Flowers bloom in the evening before our eyes. Orange, lemon and other citrus fruits

Night lights for the balcony

heliotrope;
carnation;
mattiola;
heyranus

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All parts of the plant may have a smell. Most often, we pay attention to the fragrance of flowers, but fruits, leaves, stems, and roots also smell. And sometimes it is completely different in the same plant, as, for example, in valerian. Some green "perfumers" more actively excrete their fragrant substances in the sun, others begin to smell sweet in cloudy weather or even at night, and still others respond to touch. Smells are pleasant and unpleasant, subtle and sharp, attractive and repulsive.

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A very peculiar strong fragrance, for example, is inherent in large geraniums. To some, it may seem exciting, and to someone - too harsh. This is natural, because the perception of odors is individual, and the fragrant composition of this plant is very complex. There are woody notes, fruit notes and, quite unexpectedly, notes of musk. And the fragrance manifests itself with a light touch to the bush. As if the plant warns: this is my territory.

By the way, this type of geranium is very unpretentious and, expanding magnificently in inconvenient places, is able to mask the most unsightly places. At the same time, it is impossible to call him an aggressor: the roots do not cling too strongly to the soil, and the shoots easily break off, so it is easy to keep the plant within the bounds of decency. Queen of fragrance. How to grow lavender in the garden Read More

Many people like lemon aroma: it causes associations with purity and freshness. It is remarkable that it is inherent in the leaves of many plants that have nothing to do with citrus. For example, lemon balm, lemongrass, some varieties of thyme, basil. But especially strong citrus aroma, besides with different shades the monard publishes.

The plants that bloom at night are amazingly fragrant.

It is no coincidence that in England one of its names is bergamot, and one of the species is called lemon citadel.

Experts find shades of bergamot, orange and amber in the aroma of clary sage (and those who cannot decompose this fragrant range into components simply enjoy it). When this tall (up to 1.5 m) beautiful biennial grows in the garden, passing by, you always want to touch it with your hand. In response, he seemed to greet you, enveloping you in a cloud of wondrous aroma.

Clary. Photo: From the personal archive / Olga Uvarova

What dope drunk

Datura, which is often called dope, is extremely attractive due to its luxurious exotic flowers. Some believe that their delicate refined fragrance can stupefy, inebriate and cause hallucinations. This plant is really very poisonous and can drive you crazy. But it does not smell the flowers at all. Datura will not harm if you do not taste it. Although, oddly enough, such a desire may arise! The fact is that when pruning a bush or collecting seeds, both the leaves and the stems and the prickly fruits begin to produce a very pleasant soft, I would even say, delicious aroma ... of roasted seeds. Only much sweeter and sweeter, tastier. But you should not be seduced by any means! Perhaps it is in it that lies the main cunning of the dope.

Datura: flowers and fruits. Photo: From the personal archive / Olga Uvarova

Why do plants smell?

Aroma is a peculiar language of plants, with the help of which they send signals to insects and animals: we have bloomed, matured, faded, we are dangerous or useful. Once our ancestors (even before they became rational and found speech) understood this language. But in the process of evolution, we noticeably lost our scent. Nevertheless, smells continue to talk with us, sending information directly to the subconscious - where images and sensations are born. Therefore, some of the flavors disturb us, others soothe, others excite or tire. They refresh, beckon, cause appetite, create a festive atmosphere or a light sadness.

Nature is full of wonders. And one of them is flowers, especially rare specimens. These include a number of plants that reveal their petals only after sunset.

Night flowers ... They bloom in the dark and fill the streets, gardens and coastline with alluring aroma, giving them mystery and charming light.

Flowers that bloom at night

Mirabilis - blooms in the evening and blooms all night until dawn. It has a sweet smell. Its uniqueness is that on one plant flowers come in different shades, and during growth they can drastically change their color (yellow can turn pink, and white - purple). This plant is used in folk medicine as a means of helping to remove swelling and heal wounds. Also from it make food dyes.

The lotus of Braham-Kamal is a flower of the gods, it grows in India and China, it even met on top of the Himalayan mountains. It opens immediately after sunset and lives only one night. In the east, there is a legend that happiness and good fortune will prevail in the house where the lotus will bloom. It is also used in traditional medicine of Tibet, as a means of treating diseases of the urinary and reproductive systems.

Epiphyllum - the night queen, you can often hear another name - “Dutch tube”. Belongs to the family of cacti, common in Central America. It blooms very rarely, at night, and only until sunrise. Sometimes a bud can ripen for a year.

Hilotsereus is a night white flower with a rich scent. Call it a night cactus because of a similar shape. It blooms for only a few hours and then fades. But after 40-50 days, an exotic fruit appears - pitaya (“dragon fruit” or “strawberry peach”). Grows in central America.

Brugmansia - in other words - a dope. Its flower is quite large in size, similar to a gramophone and endowed with a sweet scent. Flowering is continuous, during the day the buds are closed and sluggish, and at night they open, acquire freshness and delight others. The plant belongs to the poisonous species, in ancient times it was used to destroy enemies, so be careful!

