It’s a rare Soviet film that doesn’t mention the symbol of that time – the carnation. Simplicity and low price made cloves available to everyone. It was grown for export, sold in flower shops, and planted in city flower beds and garden plots. Breeders have bred a huge number of plants: dwarf, tall, bouquet, border, pastel and bright saturated. One of the types of cloves is the bearded carnation, so named for its appearance- sepals in the form of cilia.

Description of bearded carnation

IN wildlife carnation is found in the meadows of southern and Central Europe, where the climate allows it to grow without additional care. Its origin goes back to ancient times, when floristry had special symbolism. The term “carnation” meant “divine flower” to the ancient Greeks. It was grown in the temples and gardens of great people. Today, gardeners continue to grow cloves as an ornamental and herb plant.

Bearded is a biennial plant; it blooms in the second year after sowing. It can grow in one place for up to 10 years, so it can hardly be called a perennial plant. Some self-sowing varieties can grow for a long time, but every year there will be less flowering and the flowers will be smaller.

• height 40-60 cm (there are varieties up to 25 cm);
• the leaves are located opposite each other, at the beginning of growth they are green, by autumn they can give a reddish tint;
• inflorescences form a bouquet of several flowers with a diameter of 1-2 cm, in general the spherical bouquet in volume is 8-12 cm;
• the color can be any from cream to burgundy, plain or multi-colored;
• the seeds are flat, medium-sized, ripen in September.

The “eyelashes” around each flower give the flower a special charm. It grows spreadingly and can cover large flower beds and lawns. Looks great next to rocky architectural structures.

Ease of care and resistance to adverse weather conditions have made the carnation welcome guest on garden plot and city flower beds. Propagated by seed vegetative way. Excess bushes after planting or unwanted growth can easily be moved to a new place.

Planting seeds in open ground and for seedlings at home

• Sow seeds in open ground late April-early May.
• Before sowing, the flowerbed is watered hot water, apply organic fertilizers.
• It is advisable to pre-soak the seeds in a weak solution of potassium permanganate to avoid diseases such as powdery mildew late blight
• Planting depth is about 1.5-2 cm.
• The emergence of seedlings is expected under a closed film; the bed is opened only after above-zero temperatures have been established.

Seedlings require thinning, so in early September, with a developed root system, they are transplanted to permanent place. The planting density is 20 by 25 cm, which will allow the plant to receive sufficient light and nutrients.

If we sow seedlings at home:

• Sowing is carried out at the end of February-March.
• We sow in loose nutritious soil, no deeper than 1.5 cm.
• We water moderately, maintaining average humidity without stagnation of water, drainage is required (holes in containers for water drainage).
• If you plant one seed in cups or at a distance of 4-5 cm in a box, you can avoid picking.
• In dense crops, plants peak when 3-4 true leaves appear.
• Two weeks before planting in the ground, we accustom the seedlings to fresh air and the sun. We harden gradually, increasing the time to a full day.

Hardened seedlings are planted at a distance of 20-25 cm from each other, in established warm weather without night frosts.

Watering

Mandatory, otherwise the soil may dry out and the bushes will die. Prolonged sunny weather without rain can destroy all seedlings or adult plants. If it is not possible to water regularly, then you can organize a root drip irrigation from bottles. And cover the soil with drainage (pebbles, wood shavings, mulch from dry leaves), so the moisture will not evaporate quickly.

Fertilizers and fertilizers

Organic matter is added before planting and every flowering year. You can water with universal liquid fertilizers to enhance budding, especially important on depleted soils. So the flowering will be brighter, more abundant, and longer.
Cutting for bouquets is carried out closer to the middle of flowering, when the inflorescence has opened completely or with several closed buds.

Vegetative propagation

If the seed planting method is not suitable for propagation, then you can try to propagate cloves by cuttings.

• To do this, take the stem, remove the leaves, leaving only the lower rosette, and dig in with earth.
• Within a month, roots will appear in the digging area, and the bush can be transplanted to a new location.

There are no difficulties, the main thing is not to forget to water and the cuttings will definitely take root.

Variety of types and varieties of bearded carnation

For a long time, one variety was grown - Heimatland. A plant with large burgundy inflorescences up to 45 cm high. Later, breeders developed double and dwarf varieties.

Now the varietal diversity has exceeded three hundred.

