Brovallia description reproduction photo video care cultivation. Varieties of a beautiful houseplant browallia and care for it
plant description
Family : Nightshade - Solanaceae.
Genus : Browallia - Browallia.
View : Browallia beautiful (or magnificent) - Browallia specios Hook.
Brovallia is a poisonous plant.
Botanical description
Brovallia - ornamental flowering herbaceous plant. Came to Europe from South America. Its average height is 20-25 cm. Some varieties grow up to 70 cm. The shape of the leaves is oblong, the length is about 3 cm.
The structure of the flower is a tubular fused five-pointed star, 5 cm in size. The color varies from white and blue to dark purple. Flowering continues all summer until winter. This quality is especially valuable in late autumn, when not many plants bloom. The flowering period can be extended up to 18 months if, with a decrease in daylight hours, artificial lighting is provided to the plant.
Species and varieties
The size of the stems and the color of the flowers depends on the variety.
- White Troll - with white flowers, 20-25 cm high;
- Blue Troll - bicolor, the pharynx of the flower is white, most of it is blue;
- Major - has the largest flowers of this species;
- Jingle Bell - painted in different shades blue. This variety has the longest stems - 60-70.
Location and growing conditions
Like all flowering plants, beautiful browallia requires good lighting, but does not tolerate the scorching sun. Prefers light shade in the afternoon. The lack of light affects the abundance of flowering, in full shade it may not bloom at all. It is better to keep it on balconies and window sills that face east and northeast, then, in the morning it will be lit, and in the afternoon it will be provided with a shadow.
Brovalia needs a cozy place without drafts .
The temperature regime is preferably uniform, without drops. Flowering begins at 12 - 180. Optimum temperature at any time of the year, 200 in winter is not less than 150. From a low temperature, the decorative effect is significantly reduced, up to the absence of flowering.
Landing and transplant
Experts believe that it is undesirable to transplant plants during flowering without urgent need. And browallia endures a full-fledged transplant extremely poorly. The maximum that can be done, if necessary, is transshipment, that is, moving the plant with its own lump into a larger container. This procedure is preferably carried out before flowering. When propagating, planting is carried out in a specially formulated soil mixture.
The soil
The best for beautiful browallia is a soil mixture of turf, sand, humus and leafy soil. All components are connected to each other in equal proportions. The result is a well-aerated and permeable nutrient medium.
Watering and feeding
Brovallia is unpretentious, but requires systematic and abundant watering. However, it does not tolerate stagnant water and prolonged drought. You need to moisten the soil immediately, as soon as the surface has dried. In addition to watering, it needs sprinkling, especially in dry weather with low humidity. Spraying is best done with a fine spray, which creates the effect of water dust. In dry weather, when water gets on the flowers, ugly white spots form, so spraying is best done on the leaves.
Nutrients necessary for browallia are contained in a complex mineral fertilizer for flowering houseplants. The frequency of top dressing, once every 10-14 days. Proponents of organic farming use "Emochki" and other live microcultures to improve quality composition soil.
Home care
To prolong flowering, wilted flowers should be removed if not intended to be seeded. Often, after flowering, leaves and stems are exposed and dry out, they also need to be cut. These operations promote the growth of new shoots and increase the density of flowering. Due to the poisonousness of the plant, work should be done with rubber gloves, and after finishing, wash your hands thoroughly.
reproduction
Due to the long, but one-time flowering, browalia is used as an annual, that is, they throw it away and acquire another. But this plant reproduces superbly by cuttings that can be cut throughout the growing season. Usually take those stems on which there are no flower buds. Important to use upper part stem, it takes root better. Green cutting they are freed from the leaves in the lower part, which is placed in the soil by 2-3 cm. Then, they are pollinated with Kornevin or another stimulant. If there is no ready-made preparation, you can prepare it yourself. Young willow shoots are suitable for this purpose. They can be chopped into short 5 cm sticks, placed vertically in a container of water, observing the direction of growth - top, bottom, and leave for a day. In the resulting willow solution, green cuttings are placed for 6-12 hours. The rooting substrate consists of a light sandy soil. Small depressions of 3-4 cm are formed in the cuttings container with a pencil, cuttings are placed in them and the soil is pressed around them with two fingers. The cuttings should not touch each other. Excessive density promotes evaporation. To preserve moisture, the container is covered with plastic wrap. After rooting, eyebrows are planted in more nutrient soil, the composition of which is described above. After planting, the young plants are pinched for better branching.
