Beautiful flower - chamomile, simple and pure, symbolizing modesty and fidelity. Flower growers often breed this plant in their flower beds. But there are many other flowers that have an external resemblance to chamomile. They have a different color, height, bloom at different times. Let's talk about them in more detail.
The first flower that looks like a chamomile is a gazania. She is of South African descent. This "asterisk" will become a real decoration of the flower beds. Gatzania is short, has dark green leaves, the shape of which varies from long and narrow to pinnate. The inflorescence is one basket with a diameter of about 8 cm. The colors of this plant are very diverse, both monophonic - white, red, orange, yellow, pink, and combined striped. Gatzania also looks impressive because of the dark bases of the petals.
The flower propagates both by seeds and cuttings. For seedlings, seeds are planted in March in a greenhouse, in April - in open ground. Gazania is planted in a flower bed in May with a distance between plants of about 15 cm. Flowering begins in 2.5 - 3 months. "African" loves the sun, which is typical for herhomeland. If you take good care of the flower, then one plant can produce up to 30 inflorescences. Watering should be moderate, it is also necessary to loosen and weed the soil, remove dried flowers. Gatsania blooms from June until frost.
Surely everyone has heard about calendula, another flower that looks like chamomile. More precisely, about its medicinal properties. The people also call it "marigolds" for the characteristic shape of fairly hard petals. Used in folk medicine for many diseases, all its beneficial properties simply cannot be contained in one story. Dried flowers in a vase will disinfect the air in the house.
Calendula - one might say, a garden orderly. With its flowering, it makes the garden unattractive to nematodes. But aphids love it, so it can be used as bait for harmful insects. The strong smell of flowers repels pests from cultivated plants.
This daisy-like flower is also a barometer! If the basket does not open completely, then it will rain soon.
A very beautiful flower, similar to a large chamomile, is a gerbera. Most often they can be seen in flower shops, in beautiful bouquets. Donated gerberas stand in a vase for a very long time, up to two weeks. A perennial gerbera can be in the southern regions, in regions with cold winters it is more of an annual. This chamomile-like flower is rather capricious in its care. Likes partial shade, moderate watering, requires regular feeding. Gerbera blooms all summer, the diameter of the flower reaches 15 cm, and the heightplants are 20-30 cm. The shades of flowers are most often in red-orange, but there are white and even green specimens.
Chrysanthemum is a flower that looks like a camomile. The photo shows a variety that is called “chamomile”. This flower can be grown both outdoors and indoors. Chrysanthemum blooms from late August to November. A cut bouquet pleases the eye for a very long time - two or even three weeks.