Enotera also known as "night candle".

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Its bloom is yellow, white, scarlet and purple. Like most night colors, it has a bright color and a cloying smell. But there is a slight difference - it blooms until lunchtime, which makes it possible to pollinate with insects, after which the buds close and in the evening new ones appear.

Mattiola (night violet) - a flower with a honey aroma. It is planted near the house, gazebos or benches in order to fully enjoy the charming smell. Cold-resistant beauty can have many shades (from pale pink to bright mauve), loves the sun's rays and is not afraid of shadow at all.

Night lights for the balcony

Refined and unusual, night flowers can be grown at home. For the decoration of balconies suitable low-growing plants with delicate flowers:

heliotrope;
carnation;
mattiola;
heyranus

Flowers blooming at night, create an unusually romantic atmosphere. They carry some kind of magic and mystery. Therefore, if you want to make an amazing flowerbed or decorate the garden in an original way, do not forget about the lovers of the night, they will become the highlight of your yard.

Among the best indoor plants, we would like to highlight for you the most fragrant, which will improve the microclimate in the house and lift you up. They are very healthy! Just breathing in their smell, you clean the lungs, because it makes you breathe easier, like after a walk in the woods. Let's see what the best indoor plants are!

Geranium

In order for your geranium to grow healthy and fragrant, it needs a lot of sun - ideally, a south window without any shading, even without a loggia outside the window. If she feels the lack of light, the leaves will be small, and even the fragrance will not be the same.

Jasmine

Jasmine can be cultivated at home, although it is more popular with our summer residents. With timely dressing and molding, you can grow a fragrant bush, which will delight you for many years!

Orange, lemon and other citrus fruits

Citrus fruits grow well in room conditions only with perfect illumination of the southern window, with regular dressings and without drafts in winter, as they are heat-loving plants. They smell just amazing!

Eucalyptus

Laurel

All people with lung diseases and those who find it difficult to breathe because of problems with this organ are advised to plant eucalyptus at home. Also, eucalyptus can be a real salvation, if your windows overlook a busy road or you often inhale exhaust fumes.

Gardenia

Gardenia is an incredibly beautiful tropical plant, which has a bad reputation for growing at home, because it is considered capricious and requires constant attention. Nevertheless, the smell of its flowers is simply amazing.

Stephanotis or Madagascar Jasmine

Stephanotis, perhaps, is one of the most delicious plants in the world. When it blooms, the whole street smells like heaven has come down to earth. In the garden or park, it grows up to 3 meters in height, but in room conditions it will be a small and insanely fragrant bush.

Muraya paniculata

In Japan, where this plant comes from, for a long time it was intended only for the emperor and his family.

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For about 400 years no one in Japan knew that it exists at all, because they grew it in closed gardens. Now it is available to everyone around the world as a houseplant.

Begonia

Begonia is a very common indoor plant in Russia, but very few people grow it properly. Ideally, begonia in a small pot has hundreds of flowers! Begonia must be protected from drafts and kept warm, then it will delight the whole bouquet and wondrous aroma.

Orchids

Some varieties of orchids smell insanely tasty (for example, Corsage Orchid, Oncidium Orchid). The main thing - to choose the right grade. Caring for such an orchid is no different from the usual, but because of its rarity, it costs 2-3 times more expensive.

Oregano

We used to grow oregano in the beds, but at home it looks no less beautiful because of its “fluffy crown”, and it smells just fine. It is the perfect plant for the kitchen!

Passionflower

Another very capricious plant that smells good is passionflower. All those who decided to grow it, had to go a long way of trial and error. Since the plant loves only a humid and warm sub-and tropical climate, it will have to tinker with it.

Hoya

This is an unusually beautiful, tasty smelling and at the same time also a vine plant with an unusually bright color, called hoya (wax ivy). In the format of a houseplant, it is not yet very popular in Russia, but it can be grown.

Brugmansia

White Brugmansia, as well as other types of Brugmansia - an excellent choice for a large pots in the living room on the floor. Tropical plants of the Brugmancia family of the nightshade family are very popular with Spanish gardeners.

Plumeria (plumeria)

Among the indoor plants, plumeria is not very common simply because not everyone knows how tasty its flowers smell. Plumeria needs an annual transplant, which is easy enough, but every time you need to buy a larger size flowerpot.

Short sayings and beautiful phrases about flowers for no reason

Women are like flowers ... Someone is allowed to blossom for a short time, and someone goes from age to age, retaining the beauty and fragrance for many years from the moment of blooming and flowering to the saddest hour of falling petals.

All the same, it is nice to receive flowers, so simply, unexpectedly, when you think that it is a simple day, and not a holiday at all, but here in the morning you receive a bouquet of flowers, right away the mood rises, all day it shines ... thanks ...

I did not tell him that I love purple roses. For me, this is too personal.

Before she never gave flowers for no reason. She felt at that moment as if she had been presented with the whole world.

