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"Chrysanthemum Ball" in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. Photo report. At the end of October, a chrysanthemum ball will open in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden Chrysanthemum Festival in Crimea

Summer is not only summer season, sun, vacation, warm sea, but also fresh vegetables, berries and fruits. However, today, when looking at market stalls, the question increasingly arises: is it possible to eat such early watermelons, melons, cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, etc., which could not yet ripen in the open ground? Aren't they dangerous? early vegetables and fruits? Do early watermelons and melons fall into the category of nitrate products that can cause poisoning?

We sowed or planted most of the plants in the spring and it seems that in the middle of summer we can already relax. But experienced gardeners know that July is the time to plant vegetables to obtain late harvest and the possibility of longer storage. This also applies to potatoes. It is better to use the early summer potato harvest quickly; it is not suitable for long-term storage. But the second harvest of potatoes is exactly what is needed for winter and spring use.

Petunia occupies the first step of the hit parade of the most popular annual plants for more than a dozen years now. It is also valued in urban landscaping, and few private flowerbed can do without this bright flyer. This popularity has reasonable justifications - attractive appearance, variety of shapes and colors, ease of care and long lasting abundant flowering. However, the petunias in our gardens do not always correspond to those depicted on the Internet.

Chickpeas with meat and cheese sauce - incredibly tasty! This dish is suitable for both a regular dinner with the family and a Sunday lunch with friends. It doesn’t take much time to prepare, just a little less than an hour, and the result is worth it. Fragrant meat with sweet young carrots and thick cream sauce- what could be tastier? For the sauce, I recommend hard, spicy cheese - Parmesan, cheddar, and you can use almost any meat, it is important that it is not fatty.

Astrakhan tomatoes ripen remarkably well lying on the ground, but this experience should not be repeated in the Moscow region. Our tomatoes need support, support, garter. My neighbors use all sorts of stakes, tie-downs, loops, ready-made plant supports and mesh fencing. Each method of fixing a plant in a vertical position has its own advantages and “ side effects" I'll tell you how I place tomato bushes on trellises and what comes out of it.

Bulgur with pumpkin is an every day dish that can be easily prepared in half an hour. Bulgur is boiled separately, the cooking time depends on the size of the grains - whole and coarse grinding takes about 20 minutes, fine grinding literally a few minutes, sometimes the cereal is simply poured with boiling water, like couscous. While the cereal is cooking, prepare the pumpkin in sour cream sauce, and then combine the ingredients. If you replace melted butter with vegetable oil and sour cream with soy cream, then it can be included in the Lenten menu.

Flies are a sign of unsanitary conditions and vectors infectious diseases, dangerous for both people and animals. People are constantly looking for ways to get rid of unpleasant insects. In this article we will talk about the Zlobny TED brand, which specializes in fly repellents and knows a lot about them. The manufacturer has developed a specialized line of products to get rid of flying insects anywhere quickly, safely and at no extra cost.

The summer months are the time for hydrangeas to bloom. This beautiful deciduous shrub produces luxuriously fragrant flowers from June to September. Florists readily use large inflorescences for wedding decorations and bouquets. To admire the beauty flowering bush hydrangeas in your garden, you should take care of the proper conditions for it. Unfortunately, some hydrangeas do not bloom year after year, despite the care and efforts of gardeners. We will explain why this happens in the article.

Every summer resident knows that plants need nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for full development. These are the three main macronutrients, the deficiency of which significantly affects appearance and plant yield, and in advanced cases can lead to their death. But not everyone understands the importance of other macro- and microelements for plant health. And they are important not only in themselves, but also for the effective absorption of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Garden strawberries, or strawberry, as we used to call it - one of the earliest fragrant berries, which summer generously bestows upon us. How happy we are about this harvest! In order for the “berry boom” to repeat every year, we need to take care of the berry bushes in the summer (after the end of fruiting). The laying of flower buds, from which ovaries will form in the spring and berries in the summer, begins approximately 30 days after the end of fruiting.

Spicy pickled watermelon is a savory appetizer for fatty meat. Watermelons and watermelon rinds They have been pickling since time immemorial, but this process is labor-intensive and time-consuming. According to my recipe, you can simply prepare pickled watermelon in 10 minutes, and by the evening the spicy appetizer will be ready. Watermelon marinated with spices and chili can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. Be sure to keep the jar in the refrigerator, not only for the sake of safety - when chilled, this snack is simply licking your fingers!

