plant is 60 to 65 cm high, flowers are densely doubled, bright lilac in color, up to 12-14 cm in diameter.
  • Aster annual Gala - a strong, stable bush of a pyramidal shape, up to 70-80 cm in height, with densely double inflorescences, the diameter of which can reach 12 cm.Aster flowering time is from early August to October. The color of the buds can be completely varied - from red and pink to beige and purple.

• Dwarf royal - a short, wide, spreading, strongly branched bush of asters, up to 30 cm in diameter. Strong shoots with dense foliage. Baskets of inflorescences are flat-round, full, double, measuring up to 9 cm. The ligulate flowers are about 3 cm long and are somewhat bent outward, while superimposed on each other like tiles. Up to 30 inflorescences can bloom on the bush at the same time. Refers to mid-early varieties of garden asters with a flowering duration of up to 1.5 months. This Chinese aster is used as a decorative material for landscaping. The color of the buds can be white, pink, red, purple, carmine, blue. Beautiful varieties of asters:
  • Aster annual "Glow"- a closed spherical bush up to 25-35 cm high with double inflorescences 4-5 cm in diameter, dark crimson in color. Asters bloom at the end of July, bloom profusely and for a rather long time - about 60 days. The variety is relatively resistant to fusarium infestation.
  • Garden one-year aster "Feuerkugel" - a mid-early variety of asters with spherical bushes no more than 35 cm high and numerous inflorescences of rich red color, the diameter of which reaches 9 cm. The variety is not susceptible to fusarium.

• Pinkish the aster variety is medium-sized or tall bushes of a columnar or pyramidal shape, having up to 40 cm in girth. Shoots with a large amount of foliage can bear up to 19 double hemispherical inflorescences and a diameter of about 10 cm. The wide ligulate flowers are directed upward, giving the inflorescence a resemblance to a rose flower. The aster bloom period lasts about 2 months, starting in July. The plant is grown for cutting. The cultivar is weakly susceptible to fusarium infection. The best varieties of asters:
  • Astra one-year-old "Snow White" - the bush is columnar, high, reaches 70 cm in height. Flowers are double or densely double, white, up to 12 cm in diameter. The variety has a long flowering time of 2 months. Average flowering time. The aster variety is resistant to fusarium, is used for cutting and for planting in flower beds.
  • Aster one-year-old "Lady Coral" - a tall pyramidal bush with a large number of large pink double inflorescences. The buds have a diameter of 16-17 cm. The color of asters can be white, yellow, pink, red, cream, blue or purple. The variety has good resistance to fusarium. Grown for cutting.

• Pompom - is a medium-sized bushes with a pyramidal or columnar shape. The inflorescences of asters are lush, flat-round in shape, with a diameter of 4 to 8 cm. The bordering ligulate flowers are funnel-shaped or scaphoid in two or three rows. In this cultivar group, both types of flowers have a similar color, although there are varieties with a double or triple color. Asters bloom in July or early August and delight with their beauty for 2.5 months. They are used in decorative floriculture. The most beautiful asters:
  • One-year aster "White Ball" - dense bushes about 40-45 cm high with many white inflorescences with a yellowish center, the size of which does not exceed 8 cm. Aster requires careful care, as it is strongly affected by fusarium.
  • Astra one-year-old "Excellent Rakley" - a variety with a very effective appearance. A compact bush up to 0.5 m high with double flat-rounded inflorescences with a diameter of 4 to 8 cm. It has a two-color or three-color color: bordering rather long ligulate flowers of a deep blue color, the central part is white. Sometimes tubular flowers with a clear yellow tint are visible in the middle.

