Do you like this flower? It is very beautiful, but it may still seem more so when I tell you that it is produced by a rather small plant, that it resists drought and that it is also easy to care for. Its scientific name is Calandrinia grandiflora, and it is a species suitable for beginners.
It is one of those that you can have both in a pot and in a planter, or even in the rockery of a garden. Looks great anywhere! Discover it.
Origin and characteristics
La Calandrinia grandiflora is a perennial plant native to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, western North America and Australia that reaches a maximum height of 20 centimeters. The leaves are fleshy, silver-green, and fleshy. The flowers are pink, or rarely white, and are produced in clustered blooms at the top, and often have branching stems. The fruit contains up to 20 seeds, which are easy to germinate.
Its growth rate is quite fast, so if you are in a hurry to cover an area of the garden that you do not like with our protagonist, you will not have to wait long.
What are their cares?
If you want to have a copy, we recommend that you provide it with the following care:
- Location: the Calandrinia grandiflora It has to be outside, in full sun.
- Earth:
- Pot: universal growing substrate mixed with perlite in equal parts.
- Garden: it must have very good drainage.
- Irrigation: 2-3 times a week in summer, and every 4-5 days the rest of the year.
- Subscriber: from early spring to late summer with a fertilizer for cacti and other succulents following the instructions specified on the product packaging.
- Multiplication: by seeds in spring. They are sown directly in a seedbed with universal culture substrate mixed with perlite in equal parts.
- Planting or transplanting time: in spring. Transplant every 2 years.
- Rusticity: it resists frosts down to -3ºC.
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