Alborada, a pretty upholstery plant

La dawn It is a perfect herbaceous plant to fill in those gaps that have been left empty in the garden. It grows quickly and is cold resistant, so it can be grown in warm and temperate regions around the world.

Its flowers are very pretty, white or pink, and they cover the entire plant. Let's get to know it more in depth.

Characteristics of La Alborada

La Alborada, whose scientific name is Gypsophila repens, It is a herbaceous and rhizomatous perennial plant up to 20cm tall belonging to the botanical family Caryophyllaceae. Originally from Europe, it is characterized by having prostrate stems that later rise, with slightly fleshy gray-green leaves. The flowers, which sprout in summer (from June to September in the Northern Hemisphere) appear grouped in cuddly, corymbiform inflorescences, in groups of 4 to 6. The fruit is a 4,5 to 5mm capsule, which opens leaving seeds 1mm long, warty.

It is one of the most interesting plants to grow in gardens, since hardly requires maintenance and supports pests well.

How do you take care of yourself?

If you would like to have one or more copies of Alborada in your garden, take note of our advice 🙂:

• Location: Plant your Alboradas outside, in an area where they are directly exposed to sunlight.
• Land: grows in all types of soils, as long as they are fertile and porous.
• Irrigation: irrigation has to be moderate in summer and somewhat less the rest of the year. Resists drought if it is not very long, but not waterlogging.
• Subscriber: for it to grow and develop correctly, it must be fertilized throughout the growing season (spring and summer) with organic fertilizers such as earthworm humus o manure, laying a 2-3cm layer around the plant once a month. For best results, you can choose to pay with guano liquid following the indications specified on the container.
• Planting time: in spring.
• Rusticity: withstands cold and frost well down to -15ºC.

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