A less popular method of propagation is by seed. They are sown in August in bowls. Seeds can not be covered with soil at all or no more than one millimeter. Sowing is moistened with fine sprinkling. The bowls are covered with glass or cling film. Exposed to a well-lit place. Seedlings appear around the tenth day. The grown seedlings dive, and after a while they are planted in pots for further growth.
Usage
Due to its spectacular and long flowering, beautiful browallia is used to decorate the interior, balconies and covered terraces.
Brovalia is tender and beautiful plant related to potatoes. The plant is easy to care for and quite unpretentious at home. Therefore, I will tell you in detail about the browalia flower care at home and the nuances of the content. This is a low semi-shrub plant, reaching a height of 40-50 cm and belonging to the nightshade family.
This family consists of herbs, shrubs and even small trees. The first representatives of the nightshade family arrived in Europe with exotic plants. The browalia plant comes from the tropical regions of America. AT natural conditions the plant grows up to 1 meter tall and is a semi-shrub. The genus Brovalia has only six species.
The flower in the photo is a small bush with a crown of dense dark green foliage. The leaves of the flower reach 6 cm. The shoots are branching, drooping, have a slight pubescence.
Flowers bisexual, irregular, odorless. They are formed in the axils of the leaves. There are species in which flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences. Five fused petals form a funnel-shaped corolla and calyx. The number of petals is equal to the number of stamens. The flower self-pollinates, since the anthers are attached to thin threads and directed inside the flower.
The flowers are large blue, purple in the form of narrow tubes with a light throat, open at the ends. The flowers fade quite quickly, but there are so many flowers that the plant is strewn blooming flowers constantly. Brovalia fruit is a box with a lid and flaps. Ripening dark small seeds leave the fruit through open valves. Seed germination is 100%, but over the years it decreases to 70%.
Attention! Brovalia is a plant with a long flowering period. For many beautifully flowering indoor plants, the flowering period is 0.5-2 months, and for brovalia up to 18 months (including winter).
Popularity came to eyebrows as a decorative annual plant at the end of the 19th century. Today, the browalia flower is a plant for indoors, balconies and gardens.
Brovallia is classified as an annual that does not live long and often the flower is thrown away after flowering, although it is possible, resorting to some tricks, to keep blooming browlia in the house for more than one year.
B.grandiflora, B.viscosa are cultivated in the garden as annuals. Seedlings of these species are transferred from the garden to the house in February. B. beautiful (Browallia speciosa) is grown under room conditions. Synonyms: b. pleasant b. excellent, b. magnificent.
Interesting! The plant got its name thanks to the Finnish botanist and bishop Johan Brovallius, who was a friend of Carl Linnaeus.
Brovalia home care
The plant requires minimal care, fully justifying the funds spent on the purchase, temporarily creating a flower temporary picture in the house.
Location
The flower requires a bright, warm place and a lot of light, although direct Sun rays he can't stand it. The ideal location is the western and eastern windowsill, where there is an abundance of daylight in the morning and evening. Brovalia also grows well in a south or southwest direction, but it is recommended to provide the plant with 2-3 hours of sunlight daily. In the hot afternoon, browallia needs to be shaded.
Attention! Brovalia flower does not tolerate drafts.