She: damn, they bring flowers to the grave than you give me ... He: and what do you offer me?

I will give you flowers ... You will die of allergies !!!

In the rapidly fading petals of a flower, there is more life than in the thick millennial blocks of granite.

Where flowers degenerate, man cannot live.

Desires are the flowers of love, and pleasures are its fruits.

Beauty of a flower: - in one flower.

You never have to listen to what the flowers say. You just have to look at them and breathe their scent.

Other women have little bouquet of roses: they still require a man to change the water in a vase.

One rose given by a poor student expresses more than a huge bouquet given by a millionaire.

For the last birthday I was given a lot of flowers! True, everything is in Odnoklassniki ...

Instead of complaining about the thorns of a rose, I am glad that a rose grows among the thorns.

Beloved girls give flowers, not tears!

Lover of flowers! You have become inconspicuous slave chrysanthemum.

Roses instill a love of nature, and thorns - respect.

I do not believe women who say they are indifferent to flowers. They just didn't get them from their favorite men ...

A simple daisy donated just like that will say much more than a scarlet rose donated for a birthday!

The favorite flower is first of all, refusal of all other flowers.

Happiness is not in the number of donated roses, happiness in the person who gives them ...

Men distinguish two types of flowers: - Roses and “these are called?”

Chrysanthemum - the last chord in the autumn symphony of colors - has long conquered the whole world with its beauty ...

Let the book of life reveal to you only the most beautiful pages, the river of hope flows joyfully, - the flowers of love bloom along the banks !!!

If you found the keys to the female soul, take care of her, be for her as a gardener for flowers !!!

If the husband gives his wife flowers for no reason, then he just saw this reason.

I certainly understand that flowers are a waste of money, they will quickly wither and that's it ... but damn it, it's so nice when they are given!

Every woman likes being given flowers until she finds out that others are given diamonds.

Better one modest flower and a lot of feelings.

Flowers as a gift ... Trifle, but how pleasant!

Agree, because a girl with a bouquet of flowers is much more beautiful than with a bottle in her hands ...

Calling a woman a flower, do not forget to choose the right fertilizer!

Flowers, like people, are generous to the good and, giving tenderness to people, they bloom, warming their hearts like small, warm bonfires.

Love ... is like a rose flower. The same beautiful, and the same unpredictable.

I prefer a man to be good in bed!

Beautiful night candle or Enotera - a wonderful addition to your garden

I'll buy flowers to him myself ...

Artificial flowers do not smell. So the artificial relationship does not bloom.

Flowers bring the greatest joy when presented not to a birthday party and not a husband, but ... just like that!

I often gave her flowers, and you know that I understood: - in a relationship, a man is just an intermediary. Some women sell flowers to other women through you.

On a date, tell your girlfriend that she is beautiful, and then e * bouquet in the face. Girls love flowers, warm words and strong men.

Fragrant indoor plants

You can enjoy the aromas of exotic flowers for almost the entire year at home. There are many scented indoor plants. Each of them has its own unique smell and you can easily choose a home flower to your taste.

Among the many plants that people grow in their homes, there are species that are completely odorless or with a weak, almost imperceptible, aroma of fresh foliage or cut tree. An ordinary person does not distinguish so low odors. It is these species that are recommended to be used as indoor plants for offices, it’s no secret that some people have a headache with flower fragrance, and everyone has different tastes.

All fragrant indoor plants can be divided into two large groups:

only flowers have scent
all parts of the plant smell, the smell increases with damage

Home plants from first group only during flowering delight aroma. This group includes some orchids, stephanotis (Madagascar jasmine), roses, gardenias, some cacti. It should be noted that almost always among the representatives of one kind of fragrant flowering plants there are those who do not smell. Breeders have taken care to please all buyers: among the many hybrids you can always choose an orchid with no smell at all or with a pleasant exotic aroma.

Stephanotis or Madagascar jasmine is a semi-shrub vine that favors well-lit windows. White asterisks of flowers possess refined aroma. The plant requires support and careful regular care.

Gardenia pretty naughty plant.

The most gorgeous flowers, blooming only at night

She loves light, heat and moisture, but does not tolerate exposure to direct sunlight. This flower requires high humidity, so it is not always possible to successfully grow this tropical beauty in a regular apartment.

Euharis or Amazon lily has a very pleasant, delicate aroma. These are perennial bulbous plants with large dark green leaves. From time to time an umbrella appears on the plant with 5-6 daffodil-like flowers. The flowers have a refined and delicate aroma.

Inflorescences Hoey(wax ivy) have a strong sweetish odor, aggravated by the evening. This unpretentious drought-resistant vine with leathery leaves and long shoots blooms annually. No complex care requires, but the young plant does not bloom.

Muraya while rarely found in homes, it is a small shrub that can be shaped like a small tree. Its flowers are very fragrant, they are white and as if covered with wax. Flowering can last all year round.