• A princess - medium-sized or tall, wide, highly branched bushes. Flower-bearing shoots are strongly leafy. Up to 27 drooping large hemispherical inflorescences can bloom on one plant.Wide ligulate aster flowers border the middle in four rows. Inflorescences bloom in late July or early August. Aster flowering lasts about 2 months. Garden asters belonging to this variety are grown for cutting. Popular varieties:
  • One-year aster "Cloud" - a semi-spreading bush about 70-75 cm high with densely double inflorescences up to 10 cm in diameter and hemispherical in shape. This variety is resistant to fusarium infection, tolerates bad weather conditions well. The variety is universal, therefore it is suitable for both flower beds and for cutting.
  • One-year aster "Suliko" - a columnar bush up to 60-70 cm high is decorated with densely double flat-round inflorescences up to 10 cm in diameter, painted in a blue-violet shade. The flowering period is medium late. Duration of flowering is 60-70 days. The variety is resistant to fusarium and unfavorable weather conditions. A versatile variety, suitable for both cutting and growing in flower beds.

• Ostrich feather, which is a medium-sized and tall spreading bushes. On one plant, up to 22 double flat-rounded inflorescences can bloom at the same time. Reed flowers, resembling wide ribbons, are twisted into peculiar curls. The flowers form a lush crest, which visually overlaps the middle. Asters bloom in early August and delight with their beauty for at least two months. The variety is used for cutting. The best varieties of asters:
  • One-year-old asterHel ruby ​​mouth " - a plant 50-65 cm high with a spreading bush and bright ruby ​​inflorescences up to 13 cm in diameter. Medium early in terms of flowering variety, practically not affected by Fusarium.
  • One-year aster "White Ostrich Feather" - a variety with wide spreading bushes, the height of which does not exceed 0.65 m, and terry giant hemispherical inflorescences of snow-white color. A characteristic feature of the variety is the long reed flowers curled like female curls.

• Chrysanthemum - the variety type of asters is represented by tall shrubs of the columnar type. The flowering shoots are well leafy, with large semi-double or double inflorescences of a flat or hemispherical type. Up to 14 blossoming buds can often be observed on one bush. Wavy ligulate flowers look like wide ribbons twisted in length. Asters begin to bloom in early August. The variety is used both for cutting and for decorative purposes. Known varieties of asters:
  • One-year aster "Apollonia" - a neat bush up to 65 cm high, decorated with large densely double inflorescences up to 10 cm in diameter. Flowering is profuse and long lasting from mid-July to late September. The colors can be very diverse: from white and pink to red, blue and lilac. The plant is used both for cutting and for flower beds.
  • Astra one-year-old "Nina" - a variety that forms compact bushes up to 50 cm high. About 37 simple chamomile-type inflorescences and bright red bloom on one plant. Weakly affected by fusarium.

• Peony the variety is represented by wide, slightly branched, medium-sized bushes of a columnar type. Flowering shoots bear large, lush inflorescences that resemble a ball or hemisphere. Tightly adhering ligulate flowers of the scaphoid type, bordering the tubular center, are directed upwards. Up to 30 inflorescences can bloom on one bush at the same time and delight with their beauty for at least 2 months. The cultivar group belongs to mid-flowering garden asters. They are used as an ornamental garden planting material, but can also be grown for cutting. Popular varieties of garden asters:
  • Aster one-year "Gray Lady" - a compact bush no more than 0.65 m in height with large (9-10 cm) spherical inflorescences, painted in a pale purple color with a silvery sheen along the edges of the reed flowers. This variety of garden asters has good resistance to fusarium.

  • Astra one-year "Quartz Tower" - a variety with very large and lush inflorescences with a diameter of 8-10 cm. The bush is columnar. It attracts flower growers with its original silvery color with dark pink tips of reed flowers. The height of the bushes does not exceed 65 cm. Suitable for both flower beds and cutting.

back to contents ↑ Asters: planting in the open ground and care. Aster seeds.

Garden aster propagates only by sowing seeds in open ground or by seedling. Regardless of the method of planting, aster seeds must be of good quality, so it is better to purchase them in specialized stores.

Seed preparation for planting.