• Dwarf varieties: Midget (white), Lillipot (terry color mixture).
• Terry varieties: Surprise, Diana, Snezhana, Terry carpet, Terry mixture, Breath of love, Grace.
• Popular among Russian gardeners: Ugolek (bright, with dark colors: crimson, purple, burgundy shades), Chardash (dense inflorescences in the form of a ball), Mazurka (non-double variety).
• With an unusual color: Black and white (the center of the inflorescence is black and the ends are white), Jolt Pink (hot pink or fuchsia), Noverna Clown (buds of different colors on one inflorescence).

Bearded carnation goes well with annual low flowers: asters, phlox, calendula. To form a cascading flower bed, you should pay attention to the height of the plant: place tall ones in the background, and bring low ones to the front. By color scheme You don’t have to distribute them, all the colors are combined with each other, complementing each other.

Turkish cloves, or bearded carnation (lat. Dianthus barbatus)- a plant of the genus Carnation of the Carnation family. The generic name of the plant is translated from Greek as “flower of Zeus” or “divine flower”, and this carnation is called bearded for the presence of bracts with ciliated edges. Turkish clove comes from Southern Europe. It grows on river sands, in groves, deciduous forests, meadows and rocks. The plant has been in cultivation since 1573, and today Turkish cloves can be found in almost every garden. It is used to create alpine slides, flower beds, borders and even as a ground cover plant.

Planting and caring for Turkish carnation (in brief)

• Bloom: from the end of June to the end of July.
• Landing: sowing seeds for seedlings - at the end of March or early April, planting seedlings in the ground - in the second half of May. Sowing seeds directly into the ground - at the end of May or early June, as well as in October, but before winter only dry seeds are sown.
• Lighting: bright sunlight.
• The soil: fertile, sandy loam or loamy.
• Watering: 2 times a week, with a consumption of 12-15 liters of water per 1 m² of area. In hot and dry summers you will have to water more often.
• Feeding: three times per season: when the seedlings grow to 10-12 cm, at the stage of formation of the first buds and during flowering. Both mineral and organic solutions can be used.
• Reproduction: seed - seedlings and non-seedlings.
• Pests: mole crickets and earwigs.
• Diseases: fusarium, rust and viral mottling.

Read more about growing Turkish cloves below.

Turkish cloves - description

Turkish clove is a herbaceous perennial grown in a biennial crop. It has straight, strong, knotty stems 30-75 cm high, glabrous, sessile, lanceolate opposite leaves, green or blue-green with a reddish tint, and numerous aromatic, double, semi-double or simple flowers diameter from 1.5 to 3 cm different shades white, red, pink, cream - single-color, two-color, variegated, velvety, with a border or eye. The flowers are collected in a corymbose inflorescence up to 12 cm in diameter, which opens in the second year of life and blooms for a month from the end of June. In the first year, Turkish carnation forms only a rosette of leaves. The fruit of the plant is a capsule with black flat seeds that ripen by August and remain viable for 3 to 5 years. Turkish carnations are grown not only for landscaping, but also for cutting: its inflorescences stand in water for up to two weeks.

Sowing Turkish cloves

If you decide to grow Turkish cloves in seedlings, then sowing is carried out in March or early April in a substrate previously disinfected with a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate. The substrate is prepared from sand and leaf humus in equal parts. Instead of sand, you can use vermiculite. Boxes or containers can be used as containers, which must be washed with hot water and soda before use. A drainage layer is placed at the bottom of the container, and a wet substrate is placed on top.

Turkish clove seeds are sown to a depth of 1 cm, placing them at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other. The crops are covered with loose white paper and kept at a temperature of 16-18 ºC, from time to time moistening the substrate from a spray bottle with water room temperature.

Caring for Turkish carnation seedlings

As soon as the seedlings appear, the crops are moved as close to the light as possible, and the temperature is lowered by 2-3 degrees so that the seedlings do not stretch out. It is likely that you will have to provide additional lighting for the seedlings, since the plants need a lot of light. At the stage of formation of the second pair of true leaves, the seedlings dive into peat pots with a soil mixture of the same composition in which you sowed the seeds. Caring for Turkish carnation seedlings consists of regular watering and careful loosening of the substrate around the seedlings.

Seedlings are planted in open ground in the second half of May, when warm weather sets in, but before planting, Turkish carnation seedlings must undergo hardening procedures: the crops are taken out into the open air every day, gradually increasing the duration of the session. At first half an hour is enough, but in two weeks the Turkish carnation from seeds should get used to the new environment so much that you can safely plant it in a flowerbed.

