The people call the viola flower pansies. This abundantly flowering plant amazes the imagination with a variety of colors: from snow-white to black with various shades of yellow, red, blue. Many amateur flower growers have already noted the special unpretentiousness of viola, but you still need to know how to grow it correctly so that it allows you to admire it from the beginning of spring to the very fall.
Features of growing viola
It is easier to grow a flower by seed. If you want to get flowering in the first year, then plant viola seeds in boxes at the end of February or at the beginning of March. Cover the boxes with seedlings with foil or glass, put them in a warm place. Provide seedlings during the germination period with regular loosening of the soil and abundant watering. Two weeks later, small shoots will appear, which then need to be dived at a distance of 5 centimeters. In May-June, plant the viola in the open ground (the distance from each other is 10-15 centimeters).
Plant the plant with seeds in open ground in June-July, in August, transplant the viola to a permanent place. Just keep in mind that viola will start blooming next year in early spring.
Reproduction of this plant can be done by spring self-sowing, but the flowers will lose their species differences. Viola can also be propagated by cuttings. At the end of May, plant apical cuttings with several nodules in moist soil. Cover them with a jar on top to keep the humidity high. In the fall, the cuttings will take root, they can be transplanted to a permanent place.
Viola diseases
With improper care, viola can develop the following diseases: root and stem rot, black leg, downy mildew, aphids, leaf spot. Just make sure that water does not stagnate at the roots of the plant, then you will avoid all these diseases.