Abelia blooms with a small handle, has a pleasant delicate aroma, something like the smell of lemon flower. It is an ornamental flowering shrub that blooms long and very abundantly. An adult plant is better to gift in a large room.

Have oleander very fragrant flowers, long inhalation of their aroma can cause a headache. The pink or white flowers of this evergreen shrub are very beautiful, the plant is quite unpretentious.

Jasmine Sambac - Liana with lots of flowers, blooms continuously from May to around September. Requires pruning and support, the flowers do not last long.

To the second group include home plants, all parts of which have a pronounced aroma. An example is the well-known pelargonium (geranium). If you rub a sheet of pelargonium zone, you will feel a strong harsh smell. Some people like it, some don't. If the plant is not touched - there is no smell. Pelargonium fragrant will fill the entire room with its aroma, even if it is slightly disturbed by its shoots.

Such plants include citrus, myrtle, araucaria. Fragrant properties have all the plants used as seasonings: mint, rosemary, lemon balm, Oregon, laurel.

Citrus Trees (lemon, orange, calamondin, mandarin) is often grown at home. All parts of plants have a pleasant aroma: leaves, shoots, and flowers.

Araucaria - one of the few coniferous plants that can be grown in the house. It has a pleasant pine aroma and saturates the air with phytoncides.

Pleckrantusor room mintit is valued for its unpretentious care and decorative attractiveness of leaves with a pleasant mint flavor. Its flowers are small, purple or white. Some species have a sharp smell, they are used to scare away moths.

Myrtle - an evergreen with leathery leaves and single or numerous white flowers in short racemes. The leaves and shoots of myrtle are a source of essential oil, widely used in perfumery and in medicine.

It would not be superfluous to remind you that when placing fragrant plants in a house, you should definitely think about which flower to put. It is better not to keep fragrant flowers in the bedroom; for other rooms it is important to choose fragrant plants correctly. Smells affect the well-being and create mood. Some calm, others, on the contrary, give vigor and strength. For which room to use the plants will prompt only your own feelings.

ENOTERA (Oenothera) is a bright rhizomatous herb of the family Kipreynye, flowering from 30 to 120 cm in height. The genus includes up to 100 species of summer, biennial and perennial plants, short and tall, growing mainly in Europe and Central America.

Garden flowers of evening primrose has a very original name: "donkey", "onager" - according to the Latin name, "night candle", "evening primula" because of the unusual flowering. The effect it produces is comparable to a fairy tale and its incredible bloom is permanently remembered.

Stems of evening primrose, straight or creeping, rigidly pubescent. Oval-elongated leaves on a short scape, very similar to the donkey's ears, are located on the stem in a regular manner. Flowers of pink, white, lemon yellow and even blue color, large with a delicate smell, are collected in friable inflorescences.

Flowers of evening primrose bloom just before twilight, and so quickly that in a matter of minutes you can see how the bud spreads its silky petals. Flower does not live long - just one night. In the morning, her flowering bushes have time to visit the insects, after which they will wither, but in the evening with new fiery lights will open new buds. As candles they will burn against the setting sun. It is for this unique feature that the beautiful enopera is often called the "night candle". Flowers can bloom in the afternoon, if the weather is overcast or planted in the shade. And so it is all summer. In place of a faded flower a solid box with seeds will form that will ripen by September and will remain viable for up to 4 years (see photo of the evening primrose).

In addition to the decorative types, there is one species of Oenothera biennis among the enoters, which has a thick, fleshy root that is used as a vegetable and which is called rapontika or rapunzel.

The main types of evening primrose:

Enotera biennial (O. biennis L.) - widespread in culture high (up to 2 m) plant with bright lemon flowers, which have a delicate aroma, increasing in the evening hours.
Enotera Missouri (O. missouriensis) - a spectacular short-growing perennial 30-40 cm, with large fragrant flowers in the form of a cup with a golden-yellow color.
Enotera fragrant (O. odorata) - a mountain plant that blooms with yellow flowers that emit a strong fragrance, especially in the evening.
Shrub Enotera (O. Fruticosa) is a perennial, fully winter-hardy, growing as a tall (up to 90 cm) bush. It has strong, well-branched stems, small dark green leaves that turn purple with the onset of autumn, and small-sized (up to 3 cm) bright yellow flowers.
The enotera is quadrangular (O. tetragona) - perennial, winter-hardy ... The bush is erect, 45-70 cm. The bluish-green leaf, oval, with the onset of autumn acquires a reddish color. Blooms long yellow thyroid buds, in bunches, with a pleasant aroma, from June to August.
Enotera beautiful (O. speciosa) with pink fragrant flowers, come from South America. Less common in culture, not very stable in our climate, but quite spectacular.
The stemless enotera (O. acaulis) is absent in our flora, but this herbaceous perennial with a taproot grows well in the conditions of Russia.
Enotera Drummond (O. drummondii) - seasonal annual.
The enotera is pale (O. pallida) - seasonal annual.