If the flower is located in the shade, then the plant will not bloom. The flowering condition is a twelve-hour daylight hours. If not observed given condition flowering will be short. You can extend the daylight hours with fluorescent lamps. If in winter there is little lighting in the room, then the temperature should be lowered to 16ºС and the plant should be allowed to rest.
Temperature
How to water your eyebrows
During the growing season, browallia is watered abundantly, since the active growth of a flower is always accompanied by fast drying soil. During flowering, watering should ensure complete moistening of the earthy coma. We can say that watering should be plentiful in spring and summer. In winter, watering is reduced and the flower is watered moderately. If the plant is dried out for any reason, then it will be impossible to restore it.
Air humidity
To high humidity the plant is undemanding and yet it will not be superfluous to occasionally spray the leaves, and regular spraying with soft water is a measure to prevent bud drop. In especially hot times, it is advisable to place a container of water next to the plant.
When spraying the plant, it is not permissible to get moisture on the flowers, since brown spots form on them from water.
top dressing
When flowering requires periodic top dressing mineral fertilizers for flowering houseplants. The interval of procedures is 12-17 days or 2 weeks. Fertilizer "Rainbow" is ideal for feeding a flower.
Attention! To make the plant more bushy, you should regularly pinch the tops of the shoots.
The soil
- river sand (1 hour);
- humus (1 hour);
- peat (1 hour);
- sod-clay earth (2 hours).
Transfer
As mentioned above, a seasonal plant does not require a transplant, but if the plant is grown as a perennial, then when the flower ages, it needs transshipment. Aging usually occurs in the second year of the flower's life. It is accompanied by thinning foliage and poor flowering. To renew plants use the material obtained by reproduction.
Attention! The browalia plant is toxic and is closely related to henbane and mandrake. Safety measures should be observed and children and animals should be protected from contact with the flower.
Reproduction of brovalia
Brovalia is propagated by cuttings and seeds. Cuttings (apical shoots) are cut from mature stems that do not have buds. The sample is carried out in the summer or at the end of spring. For rooting, a mini-greenhouse is used using moist and loose soil. Plant cuttings give roots when placed in a vessel with water.
Seeds are sown in winter, summer, spring. Sowing time depends on the desired flowering period of the flower. Seeds are sown in a small bowl. Seeds are rarely sprinkled on the surface of loose peat moistened soil or a mixture of peat and sand, without covering them with a substrate from above. Watered with a spray bottle every day.
The bowl is covered with a plastic bag and placed in a bright place with t=+22…27ºС. Every day, polyethylene is removed for 1.5-2 hours. Seedlings germinate in ten to twelve days. When sprouts reach a height of 3-4 centimeters, they are transplanted into separate pots. Seed maturation time is three to four months.
Know! In order for the plant to please you with flowering in winter, you need to sow seeds in the last decade of September or early October. The plant begins to bloom on the 75-85th day from the emergence of seedlings.
To place a brovalia on a balcony (gazebo) for seedlings, seeds should be sown at the end of February. The plant grows well on the eastern and southeastern loggias and balconies.
When growing browalia in the garden, the seeds in open ground sow in May. Then the crops are covered with a film to protect against frost. For quick germination and increase in germination percentage, it is recommended to soak the seeds before sowing for 2-3 days in warm water. Experienced gardeners for earlier flowering, the seeds are pre-sown in a closed greenhouse. Seedlings are planted in the ground when the weather is warm. In a permanent place, the flower blooms all summer until the first frost.
Pests and diseases
Whiteflies and aphids form colonies around the buds and at the ends of young shoots. These pests reproduce quite quickly. At the initial stage of the appearance of insects, it is necessary to wash the flower with soapy water. Severe infection will entail the use of chemical protection drugs: Fufanon, Actelica.
The drooping and yellowing leaves of the plant are evidence of the appearance of red spider mite, which feels great in dry air and warm conditions.