Among the variety of species and hybrids of philodendrons, there are many plants, both gigantic and compact. But not a single species competes in unpretentiousness with the main modest one - the blushing philodendron. True, his modesty does not concern the appearance of the plant. Blushing stems and cuttings, huge leaves, long shoots, forming, although a very large, but also strikingly elegant silhouette, look very elegant. Philodendron blushing requires only one thing - at least minimal care.

Thick chickpea soup with vegetables and egg is a simple recipe for a hearty first course, inspired by oriental cuisine. Similar thick soups are prepared in India, Morocco, and other countries South-East Asia. The tone is set by spices and seasonings - garlic, chili, ginger and a bouquet of spicy spices, which can be assembled to your taste. It is better to fry vegetables and spices in clarified butter (ghee) or mix olive oil and butter, it's certainly not the same, but it tastes similar.

Plum - well, who isn’t familiar with it?! She is loved by many gardeners. And all because it has an impressive list of varieties, it’s surprising excellent harvests, pleases with its diversity in terms of ripening and a huge selection of color, shape and taste of fruits. Yes, in some places it feels better, in others it feels worse, but almost no summer resident gives up the pleasure of growing it on his plot. Today it can be found not only in the south, in middle lane, but also in the Urals and Siberia.

Many decorative and fruit crops, except for drought-resistant ones, they suffer from the scorching sun, and conifers in the winter-spring period suffer from sunlight, enhanced by reflection from the snow. In this article we will tell you about a unique preparation for protecting plants from sunburn and drought - Sunshet Agrosuccess. The problem is relevant for most regions of Russia. In February and early March Sun rays become more active, and the plants are not yet ready for new conditions.

In the 64th razv Nikitsky botanical garden(NBS) the wonderful Chrysanthemum Ball started. In 2017, the exhibition presented 37 thousand flower bushes. Most placed in the arboretum in the form of a beautiful open flower, which occupies an area of ​​773 square meters. m.

History of Nikitsky Botanical Garden

The botanical garden was created in early XIX century and is considered one of the oldest research organizations Russian Federation. The Nikitsky Botanical Garden was founded by a famous biologist of that time, whose name was Christian Steven. In order for the garden to be enriched with new plants as quickly as possible, Stephen tried to establish business relations with well-known botanical organizations in Europe, the United States of America and Asia. This made it possible to collect original and unusual exhibitions of species and forms of different crops on the territory of the botanical garden.

It was understood that the creation of the garden would contribute to and accelerate the pace of development of agricultural production in the south of Russia through the introduction of new technologies for its time:

  • introductions;
  • acclimatization;
  • selection;
  • wide distribution of southern fruit, flower, ornamental, new industrial crops, medicinal and other useful plants;
  • research and active study of local plant resources.

3 years after its founding, the garden began to publish the first plant catalogs, where 95 types of apple trees, 58 types of pears, 6 berries and 15 ornamental species were published for sale. After 12 years, founder Steven was able to collect about 459 varieties exotic plants. According to the original layout, it was planned to freely place plants that would be combined with lawns and flower beds.

In 1824, Christian Khristianovich moved to live in Simferopol and decided to transfer the management of the garden into the hands of his assistant Nikolai Andreevich Gartvis, reserving the leadership of this organization. The new manager of the botanical garden devoted his entire life to the institution. For almost 20 years he was its permanent director. Over the years, the garden's collection has been almost doubled. Relationships with various trade organizations who were on the territory Western Europe and the United States. Gartvis was able to put together an excellent display of conifers: giant sequoias from California, cedars, cypresses and pines. Four years later, a special school was set up in the garden to teach practical gardening. Around the same time, magnolias and plane trees took root here.

Current state

The occupation brought significant damage to the NBS by German troops during the war. The military destroyed a huge number of plants. After the end of hostilities, restoration work began in Nikitsky Garden. The head of the institution, having traveled a long way through the cities of Poland and Germany, was able to find and restore the herbarium taken out during the war.

At a time when the institution was part of Ukraine, the herbarium collection located on the territory of the garden was awarded the status of national treasure of Ukraine.

Since the spring of 2014, Crimea has been annexed to Russia. At the same time, in connection with the resolution, the organization “Nikitsky Botanical Garden - Crimean Scientific Center” was created.