From popular varieties:

"Fryverkeri" - golden yellow inflorescences, buds and stems red, 40 cm.
"Hohes Licht" - beautiful canary-yellow inflorescences, 60 cm.
"Sonnenwende" - a variety with golden yellow inflorescences, dark green leaves, 60 cm.
"Evening dawn" - golden flowers with red tint, pleasant aroma, height about one meter.

Enotera: photos of flowers.

Enotera: growing conditions and care

The enotera is sun-loving, prefers a sunny location, although it does not grow poorly in the light shade of trees. The flower is undemanding to the soil, it can fully develop on the treated garden soil, and on the soil with a high content of clay and sand. All types are drought resistant. Excess moisture leads to rotting of the roots, and therefore the death of the flower. Therefore, the land near the bushes need to systematically loosen and remove the ubiquitous weeds. Water only during dry and hot periods when the soil dries out. Flower of evening primrose is frost-resistant. In the garden soil winters without any shelter. With adequate care is not sick.

Enotera easily propagated by seed and self-sowing. If the seeds are not harvested at the end of September, then, having spilled out of the boxes, they can be spread by ants far from the mother plant. Therefore, it is not surprising if in the spring, in the most unsuitable corner of the garden, enotera sprouts are found.

Vegetative reproduction of enotery is the most convenient and easy way. In May or autumn, the bushes are divided into delenki and transplanted to the planned location. Evening plant tolerates transplant well, even when it blooms.

When planting a crop, it is necessary to take into account that adult specimens occupy an area of about 1 m2. To make the flower look neat and compact, its side shoots are shortened by half. From this procedure, the plant looks tidier, and the buds are tied much more.

Use of evening priery in the garden

High types of evening primrose are usually planted in the background of any flower garden. They are perfectly combined with rudbeckia, a bell, daylilies and an annual delphinium. The stunted specimens look great on an alpine slide next to the ageratum, lobelia, and alissum.

There are not many plants that bloom at night. Usually they are quite unpretentious and can not boast of luxurious buds.

However, they are distinguished from daytime flowering plants not only by the ability to please the eye after sunset, but also by the strong, intoxicating and very pleasant aroma, which with the onset of dusk only becomes stronger.

This shrub is also commonly known as "Borachok". The plant is short, grassy. The height can vary from 20 cm to 40 cm. Strongly winding shoots expand widely, intertwining with each other. On the shoots there are flowers - small, with four petals. Their colors are very different - white, pink, lilac, purple, mauve, yellow. The flowers, although unremarkable in appearance, but bloom very densely and create the appearance of a dense carpet.

Alyssum is one-year and multi-year. It can be grown in open ground on the site, and in the room or on the balcony. In it it is unpretentious, does not need plentiful watering, and weeds do not grow under a dense carpet from flowers and leaves.

Important! Although the borachok does not bloom at night, but blooms constantly, it is made by the night flower because light flowers are able to reflect the moonlight under cover of night, which is why the flower beds seem to be highlighted. In addition, the honey aroma of alissum becomes the most vivid and distinct at night.

The flowers of this extraordinary plant is not for nothing called “Angel trumpets”. They are shaped like gramophones - oblong-tubular, bell-shaped. The flowers are quite large - in length they can reach from 15 to 30 cm, and be about 17 cm in diameter with the widest part open. And the color can be very different - white and pink, yellow and orange, blue and red.
Brugmancia is a tropical herbaceous woody plant. In its homeland, in Latin America, it grows in the form of a small tree, but here it looks more like a sprawling large shrub with a broad crown. The leaves are large, resemble an egg. Young stems quickly become covered with smooth bark. And large flowers bloom one by one on thin and long peduncles. They always hang down. On one plant during the flowering period there are usually very many flowers, this amount can exceed a hundred by one bush.
It is noteworthy in this beautiful tree that on hot sunny days the flowers of Brugmansia look a bit sluggish, half-closed and almost odorless. But as soon as the nightly coolness descends on the earth, Brugmansia awakens, blossoms, its flowers open and begin to exude a fragrance.

Since the plant is tropical, it is not grown in middle latitudes. Method of breeding - mainly tub.

For the summer, this queen of the night can be brought into the courtyard, the garden plot, the cottage, and she needs to spend the winter in the glazed loggia, since lowering the temperature below +10 ° C is detrimental to the flower.

Important! be careful- Brugmansia is poisonous! This plant is isolated from the genus Datura and all its parts contain dangerous hallucinogenic substances. Of course, it is unlikely that you will start to use Brugmans, but it’s better to protect it from children in order to avoid removing the “sample to taste”.