Attention! When a red spider mite appears, the flower should be isolated and the bottom of the leaf plates should be treated with actellik. If the measures taken do not lead to a positive result, the plant should be destroyed.
Powdery mildew. The disease is caused by a pathogenic fungus that loves warm and humid room conditions. The disease also provokes an excess of fertilizers. The disease can be detected by a dusty or powdery coating that appears on stems, leaves, flowers. If symptoms of the disease occur, they are removed.
Possible problems when caring for a brow
- Mealybug or spider mite infestation - extremely dry and warm air in room.
- Powdery mildew appears when the substrate is waterlogged.
- The occurrence of chlorosis, in which the leaves of the plant turn yellow, causes a lack of iron in the soil.
- The appearance on the plant of larvae of whitefly, aphids, scale insects can occur from the presence of a flower in the open air.
- Leaves wither - the room is too warm.
- The plant is frail, has pale leaves- lack of lighting.
- Yellow spots on the leaves - sunburn.
Attention! Brovalia needed sanitary pruning, that is, the timely removal of dry stems and wilted flowers. For greater bushiness, pinching the tops of the shoots is recommended.
Types of browalia
The most popular are:
B. beautiful - a small shrub, in nature reaches a height of 70 cm, at home - 40. The stems are bare, short. The leaves are located along the veins and have a slight edge. The length of the leaf plate is up to six centimeters, the top is pointed.
B. pubescent or B. American - tall plant(70 cm). Felt stems, simple. Leaves (5 cm) with weak hairiness, broadly lanceolate form. Corolla up to 15 mm in diameter. The color of the flowers is purple, lilac, blue. 
B. sticky - the name of the plant is due to the stickiness of the stems. Leaves with corrugated veins. Flowers solitary, small. The color is bright blue or white, with a light spot in the center. Flowering time in the room in November-February, in the open ground July-October.
B. Blue Bell - a ball-shaped bush (35 cm). The plant is cold-resistant, begins to bloom in the third month after sowing the seeds. Star-shaped flowers 3 cm in diameter, blue in color, located on a racemose inflorescence.
Sapphire is a compact bush (up to 25 cm tall) with large (4 cm) blue flowers. All blooms life cycle plants. 
B. Marine Bell is a bush 35 cm high with a highly developed branching of shoots. Flowers solitary or collected in racemose inflorescences, dark blue color. Flowering occurs 3 months after sowing. Flowering time indoors in January-February, outdoors in June-July. The plant is frost-resistant.
- White bells - snow-white flowers;
- Jingle bells - color all shades of blue.
plant use
The plant, due to its decorative effect, is used for:
- flowerbeds continuous flowering and flower mix.
- Borders, paths, alpine slides.
- Winter gardens, terraces, balconies, loggias.
- Compositions for landscape landscape style.
- Growing at home.
- Ampel compositions for camouflage of farm buildings.
Know! To prolong the flowering period, fertilizing with phosphates is necessary, which is applied during irrigation.
Brovalia is a great plant in the nightshade family that can add to your home plant collection. Although browalia is related to potatoes, the plant looks more aesthetically pleasing and has interesting flowers, which, by the way, grow all year round, which certainly pleases browalia owners.
The plant itself is not demanding on lighting, which makes it an ideal flower for a short period. winter day. What you should pay attention to, so that the brow does not tolerate low temperatures and drafts. This, perhaps, is her only weakness with a general unpretentiousness in conditions. For long flowering, remove wilted and dried parts of the plant during. Despite the fact that browalia is considered a perennial, the plant ages over time, which is expressed in thinning leaves and poorer flowering. Therefore, many flower growers prefer to grow it as an annual.
Advice: “To make the eyebrows delight you with abundant flowering for a long time, cut off the dried flowers regularly.”
Care
Brovalia is easy to care for and at home is completely unpretentious. Provide the plant with timely sufficient watering, do not forget to periodically loosen the soil, do the appropriate top dressing twice a month. It is advisable to water as soon as it becomes clear that the earth has dried up, and in hot weather such care as additional spraying of the plant is recommended.
