Large-flowered godetia - a spectacular beauty with a docile character

An annual flowering plant with a beautiful and proud name, godetia large-flowered is a bushes from 50 cm high and more with well-branched pubescent stems.

The flowers of this plant can be either simple or terry. Various colors and large size of godetia flowers (8 cm in diameter) make this flower very decorative and beloved by many growers.

You can grow large-flowered godetia both indoors and outdoors. As a pot culture, its dwarf varieties are mainly grown, placed in containers for decorating balconies, loggias, windows.

And in the role of a border, framing flower beds or garden paths, godetia large-flowered is no less charming, attracts attention and becomes a decoration of the garden.

The undoubted advantages include the completely non-capricious nature of this plant, it is unpretentious. It does not make demands on soil resources, it grows well in ordinary garden soil.

One has only to take care of the location of the godetia bushes: warm and well-accessible areas of the garden are suitable for it.

Tall varieties of large-flowered godetia need support, and dwarf varieties need periodic thinning.

Godetia is a very moisture-loving plant; it must be watered regularly and abundantly throughout the summer. Its flowering begins in June and continues without interruption until September.

The plant tolerates light frosts well: it can survive a temperature of -3 degrees without loss. Therefore, seedlings of godetia can be planted in early spring, without fear of the death of plants from late frosts.