Sowing Turkish cloves in the ground

When to sow Turkish cloves in open ground

Turkish carnation flowers can be sown directly in the garden, bypassing the stage of growing seedlings. When to plant Turkish cloves in the ground? At the end of May or early June, when the soil warms up and the threat has passed return frosts. You can sow Turkish clove seeds in October, but do not forget that any autumn sowing should be carried out with dry seeds, and the soil should also be dry. In the fall, crops are mulched with peat or sawdust, and in the spring the mulch is removed.

How to plant Turkish cloves in the garden

Choose a sunny area for the plant with fertile soil, preferably sandy loam or loamy soil. One to two weeks before sowing, the soil on the site should be dug up to a depth of 20-25 cm with the simultaneous application of compost or humus and wood ash at the rate of 6-8 kg of organic matter and 200-300 g of ash per 1 m² of site. You can also add mineral fertilizers: a tablespoon of Nitrophoska and a teaspoon of Agricola for flowering plants for the same unit of area. After digging, the area is covered plastic film.

When the time comes to sow cloves, the film is removed, grooves 1-1.5 cm deep are made in the soil at a distance of 15 cm from each other, they are well shed with water, and then the seeds are laid out in them in increments of 2-3 cm. After planting the seeds, the surface lightly compact and cover with non-woven material until emergence.

Caring for Turkish Carnation

How to care for Turkish cloves

Garden Turkish carnation needs regular watering: 2 times a week at a rate of 12-15 liters per m² of land. If the summer is dry and hot, then you will have to water more often. Try to pour water on the ground so that the stream does not fall on the plant itself, otherwise it may get sunburn. However, if the carnation grows in lowlands, be careful with watering, otherwise the plant may develop root rot from waterlogging: as soon as you find that the Turkish carnation is shedding its root rosettes, treat it with a solution of 40 g of HOM in 10 liters of water.

Growing Turkish cloves involves adding fertilizer to the soil. The first fertilizing is carried out when the seedlings reach a height of 10-12 cm. As a fertilizer, use a solution of one tablespoon of Nitrophoska and one tablespoon of Agricola Forward in 10 liters of water. The next time the plant is fed at the stage of formation of the first buds: a tablespoon of superphosphate and potassium sulfate is diluted in 10 liters of water. During flowering, add a solution of 1 tablespoon of Agricola for flowering plants to the soil in 10 liters of water.

After watering, rain and fertilizing, the soil around the plants must be loosened to prevent rapid evaporation of moisture. Don't forget to delete it in a timely manner weeds and cut off the faded stems at a height of 10-15 cm from the ground: in a month, the carnation will grow new shoots, and by autumn it can bloom again.

Although the perennial Turkish carnation is a frost-resistant plant, it will survive the winter better under a layer of peat or humus 8-10 cm thick. In general, with favorable conditions And good care The lifespan of a perennial carnation is 5-6 years, and in less fortunate circumstances - at most 2-3 years.

Pests and diseases of Turkish cloves

Under normal conditions, the Turkish carnation usually does not get sick, and insects rarely damage it, but sometimes troubles do happen, and you need to be prepared for them. What can cause Turkish carnation diseases in the garden? In addition to being sensitive to heavy metals and urban smoke, it can be affected by:

• fusarium – fungal disease, destroying the plant’s vascular system. The leaves of the carnation evenly turn yellow, wither, but do not fall off, the stem turns red or turns brown, the flowers do not open completely or do not open at all, the basal part of the stem and the root system of the plant rot. Sick specimens must be destroyed immediately, but in the meantime healthy plants and the soil around them is treated with a fungicidal preparation in two stages with an interval of 10-15 days;
• rust is also a fungal disease, affecting leaves, petioles and stems of cloves: brown swellings with yellowish spots appear on them, the plants are depressed, the stems dry out and break. The disease progresses against the background high humidity soil, excess nitrogen and lack of potassium. When signs of disease appear, plants are treated with one percent Bordeaux mixture, a solution of the drug XOM or any other fungicide with a similar effect;
• mottling may appear in spring in the form of spots on leaves without clear contours, deformation of flowers and variegation. There is no cure for this viral disease, so affected plants are destroyed.