In order for the seedlings to be strong and healthy, the planting material must be prepared in advance. There are several methods that give good results:

• Germination - a simple and effective method of activating the vitality of seeds. To do this, the aster seeds are wrapped in a soft cloth and abundantly moistened with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate. To prevent the planting material from drying out, the bundle must be moistened with a spray bottle. A week later, the seeds, along with gauze, are placed in a plastic bag and taken to a room with a temperature of about + 22 ° C. After two to three days, you can plant aster seeds in the ground.
• Soak - a more accelerated method that allows you to plant seeds in seed containers after 10 hours. To do this, they are simply soaked in a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate or succinic acid. This measure will make the seeds more resistant to possible diseases.

Depending on the climatic conditions, it is necessary to grow aster seedlings from the last days of March to the second week of April. This makes it possible to admire the beautiful flowering inflorescences at the end of July.

back to contents ↑ Substratum.

As a substrate, it is advisable to use purchased soil with a high content of peat, after mixing a little coarse calcined sand with it. However, you can prepare the landing ground for asters yourself. To do this, mix ordinary soil taken in the garden, peat or humus with sand in a ratio of 3/1 / 0.5. After that, wood ash is added to the formed substrate and thoroughly mixed again. To disinfect the resulting soil and exclude the infection of aster seedlings with fungal diseases, it must be ignited in the oven for 1-2 hours or spilled with a hot solution of potassium permanganate of high concentration (dark cherry color).

back to contents ↑ Planting aster seeds for seedlings.

A planting box with a depth of about 7 cm or special cassettes are filled with a prepared substrate, which is abundantly moistened. After that, using a match or a toothpick, holes or grooves are made on its surface with a depth of no more than 0.5 cm, into which sprouted or soaked aster seeds are carefully placed. From above, the surface is sprinkled with a thin layer of fine peat or calcined sand.

To accelerate germination of seedlings and prevent rapid drying of the substrate, the containers are covered with plastic wrap or glass and taken to a room with a temperature of about 20-22 ° C. Periodically, the surface of the soil needs to be irrigated with a spray gun to maintain the necessary humidity inside the mini greenhouse.

In a maximum of 9 days, shoots will appear, after which the covering material is removed, and the containers with seedlings are transferred to a cooler room with a temperature of + 15-17 ° C. As the substrate dries up, watering is carried out, avoiding waterlogging.

After the appearance of three real leaves on the seedlings of asters, the seedlings are dived. For this, you can use both special containers and small disposable cups. It is advisable to add a little universal fertilizer to the soil for dived seedlings and prepare the holes. The substrate in the container with the seedlings is preliminarily moistened in order to facilitate its removal and prevent damage to the roots.

A dived aster seedling is placed in the hole so that the lower leaves are at a height of at least one centimeter from the surface of the substrate. The transplanted aster is watered, trying not to get on the leaves of the plant. The planted plants are placed in a bright and warm room with a temperature of no more than 20 ° C. If the room is lit by direct sunlight, arrange light shading so as not to cause sunburn on the leaves of the young plant.

back to contents ↑ Planting asters in open ground.

There is no specific day when you need to plant asters in open ground. This usually occurs in the second decade of May, although this period may vary somewhat depending on weather and climatic conditions. The main thing is that night frosts on the soil should not be lower than -4оС. Another indicator of the readiness of aster seedlings is the presence of 5-6 leaves and a height of about 7 cm.

Aster seedlings are planted in open ground in the second half of the day, when the daytime activity of the sun is waning. It should be remembered that in order for the asters to feel comfortable and delight with their flowering for a long time, the soil on the site should be light, fertile, with an admixture of sandy loam or loam.

The preparation of the site for planting asters begins in the fall. To do this, together with digging the soil, humus and peat are introduced into it, and in the spring, superphosphate and potash fertilizers. The use of natural fertilizers in the form of fresh manure should be avoided, as it is possible to infect the soil with fungal diseases. It is advisable to treat the soil with fungicides as a preventive measure a week before planting young plants. In strongly acidic soils with a pH level below 6, carbon dioxide is added.

