Delicate violets delight the eye all year round either in flowerpots on the windowsills or in flowerbeds near the house. Wittrock's Violet is a flower bed plant, but also looks great in pots on terraces. How to grow her and care for this beauty, you can learn from our article.
Viola, Wittrock violet, pansies…
It's all about her, about Wittrock violet from the violet family. Annual plants come in the most stunning colors: purple, white, pink, chocolate, deep blue. Ruby red or dark brown, flowers with yellow and white eyes are gorgeous!
Large-flowered varieties of flowers often have a blue-violet, red or yellow color with a dark eye. They bloom in spring.
Small-flowered varieties bloom from summer to autumn, have a bright palette, but they do not have a dark eye. If you plant several varieties, you can admire the abundance of colors throughout the warm days!
Flower from seed
It is much easier to plant plants with cuttings and shoots, but to grow a plant from seeds, you need to try. There are two options for germinating seeds. There is nothing complicated, but you need to complete each step on time, and Wittrock's violet will thank you with its colorful flowering. Cultivation can be carried out in greenhouses and greenhouses, on glazed balconies.
- Sowing is carried out in greenhouses around the beginning of March, the temperature should not be below 20 ° C. When the seedlings emerge, they should be moved to a sunny place, but the temperature should be reduced to 10-15 degrees.
- You can sow the seeds in July, leaving free space between them. A plant sown in summer will only bloom the following year.
- You can plant the culture with young shoots in May, half a centimeter deep. It is necessary to choose cuttings with three nodes for transplantation.
The easiest way is to plant seedlings.
During the warm months, you can admire Wittrock's violet blooming under your windows. Growing from seeds requires more attention and care.
Proper care and lush flowering
In favorable conditions, Wittrock's violet blooms more intensively. The plant loves watering, but there should be no stagnation of water, it is necessary to plant a crop in places where there is a lot of light or partial shade. In dimly lit places, the flowers become smaller.
Wittrock Violet will bloom better if it is fed with mineral fertilizers. These plants cannot be fertilized with manure.
If spots or blackness on the stem appear on the leaves, and rot is seen near the root - this indicates a disease of the plant,which may be caused by overwatering. In this case, diseased specimens must be removed, and their neighbors should be sprayed with a solution of copper oxychloride. When powdery mildew appears on the leaves, you can make a solution of soda and soap in equal proportions.
To make the violet bloom for a long time
Wittrock's blooming violet looks unusual and bright. Photos taken using modern digital technology fully convey the beauty of the flower. And in order for this beauty to last as long as possible, it is necessary to pluck faded flowers in time. After the seeds ripen, the ribs of the boxes turn white, and the plants stop growing, and flowering stops when growth stops.
In addition to external beauty, Wittrock violet also has healing properties, a description of the healing properties can be found in the relevant literature.
Violet grows fast enough, reaching 25 centimeters. During flowering, the plant grows a little, and the release of new flowers can last several months. Flowering time is shortened at high temperatures. If the plants are planted too densely, Wittrock's Violet will give less color. The timing of flowering plants stretched from early spring to late autumn.
Choosing a variety for planting
If you do not want to grow violets from seed, you can buy ready-made shoots, it is better to do this in the spring and opt for compact plants, if the specimen is too elongated, it is better to ignore it.
When choosing varieties, you can only be guided by your sense of taste, in terms of care, they do notdiffer, the main and most important difference is the color and size of the flower!
Crops with large and small flowers can be planted side by side, Wittrock violets from different varieties also get along well.
Introducing varieties
When planting plants, you can rely on your desires, but it is advisable to take into account how Vittrock's violet blooms.
The timing of flowering for different varieties may vary. If you know these features, then you can plant your site in such a way that there are flowers on it from early spring to autumn. It is incredibly difficult to describe all the varieties, because, along with hybrids, there are a lot of them. If the plants differ only in the color of the flowers, they are combined into a variety series.
Giant flowers
The size of the flower is as large as possible, the varieties are represented by a variety of shades, they tolerate changing weather conditions well.
- Their diameter can reach 11 cm. Super Majestic Giants F1 grows on low bushes, blooms all season, tolerates temperature extremes and heat well. May be in different colors.
- One of the new series of Magnum F1 with early flowering.
Large-flowered violet
- Dynamite, which changes color when it is cold - it becomes brighter; when the weather is hot, it brightens.
- Ultima F1 blooms almost until frost.
- Ultima Radiance Crown F1 - a flower of the correct form, bright, without spots, grows on dwarf bushes.
- Long-playing variety Imperial presented 12varieties of different colors.
Wittrock Violet
- 20 varieties from Spring Time F1. The color is thrown out early and for a long time, the plant is compact, winter-hardy.
- Fast-growing, verdant Trimardo variety. Classical flower. The most common varieties are: Cardinal, Adonis, Lord Beaconsfield, Mohrenkonig, Super Beaconsfield.
- Winter well, blooms early and abundantly Schweitzer Riesen. Popular varieties of this variety series: Firnenschnee, Orange Marie, Firnengold, Flamme, Bergwacht, Abendglut.
- Crystal Bowl is a dwarf variety series with 12 varieties. With a uniform color and numerous buds. Culture with small dark green leaves. Violet is suitable for open areas, tolerates heat well.
- Wittrock Violet variety Maxim F1 tolerates cold and heat well. The beginning of flowering is early and long. There are 12 varieties in the variety series, the names reflect the color (Maxim Rose, Maxim Orange, etc.)
- 15 varieties include Giant Forrunner F1. The plant tolerates wintering well.
Violets with small flowers
- Hemalis - flowering begins early, the bushes are small. The variety series includes such popular varieties as Jupiter, Mars, Geolis, Himmelskenigin, Nordpol.
- Series Universal F1 includes 10 varieties. They are characterized by early lush flowering.
- Flamenco variety F1 is not accidentally named. Red-orange flowers with a yellow, blurred shading center, of course, resemble the dresses of the dancers of this incendiary dance.
Wittrok's violet can be so multifaceted. There are also many other varieties, not so popular, but no less beautiful.
Choosing a suitable location
When choosing a place for planting a crop, it is desirable to know how it reacts to heat, sunlight, dampness, etc. Wittrock's violet is unpretentious, grows both in open ground and in flowerpots and pots. If you plant a lot of violets in one place, they will become a bright spot against the rest of the vegetation.
Flowers do not tolerate even temporary drought, so watering should be as needed so that the earth does not dry out. Once every two weeks, it is advisable to feed the plant with fertilizers.
Caring for plants is really time consuming. In order for the plants to be he althy and constantly bloom, they need to be monitored. It is necessary to remove dried flowers and leaves, water and spray from insects. Only in this case, you can count on the flowering in the greenhouse.
There are times when a plant is injured, because animals often like to rest in such front gardens, they squash entire areas in their favorite places. If the stems are not broken, then the bush will rise, if the shoots become dry or turn yellow, then you can remove them from the flower bed to make room for new shoots.