Of the pests, the Turkish carnation can be annoyed by mole crickets and earwigs that damage the roots, from which the seedlings, young shoots and flowers of the plant suffer. The fight against mole crickets and earwigs is carried out by such means as digging up the soil in the fall and setting up traps: dig a hole, fill it with manure and cover it with something from the rain. The mole crickets will gather in a hole to spend the winter in the warmth, and in the spring they can be destroyed. IN summer time Mole crickets can be limed by pouring a concentrated soap solution into the passages leading to their nests, and for earwigs, bait is laid out around the area in the form of piles of wet grass or half-rotted hay covered with planks, into which the pests crawl to hide from the heat.

Unlike other types of carnations, which are long-growing plants daylight hours, homemade Turkish carnation can grow in partial shade without compromising health and decorativeness. Optimal temperature for the plant 15-18 ºC.

Turkish cloves need fertile, neutral soil, for example, a mixture of leaf soil, sand, peat and turf soil in a ratio of 1:1:1:2. Before planting, the mixture is disinfected. When transplanting root collar must remain level with the surface of the site. To form a more lush bush, young carnations are pinched as soon as it has 5-7 pairs of leaves.

You need to water the cloves abundantly - the earthen lump in the pot should not dry out. Water for irrigation is used soft, at room temperature. In the evening, during the hot summer, Turkish cloves are sprayed.

Starting from one month of age, cloves are fed with complex mineral fertilizer for flowering plants. Dilute fertilizers in water with the addition of milk and spray the soil in the pot with a spray bottle with this solution. Feeding is applied from spring to October, in winter time the plant is not fed.

At home, Turkish cloves can be affected by spider mites, aphids and mealybugs. Wash off the pests with a soap solution, then spray the plant with an infusion of tansy, celandine or yarrow, but if these measures do not give results, treat the Turkish carnation with Actellik, Aktara or another insectoacaricide.

Varieties of Turkish cloves

The most common varieties of Turkish cloves are:

• Diadem– bushes up to 45 cm high with shoots and leaves of dark green color with a red tint and dark red nodes. Dark carmine flowers with a large white eye and serrated edge petals are collected in an inflorescence up to 10 cm in diameter;
• Scarlet Beauty– bushes 45-50 cm high with dark green leaves and shoots and bright red flowers up to 23 mm in diameter with petals serrated along the edge;
• Heimatland– bushes up to 50 cm high with shoots and leaves of dark green color with a dark red tint. The flowers are dark red, up to 2 cm in diameter, with an eye and petals deeply serrated along the edge. The inflorescences of this variety are up to 12 cm in diameter;
• Lakhskenigin– a variety about 45 cm high with large inflorescences of salmon-pink flowers;
• Schneebal– white Turkish carnation up to 40 cm high with green leaves and shoots. Terry flowers with jagged edges of the petals are collected in inflorescences up to 11 cm in diameter;
• Weiss Risen– bushes up to half a meter high with green leaves and shoots and white flowers with a diameter of up to 25 mm, collected in inflorescences up to 12 cm in diameter;
• Kupferrot– bushes up to half a meter high with dark green leaves and shoots and copper-red flowers up to 22 mm in diameter with jagged edges. Inflorescences reach a diameter of 9-10 cm;
• Egyptian– a variety up to 60 cm high with narrow burgundy leaves and catchy dark burgundy flowers with a white border;
• Undine– this variety has purple flowers with a white center and a white border.

The Holland variety has also gained popularity - a group of varieties about 60 cm high with branched stems and multi-flowered inflorescences up to 12 cm in diameter. Cut flowers from this series last up to two weeks.

1. Properly selected conditions will help them reproduce by self-seeding.
2. They are cold-resistant.
3. Strong seedlings and nice flowers From seeds you can grow not only in open ground, but also in balcony flowerpots.
4. Unpretentious.
5. Virtually no moisture is needed.
6. Undemanding.

Propagation by seeds

Soil preparation is a crucial moment on which the speed at which sprouts appear depends. It is necessary to take care of the soil for the seeds about a week or a week and a half before sowing, for which it must be dug up and covered with plastic wrap. After a day, you can remove the polyethylene and start sowing the seeds.

The optimal time for planting is selected depending on the climatic conditions of your region - it could be the last month of spring or the first days of summer. It is better to choose a non-hot day for this task, but if one is not expected during the specified period, then sow the seeds in the morning or evening. Growing Turkish carnation from seeds should be done in partial shade, especially if it will grow in this place constantly.

Landing Features

There are several rules for planting Turkish carnations that should be followed to obtain high-quality seedlings and magnificent plants in the future. Here they are:

• there should be at least 3 cm between two adjacent bushes;
• between rows at least 15 cm;
• planting depth – 1 cm.

