Ornamental cabbage: care and planting

Ornamental cabbage bears harvest within two years. The first year the plant looks like an ornamental one with bright leaves and a strong stem. During the second year, fundamental changes occur, the leaves fall, the stem stretches out and small flowers appear, then green stitches appear.

These plants are quite capricious and do not take well the frosts, which are typical for the central region of Russia. In this regard, having fulfilled its functions, the cabbage should be dug out of the flower bed.
Planting such a plant is simple, while they reproduce by seeds.

Ornamental cabbage: planting features

Ornamental cabbage: photo

Ornamental cabbage should be planted in early April. There are no special requirements for the soil, but when planting it is required to prepare it: feed the soil with a solution of Fitosporin-M, Baikal EM-1 or choose another fungicide in order to prevent the disease caused by the blackening of the leg by the fungus.

Seeds of ornamental cabbage should be squeezed to a depth of 0.5 cm, 2 pieces in a pot with an average diameter of 5-7 cm and covered with foil on top. In early May, you can plant in greenhouses.

Planting ornamental cabbage: the best places

The best placement is your flower bed. There are so many unusual shades and colors that they will attract the eye of anyone with their unprecedented beauty.
At first it is better to put it on the sidelines. This is necessary so that in the summer it is not noticeable among others, and at the time of the emptying of the flower beds, it will come out on top - and this will be closer to mid-August.

An ornamental plant will look great in low beds or small pots. It does not need to be combined with other flowers that will bloom with it at the same time. She, without outside help, will rivet your eyes.

If you are leaving the summer cottage in the fall, you can transplant cabbage from the garden into a pot and decorate your house with it. She will perfectly tolerate the move and will delight the eye at home for a long time.

Ornamental cabbage: growing and care

Cabbage decorative planting and care

Everything is very simple, the most important thing is to provide moderate watering, loosening and uprooting of weeds. Additional feeding is not necessary, otherwise the stems will grow. Top dressing is required 1-2 times with complex vitamins, if the sprouts are very weak.

You can plant sprouts on the beds in the last days of spring, when the temperature is stable and is in the range of 15-20 degrees. But if suddenly cold weather comes, then it is destructive for the plant.

Pay special attention to the distance between the plants when planting them in the garden. First of all, it depends on the diameters of an already mature cabbage, otherwise in the fall you will not figure out where and what, it will be very dense in the garden. The distance can be up to 0.5 m from each other, since these plants are quite tall. If the variety is still not high, then you can set the distance to 25-30cm.

Care is quite simple - it is watering and weeding the soil from weeds. Watering depends on the weather outside the window, if it is very hot, we increase the abundance of watering. You can feed it 2 times a month with mullein infusion.

In autumn, you can leave ornamental cabbage in the beds, as it can withstand temperatures up to -10 degrees, since it has absorbed the necessary vitamins and substances over the summer. Accordingly, in winter, it can delight your eye.

If you still decide to dig up ornamental cabbage, then you can store it in the basement, and in the spring you can plant it again in the beds and get seeds.Watch out for the stitches, because they contain the seeds and in one moment they will open. It is imperative to catch the moment of collection! The offspring that you received can be completely different colors, so the flower bed will look very impressive.

Ornamental cabbage: photo

Ornamental cabbage in the flowerbed: photo