Flowers Ageratum

In Russia they call it "long-haired". In translation from the Greek "ageratos", means ageless, the plant retains a fresh appearance for a long time. Recently learned that the plant is a garden, although she has been living in the apartment for quite some time. Thermophilic. Breeze does not like, drafts badly tolerates.

Mostly grow it in gardens for the sake of fluffy flowers, which look like a kind of pompomichi, gathering in dense inflorescences. There are ageratums of various shades, from blue and violet, or lilac, to white, and even pink. There are already about 60 species of this plant.

But if you want the ageratum to bloom richly and luxuriantly, you should cut it, leaving only 1-3 inflorescences on the stalk. After pruning, it blossoms much more luxuriantly.

Pay attention to these lilac young charms. They appear just after circumcision.

Flowers are very fragrant, pleasant to smell.

This is the Ageratum Mexican, or it is also called the Houston asteratum.
He grows up such little peculiar bushes in the form of balls, not very high.