Before planting seeds in the soil, it should be slightly moistened with warm water. It can also be water at room temperature. When the seeds are in the ground, cover it all with any non-woven material that can be purchased at any specialty store. After waiting just 10 days, you will be able to see the first shoots, which are reflected in the photo of the Turkish carnation.

You can plant seedlings on the 20th day after planting the seeds. When leaving some sprouts in the container, do not forget about the recommended distance between them, which is 6–7 cm. For transplanting seedlings, it is best to choose the evening, when the sun is not so hot, or on a cloudy day. After picking, cover all seedlings again with non-woven material.

In the first year, the Turkish carnation throws out only leaves, so you should not torment yourself or look for mistakes during the planting process. Flowers on the plant will appear only in the second season. Around mid-August, the seedlings should be transplanted to their “own” place, that is, where they will grow constantly, leaving 15 cm between neighboring bushes. If you cannot transplant the plant at the recommended time, you can postpone this until the beginning of autumn.

Growing seedlings

Turkish cloves can be grown at home on a window, and no special conditions are required. The prepared soil (the process is described above) must be treated with diluted potassium permanganate.

It is best to plant seeds in March, but if difficulties arise, it can be postponed to the first days of April. The flower will not suffer much from these manipulations, and growing Turkish carnations from seeds will proceed without any special changes.

Watering

Growing any plant requires regular watering, and our beauty is no exception. In dry weather, you need to bring water to the plant at least 2 times a week. You also need to know how to water a flower. Features of watering can be seen in the photo of Turkish carnation. Do not forget that only the root system needs moisture, but it will only harm the leaves and inflorescences, attracting all kinds of diseases.

With heavy rainfall, the soil becomes overly moist, which contributes to the emergence of putrefactive processes. It is worth examining not only the root system, but also the vegetative part. Water may remain in the rosettes of leaves, and this can cause a dangerous disease - root rot.

Timely treatment of the plant with special preparations and regular loosening of the soil will help prevent the occurrence of root rot and other diseases. If you have chosen chemicals to combat diseases, you should carefully read the included instructions, since it is there that the manufacturer indicates the optimal amount of additional substances and the recommended amount of solution per square meter. m. area.

Top dressing

If the soil in your region is not very rich in minerals, you should help the plant by feeding it with an organic solution or special fertilizers. You should start no earlier than the Turkish carnation grows 10 cm.

The process of applying fertilizers has its own characteristics, which we will discuss further. The first replenishment should be in the spring, because at this time Turkish carnations, which have been planted and cared for for so long, are only gaining strength after a long rest.

The plant will need the next dose of fertilizer when flower buds are setting, because at this time the flower will not interfere with additional strength. The last time the Turkish carnation is fed is during the flowering period. To feed the soil, you can use superphosphate, potassium sulfate or special fertilizers from stores.

Preparing for winter

Turkish cloves can withstand cold weather, but don't take risks. Cover the plant with spruce branches to protect it from frost. For the same purposes, you can take any moisture-permeable fabric.

In regions with harsh winters, you should take care of additional protection of the Turkish carnation by covering the root system with peat, which should be poured in a layer of at least 10 cm. With the arrival of spring and warmth, do not rush to remove the protective layer, because under it the plant is still “sleeping”, and a sudden change temperature can harm it.

Since ancient times, carnation has been a favorite of flower growers in many countries. The smell of a flowering crop is similar to the aroma of clove buds - a well-known spice. Hence the name of this flower. But from Greek the name of the plant is translated as “divine flower” or “flower of Zeus.”

If you decide to plant carnations in your flower garden, then you need to know some rules for growing, caring for and propagating this flower in open ground. Numerous photos of these wonderful plants will help you choose a variety.

Small but eye-catching flowers of Turkish carnation will look great in any flower bed

Description of Turkish cloves

Turkish carnation is one of the most common types of crops grown in flower beds. It fell in love with gardeners back in the 16th century for its bright flowering caps. This ornamental plant comes in different shades. There are both plain white and various shades of red, as well as two- and even three-colored ones with different patterns on the petals of small (1–1.5 cm in diameter) flowers. The designs vary from borders on petals to eyes and intricate figures. And the carnation petals themselves are very diverse. There are both five-petalled varieties and varieties with double flowers. Carnations bloom from the beginning of summer for a month.

