Creating comfort in the house is an integral part of a woman's task. Indoor flowers bring harmony to the home interior. Violet Your Majesty will not only decorate the home environment, but also bring harmony and tenderness to the family hearth.
Unmatched colors and petal shapes have been created. They grow from chic large specimens to mini-species, this is demonstrated by magnificent photos. Violet Your Majesty is that unique flower that blooms for a long time and pleases the eyes of others.
Even beginners can grow gorgeous live bouquets on their windowsill.
Violet botanical characteristics
The plant is perfect for the home. With its delicate inflorescences of iridescent hues, it can charm almost the whole year.
Violet is a perennial plant. The oval-shaped leaves with uneven edges are collected in a rosette. The color of the leaves varies from light to dark green. Inflorescences are small with a diameter of 2 to 4 cm, different shades.
There are a huge number of different selections and varieties of a beautiful popular plant. Violets are one of the most popular types.breeder Makuni. This Saintpaulia group is named after him.
Violets Your Majesty Makuni are distinguished by large terry inflorescences and have a large number of species.
Among the Makuni group, you should pay attention to certain varieties of violets:
- "Winter smiles" - semi-double pink buds enchant the eye, and the petals look like delicate lace.
- "Forest magic" - a bright and lush decoration of pink inflorescences is complemented by a refined white border.
- "The Swan Princess" amazes with white buds and velvety petals. It is impossible not to fall in love with the violet Your Majesty, the photo and description of which are given on this page.
When looking at a flower pot, an illusion of a noble snow-white bird floating on green waves is created.
Plant care
Violet does not require a lot of attention. One has only to follow the basic rules that Your Highness violet requires.
- The flower pot should be small, 5-7 cm in diameter, for young rosettes. For a large crown, 12 cm is suitable.
- The new pot should be doused with boiling water and vinegar, which will help avoid trouble in the future.
- The larger the pot, the more expanded clay or other drainage is required.
- The earth needs loose, well-permeable water. There are various admixtures of fertilizers. You can buy a ready-made earthen mixture for violets.
- Top dressing is carried out annually, in spring or summer. Plant nutrition can be carried out with mullein, bird droppings with vitriol or a ready-made organic mixture.
- Water regularly and sparingly. The soil should be slightly damp. Excess moisture or drying out leads to disease and death of the flower.
- Violets love showers. The earth is covered during the procedure, and excess moisture is removed from the leaves with a paper towel.
Violets, as a rule, please with abundant blooms all year round. Experts say that plants need rest. Preferably in winter. To do this, cut the flower stalks within 3 months.
Magnificent flower needs light, but does not tolerate exposure to direct sunlight and drafts.
Reproduction of violets
Reproduction is best done in the spring at the time of active vegetation.
Violet Your Majesty breeds easily, in several ways:
- leaves;
- seeds;
- kids;
- stepsons.
The simplest and most common methods include propagation by leaves and stepchildren.
Choose he althy leaves and place them in a small container of water. The leaf is immersed in water by no more than 1 cm. This level must be maintained until rooting. It is recommended to add activated carbon to the container.
After 30-40 days the cuttings should take root. After that, the leaves are transplanted into a small pot. It is better to fix the leaf with a stick and cover with polyethylene. After 2 weeks shelterremoved - and in front of you is an independent flower.
Often, several root rosettes form in one pot. When transplanting a plant, they should be divided. An independent flower is formed from each individual rosette.
Flower diseases
Violets are quite resistant to various diseases.
If the leaves of the plant become lethargic and dull, you need to properly examine the flower. In particular, the root system. Rotten roots are immediately removed and the root is completely washed with a mild vinegar solution. Rinse the pot thoroughly and transplant the reanimated violet into fresh soil.
The presence of brown spots on the foliage indicates that the flower has been exposed to sunlight for a long time. Diseases of the violet Your highness, the photo below shows clearly.
The plant must be moved to a dark place. Dull leaves will regain their natural color. Injured leaflets can be gradually removed.
Pruning violets
Circumcision is necessary for the plant. Produced, as a rule, in the spring, in the following cases:
- for rejuvenation, thus stimulating the formation of the root system;
- for abundant flowering;
- when old leaves die.
Violets Your Majesty will not only decorate the room, but also purify the air and fill it with essential oils and pleasant aromas.
According to experts, violets have a positive aura. The aroma of flowers restores nervous tension,restores heart rhythm and has a beneficial effect on immunity.
