Carnation Shabo remains one of the most favorite summer plants of gardeners due to its attractive appearance and unpretentiousness in care. It is worth considering the basic rules so that this flower becomes a real decoration of your garden.

Flower features

Clove shabo - One of the common flowers that grow gardeners on their site. This is a perennial plant, but in cold areas it is grown for one season. Carnation is ideal for cutting and serves as a bright decoration of the garden.

Here are its main characteristics:

1. Plant height ranges from 40 to 60 cm.
2. The shrub has a pyramid shape due to stems that diverge in all directions from the base.
3. Leaves are gray-green, about 12 cm long.
4. Large flowers can be double, simple or half double. The cloves themselves can be corrugated or folded.
5. The kidneys come in a variety of colors: white, pink, yellow, red and salmon.
6. Seeds are very small, black.

Landing and basic care

Transplanting Shabo cloves into the ground must be carried out in mid-May. For growing flowers, you should choose a well-lit area without drafts. It is recommended to prepare the ground in the fall, however, it is important to remember that it is not necessary to introduce manure into the ground since it can cause the development of various diseases.

The first flowers appear approximately 6 months after planting. Due to the fact that winter frosts and lack of sunlight can harm the development of cloves, it is important to take care of the preparation of seedlings in advance. By the end of May, full-sized bushes should be formed, which can already be transplanted into the ground.

Carnation blooms throughout the summer and lasts until the onset of the first frost. Also climatic features of the region and weather changes.

In order to plant cloves in the ground, you need to prepare holes with an interval of at least 25 cm and a depth of about 30 cm. By observing the interval, you can provide enough space for the bushes to grow.

Caring for Shabo cloves is simple, but certain rules must be followed, namely:

1. Water regularly to prevent the soil from drying out.
2. If the cultivation of cloves is planned for sale, you need to cut off the extra shoots. This way you save only one central flower.
3. Also, during care, weeds should be removed in time, which appear next to the planted bushes. Firstly, they give the flower garden an abandoned shape, and secondly they are able to absorb useful substances from the earth, intended for carnations.

If you want to enjoy the blooming of cloves for as long as possible, then with the advent of autumn, you need to dig out the cloves from the ground, transplant them into a pot and transfer them to a warm place. Care in this case is not worth changing.

Diseases and Pests

If you follow the rules of care, then your clove will not often be exposed to various diseases. However, if the weather is cold and rainy in the summer, a specific fungus may appear on it. The disease is characterized by the appearance of plaque throughout the flower, spots form on the leaves, and deformation of the plant and its lag in growth are observed. Also on clove bushes you can find various pests, such as aphids, thyroid, whiteflies, spider mites.

Methods of combating diseases and insects:

• the bushes that suffered the most from the defeat should be dug up and taken out of the territory;
• with a fungal infection, topaz, Bordeaux mixture, shorty, cuproxate effectively help;
• To destroy pests, it is recommended to use Inta-Vira, Actellik, Fitoverma, Karbofos or Aktara.

In order to prevent diseases or support injured plants, it is recommended to spray with Epin or Zircon. If clove is not very affected by pests, you can use folk remedies to combat them, for example, a solution of household soap, a decoction of onion peel or an infusion of tomato tops.