10 colors that should sit on the balcony

What is worth remembering

• Have planted seedlings. In the spring it can only be bought in shops or in the markets, because the seeds and tubers are planted in late February to April.
• When choosing colors, keep in mind which side out your balcony. One plants need much sunlight for abundant flowering, while others quickly sniknut under the scorching midday.
• Ampelnye flowers with drooping shoots look better in hanging pots. The rest will suit the usual pots and balcony boxes.

• Before you make the balcony, transplant seedlings in the selected container. Use the universal primer. At the bottom of the drainage layer is required to place, for example expanded clay or gravel.
• Put flowers on the balcony, when established warm weather and the threat of frost has passed. This is especially true for open loggias where the outside temperature.
• Gradually accustom plants to fresh air. Within a week and a half taken out on the balcony in the afternoon, and then go back.
• When watering, consider not only the specified frequency, but also the weather. In the rainy summer flowers in the open does not always need more moisture.
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• Closed balcony, ventilate daily to the plants constantly lacked fresh air.
• In the summer once a month fertilize flowers of complex fertilizers. Dosage and frequency is selected for each species individually.

1. Balsam

• Where to put: on the balcony on the north, east or west side. On the south, if no other choice, necessarily pritenyat.
• When the blooms: from early summer to autumn.
• How many lives: There are annuals, and perennials.

Impatiens forms bushes 20-25 cm tall. The flowers are rather large, red, white or pink. There are also the usual, and terry.

The main rule in the care balsam - a regular and abundant watering every day or two. Without this, the plant quickly poniknet. It feels fine in partial shade, but not under the scorching rays, especially midday.

For comfortable winter flower need temperature 15-16 ° C and spraying daily or permanent humidification.

2. begonia tuber

• Where to put: on the balcony on the north, east or west side.
• When the blooms: in the late spring, summer and autumn.
• How many lives: perennial.

Begonia tuber grows to a height of 60 cm. The flowers are large, simple or double. They are painted in different shades of red, white, pink, orange.

Tuberous begonia watered regularly every couple of days, so that the earth does not dry out.

To save plant the following year, at the end of autumn the tubers are dug out of the ground, leaves and stems are cut. After dried and stored in dry and dark place at a temperature of 5-8 ° C.

3. Viola

• Where to put: on the balcony, which overlooks the east or west side.
• When the blooms: in the late spring, summer and autumn.
• How many lives: on the balconies is grown as an annual.

Viola - a miniature plant up to 30 cm. Small buds are painted in white, yellow, orange, purple, burgundy shades are often combined - two-color and three-color.

Water the viola or pansy, moderate, once every few days. The main thing - do not give the land to dry out completely.

4. Sweet pea

• Where to put: on the balcony, which faces south, east or west side.
• When the blooms: from June until the autumn frosts.
• How many lives: annual.

Sweet peas - middle-sized plant with red, white, pink, purple fragrant flowers. Effectively looks curly varieties, some grow up to several meters. For them is to pull a thread or set special support. Stunted varieties up to 45 cm support is not needed.

Watered moderately sweet peas, about once every two or three days. The soil should be slightly moist and does not dry out completely.

5. morning-glory

• Where to put: on the balcony, which faces south, east or west side.
• When the blooms: from June until the autumn frosts.
• How many lives: annual.

Morning Glory - climbing plant, which is well suited for vertical gardening balconies. For this option, be sure to need support, trellis or grid with large cells. For a month and a half, they will be entwined with this fast-growing creeper. Flowers in large morning glory - there are white, blue, purple, and others.

Water the plants every two or three days in the heat - more often.

6. Clematis

• Where to put: on the balcony on the south, southeast or south-west side.
• When the blooms: summer and autumn.
• How many lives: perennial.

This climbing plant with large bright flowers - white, pink, blue, blue, purple. That it manifested itself in all its glory next set of support, trellis or pull a mesh net. For balcony better choose varieties with stem length of 3-4 m.

Watering clematis should be regularly, every two or three days. Land should not dry up, otherwise the plant can fall. But also to arrange a swamp is not necessary - because of this disease develop roots.

With the onset of autumn frosts clematis should be cut and prepare for winter. On gazebo where the temperature does not drop below 0 ° C, the plant is filled with peat or sawdust and envelop the nonwoven cover material. Last sold in specialized stores. On an open balcony, do not leave even a well-warmed winter clematis. The plant will die if the earth promorznet.

7. Lobelia

• Where to put: on a light north, east or west balcony; and pritenyayut plant and do not leave under the scorching sun on the south side.
• When the blooms: from early summer to autumn.
• How many lives: usually grown as an annual.

On the balcony, you can make and roses, and lobelia hang-downing. It blooms profusely and gorgeously. Buds themselves are small, light blue, blue, violet, or purple hue.

Lobelia moderately watered every two or three days. IN hot season often, especially in the glassed-in balcony. Land should not be either dry out or turn into swamp.

8. Petunia

• Where to put: on the balcony on the south, east or west side.
• When the blooms: from early summer to late autumn.
• How many lives: perennial, but usually grown as an annual, and do not leave for the winter.

To decorate the balcony, you can use different color cascade and ampelnye petunia. Flowers in the form of gramophones, petals smooth or fringed edges. Various coloration - monochrome white, purple, pink, purple or combined. buds the size depends on the variety.

Petunia watered sparingly - a couple of times a week. In rainy weather you can do without additional humidification.

Plant more comfortable open onto balconies. Closed necessary daily airing.

9. tobacco scented

• Where to put: on the balcony on the north, east or west side. On the south, if no other choice, necessarily pritenyat.
• When the blooms: from early summer to autumn frosts.
• How many lives: annual.

Decorative tobacco - a plant with large flowers that bloom at dusk and are distinguished by a persistent delicate aroma. Bright hybrid varieties are not closed during the day, but almost no smell. Depending on the variety of fragrant tobacco grows from 20 cm to 1 m, so that with the purchase of seeds pay attention to it.

watered the flowers We need moderately, about two or three times a week. Better to avoid waterlogging.

10. Fuchsia

• Where to put: on the balcony on the east or the west side; on the south need to pritenyat.
• When the blooms: from late spring until late autumn.
• How many lives: perennial.

Ampelnye is flowing fuchsia shoots and looks pretty impressive in hanging pots. The flowers are large, white, pink, purple and other colors.

In the spring and autumn fuchsia watered once in several days when dries the upper layer of soil in the pot. During winter dormancy moisturize less common, but completely dry land should not.

For fuchsia desirable cold wintering at a temperature not higher than 10 ° C.