Planting carnations

The most beautiful Turkish carnation grows in fertile soil. It blooms well in open sunny areas, but will also grow in partial shade. If you add fertilizers to sandy and loamy soils, they will be quite suitable for Turkish cloves. Before planting, when digging into the soil, add compost or humus, ash, and mineral fertilizers.

There is no need to dig the future bed too deeply; 25–30 cm is enough. Next, the bed is leveled and moistened if the soil is dry. The prepared area is covered with thick cloth for two weeks. When time has passed, you can start planting flowers.

If the soil is fertile enough, the carnation will bloom long and lush.

Sow seeds in furrows up to 1.5 cm deep. The gaps between furrows should be at least 15 cm. Seeds are sown in furrows, watered and sprinkled with soil. The soil needs to be lightly compacted. There is no need to water anymore, you just need to cover the bed with a thick cloth until the first shoots appear.

Carnations can be planted both in spring and autumn. It is performed using the same technology.

Attention. During autumn planting, both seeds and furrows should be dry.

Caring for Turkish cloves

As has already been noted, carnations feel best in sunny areas in fertile soils. These flowers are very sensitive to winter temperature fluctuations. This is especially true for young plants. Turkish carnations do not tolerate waterlogging and stagnation of water.

Plants are most at risk in early spring, when temperature changes are especially large, because during the day the plants heat up in the sun, and at night they freeze. To prevent plants from dying during this period, non-frost-resistant varieties must be covered with spruce branches. The shelter can be removed only when the likelihood of return frosts disappears.

Protect Turkish cloves from frost

When the carnation fades, the stems must be trimmed and fertilizer added to the soil. Thus, in a month the plant will already grow new stems, and some varieties will bloom a second time. Turkish carnation, which is grown according to all the rules, lives up to six years, while poor conditions reduce its residence time in the flower garden to three years.

You need to water the cloves once or twice a week. And if the summer is dry, then the amount of watering needs to be increased. Water the plant on the ground, because if drops of water get on the flower, it can burn in the sun.

Attention. Cloves do not tolerate waterlogging.

Fertilizer and feeding

Turkish carnation, the planting and care of which were described above, also needs feeding. When growing cloves in open ground, the first fertilizing of the plant is done when it has reached a height of 10 cm. 1 tbsp is used as fertilizer. l. nitrophoska and 1 tbsp. l. "Agricola Forward", diluted in 10 liters of warm water.

Feed the crop several times a season

When your flowers begin to develop buds, it is necessary to carry out a second feeding. This time you need to use 1 tbsp. l. potassium sulfate and the same amount of superphosphate, also diluted in 10 liters of water.

The third fertilizing is applied directly during the flowering period of the carnation; 1 tbsp is required per 10 liters of water. l. Fertilizers "Agricola for flowering plants".

Attention. Feeding consumption should be 10 liters per 5 square meters. m.

Plant propagation

Propagation of Turkish carnation is most often carried out by seeds or layering. In order to propagate cloves by layering, you need to follow a simple algorithm of actions:

• in July or August, the shoots must be tilted to the ground, secured and sprinkled with soil;
• tie the stem to the peg, keeping it vertical;
• take care of the shoots that will appear in a few weeks;
• In the fall, new shoots must be cut off and planted in open ground.

Turkish clove seeds

Another way to propagate Turkish carnations is through cuttings. To do this, I most often use shoots that have not formed inflorescences this year.

You can also use bushes that grew in open ground as a result of self-seeding of cloves as seedlings. They just need to be transplanted to the place you need. However, it is worth remembering that self-seeding often loses distinctive features varieties.

Diseases and pests of Turkish cloves

Turkish carnation is a plant resistant to diseases, but occasionally, mainly in southern regions may get sick viral disease which is spread by sucking insects. It manifests itself in the inhibition of flower growth, the appearance of a mosaic color on the leaves with their subsequent deformation. In this case, the diseased plant must be destroyed immediately, preventing infection of other bushes.

Spider mite

Also occasionally found in Turkish cloves heterosporiosis. This fungal disease appears on leaves and stems in the form of small gray spots. Sometimes the spots have a red border. Subsequently, the spots lighten and merge with each other. In this case, the flower becomes fragile in the area where spots accumulate, the leaves turn yellow and die. The fungus lives on the plant even after it has died, therefore, in case of infection, it is necessary to carefully remove all remnants of the diseased flower, and the surrounding plants must be treated with Bordeaux mixture or copper oxychloride.