Pests and diseases
The plant may suffer from powdery mildew, which may be the result of excessive improper watering. Be especially careful during the cold season, when the plant is in vulnerable conditions and the risk of damage is greatest. If you notice rot, then immediately destroy the infected plant. If the plant suddenly turns yellow leaves, then the problem can be solved by moving it to a place where it is warmer.
Advice: "Brovalia can please with its flowering for a very long time. In order to admire bright colors all year round, you can sow the seeds at regular intervals."
How to grow eyebrows
Reproduction of browallia at home occurs by the most common method. Seeds are sown in the ground. The flowering of the flower depends on the time of sowing. The ripening process lasts 3-4 months, therefore, if you want to admire the flower in winter, then the seeds should be planted in late September, early October. First you need to prepare the ground. For better ripening of the fruit, it is necessary to make a substrate by mixing peat and sand.
Seeding and cultivation
Seeds should be sown rarely and sprinkled on top with a layer of substrate. To improve germination, you can optimize care and create a greenhouse effect by covering the seed container with some kind of impermeable material, such as polyethylene or glass. After about a week and a half, the first shoots will appear. Young shoots need to be aired regularly. Seedlings should be transplanted when they reach a height of 3-4 centimeters. Browllia begins to bloom approximately 70-80 days after the appearance of the first shoots.
To make the plant more lush and blooming profusely, it is necessary to cut off the highest shoots, such care activates the plant. Brovallia loves warm rooms. The ideal temperature for flowering is 20-23 degrees Celsius. Like all flowers, homemade browallia need feeding. Experts recommend using Agricola for flowering plants". The frequency of top dressing is 1 time per week.
Optimal conditions
Except temperature regime breeding care for this plant requires high humidity. To maintain the plant in such home conditions, it is necessary to spray the plant at least once. But you can not get water on the flowers, as they can become covered brown spots and all the aesthetics of the flower will disappear. This must be carefully monitored during spraying.
Soil moisture should be closely monitored. If the earth dries out or is too wet, then the stem will either dry out or begin to rot, and it will be impossible to stop this process. Usually, to maintain the desired level of ambient humidity, a vase of water is placed next to the browallia bush, such care is not difficult.
Tip: "All parts of the brow are poisonous, care should be taken when carrying out these types of work and always wash your hands after they are completed. Children should be tried to keep away from this flower or watch them if they touch it.
If you want to decorate your balcony or gazebo with this plant, then you need to sow seedlings with last days winter at the end of February. The landing process has been described above. The plant is afraid of the cold, so you can take it out to open ground or plant it only if you are sure that the frost period is over.
An ideal place to place a flower is the east side of the gazebo or a balcony located on the east side of the house. Brovalia, however, can be planted under other conditions, however, it is necessary to constantly ensure that the flower is constantly in the shade, respectively, care becomes more laborious. In order for the plant to bloom, periodically remove fading or dry leaves and cut off excess shoots.
Brovalia is beautiful or, as it is also called, magnificent (lat. Browallia speciosa) - the most unpretentious (or one of those) inhabitant of our window sills. Belongs to the nightshade family and came to us from Peru. Although it is photophilous, it is not demanding of light, so it can also be placed on windows facing north. And in the summer it can be taken out to the loggia or balcony. On the windowsill, in combination with decorative deciduous plants, browalia enliven almost any composition with its colorfulness. The plant itself grows no higher than 30-40 cm and stands a flower, all strewn with purple sky-blue or white flowers, appearing in the corners of bright green lanceolate leaves.
Brovalia blooms for quite a long time, seeds can be sown at different times and thus achieve almost year-round flowering. Given its unpretentiousness to lighting, this is an ideal flower for the end of autumn - the beginning of winter. The only limitation is that browalia does not like cold, so it should be protected from drafts and low temperatures. To prolong the flowering time, you need to remove old, dried flowers in a timely manner. Although eyebrows and perennial, but on old plants, leaves begin to thin out and there are fewer flowers, so many grow it as an annual.
