In the proposed material, the most popular indoor plants that can be successfully grown on a window are considered. What flowers can be planted on the windowsill and not worry about their well-being? The answer to this question can be found on this page. The flowering and decorative crops are considered: begonias, fuchsias, geraniums, violets and cacti.
Violet on the windowsill and her photo
The violet on the windowsill is a wonderful interior decoration. Velvety round leaves, delicate flowers – this is an African plant from the forests of the Uzambar Mountains. For its resemblance to violets, it was called the Usambar violet or violet-shaped Saintpaulia (after the name of its discoverer, Baron Saint-Paul Hiller). At the end of the 100th century, the newly discovered Saintpaulia was shown at a gardening exhibition in Belgium, and so began its triumphant march across Europe. For 10 years, hundreds of varieties with simple and double flowers have been bred from the discreet dark purple wild Saintpaulia. With proper care, Saintpaulia blooms up to XNUMX months a year, replacing wilted flowers with blossoming buds.
Look at the violets on the windowsill in the photo of various varieties of this plant:
Cacti on the window and windowsill
Cacti on the window have long settled on the windowsills of indoor plant lovers, delighting with juicy green stems. Experienced flower growers also bloom cacti. The flower is an indicator that the cactus on the windowsill is provided with complete comfort. Most often, the cactus of the rainforest, the Schlumberger epiphyte, blooms in the apartments. It blooms around Christmas, when summer begins in its homeland, South America. For this he was called the Christmas cactus, or the Decembrist. In winter, large bright flowers and epiphytic cacti, epiphyllums, bloom.
White flowers of selenicereus (“moon cactus”) with a strong aroma bloom at night, and by morning they fall. In the jungle, these largest of all cactus flowers (up to 24 cm) await nocturnal guests – moths and bats. Bright flowers of prickly pears or chamecereus are intended for daytime pollinators – bees, beetles, ants.
Fuchsias on the window
More than 300 years ago, the French monk and botanist Charles Plumier brought from South America a small lush shrub with delicate flowers. He named this plant fuchsia, after his German colleague Leonard Fuchs. No one was left indifferent by fuchsia flowers, similar to ballerinas, with a small head – a thickening of the peduncle, a fluffy skirt made of colored sepals and petals and thin legs – stamens and a pistil. Travelers brought new types of fuchsias, from which hundreds of varieties were bred. Growing in cool foothills in open places, fuchsias on the window are not demanding for heat, but they need bright light and good watering. At home, fuchsia blooms in summer, and in our country it blooms at the beginning of winter, painting the gray despondency with a riot of colors.
Geranium on the windowsill
Geraniums on the windowsill recently broke all records in popularity among indoor plants. The concept of “home comfort” was inextricably linked with the blooming geraniums on the windowsill. The correct name for this plant is pelargonium (geranium is its wild relative from our forests). The Dutch introduced the Europeans to pelargonium, to whom we owe the spread of many ornamental plants. They brought it from their colonies in South Africa 300 years ago. Unpretentious, easily propagated by seeds and cuttings, geranium was available to everyone and often adorned the homes of ordinary people.
Begonia on the windowsill
Each begonia flower is adorned with a bright perianth of sepals and petals. In alfalfa begonia, medium-sized perianths of white or pink color reveal a small yellow flower. Large flowers of decorative varieties of tuberous begonias on the windowsill are not inferior to roses in splendor and beauty. In winter, unpretentious begonias bloom in pots on windowsills, in summer they can be planted in flower beds. Growing rapidly, they will decorate a balcony, courtyard or garden with lush flowering.