Also, the plant is called matron evening party, or hesperis.
It is a biennial herbaceous plant, the stems of which reach 1 m in height. They are covered with dark green oblong leaves and crowned with delicate buds. The flowers of the night violet are small, of four petals. There are mostly two colors - white and purple, but today there are new two-color varieties or varieties, painted in shade.
Hesperis flowers are very fragrant in the evening and at night. During the day, this smell is not so pronounced, but at night it opens up with many shades and fills the garden with intoxicating sweetish fragrances. The matron bloom at the evening party is not too long - it starts in late May or early June and lasts about a month and a half. Sometimes this period is shortened if the weather is hot and dry. Vesper though loves to grow in brightly lit areas, but does not tolerate the heat and ceases to bloom.
Night violet prefers a light, especially sandy, well-drained soil. Stagnant moisture for plants unfavorable. The flower tolerates frosts well, needs shelter for the winter only if there are severe frosts, and the snow has not fallen.

This plant blooms only in the second year, but in the garden it looks very decorative, looks good in flower arrangements.

Appeared in the European open spaces thanks to Columbus. The plant is grassy, unusual, beautiful and very fragrant. It grows in small bushes 30-40 cm tall. It has erect stems, large leaves and small star-shaped flowers that bloom densely from the first summer days to the beginning of autumn.
Although the plant is perennial, it is thermophilic and in the middle lane it is rarely possible to save it for more than one year. Although it is necessary to recognize that some gardeners manage to grow the same fragrant tobacco in their beds up to 10 years.
The color of the flowers depends on the type of plant and can be white or red, pink, crimson or yellow. However, the most vivid aroma of flowers with the most faded color. Red buds smell the least. And although fragrant tobacco and blooms throughout the day and night, its flavor becomes most noticeable just after sunset. The smell is very unusual, spicy, intoxicating. And he is definitely worth planting fragrant tobacco in his plot.
In the care of the plant does not cause much trouble, except that he likes regular watering and wet soil, as well as a lot of sun. The soil fertility is unpretentious, but the faded flowers are better cut off - this will stimulate the emergence of new buds.

Flower gods - as in India they call this extraordinary night plant. This lotus is mountainous, it is also called bitter. It grows high in the mountains at a height of 4.5 thousand meters above sea level, where it is always very cold.
The lotus of Brahma-Kamal is so named after the Hindu god of creation, Brahma. Its white large flowers delight the human eye with its flowering not for long, as the lotus blooms only one day a year and only at night.
At dusk, its petals open - and this is a very rare phenomenon. In India, it is even believed that if you are lucky to see the blooming Brahma-Kamal, it is all about success and success.

This is a classic park plant, although now somewhat out of fashion. But in vain, because Mattiola (or Levkoy) is suitable for various flower arrangements in landscape design.

It is a spreading herb, the stems of which reach a height of about half a meter. It has oblong linear green leaves with jagged edges, and small and rather faded flowers are collected in loose brush-shaped inflorescences.
Mattiola blooms thickly. The flowering period lasts all summer, from June until the end of August. During the day, the flowers are closed and look faded, which is why the plant does not make much of an impression. But in the evening and at night, his hands bloom, the flowers open, and a intoxicating honey aroma is poured around, which is not heard during the day. Flowers are white, purple, lilac and pale yellow.
Mattiola is quite unpretentious in the care. The soil loves medium-fertile, watering - moderate. These flowers are great for decorating the site, they are often planted near the terraces or in the garden, in park areas and squares, near benches and gazebos in the recreation area, along paths and avenues. In the evening, their spicy aromas are especially pleasant, therefore mattiol is often used as aromatherapy.
It is considered a night view - it has completely inconspicuous small flowers that do not smell at all during the day and are completely closed, but at night the hands bloom and smell sweet. The popular garden view is a bit different. It has larger inflorescences, which are revealed even during the day and have only a faint fragrance, which does not change with the onset of night.

Therefore, the two-horned mattiol is used as an aromatic night plant, and the left-hand one is used as a decorative park.

Important! Mattiola cannot be planted on those areas where other cruciferous species used to grow, otherwise the flower will hurt and will be affected by the main pests of this family.

Night beauty, or mirabilis, is a herbaceous plant from the Niktagin family. It happens both annual and perennial. It grows in the form of a sprawling tall bush, reaching 1 m in height.
The leaves of mirabilis ovate or oval, oppositely arranged, petiolate. Top sheet plate looks glossy, smooth and shiny. The color is dark green, but in the center of the leaf lies a lighter vein of color.

The flowering period begins in May or June. At this time, on the shoots in the axils of the leaves flowers bloom. They have a bell-shaped or dome-shaped form with accrete petals. Flowers can be painted white, pink, purple, crimson and yellow. Moreover, there are species that can have flowers on one bush, containing several flowers or shades on the petals of one flower at once.
The heat-loving night beauty easily endures heat and drought. She is able to wait out hot days without any harm, during which she needs infrequent watering - once a week will be enough. But here mirabilis is afraid of the cold. When the temperature drops to -5 ° C, the plants die. Therefore, in some regions, these bushes grow as annual plants, and in the southern and warm areas they are simply well-warmed for the winter. Since the root tuber of the night beauty is close to the ground surface, the layer of mulch should be thick and really warm - about 15 cm of opal foliage and lapnik.
Large, dense and sprawling green bushes of the night beauty are often planted in flower beds as a background. During the day, this thick greens do not distract attention and allow you to admire other colors. But in the evening and at night, when the buds of all the other plants are closed, Mirabilis blossoms and smells sweet, becoming a real decoration in the garden.

