{"id":1710,"date":"2023-01-20T22:45:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2023-01-20T22:45:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:45:48","slug":"always-flowery-compositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/terraces-and-balconies\/always-flowery-compositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Always flowery compositions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the pots and planters composed in May still bloom in mid-August, they are running out of steam.&nbsp;Do not neglect the few required actions that will ensure a beautiful flowering until the first frosts, or even longer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dahlia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dwarf&nbsp;dahlias&nbsp;adapt perfectly to growing in pots or planters.&nbsp;Mid-August, surface the pot by 1 cm, scraping the substrate with a fork, and fill with&nbsp;compost&nbsp;while continuing to water &#8211; the soil must remain cool &#8211; and add liquid&nbsp;fertilizer&nbsp;every 15 days.<br>Remove faded flowers to induce the appearance of new flower buds and prolong flowering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calibrachoa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calibrachoas, with their countless little&nbsp;petunia&nbsp;flowers to which they are close, will bloom well into November if given a boost.No need for daily cleaning, and faded flowers fall off by themselves.&nbsp;On the other hand, a small pruning, in the middle of summer, will help them to branch out and bloom more beautifully.&nbsp;Fold down each stem by a third.&nbsp;Continue the watering, without forgetting the fertilizer, every week, for these greedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diascia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;diascias&nbsp;have been covered with florets since the beginning of summer, but they are starting to get tired.&nbsp;For their flowering to continue for the next three months, cut back the clumps by half.&nbsp;In order not to strip the pots all at once, stagger the cuts: one foot this week, another next week. Continue watering \u2013 the soil must remain cool, but not soggy \u2013 and add fertilizer every fortnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the pots and planters composed in May still bloom in mid-August, they are running out of steam.&nbsp;Do not neglect the few required actions that will ensure a beautiful flowering until the first frosts, or even longer! Dahlia Dwarf&nbsp;dahlias&nbsp;adapt perfectly to growing in pots or planters.&nbsp;Mid-August, surface the pot by 1 cm, scraping the substrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-terraces-and-balconies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}