MIRABILIS: BEAUTY IN THE NIGHT

Mirabilis opens in July, flowering which lasts until October. This is an unusual plant: its buds open at night and begin to emit a special fragrance (vanilla blend, citrus, jasmine). Hence the second name of the flower - night beauty.

In the middle lane, mirabilis can be grown as a perennial (if it is possible to store tubers in the basement) either as an annual.

Its large seeds have excellent germination. I grow a night beauty through seedlings - I sow seeds in April in containers. Seedlings are unpretentious and grow quickly, forming a solid bush by the time of planting on a flower bed.

I begin to form plants, while they still grow on the windowsill, pinching the ends of the main shoots. Numerous lateral shoots with peduncles appear immediately. In early July, already in the garden, I pinch the tops of the side shoots of the second order. As a result, new stepchildren give flower brushes, and bloom lasts until the frost.