Hilotsereus cactus deserves special attention. It comes from warm Central and South America and belongs to liana-like epiphytic cacti - this means that it grows in the wild on the trunks of large trees.
Stems are long, can reach several meters in especially large representatives. Can be placed either vertically or look down. The hilotsereus grows very quickly and often forms a spreading shrub of a variety of long and creeping three- or four-sided stems. Its spines are very soft, resemble a bristle. And on the stem there are aerial roots.

With proper care and favorable conditions, the hilocereus may bloom, moreover, in any season except winter. It is noteworthy that the flowers of this cactus differ in phenomenal size - one flower can reach 40 cm in diameter. And the smaller the flowers on the plant, the larger they will be. Flowers are predominantly white, with oblong petals, and in the center are large golden-yellow stamens.
The peculiarity of hilotsereus is that its huge flowers bloom only at night, they look very bright and emit a pleasant and delicate scent.

At the end of the flowering period, the hilotsereus cactus produces an unusual fruit - pitahaya, pitaya, or dragon fruit. However, when grown at home, the plant does not bear fruit.

Did you know? has a delicate pleasant taste, and the weight of the fruit can vary from 150 grams to 1 kg. Moreover, in Hilocereus not only the fruit is edible, but also the flowers that give it. From flower petals it turns out delicious fragrant tea.

This cactus is often grown in pots on a windowsill. It is unpretentious and undemanding. But it grows very quickly - transplantation is required annually and is carried out in the spring. When the cactus becomes very large, they try not to disturb him to the maximum. Signal to transplant are perhaps the roots that are shown above the ground.

This beautiful flower has many names: oslinnik, onager, evening primrose and night candle. It can be both undersized and tall. The growth of evening primrose ranges from 30 cm to 1 m. It can also be one-year, two-year, and long-term.
Enotera has long shoots that can be both straight and creeping. On them are located on short petioles oblong oval pubescent leaves, similar to donkey ears.

Primrose flowers are quite large. They are lemon-yellow and white, pink and even blue. But in the dark they will create a glow effect, which is why the plant was called the night candle. Flowers have a pleasant sweetish aroma, sometimes grow alone, and sometimes are collected in loose inflorescences.
Evening primrose has all day buds. They bloom with the onset of twilight, and this happens so rapidly that you can watch the buds unwind, straighten up and begin to smell in a few minutes right in front of your eyes. But in the afternoon they wither and fall. Next night new flowers are opening. Since the open buds bloom during a couple of morning hours, during this time the insects have time to pollinate them.

The period of flowering of evening primrose lasts all summer, when the plant pleases with evening bright flower candles. Sometimes the buds can open even in the daytime, provided that the weather is overcast and the sun is not showing due to dark clouds.
In the flowerbeds, a night candle is usually planted in the background, since large and thick green bushes are rather unremarkable during the day and do an excellent job with the role of vegetative background. And at night, when all the other flowers are “sleeping”, the evening primrose, on the contrary, “lights up” with lights.

Did you know? The presence of biological clocks in flowers was used by Karl Linnaeus to create flower clocks. They consisted of several sectors, each of which grew a certain kind. Interestingly, the clock was quite accurate, it was possible to determine the time with a half-hour and real time difference.

Another cactus with beautiful large flowers, which is also known as phyllocactus.

Grows as a spreading bush. Stems - long, flat, fleshy, resemble leaves. Spines are located at the edges. The branches are most often creeping and climbing, because of which the plant is mainly grown as ampel. On the stalk often appear aerial roots.
With good care, epiphyllum in spring and summer blooms with very large flowers that can be up to 40 cm in diameter. The color can be white, cream, pink and red.

Phyllocactus can flourish during the day and at night. The buds smell very nice and have a long flower tube, which makes them funnel-shaped. Flowers are so beautiful that the people epiphyllum is often called orchid cactus.
Philocactus is most often grown in indoor conditions, but even the artificial environment can grow beautifully and even bear fruit if it can be provided with cross-pollination. The fruits of this cactus are quite edible, have a pleasant fruity taste and aroma.
The plant blooms in spring, and each individual bud lasts about 5 days. At this time, it is impossible to transfer the epiphyllum or change its location, otherwise it will drop flowers. If during the flowering period the cactus is regularly fed and cared for, then in the fall it may please with repeated flowering.

For several years in a row I have been growing a two-year-old enoter in my garden, or it is also called night beauty or night candle. I remember buying seedlings of some flowers, and granny gave me seedlings of this enotery as a gift. I planted it in the shade under an apple tree, where nothing ever grew, because I didn’t like its leaves at all, and I hadn’t heard about this flower before. What was my surprise when enotera biennial not only grew but also blossomed.

