How to grow terry levkoy

Most flower lovers would like to see unusual forms of plants familiar to all on their sites. For example, Terry Levkoy has a clear advantage over ordinary Levkoy due to the fact that its flowers look more decorative, fluffy, and larger.

In general, levkoi are annual or perennial plants belonging to the Cruciferous family. Levkoe flowers are very beautiful, bright, and exude a wonderful aroma.

And when these flowers are also terry, the desire to have this plant in their garden does not leave many summer residents.

However, getting terry levkoy is not as easy as it might seem.

The fact is that only ordinary plants with simple flowers give seeds, but the terry variety of Levkoy is absolutely sterile, seeds on such plants are not formed.

How, you ask, is it even possible to grow a terry variety of Levkoy?

It turns out that it is possible to track how the levka grows at the stage of the formation of cotyledonous leaves on the shoots.

It is necessary to collect seeds from ordinary levkoy, the flowers of which have only 4 petals. Then the seeds are sown, and when they start to germinate, then the most interesting happens.

If the sprouts have light green leaves, grow large, then this is the desired terry form of Levkoy. And in the case of the formation of bright green leaves on the sprouts, small seedlings in growth - you have sprouted ordinary unpretentious levkoi.

In order for the flowering to be lush, it is necessary to plant terry levkoy in a sunny place in the garden. It is also necessary to ensure that the soil around the plants does not dry out, but there is no stagnation of water.