The holes prepared for aster seedlings are abundantly moistened and the plant is placed in them. The roots, sprinkled with earth, are tightly squeezed and covered with peat or dry humus. The planting depth of standard aster seedlings should be slightly deeper than in the container in which it was located. If the height of the seedlings exceeds 10 cm, it is deepened by 4-7 cm. Young asters are planted in open ground, adhering to the following rule: the distance between low-growing plants should be 20-25 cm, medium-sized plants - 25-30 cm, and between tall plants about 30- 40 cm.

back to contents ↑ Planting asters with seeds in the fall.

Sowing aster seeds in open ground can be carried out both in late autumn and early spring, immediately after the snow melts. For the autumn planting of the garden aster, you need to prepare a place in October, before the onset of cold weather. For this, the soil for garden asters is deeply dug up and the rhizomes of perennial weeds are removed from it. The earth is plowed, leveled with a rake and lightly tamped. After that, several parallel grooves are made on it with a depth of no more than 2 cm with a distance of 25-30 cm and the plot is covered with an agricultural canvas. In November, with the onset of light frosts, the covering material is removed and seeds are sprinkled into the prepared grooves, which are covered with dry fine earth or peat. The planting site is tamped and covered with a layer of fallen leaves or hay. The seeds of the garden aster, which have undergone natural stratification, give shoots that are often more viable than the shoots that emerged after the spring planting. In April, foliage or hay is removed, and the site is again covered with agrofibre, which protects emerging seedlings from possible frosts and provides them with the best microclimate. In early June, the covering material is removed, giving young plants complete freedom.

back to contents ↑ Planting asters with seeds in spring.

To minimize the influence of unpredictable weather, the spring planting of asters with seeds is carried out in two periods. The first is done in the last days of April, and the second in the first week of May. This doubles the chances of seeing flowering plants in your area.

On well-dug and slightly rammed earth, grooves are made up to a centimeter deep, which are watered abundantly before planting and allowed to be absorbed by water. After that, the soaked aster seeds are laid in them with an interval of at least 1.5 cm. The furrows are covered with dry humus or peat, and the improvised beds themselves are covered with plastic wrap, keeping the optimum temperature and humidity under it. After friendly shoots appear, the film is removed. Aster sprouts removed during planting thinning can be used as additional planting material.

back to contents ↑ Caring for asters (callistephus).

The sprouts that have appeared or the planted seedlings of the garden aster need basic care, which includes:

• Watering aster, carried out as the soil dries, but not more than 20 l / m2.
• Loosening the soil around the bush after the water is completely absorbed. This allows oxygen to reach the roots.
• Top dressing asters, carried out in 3 stages:
  • The first stage is carried out after the appearance of 4-5 pairs of leaves. To enhance the vegetation properties, ammonium nitrate is used at the rate of one matchbox per m2.
  • The second feeding is done during the budding period of callistephus with superphosphate, saltpeter and potassium salt, mixed in equal amounts. The fertilization dosage is the same.
  • At the third stage, which occurs during the active flowering of the garden aster, phosphorus-potassium mixtures are used, the consumption of which is calculated at the rate of 30g / m2.

At any stage, instead of the above mixtures, you can use complex fertilizers for flowering plants purchased in special stores.

• An equally important step in the care of garden aster is pinching, expressed in the regulation of the growth of lateral shoots. On average, one aster should have no more than 3-5 stepsons in order to get large inflorescences; in medium-sized and tall plants, only one main stem is left. Pickling is carried out when the length of the lateral shoots reaches 3 cm. However, for most low-growing varieties, this operation is absolutely contraindicated, since it greatly reduces their decorative effect.

back to content ↑ Diseases and pests of the garden aster.

