It's time to get acquainted with the Zembla Mix chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum Zembla Mix belongs to perennial plants that thrive both indoors and outdoors. In the open field, it is most often grown as an annual. This variety is especially popular among indoor potted flowers.
Characteristics of the variety and its subspecies
Chrysanthemum Zembla Mix begins to bloom in early autumn. Garden chrysanthemums have large inflorescences up to 25 cm in diameter. They are most often solitary, but there are also three buds on one high (90 cm) shoot. Potted crops will be slightly smaller - up to a maximum of 12 cm in diameter.
Since the chrysanthemum has a strong stem, after cutting the flowers can stand in a bouquet for up to three weeks.
The most famous varieties of the Zembla Mix chrysanthemum are:
- Chrysanthemum Zembla Lilak. Refers to large-flowered chrysanthemums. It has rather large pink inflorescences with wide petals. The bush winters well in a flower bed and grows up to 90 cm in height.
- Chrysanthemum Zembla White. The flower of this variety is large and dazzling white, sometimes has a greenish center.
- Chrysanthemum Zembla Yellow. It is an early variety that blooms with large (up to 15 cm in diameter) yellow ball-shaped inflorescences already in September.
- Chrysanthemum Zembla Lime. A bushy plant, has an unusual color: white-light green petals along the edges are painted in a lemon-greenish color.
- Chrysanthemum Zembla Vip. It is a hybrid variety characterized by a compact bush and many large double buds. The color of the flowers has its own peculiarity: purple-violet veins are "painted" on the pale pink petals.
- Chrysanthemum Zembla Purple. It has large flowers of the corresponding color with a long flowering period.
- Chrysanthemum Zembla Pink. Possesses gorgeous large pink flowers, has the ability to maintain freshness for a long time after cutting.
Chrysanthemum Zembla Mix care at home
When growing this variety at home, the chrysanthemum pot should be placed in a well-ventilated place. The ideal temperature for growing will be 15 degrees Celsius, while you need to protect the chrysanthemum from direct sunlight, under which it will quickly dry out. The flower will feel best in partial shade.
Into the sod land for planting chrysanthemums add humus and sand. The acidity of the soil should not be high, otherwise the plant will simply die.
Chrysanthemum it is necessary to provide abundant watering with settled water (twice a week) and regular spraying, while avoiding stagnation of moisture. Young bushes are fed with complex fertilizers once a week. To accelerate growth (if necessary) cut the top of the stem. To form a large bud, the first inflorescence that appears is removed.
After the end of flowering, it is recommended to cut the chrysanthemum completely and put the pot in a cool room until spring. In the spring, the plant with the emerging young twigs is transplanted into new soil.
Such transplants should be done annually until the flower reaches 5 years of age, then they are carried out once every two years.
Chrysanthemum Zembla Mix is propagated in the same way as other varieties of chrysanthemums - by cuttings, seeds or by dividing a bush.