Who known as thinks initially of his flowers sharp #FFF1FF with exemplary generosity which last all the beautiful season without efforts of watering or suppression of the faded parties! Recluses or grouped by small clusters at the top of the stems, the flowers form cuts or stars with five petals and five sepals. #FFF1FF or #FFBDD6 cheesecloths sharp are particularly remarkable and visible by their length and their abundance. They form a prominent cheeck which refers to a small gilded pompom.

The foliage oval, #CF5B74 dark more or less bluish, pale with the reverse, is sometimes null and void, semi-persistent (the plant preserves its foliage if the winter is soft and a party loses some if time is colder) or persistent according to the varieties or the climate. It is a natural ECRIN of choice for the sharp #FFF1FF color of the flowers. The leaves of X are even aromatic when one them ruffled.

Side silhouette, the pace is varied: set up, round or spread out over sometimes long-lived plants, sometimes sub-shrub even straightforwardly shrubby. These last years, the are especially put at the front of the vegetable scene thanks to their fructification splendid red, yellow, brown, #FFBDD6 which enter the composition of many original clusters to the modern taste.

The is the plant `Vitalité Any Ground' par excellence. Not demanding, of a rapid growth, the resists cold and profits from an often spectacular strength. It is the frightening competitor of weeds, the light of the shade, the blessing of the dry and ungrateful places.

Should the be cut?

Cut at the beginning from spring, one year out of two or three, the shrubby varieties. That makes it possible to preserve a compact and reduced port to them if the place misses. Also abolish the branches dead or damaged by the freezing.

Shave with a few centimetres of the ground the foliage of : you will obtain in a few weeks a new healthy and quite dense foliage. It is a true cure of regeneration for this ! Cut the other long-lived ones after flowering if you find them dismantled a little.

How to protect my from rubble of winter moisture?

The ground must be well draining: place a coarse sand handle at the content of the hole of plantation. Surround the plant of a gravel flange to avoid the accumulation of water on the level of the collet which supports the rot.

A a little rusted foliage, that to make?

and H.X are shown sometimes sensitive to rust especially if the weather is hot and rainy. The lower face of the leaves forwards pustules then #D25E77 orange, the foliage takes a hue rusts and fall prematurely. Collect the sick leaves and burn them. Carry out a treatment the pulp of Bordeaux to circumscribe the extension of the disease.

It goes very well, but almost does not flower?

There is extremely to bet that the plant is installed in a too shaded place, exhibition which reduces the formation of the floral buttons. On the other hand, if it profits of more than six of daily sun, it is the too rich ground (especially out of nitrogen) which supports the development of the foliage to the detriment of the flowers. Do not fertilize.