Unfortunately, Chinese callistephus is susceptible to some diseases that growers have to fight:

• Fusarium... Waterlogging has a negative effect on garden aster. As a result of the fact that the root system ceases to receive air in the proper amount, the process of photosynthesis and the general growth of the plant stop. The swollen stem bursts and mycelium of fungi develops in the cracks that appear, leading to the development of fusarium. Usually this disease manifests itself during the formation of buds. The diseased plant is removed and burned. There are no effective drugs that can fight fusarium, however, soaking the seeds before sowing in a solution of potassium permanganate or succinic acid significantly reduces the risk of infection. You should also not thicken the planting of flowers, as this interferes with the natural ventilation of the plants and can cause stagnation of moisture at the root collar.

• Septoria - a fungal disease that affects the leaves of callistephus, most often on the lower tiers. On the leaf blades, spots of light brown or brown color are formed, which then acquire a grayish tint. The leaves of the garden aster dry up, the plant loses its decorative effect and can die without timely help. At the first signs of septoria, the aster should be sprayed twice with one percent Bordeaux liquid or copper chloride (0.5%), observing an interval of a couple of weeks. It is not worth collecting seeds from diseased plants, since fungal spores remain on them.

• Gray rot affects garden aster in cold and excessively rainy summers.The disease is dangerous for all parts of the plant and has a detrimental effect on the leaves, stems and inflorescences of callistephus, causing their usual color to change to gray-brown. In addition, there is a rapid softening and decay of plant tissues with the formation of a gray fluffy coating on them. To combat gray rot on asters, they use Bordeaux liquid treatment, for prophylaxis use drugs such as "RidomilGold", "Fundazol" and "Tattu".

• Blackleg - a fungal disease of the garden aster, which causes decay of the root collar of the plant, most often affects seedlings and young seedlings. As a result, the main stem becomes thinner, the callistephus bush bends and breaks, which leads to the death of the aster. Good results in the fight against the black leg are obtained by disinfection of the soil with a weak solution of manganese and copper sulfate, timely and as early as possible picking of seedlings. Dead bushes are necessarily burned.

• Jaundice of asters - a disease caused by a virus, but leafhoppers and aphids are the spread of the disease. The leaves of the Chinese aster brighten along the veins, later yellowing or complete discoloration of the leaf blades occurs, the buds dry out, the aster bush slows down its growth. The main measures to combat aster jaundice are the elimination of disease vectors with drugs such as Aktelik or Inta-Vir, spraying plants with a solution of Pyrethrum, and burning heavily infected plants.

• Aphid helihrix - the pest affects the leaf plates of the aster, has a detrimental effect on the growth buds of young shoots and unblown inflorescences. Feeding on the juices of plant tissues, the aphid twists the leaves of Chinese callistephus, causes the buds to dry out and fall off, and significantly slows down the growth of the bush. As effective drugs for fighting aphids on asters, you can use agents such as karbofos or chlorophos. Spraying should be carried out as early as possible, before the appearance of the fifth or more true leaves.

• Spider mite - this pest usually settles on the underside of the leaf blade and begins to suck the juices out of it. The first sign of a spider mite affecting a garden annual aster is the appearance of tiny light dots on the leaves of the plant. Over time, they grow in size and merge into foci. Aster leaves acquire a marble color, curl, entwine with cobwebs and dry out. Due to a violation of photosynthesis, the plant begins to dry and crumble the buds. To destroy the tick on the aster, drugs "Actellik", "Vertimek" or "Aktofit" are usually used, which do not cause the death of bees and other beneficial insects.

back to contents ↑ Interesting Astra Facts:

• The colors of garden asters are very versatile. There are no asters with only orange, green and pure black colors.
• The bouquets of Callistephus chinese, standing in vases, with regular water changes, retain their freshness for two weeks.
• In Hungary, the garden aster is considered a symbol of autumn, it is not for nothing that its name is translated from Hungarian as “the rose of autumn”.
• Aster was revered in ancient times. During excavations near Simferopol, a royal tomb was opened, which was more than 2000 years old. Among the numerous ornaments carved on the walls of the tomb, there was an image of this flower.
• Garden aster was able to grow at one of the Antarctic scientific stations. Thanks to the efforts of scientists, six bushes with inflorescences of a pale pink color have blossomed in a heated extension under a transparent two-layer dome with an air gap.