Varieties
Most often, we grow plants of the bells variety: white bells– with flowers white color and blue Blue bells and blue troll. Sort same Jingle bells can bloom in shades of blue and white flowers. And for lovers of the exotic, we can recommend the American Brovallia variety ( Browallia americana). Sometimes it is confused with. Indeed, there are some similarities, but they are completely different plants.
Reproduction of brovalia
Brovalia is well propagated by seeds. You can sow them in peat tablets or in the substrate for seedlings from the end of March - the beginning of April, slightly pressing into the ground. Her seeds are small and it is better to germinate them in a well-lit place. It is very convenient to use a mini-greenhouse for this: put soil with seeds in some plastic box, cover polyethylene film and put on a heating radiator for heating from below. Seeds usually germinate together and should be aired regularly, removing the film and carefully watering. For irrigation, it is convenient to use a pipette or medical syringe. With such simple care, the seeds quickly grow.
When the plants are already well formed, they can be transplanted 2-3 pieces. into pots. They will begin to bloom in three months, and by autumn the bushes will already be well strengthened, formed and will bloom all winter.
Brow care
Brovalia is an unpretentious plant, it is enough to provide it with timely watering, loosening the soil and appropriate top dressing, picking off dried flowers, and it will delight you with flowering for a couple of years. You need to water the plant as soon as the soil under it dries out, and in a hot dry season, regularly spray it with water from a spray bottle.
Pests and diseases
The only danger of pests for brovalia is powdery mildew, so you need to be careful with watering in cold weather. Excessive watering can also lead to root rot. When rot appears, the diseased plant should be destroyed immediately. In a cold room, the leaves of the plant may turn yellow - the plant must be rearranged in a warm place.
It should be noted that beautiful browalia is great not only for growing in pots, but also due to its unusual look- to create free compositions and combinations with others ornamental plants on lawns and or as ampelous flower- in hanging baskets and vases.
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Brovallia is a charming beauty, gentle purple flowers and whose lush greenery has already conquered more than one heart.
Brovallia cultivated both in the garden and in the conditions of the apartment.
it plant It is distinguished by its unpretentious disposition and is remarkably grown from seeds. Genus browally has 6 species, among which there are both annual and perennial plants.
View - Brovallia beautiful
Being related to petunias, browallia, called Browallia in Latin, belongs to the family nightshade. Browllia is native to Colombia, Central and South America.
In room conditions, only one species is grown - Brovallia is beautiful, in Latin called Browallia speciosa. In the bosom of nature this perennial species grows up to 1.5 meters in height. In room conditions, browallia is a compact bush up to 35 cm high, which branches well and blooms profusely.
For growth new shoots, it is very important to pinch the plant in time, that is, cut off the tops of the branches. Brovallia beautiful is very common and loved by flower growers as a pot culture, but it can also decorate a summer balcony.
home beauty of browallia included in beautiful flowers white, blue, lilac or blue-violet, as well as all sorts of shades of purple. If you properly care for the plant, browallia will be simply strewn with bright and very delicate flowers.
Flower growers will also be pleased with the fact that browallia blooms surprisingly long. Its flowering can last up to 16 or 18 months in a row! Even winter does not prevent browallia from blooming - except that due to a lack of light, flowering will not be so plentiful.
When the plant has faded, we can assume that for him the time has come for old age. Usually, re-bloom does not happen, because browallia lives for only two years, and then dies off. But this is not scary - you can constantly renew the plant, propagating it from a faded bush, which is not at all difficult.
It should be remembered that browallia contains toxic substances. Therefore, the plant should be located away from children and pets.