Of the pests, Turkish carnation planted in open ground can attack spider mite and aphids.

Turkish carnation in a flower bed

The simplest and most reliable means of resisting these pests is considered to be tincture. potato tops. To do this, 10 liters of water require 1 kg of potato tops, infused for one and a half days. Before spraying, add 1 tbsp to the tincture. l. liquid soap.

Advice. Spray carnations in cool mornings or evenings.

Turkish cloves in combination with other plants

In flower beds, it is recommended to plant carnations with the same perennial sunflowers. For example, Turkish carnations will go well with, Carpathian bell and rudbeckia. All of these perennial flowers have the same requirements for soil and watering and feel great in open sunny areas.

Turkish carnation in landscape design

Turkish cloves are used quite often in landscape design. A big role in this is played by the ease of caring for this flower, combined with its incredible beauty. Use cloves to create spectacular borders. Carnations in landscape design can also play the role of a lawn and serve ground cover plants. Bright hats will look great between sidewalk tiles, framed by steps, or decorate retaining walls.

Turkish carnation in landscape design

This flower is often used for decoration. In addition to variegated flower beds, you can diversify your landscape design and original monochromatic duets, for example, in a combination of red carnation varieties with blood-red geranium.

In addition, this flower can be planted in pots and decorated with small flower beds on terraces and rooms.

This flower also looks great cut in bouquets, both as a solo plant and in combination with other flowers.

It all depends only on your imagination. And if you lack inspiration, look at the photos with these beautiful flowers, maybe they will help you determine best place for carnations in the flower garden.

Turkish carnation is one of the most unpretentious to care for. garden flower, which pleases anyone, even the most capricious gardener, with its bright, rich beauty.

Caring for Turkish carnation: video

Turkish cloves: photo

This is popular garden plant. The love for Turkish carnation is explained by its unpretentiousness, very bright color, and long flowering time.

Turkish cloves have a very delicate aroma. It was named Turkish for the similarity of its aroma to the Turkish spice - clove buds. The name “bearded carnation” was given to the presence of bracts on each flower, ciliated along the edge.

Turkish cloves Description

Many varieties and hybrids of bearded carnation have been developed with pink, white, red or purple flowers. According to the texture, the petals of the Turkish carnation are simple (with five petals) and double (8-10 petals). They are collected in inflorescences with a diameter of 10-12 cm. Bearded carnation can be one-color or two-three-color, with an unusual distribution of color areas. The flowering period, which begins in mid-June, lasts a whole month. Bright colors Turkish carnation fills the garden during the period when the bulbous flowers have faded, but the summer flowers have not yet appeared. In the flowerbed and flower garden, her curtains close together into a bright festive carpet. The flowers are considered edible.

The height of the plant is 30-75 cm. The stems of the Turkish clove are erect and very strong. The leaves are green or blue-green, 4-10 cm long and 1-2 cm wide.

Turkish cloves belong to perennial plants. Flowering does not occur in the first year; only a rosette of leaves is thrown out. But by the second year, bearded carnation produces peduncles 20-80 cm long. At the same time, new rosettes appear that will bloom next year.

Non-flowering stems spread along the ground, while flowering stems are straight, strong, and knotty. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule. Seeds remain viable for 3 – 5 years.

Bearded carnation is cold-resistant and frost-resistant. Prefers non-acidic, light soils, rich nutrients. Turkish carnation, unlike other types of carnations, is undemanding to light and can bloom in partial shade, but in shade the flowering is less abundant. Requires good drainage, does not tolerate stagnant water. Propagated by seeds, layering, green cuttings, and dividing the bush.

Growing Turkish cloves

Growing Turkish cloves is a simple and enjoyable task. It propagates by seeds, layering, green cuttings, and dividing the bush. It is recommended to grow bearded carnation as a biennial plant, but many gardeners preserve the bushes for several years, removing the flower stalks after flowering and covering the rosettes for the winter.

It blooms beautifully and luxuriantly only on fertile lands. Turkish cloves prefer sunny place position, but it also blooms well in partial shade.

Propagated by seeds. They are formed in fairly large quantities and are able to sprout within several years.

If you plant several varieties in a flowerbed or flower garden, then, thanks to cross-pollination, you can get new variety with a completely unpredictable flower type and color.

Turkish clove growing from seeds

You can grow Turkish cloves from seeds in different terms. Some even sow them for seedlings in March-April. At the end of May, these seedlings are already planted in a permanent place. But the bearded carnation is unlikely to bloom this year.