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Bouquet

from freshly cut flowers is a bright touch in

interior

that radically changes the look of any room. He, like a magnet, attracts the eyes and fills the room

coziness

and freshness. And the bouquet is traditionally excellent.

present

for lovely ladies for any reason and even for no reason.

Some people dislike bouquets, growing cut flowers gives them negative feelings. I believe that cut is the second life of flowers. Cutting flower stalks is not only not harmful to the plant, but even useful. Therefore, I specially grow flowers for this very purpose. In the corner of my garden there is a corner reserved for this, and the future inhabitants of the bouquets also lurked between some vegetables.

How are these flowers different from their garden counterparts?

I will answer that they are no different, they are the same flowers, only ready to stand cut in the room a little longer than the others. So, for example, I love peonies, but the blossoming double flowers will stand no more than two days, and then - a sea of ​​crumbling petals and a sad faded look. Because of this, I rarely use them in bouquets, they grow in my place to decorate the site.

If you still really want to, you need to cut the peonies when they just decided to bloom, then there is a chance that they will stay longer.

When is the best time to cut your plants?

The best time for cutting is early morning, the flowers are saturated with moisture and strength for a new day. It is worth cutting flowers that are just starting to bloom or are still in the bud stage.

In some plants, you can see a whitish milky sap on the cut: let it drain, and then, as if sealing, immerse it in hot water.

It is not enough just to collect a bouquet of flowers, you need to pick them up in such a way that they have approximately the same wilting period if the composition contains different types of plants.

I am pleased to introduce you to flowers that can stay at home for some time. I do not use chemicals that increase the standing time of plants after cutting. Only water and fresh flowers from the garden.

After many unsuccessful trials for myself, I identified plants that are incredibly attractive in their simple beauty, but capable of pleasing the eye in a vase for a long time.

1. Asters

It is no coincidence that they top the first place in the rating of cut plants: asters stand in a vase for 7-14 days. They are easy to cultivate, they bloom closer to autumn. Even one terry aster flower can transform your home space. Half-open flowers are the best for cutting.

The stems are pruned by keeping the plant under water. In the publication of Astra: Planting and Care, you can learn more about the cultivation of this flower.

2. Gladioli

Gladioli have long topped the ranking of the first flowers by September 1. Even during my childhood, my mother collected beautiful bouquets of gladioli half our height for us.

Now I try every year to grow some new gladiolus with an unusual color, which has not yet pleased my eye. This year, too, my new pets have decorated my garden and home with their amazing flowers.

I bought my gladioli of a new orange-brown color in a chain store in a sale box, they did not have a picture, only onions. It turned out that they are undersized, unlike all my previous varieties, and this is such an unusual color.

You can read more about gladioli in the following articles:

• Secrets of planting gladioli
• Gladioli in the country
• How to grow gladioli

3. Zinnia

It can stand in a vase from 5 to 10 days, the shape of the flowers is different: from dahlia, double to cactus. The colors are also striking in the variety, the blue zinnias are especially good, but this year I was not able to grow them. The reason for this is an unprecedented drought.

Other interesting and useful publications of our site about zinnias:

• Zinnia is a graceful beauty. Planting and leaving
• Zinnias: a celebration of light

4. Celosia

Celosia, which is also popularly called "cock's comb", is a very bright plant, I do not like to use it in a single cut, so I dilute other flowers from bouquets with it. But as an independent bouquet, set off by various onions and herbs, it will also look good in a cut. Retains decorativeness in a dried form, without losing flowers and shape.