The garden hosts exhibitions of roses, tulips, irises, clematis and daylilies. In addition, a luxurious Chrysanthemum Ball takes place every year. We will tell you more about it later in our article.

Nikitsky Botanical Garden: Chrysanthemum Ball

On the southern coast of Crimea, at the end of autumn the “golden time” is already coming to an end. And in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden at the Chrysanthemum Ball there is a demonstration of a real riot of colors, represented by beautiful flowers - chrysanthemums. This year the exhibition includes 360 species of chrysanthemums, 45 of which are new selections.

The Chrysanthemum Ball in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is the traditional end of the flower year. For the first time exposure under open air was introduced in 1953. The date of the Chrysanthemum Ball in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden in 2017 fell on October 25. The duration of the flower exhibition will take a little more than a month, its closing is planned for the beginning of December. The exhibition is open every day, seven days a week, starting at 8 am. The entrance ticket price for an adult is 300 rubles, for children - 150 rubles.

Central exposition

The original composition “Petal” appeared with the help of winding paths that frame collection chrysanthemums, diverging radially from the main flower bed in the form of a circle. The paths, touching each other, create curtains - eight “petals”. Each is composed of one primary color and its many shades - from light to dark.

Being near the central composition, you can notice the most common color scheme, which is characteristic of chrysanthemums. It represents 8 colors with their different shades: white, yellow, orange, red, crimson, pink, lilac and ocher.

New varieties of flowers

In 2017, the Chrysanthemum Ball delights almost 200 guests, about 50 of which were bred by breeders of the botanical garden. New varieties of flowers will be demonstrated to visitors for the first time. New items from the exhibition - 45 small-flowered and 13 large-flowered hybrid forms - were planted in separate flowerbeds.

Since 2016, for the first time in the history of the garden, the tradition of assigning original names to new flowers has been introduced. This year, also, any visitor who comes to the botanical garden for the Chrysanthemum Ball can come up with a name for a new flower they like or send their feedback via the Internet.

The exhibition displays various flowers from three parts of the world: America, Asia and Europe. The planted chrysanthemums, according to established custom, will be located in the upper part of the botanical garden in the place where the tulip parade usually takes place in the spring.

Queen and Princess of the Exhibition

Also, according to a custom that began about 10 years ago, at the end of the exposition the queen and princess of the Chrysanthemum Ball 2017 will be announced. This interesting and kind custom has taken root in the institution, and now regulars of the exhibition cannot imagine a flower display without the voting process.

Arrangement of colors

Showcasing the two main glades in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, the Chrysanthemum Ball 2017 surprises visitors with its bright colors, various forms and the rich, warm, chalky aroma of 37,000 different plants.

The collection of flowers represents a fairy-tale, magical land. Butterflies fly and bees fly over dozens of chrysanthemums. The sweet aroma of chrysanthemums has a mesmerizing effect. Fragrant flowers on large area They give guests of the botanical garden high spirits, as well as the joy of wonderful communication and enjoyment of the impeccability of nature.

Hello friends! Today we have a bright, sunny and positive report from Crimea for you! I invite you to the annual event at the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. Many people will think that the chrysanthemum is an ordinary flower and is not capable of attracting enthusiastic attention. Perhaps you are right - not everyone will like a bouquet of five branches of autumn chrysanthemums. What if this bouquet consists of several hundred or thousand flowers of a wide variety of shades?

The last month of autumn in Crimea always makes me sad. Those bright colors with purple and orange hues are no longer there, the sky becomes gloomy, and the sun's rays only provide their warmth for a few hours. I would like to bring back memories of summer and forget that delicate aromas and rainbow colors will appear only with the arrival of spring. It is at such a time that you can enter an amazing kingdom. autumn flowers- to the chrysanthemum ball in Crimea.

This year, for two months, autumn spoiled us with warm and sunny days. The rains seemed to have forgotten about the Crimean peninsula and were in no hurry to reach our region.

Chrysanthemums are amazing flowers; they bloom as soon as the air temperature drops and are fragrant until the first frost.

Considering that the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is located in the vicinity of Greater Yalta, the first frosts always come late. The Chrysanthemum Ball delights its visitors from October to November.

This year the dates have shifted, and not all varieties of planted chrysanthemums bloomed at the beginning of November. I waited until the last moment for the culmination of this magnificent spectacle, so I went to the village of Nikita on November 14.