Growing browallia from seeds
Multiply browallia seeds can be grown almost all year round. The most convenient time for sowing is August for decorating an apartment with a plant, or February or March for placing brovallia on a balcony or in a garden for summer flowering.
For germination acceleration before sowing, it is useful to soak the seeds of browallia in warm water for 2 days.
Earth for sowing seeds and adult plants should be loose and peaty. Novice flower growers can use a ready-made substrate for flowering plants, and experienced growers can make mixture independently from:
- 1 part of sod land;
- 1 part of humus land;
- 1 part of leaf land;
- 1 part coarse sand.
In a bowl with big drainage holes you need to pour a layer of drainage from pebbles or brick chips 1 - 3 cm high.
Followed by fill the container earth, tamp it down with your hand and moisten it properly.
If there is no confidence in the sterility of the soil, you can additionally shed it with a weak (pale pink) solution of potassium permanganate, be sure to let the water drain through the drainage holes.
This will protect the soil from fungal growth and speed up seed germination.
Sow seeds browallia follows superficially, without deepening into the ground. You can also lightly sprinkle them with earth.
Next, you need sprinkle the seeds water from a spray bottle. The bowl with seeds should be covered with glass or a plastic bag, creating a "greenhouse" to maintain constant humidity, and placed on a bright window.
Before the seeds germinate you need to ventilate them daily, opening the greenhouse for an hour or two, remove condensation on the glass or bag and make sure that the temperature of the content is from +18 to +25 ° C.
If everything is done correctly, first shoots appear in 10 or 14 days. When all the seedlings germinate and get a little stronger, they should be transplanted one at a time into small and narrow pots with a diameter of 5 to 7 cm.
After the appearance 1 or 2 real leaves that grow after the cotyledons, the seedlings need to be pinched.
When the weather is warm outside, recommended to land young plants in balcony boxes. And with room content, for greater decorativeness and splendor of the bush, you can plant 4 seedlings in one pot.
Site selection and lighting
Brovallia- this is photophilous plant, which does not accept the direct rays of the scorching sun. The ideal place for her is the east window. Also, the plant will like to live on the eastern balcony, where it will be provided with shading in the summer heat.
Brovallia needed moderate temperature content, as the plant does not feel well in the heat. in spring and summer period perfect option- it is +20 °C, and in winter during flowering - about +18 °C.
If in winter time young plant has not yet had time to bloom, it is necessary to arrange a wintering for him at + 10 + 15 ° C. The same should be done with the old plant, which is planned to be propagated.
Watering and humidity
In the summer, brovally is necessary abundant watering, and in winter very moderate. It is extremely dangerous to be too zealous with watering - excess moisture leads to rotting of the roots.
Brovallia will not give up high humidity, but can adapt to ordinary room conditions. The plant will be very grateful if you spray it regularly.
Bloom
For the health and beauty of browallia, you need very little. Important remove dried flowers and yellowed leaves in time. To maintain the shape in the form of a compact and neat bush, you need to regularly pinch the plant and remove overly elongated shoots.
Topping browallia allows you to control the shape of the bush and provokes the appearance of more flowers.
Transfer
Due to the rapid cessation of flowering and aging recommended renew browallia through propagation by cuttings or seeds, and not transplanted.
It is very important that the soil for browallia it was loose and passed air and water well.
top dressing
A flowering plant like this browallia, does not like top dressing, especially with nitrogen content. From spring until the end of flowering, you can feed the plant 2 times a month with fertilizer for flowering plants. Concentration fertilizer is required 3 times less than indicated in the instructions.
reproduction
Brovallia successfully breeds two ways: cuttings and seeds ..
As we see, browallia- it's surprising unpretentious plant, which blooms almost all year round. Browllia care does not cause any problems and even a beginner can do it. Growing browallia from seeds at home is as easy as inhaling.
Updating the plant every year, you can endlessly enjoy the lush greenery of the bush and charming placers of flowers.
And for those who like to know everything, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the video tutorial about brovally.
