Large-Thunberg

Family acanthus .  Motherland - the tropical regions of India .  Perennial herbaceous climbing plant with long curly stems and rounded pubescent leaves .  The flowers are large, up to 8 cm in diameter, with a blue rim .  Summer blooms .  In winter, keep on the south side of the room at a temperature of 18-20 ° C .  In spring and summer a little pritenyayut, protected from direct sunlight .  In the summer watering often, in winter - less .  In late February - early March, slightly trimmed long shoots .  The plant is transplanted into a mixture of humus, compost, peat and sand (1: 1: 1: 1) .  In spring and summer, you can put on a balcony .  Fed complete mineral or organic fertilizers .  Propagation is by cuttings in spring and seeds obtained by artificial pollination .  In cuttings taken from young shoots of the old part of the stem, root in a mixture of peat and sand (1: 1) to better room teplichke when heating the soil to 22-25 ° C, and is regularly sprayed .  Seeds remain viable for two years .  So they quickly sprouted before planting their hard shell a little scratch needle .  Seedlings and rooted cuttings are planted several pieces in a pot, with the growth of the shoots attached to the support of the rods or strings .  Thunberg can be grown as a basket plant, hanging in pots or baskets of light .

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