I was lucky - all the chrysanthemums bloomed, the day was sunny, and the air temperature was +15°C. I knew that on the weekend there would be more guests at the botanical garden than flowers, so I chose Friday. And I was right! At 10 am there were about 40 of us.

According to tradition, at each flower exhibition in Nikitsky Garden a ball queen is chosen. I invite you to make your choice! Which chrysanthemum is worthy of this high title?

To be honest, I couldn’t cope with this task; I couldn’t choose the best of the best.

Queen of the Chrysanthemum Ball 2011 – Escort Rot


White chrysanthemum “Joy”


The number of chrysanthemums at the exhibition could only be matched by the number of bees. They flew from flower to flower, as if posing in front of hundreds of photo flashes.

Chrysanthemum "Lilly Pop"



Chrysanthemum “Sunny Day”



Each chrysanthemum variety was marked with a sign; there were names familiar not only to breeders, but also to guests of the botanical garden.



White chrysanthemum "Ribonet"



Chrysanthemum "Sheer Purple"


Chrysanthemum "Rendezvous"


Chrysanthemum "Monument"


Chrysanthemum "Mount Batun"


Chrysanthemum “Viktor Rover”


Chrysanthemum "Gold Coin"


Chrysanthemum "Gold Strings"







Well, are you tired? I hope you managed to choose the prom queen? :)

Flower show visitors have made their choice! The queen of the 2014 Chrysanthemum Ball was the gentle charmer KIKO.


In conclusion of the report, I would like to thank all the workers Nikitsky Garden for such a great show!

For those who don’t know, let me remind you! The Nikitsky Botanical Garden annually hosts three main flower shows. Exact dates there are no such events, it all depends on weather conditions.

  • April - May Tulip Parade
  • May-June Rose Parade (some varieties continue to bloom until November)
  • October - November Chrysanthemum Ball

Exhibitions of other flowers are also held throughout the year:

  • April - May Lilac
  • May Irises
  • June - August Daylilies
  • May - September Clematis
  • July - October Cannes

As soon as the chrysanthemums fade, the flower beds are prepared for the spring tulip parade.

If you happen to come to Crimea in October-November, you will be able to see all this splendor for yourself! I hope you liked the flower exhibition in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden.

A trip to the “Chrysanthemum Ball” in Nikita (as Crimeans call the Nikitsky Botanical Garden) is one of the most magical autumn traditions on the peninsula.

The botanical garden was founded back in 1811 by personal decree of the Russian Emperor Alexander I. It is located on the Black Sea coast, near the village of Nikita. The “Chrysanthemum Ball” usually lasts a whole month - from the second half of October to the second half of November, attracting both tourists and Crimeans themselves.

What can you see at the autumn flower ball exhibition?

What is this wonderful event? It’s easy to guess from the name that these delightful late flowers, chrysanthemums, are beginning to bloom in the botanical garden. The beautiful multi-colored buds scattered throughout its territory cannot but please. At the ball, the most “dancers” unusual varieties, including those bred by local breeders.

Blooming begins in October - about ten thousand flowers of several hundred species proudly show their beauty to the world. The last warm rays catch large and small buds, yellow and pink, white and blue, red and many others. They will bloom until the first frost, which happens quite late on the South Coast.

The Chrysanthemum Ball is always festively transformed, welcoming thousands of guests - whole families come to admire the wonderful flowers, photo sessions are held against their backdrop, and romantic dates for couples in love are already a tradition.

Ticket price in 2019

This ball is also good because you can come to it without an invitation - just wait until it starts. Depending on the weather, the approximate start date for this unusual event is mid-October. And by mid-November the bright charm fades.

The 66th ball will be held in 2019. In honor of this date, a unique gift has been prepared for guests - a composition of 37 thousand flowers, in which 360 varieties will be presented. For a little over a month, seven days a week, you will be able to admire the flower exhibition, which opens at eight in the morning. The entrance ticket for an adult costs 300 rubles, for a child – 150 rubles.

Contact details

Address: 298648, Russia, Republic of Crimea, Yalta, Nikita town, Nikitsky Botanical Garden
Phone: +7 978 902-63-07

How to get there?

You can get to the garden from Simferopol along the highway to Yalta. The village of Nikita, in the vicinity of which the garden is located, will be on your left. Be careful, don't miss your turn!

If you take a trolleybus, take number 52 from the railway station (departs every half hour) or from the airport take number 54 (departs once an hour). After getting off at the stop of the same name, cross the highway and go down along the road that leads to Nikita. The second option is to take a minibus and ride it to your destination. After a kilometer on your left you will see the gate to the garden.