The best time to cut cellosi is the period when the plant will already have a quarter of the blossoming buds. It will stand in a vase for 10-14 days, the ends of the stems are dipped in boiling water to clog the flowing juice. I don’t do that, I’m quite happy with a week of standing in a vase.

You can find even more interesting and useful information about this flower in these publications of our website:

• Celosia - a flower with a haute couture outfit
• "And cocks' combs grew in the garden ..."

5. Snapdragon

Snapdragon, also known as large antirrinum, is a beautiful, proud plant with tall stems strewn with colorful flowers. I heard the opinion that it is necessary to cut the antirrinum when 5 flowers have already blossomed. I can neither confirm nor deny this. I can only say that you need to make sure that the lower flowers are not wilted.

In a vase, it can stand for about 2 weeks, dissolving gradually. I removed the lower flowers as they wilted, continuing to enjoy the new ones that had blossomed.

6 tulip

It is difficult to imagine a spring bouquet without tulips. They are gorgeous in any form: in combination with other flowers, and single bouquets. A bouquet of tulips can stand for about 7 days, and if you fix a closed bud with an elastic band, then even longer. It is worth cutting off the still unblown dense buds in the early morning, then there is a chance that they will be more persistent in the cut.

You can find out more about tulips in the articles How to store the bulbs of gladioli and tulips in winter, All about tulips, Tulips and the secrets of their planting.

7. Carnation Shabo

This carnation is truly the queen of the entire diverse carnation family. Lush, shaggy, she conquers at first sight. A Shabo clove can stand in a vase for 7-10 days.

However, in my garden, she turned out to be very capricious in growing, I never managed to get the desired result. I take Shabo from friends, but in order not to get upset, I supplement the bouquets with Turkish carnations, which not only grows like a weed in my house, but also stands in a vase for a long time.

You can learn more about carnation from the article Carnation - the flower of Zeus

8. Rose

The queen of the garden, loved by millions of gardeners. It is no less desirable in the cut. Bouquet

roses

- a sign of good manners and well-being.

But not every rose is suitable for cutting. So, for example, curly or bushy ones are worse. And there are special requirements for growing cut roses, for example, the planting must be compacted. With a ridge width of about 60 cm, roses are planted in several rows with a distance of 30 cm between rows.

It is advisable to cut the buds early in the morning and at the initial stage of blooming.

If you have to cut shrub roses, which, moreover, have already blossomed, I take into account that such a bouquet will stand no more than 3 days, while maintaining a beautiful appearance.

There are a lot of publications on our site dedicated to roses. Here are some of them:

• How to properly prune roses for the winter
• All about roses
• How to grow roses in your garden
• 6 mistakes when growing roses

9. Chrysanthemum

When my husband gives me huge white chrysanthemums, my heart skips a beat. The joy of the gift lasts for two weeks and even more.

Even 2-3 large bright flowers can become a wonderful bouquet, and if you add various bright herbs, small shrub roses to some shyness of the chrysanthemum, then this will already be a work of art.

Other publications of our site about chrysanthemums:

• Chrysanthemums: planting, growing, care
• Secrets of growing chrysanthemums
• How to keep chrysanthemums until spring?
• All about chrysanthemums

10. Lilies

These fragrant flowers can stand in a vase for quite a long time. Once, a bouquet of tubular lilies stood with me for more than two weeks. But due to the strong smell, not everyone liked it. You shouldn't put a bouquet of lilies in the bedroom.

You can learn more about lilies from other publications on our site:

• Lily - the virgin queen of the garden
• Is it too late to transplant lilies on September 1?
• All about lilies

11. Hyacinth

Hyacinth is incredibly popular in spring, winter, summer - anytime! If in winter we are content with this plant in a potted version for forcing, then in spring and summer we can plant it in the garden for cutting.

