Flower Plumeria - the magic scent in your home
The plumeria plant (plumeria) refers toshrubs. He can rarely be found in a room, rather in a greenhouse. So it was until the seeds of semi-dwarfish and dwarf plumeria appeared on sale, these houseplants quickly blossom and do not take up much space on the windowsill. Grow plumery for the sake of beautiful, large, fragrant flowers. On sale you can find plants of three botanical species: white, red and blunted.
What does the plumeria flower look like?
Flowering plumeries at home beginsDecember. When the blossom blossoms, the whole house will be filled with a strong exotic scent that can not be described in words - it combines gardenia, jasmine and something sharp and spicy. Perfumers this smell is called "frangipani", by the name of the Italian, who first introduced him into perfume. If you meet perfume, cream or shower gel "with the frangipani aroma", then you know that the plumeria smells so.
The photo shows that the plumeria flower consists offive partially overlapping petals, but there may be more. Color - white, red, pink, orange, yellow or a combination of these two colors. The flowers are large, up to five centimeters in diameter. They look good in round or cascading bridal bouquets by themselves or in combination with asparagus and gypsophila. It should be noted that the juice of the plant is poisonous, so the handle of the bouquet must necessarily be wrapped with tissue or paper.
How to grow a plumery
Grow it easily, but there are two difficultmoment. Firstly, she is adored by a spider mite, which is saved only by frequent spraying with insecticides. Some relief comes with the onset of heat, when the plant can be exposed to the air, where the mite leaves it alone. Secondly, the dimensions of the plant - after all, two meters of height for plumeria is not the limit. Therefore, it is better to look for seeds of dwarf varieties on sale, they take up little space, and blossom already in the second or third year.
Plumeria is photophilic and hygrophilous, so carefor it must be careful. The soil should not dry out in the summer, every two weeks it will be necessary to make additional fertilizing with any complex fertilizer and once a year, in spring, transplanted into a fresh, very friable, nutritious soil with a neutral pH. It is better not to stint on drainage, it can reach the middle of the pot. Also, the plumeria likes spraying.
Propagated by apical cuttings, also easygerminating from seeds. Plumeria from seeds quickly rises and grows well. Seeds sow in loose peat, shallowly sticking their vats up like in the photo. Shoots can be expected in a week.
