Gnafalium plant and its cultivation

Despite the fact that the gnafalium plant is not on everyone's lips, experienced growers know how to grow it on their site. The fluffy gnafalium is best known, as it belongs to the perennial representatives of the flora.

It can be visually recognized by the leaves of a whitish-gray color with a silvery sheen, which are also covered with white tomentose pubescence. Thanks to such "external data", gnafalium becomes a part of compositions in landscape design. After all, its color scheme goes well with dark green plants with shiny glossy leaves.

In order for gnafalium polycephalum to retain decorative properties for a long time, it must be periodically trimmed, giving the desired shape. By the way, it is grown not only as a ground cover plant, the shoots of which spread and take root on the ground. It can be planted in a hanging planter, from where the shoots of gnafalium will fall elegantly, forming beautiful silvery waves.

How to care for a plant? In fact, everything is extremely simple. Provide diffused lighting and room temperature. In winter, gnafalium needs cool air. In the summer, he is taken out to the veranda or balcony.

As for watering, it should not be too abundant. Make sure that the top earth ball is constantly moist. Use mineral fertilizers in the spring and summer. Gnafalium grows best in a soil mixture of turf, leafy and humus soil with the addition of a small amount of sand.