I like hyacinths in a bouquet without extraneous plants, but if you wish, you can complement them with other spring flowers. It costs about 7 days.

Other interesting and useful publications about hyacinths on our website:

• Forcing flowers or fresh flowers for the New Year holidays
• Hyacinths in the garden

12. Lily of the valley

This beautiful plant is included in the Red Book. In the forest, my hand did not rise to pick a bunch of cherished flowers, instead, I dug myself up a little and planted it on the site.

Now I just have a sea of ​​lilies of the valley, and for the arrival of spring in the house, I can easily make a small bunch of them. These flowers have been loved by Russians for many years, their bouquets delight and smell incredibly great. What prevents you from planting them on your site?

You can learn a lot of interesting things about growing lilies of the valley from our publications:

• The symbol of spring is lily of the valley!
• Spring bells - lilies of the valley: care, features and varieties

13. Calendula

In the classical sense, calendula is a small plant with a pungent aroma and orange cups. Today, the usual flowers, thanks to selection, have become unusually double, which makes these resistant plants also attractive for cutting.

So, for example, from the tall ones you can recall the calendula "Golden Emperor" with large double orange flowers, on the inside of a darker shade, about 60 cm high. In addition to its attractive appearance, it also serves as a "phytosanitary".

I had a wonderful medium-sized variety for cutting, "Pink Surprise" - height up to 60 cm, the diameter of double golden-cream inflorescences with a pink tint reaches 10 cm, which, you see, is quite a lot for marigolds. Small tubular petals of this variety are dark in color, which favorably sets off the pleasant color of the plant.

Of the undersized ones, I liked the Apricot Pigmi marigold variety, its height barely reached 25 cm, very double heads, the petals of which were painted in a pastel-apricot shade. The diameter of the inflorescence is only 5 cm, but in addition to aesthetic properties, the variety also has medicinal properties.

Other articles on our site about calendula that may interest you:

• The irreplaceable calendula
• Calendula - marigolds that do not need to be dyed and cut
• Calendula in the garden, vegetable garden and cosmetology: video

14. Allium

Not everyone knows that allium is a real bow, one of its types. It may seem ridiculous, but from my own experience I can say that a decorative bow with large “ball” heads looks good not only in a bouquet with other flowers, but also in an independent composition.

Such a "curiosity" is capable of delighting the inhabitants of the house with its flowers for about 7 days. Not so long ago I saw an allium in a flower shop with bright green inflorescences, at least 20 cm in diameter.

You can learn more about decorative bows from the publications of our website:

• "Onion happiness" - alliums
• Ornamental Onions: More Than Healthy Greens
• Allium - growing and care

15. Utsonia

I would like to complete the list of infrequent guests of our gardens, who have just begun to gain popularity. Itself recently learned about this beautiful plant, I hasten to share! Utsonia (Watsonia) is a perennial plant and quite tall, up to 2 m.

Besides the fact that it is very decorative in the garden, its flowers are arranged in beautiful dense bouquets. Its unusualness also lies in the fact that it is capable of blooming in autumn, winter, spring, but when summer comes, a period of rest begins for it. This is due to the southern origin of the flower, where it is summer all year round. Able to grow even in poor soils, this plant does not tolerate shading.

On the stem there are about 20 flowers on the main axis and about 10 on the lateral ones. The flowers are very large with a pleasant aroma, dense shades from dark pink to purple.Leaves are dense, long, with a white stripe. Crossed varieties are most often invited to the garden.

Plant utsonia with bulbs (they should be purchased between September and October), since after planting the seeds, the plant will bloom only after 3 years. Utsonia has only recently begun to be cultivated in the middle lane. Gardeners admit that it is easier to grow this beautiful plant in the conditions of the south of Russia or with constant care in a greenhouse.

So I have listed my favorite plants for bouquets. Do you grow cut flowers?