Many summer residents, in addition to vegetables and fruits, always have room for a flower bed that blooms all season long. Many types of flowers with a long growing season are grown by seedlings. These bright, fast-growing colors of summer not only decorate the designated space, but also grow beautifully in flower pots and hanging planters. To start early flowering, seeds should be sown in winter.
Petunia
The most common flowering bush with beautiful bright multi-colored gramophone-shaped flowers. With its unpretentiousness and vitality, it will bloom until autumn. Sowing is simple and takes little time. The seed is very fine; it is scattered onto compacted, moist soil and covered with glass or film to create a favorable microclimate. Containers are sent to a dark and warm place. When the first shoots appear, the covering material is removed. Before planting in the ground, you need to carry out at least two picks.
Begonia
The bright motley beauty will decorate any place in the flowerbed. To get earlier flowering, seedlings can be sown in January, but with additional lighting. The seeds are very small, sowing is carried out on the surface of the soil without sprinkling. A prerequisite is the creation of a humid microclimate.
Lobelia
This delicate, graceful beauty combines perfectly with its colors in any flower bed.Small flowers with blue, pink and white shades will add special subtlety when combined with other varieties. The seeds are small, the classification for cultivation is the same as for sowing petunia. When the seedlings grow, they are planted in separate containers. To obtain more voluminous bushes, they are planted several sprouts together.
Verbena
A beautiful fragrant plant will also interest any gardener. The seeds are quite large, so when sowing into the ground they are deepened a little. If you leave them on the surface, then the container is covered with a dark film. The peculiarity of verbena germination is darkness.
Carnation Shabo
This beautiful bright flower miracle will bloom in only six months. Therefore, it is recommended to sow in January with mandatory additional lighting. The seed planting depth is 3 mm, sprinkled with sand on top. Sprouted seedlings must be pricked several times to obtain beautiful bushes rich in flowering.
Pansies
If you sow this perennial as seedlings, then at the end of summer you can see an unusual bright bush bloom. The seeds are small, but after sowing them in the ground, sprinkle them a little. In order not to pick the seedlings, the seed material is placed not far from each other.
Daisies
This flower will delight you with its flowering in early autumn if it is also sown as seedlings. For successful germination you need sufficient lighting, humidity and warmth. Daisies tolerate transplantation well even in bloom.
Lupine
Lupine sown as seedlings will bloom in early September. In order for the seedlings to quickly begin to grow, they are first soaked for a day in damp material.The plant does not tolerate transplantation well, so it is sown in separate containers at a depth of up to 8 mm.
Chrysanthemum
The unusually beautiful perennial will delight the gardener already in the first year of planting. Planting is not difficult, the seeds are placed on the surface of the soil, moistened and wait for the first shoots. The flower needs to be picked and then planted in a permanent place.
Primrose
Beautiful delicate buds will bloom in September if you take care of it in advance. Sow the seeds under glass in moist soil. The plant loves water and mineral supplements.
