Types of Flower Clarkia

Latin name of this flower is Clarkia Onagraceae. Flower Clarkia is a genre that has about forty species of annual herbaceous plants, all originating from North America. They form dense clumps of upright stems, from 30 to 50 inches meters, sometimes curved or drooping, slender, bright green, many prominent lanceolate or linear leaves, thin.  


When in the late spring to early summer can produce a lot of flowers in white, pink, red or purple, very suitable for cut flower bouquets.


Types of Flower Clarkia has a different character, as described below:

• C. elegans produces many individual flowers, arranged along the stem upright, double or stradopppi.


• C. pulchella produce a single large flower, with petals with a long stalk that connects them to power, it is highly fragmented.


• C. Breweri petals have very jagged.


• C. amoena and C. speciosa has five petals grouped in pairs, usually with a few flower species without a club known as the godet. This plant is suitable for borders and rock gardens, there are many hybrids.

Clarkie flowers can be planted in a sunny spot, this plant grows without any problems in the area of ​​partial shade, which must be at least 5-6 hours of direct sunlight per day, especially in the cooler hours of the day.  

Watering should be regular flower from March to September, especially during growth and during flowering, seed produced after the plant growth cycle is complete so as to stop watering. Every 18-20 days to provide fertilizer for flowering plants mixed with water for watering. 

 

If you want to plant flowers as a ground cover Clarkie better drained, soft and not too rich, but they develop without any problems in the soil, even clay or salt-affected, if planted in humus-rich substrates that tend to produce too much foliage and few flowers.  

Propagation is by seed of interest: Direct sow Clarkie planted in early spring, because almost could not bear transplantation; work well before sowing the ground with soil and enrich balanced. This flower mashi resistant to pests or diseases.