Margarita de los Prados, plant with perfect flowers

Bellis Perennis

It is a plant with perfect flowers and with a unique neatness. The petals are tiny and multitudinous and that makes it unique, very particular.

It is the uniqueness of the Margaret of the Meadows We are talking about ... a plant with very special, compact flowers with a color that attracts attention.

Native to southern Europe and North Africa, it is a species that is present in many gardens although you may not have paid too much attention to it. But today we dedicate ourselves to observing it in order to learn more and meet their needs since it is a perfect plant to integrate in the garden.

Virtuous plant

Bellis Perennis flower

The Margarita de los Prados is also known as Bellorita, Bellis, Margarita minor, Margarita del prado, Chirivita. It is a biannual plant that belongs to the family Asteraceae and that it has the virtue of blooming throughout the four seasons, depending on the moment in which the sowing has taken place.

Su scientific name is Bellis perennis and it is can reach a height of up to 20 centimeters, making it ideal to have in pots. The leaves of this plant are large and arranged in a rosette, they have a central vein and are petiolate. When young, the leaves are edible.

As for the flowers, they come in the form of compact buds and contain saponins, arnatural remedy that helps heal eczema. But this is not the only property of flowers, which provide multiple virtues for the body due to the fact that they contain tannins, saponosides, essential oils and organic acids. Thus, the plant has antitussive, expectorant, diuretic, sudoriferous and healing powers while helping to control blood pressure.

Care

Margaret of the Meadows

La Margaret of the Meadows It is a very adaptable plant, it can develop without problems in all types of climates, although you have to be careful with the cold as it does not tolerate frost. In the winter season, it should be protected naturally or with a plastic.

You should place it in a sunny or semi-shady place and give it abundant watering during the growth phase and regulate the rest of the time. Although it is not demanding about the soil, you will improve the conditions of the plant if you fertilize it with manure.

La sowing time of this plant is late summer and early fall and germination occurs within two weeks. The best time to transplant is during the spring.


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