You can sow seeds in May, as soon as the warm weather. However, most often, clove seeds are planted in the ground in June and the first half of July. Seeds can be sown both in a permanent place and in a growing bed. If you choose the second option, then the Turkish carnation can be transplanted to a permanent place around the beginning of August, maintaining a distance of approximately 30 cm between individual plants.

I usually set aside a separate bed on my plot for sowing seedlings. I’m setting up a film greenhouse here, and the first sowing of other flowers, depending on the weather, is either at the end of April or at the beginning of May. At the end of May - beginning of June, I plant the formed seedlings in a permanent place, and use the vacated bed to sow Turkish cloves, violas and other biennials that will bloom only next year. I let the soil rest a little, then I either dig up the bed or thoroughly loosen it. If the weather is hot and dry, it is better to water the garden bed generously and cover it with film. After a day or two, you can sow.

I make furrows across the bed at a distance of 15 - 20 cm from each other, then I water them and sow the seeds. I sprinkle the seeds on top with soil. The planting depth should be about a centimeter or a little more. I no longer water the hole from above. I know from experience that if you cover the bed with covering material, the seedlings will emerge earlier and more vigorously. But even without this, the bearded carnation sprouts normally. You just need to make sure that the soil in which the seeds are planted always remains moist.

As a rule, after 8-10 days, shoots appear. After 20 days, you need to pick up the seedlings. The distance between them is 6-7 cm.

Planting seeds can be done in the fall, preferably in October. At autumn planting the soil and seeds should be dry and there is no need to water anything. Otherwise, seedlings will appear that will die at the first frost.

In the first year, a bush is formed. For the winter it is better to cover it with spruce branches. Next year it stretches by 40-50 cm, and in mid-June bright large inflorescences already appear.

Carnation bearded during the period early spring amenable vegetative propagation cuttings. If in the fall the stems of its shoots, which have bloomed and usually die, are exposed and covered with earth, leaving only the tips, then they will take root.

Turkish carnation Planting and care

Carnation Turkish landing

To plant Turkish carnations, you need to choose a sunny place in the garden with fertile soil. Then the bearded carnation will be especially decorative and will delight you lush flowering. Partial shade is also suitable, but perhaps the flowering will not be as abundant. Soil fertility also plays an important role.

Turkish carnation is propagated by seeds, cuttings, layering, and dividing the bush.

Read more here Growing Turkish or bearded cloves from seeds

If you collect the seeds yourself and sow the next year, not all plants in this case will have the same characteristics as the one from which the seeds were collected. To preserve the variety, propagation is carried out by layering or cuttings.

It is best to prepare cuttings not later than June, root them in moist soil in the shade. Can be covered plastic bottle or a jar. After 3 weeks they begin to grow, and in the fall they can already be transplanted into a flower bed.

To obtain layering after flowering, the stems are laid out around the bush and sprinkled with damp soil. The ends can be tied to a support, giving them a vertical position. After 5-6 weeks, the rooted cuttings are planted in a permanent place.

Carnation turkish care

Care Turkish cloves simple enough. It consists mainly of watering, weeding, loosening the soil and removing weeds. It is recommended to water at least once a week; if the weather is hot and dry, then watering is carried out 2 times a week. Bearded carnation is responsive to various feedings. During the season it is worth carrying out 3 feedings. The recommendations are general for all flowering plants. At the stage of intensive growth - nitrogen,

at the stage of bud formation - potassium sulfate and superphosphate, during flowering - any fertilizer for flowering plants.

In July, after flowering, the plant is pruned, loosened and then it can be fed again. After a month, new shoots grow, and by autumn they may bloom again (albeit much less abundantly).

For the winter, it is better to cover the Turkish cloves with spruce branches, dry leaves or a peat mixture. The cover is not removed immediately after the snow melts, but only after the plants begin to grow. This will protect the plants from sunburn and spring frosts.

It should be borne in mind that the plant does not tolerate excessive moisture, and when the snow melts, this is exactly what happens. If in the place where the carnation grows, there is stagnation of water during the snow melting, then it is better to remove the snow from the plantings and make small grooves along which excess water will be able to leave. Very often I don’t cover the bearded carnation at all, I don’t shade it with anything from the bright spring rays, and it grows beautifully. But this is in the case of a snowy winter. If the winter is frosty and snowless, even such a cold-resistant plant as Turkish clove can freeze.