It bloomed in the evening and unfortunately the first days I could not catch the moment of disclosure of flowers. But she struck me so, from some sluggish green leaves there grew up a meter-long bush with large, lemon-colored flowers. It burned in the night like a candle, and it is not for nothing that the people call it “The Night Candle”. But what was my delight when I first saw how the flowers of the night beauty, the evening primrose, began to unfold at sunset.

I saw this only on TV, when they showed a flower blooming in a quick shoot. Bud burst, and as in a fairy tale, the pistil began to rotate and the petals unwound and opened. I called all the relatives and we began to watch the further blooming of the evening primrose for two years. The bush literally all moved, and before our eyes that large, fragrant, bright yellow flowers of a night candle opened here and there. In the garden, there were only enthusiastic shouts: “Look, this one opens, and here’s another one ...”. We stood in the garden until darkness, until the last flower bloomed. Perhaps this fabulous evening was remembered not only by me, but also by my loved ones.

The next day we were waiting for the sunset to see this sight again and experience the storm of emotions. We took a video camera with us and recorded this fantastic performance on it. So it turned out from an ugly duckling, a charming swan grew up.

By evening, evening primrose flowers close. In the evening, the tale is repeated again. Enotera blooms from June to October, until the first frost.

There are many different surprises in nature. One of them is night flowers. They bloom at night and fill the air with their lovely aroma..

Night flowers are truly a wonder of nature. They spread their petals at night. The most popular ones are listed below.:

Vespers

The mysteriousness of the night flower Mirabilis begins with the name. In Latin, "Mirabilis" translates as "amazing." Surprises a variety of colors and unpretentious care. If you plant several different types of Mirabilis side by side, then the next year the color range will change. Flowering will be a different color on the same bush. Due to the fact that the plant blooms at night it is called the "night beauty". It blooms in the evening and blooms until the morning, exuding a pleasant aroma.

Mirabilis lives for several years, subject to the absence of severe winters. In regions where winters are quite cold, it is considered annual.

Mirabilis can be propagated in different ways.:

Seeds
Dividing bush
Cuttings
Digging up the root for the winter

Seed propagation the simplest and most effective. In the southern regions mirabilis breeds self-sowing.

Dividing bush can be produced provided that the bush has a well-grown root. Dig out the plant and divide the root with a shovel or knife. Divided parts are planted in different wells.

The method of propagation by cutting extremely complex and not always effective. As a rule, I use it when there is no other way to preserve the appearance of the plant. To do this, take a stiff escape. The cut on the shoot is dried, dipped in a growth stimulator and allowed to take root in water or in the ground.

Dig the root for the winter in regions with cold winters. Root stored in the sand, observing the level of humidity. This method is rarely used. Because it is extremely rare to save the root because of the difficulty to observe the necessary humidity. The root either dries out or rots.

Vespers

Vespershell otherwise called Hesperis due to the fact that blooms in the evening. Evening leaves whole and feathery. Hesperis flowers can be purple, yellow or white. Evening bush can reach 75 centimeters in height. The flowers are small in size.

Vespers frost-resistant, unpretentious plant. Evening blooms about two months. Flowering depends on weather conditions.

If the winter is not very snowy, the evening party should be covered with leaves, spruce branches. Otherwise, in severe frosts, the plant may die.

Propagated by seeds. They are bought in the store, or collected independently. Also well propagated by self-seeding.

Plant in late spring and summer or autumn. But it will bloom only next year.

It is necessary to plant a party at a distance of 30-40 centimeters. The plant is light-loving. The soil for planting an evening party requires fertile and loose.

- an amazing plant, revealing its beauty with the sunset. Also has the name of the Candlestick and Nightclub.

The enotera is an annual, biennial, and perennial plant. Perennial varieties of enotery grow in warm regions. Flowers are bright yellow, white, blue and red.

Height can reach 30-120 centimeters. It all depends on the variety of evening primrose. Stems - upright or creeping.

Mattiola - representative of the cruciferous family. The plant has a straight stem and bright green leaves. Mattiola flowers on raceme inflorescences, are blue, white, yellow and purple. It has a wonderful aroma. Therefore, it is planted near the terraces.

There is a special rule that should be followed when planting mattioli.

You can not plant a plant on the site where previously grew cabbage, or another representative of cruciferous.

In such places, mattiol can be affected by a fungal disease or other ailment, leading to the death of the plant.

- beautiful shrub. Gardeners love him for his unpretentiousness and ability to bloom, starting in spring and ending in the fall. The leaves are small, oblong shape. The flowers consist of four petals, are white, yellow, pink and purple. They are small, but with good care, the flowers of alyssum may become larger every year.

Shrub loves sunny, open areas. Alyssum can be rarely watered and it tolerates heat well.. But frequent watering can lead to the death of shrubs.

Since the plant grows very quickly, it must be planted at a distance of 30 centimeters from each other.

Night flowers can hardly boast of large, delightfully shaped flowers. But they have a common feature that attracts many gardeners. This is an unforgettable tempting scent that can be enjoyed all night.