Nikitsky Botanical Garden on the map of Crimea

From Sevastopol you can get to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden by minibus No. 29 and trolleybus No. 2 from Avtovokzal.

From Yalta, minibus No. 34 goes there from the “Clothing Market” stop. From the Pionerskaya stop through the city and bus station No. 29. From the Veshchevoy Rynok stop, trolleybus No. 2.

Video 2018

    Yalta, October 25. Kryminform. The Chrysanthemum Ball opened today in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. This year, visitors to the National Science Center will be able to enjoy the play of shapes and colors of almost 37 thousand flowers of 360 varieties.

    Opening the festival, the director of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Yuri Plugatar, recalled that over the past three years, NBS specialists have managed to do a lot that visitors can see with their own eyes.

    “We are especially pleased with our scientific achievements, and thanks to the support of the Council of Ministers of Crimea, Federal agency scientific organizations, Russian Science Foundation, Russian Academy Sciences Nikitsky Botanical Garden managed to restore its laboratories, greenhouses, instrumentation and machine-tractor bases,” he said and added that the high value of the work and success of the garden is confirmed by the fact that its employees this year made presentations in many foreign countries, including China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Iran, Brazil, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    At the same time, he noted that the Chrysanthemum Ball was being held in the garden for the 64th time. “In Moscow the temperature is already below zero, in St. Petersburg it is cold, somewhere in the world there are cataclysms, but here we have chrysanthemums blooming,” he noted with a smile.

    According to NBS specialists, in just a few days, when the large-flowered chrysanthemums fully bloom, guests of the garden will have the opportunity to fully appreciate the miracle of the composition of a huge multi-colored “flower” with an area of ​​773 square meters.

    “Each of its eight “petals” will be painted in its own color - red, yellow, orange, pink, lilac, crimson, white and ocher,” noted breeder Natalya Smykova, drawing attention to the “secret” - use in the creation festive composition 110 varieties and four hybrid forms of chrysanthemums.

    On another 20 curtains with a total area of ​​1.1 thousand square meters in the central part of the Arboretum of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, according to her information, small-flowered medium and tall chrysanthemums of 180 varieties are presented, and on two sections of the northern side there are new selections - 8 varieties of large-flowered and 33 varieties of small-flowered chrysanthemums, as well as new hybrid forms - 9 large-flowered and 50 small-flowered.

    Following the results of last year's ball, she said, the breeders of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden gave names to new varieties of chrysanthemums, choosing from those proposed by popular vote.

    “The garden guests offered hundreds of witty and bright names“, she clarified, noting that as a result of the selection, the famous collection of chrysanthemums in the garden was replenished with new items, which at the current ball are already indicated by the corresponding signs: “Fairy Flower”, “Fairytale Elf”, “Yalta Dawn” and “Merry Lady”. Also among the new chrysanthemums, Smykova recalled, the variety “Heart of Artek” appeared, the name of which was proposed on the opening day of last year’s holiday by participants in the next shift of the international children’s center.

    The tradition that emerged last year by popular vote not only to choose the queen and princess of the ball, but also to assign names to new hybrids will continue this year. “New chrysanthemums with number plates are planted in two separate areas, and garden guests can suggest their name for their favorite flower,” the breeder assured.

    Representatives of the leadership of the Yalta Municipality came to congratulate the staff of the National Science Center on the opening of the next Chrysanthemum Ball and their achievements. The Chairman of the Yalta City Council, Roman Derkach, on behalf of the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Konstantinov, thanked the employees of the NBS for the beauty that they give to the Crimeans and guests of the resort, for their fruitful scientific work.

    “Every time you are here, you immerse yourself in a world of goodness, harmony, flowers and wonderful emotions,” he assured, noting that behind all this is the painstaking work of garden specialists who give all their love and put their souls into the development of this unique corner .

    Deputy Head of the Yalta Administration Konstantin Shimanovsky, for his part, presented the head of the NBS with a welcoming address on behalf of the acting head of the city administration, Elena Sotnikova.

    Pupils of the Gurzuf art studio presented their drawings depicting chrysanthemums as a gift to the garden workers, and the NBS team was congratulated with vocal, dance and instrumental numbers by creative teams, young and experienced artists from the Yalta region, as well as cadets of the Alushta Cadet School.