Guide
Geranium is known as "small hydrangea flower", many flower lovers love to raise, is an excellent balcony, window sill decorative plants. Spring is suitable for raising geranium season, today to take you to know a very worthy of raising excellent varieties, it is easy to raise easy to take care of, multi-season repeated flowering, novices can also raise well, like to raise flowers friends do not miss.
1. Basic information about the "Red Witch"
Geranium "Red Witch"
Geranium, also known as hydrangea, is a perennial subshrub or herbaceous plant of the hmong family, native to southern Africa, now widely cultivated around the world, and there are many horticultural ornamental varieties. The one introduced today, called "Red Witch", and the Pink Witch and the Blue Witch are the same series, all of which are hanging in the sky, and are sought after by domestic flower lovers because of the festive flower color, and are one of the representative varieties of the red system.
Potted plants work well
The red witch plant is not large, the height is generally only 30-40 cm, the branching is very good, the growth period can grow a lot of side branches once or twice, the plant type is compact, the branches are soft, naturally hanging, suitable for hanging pots to raise, can also be raised when standing in the sky, the pot planting is very adaptable, the caliber of more than 15 cm ordinary pots can be raised, hanging on the balcony, window sill, wall can be.
The flowers and leaves are beautiful
The Red Witch is a variety with beautiful flowers and leaves. The leaves are horseshoe-shaped, the leaf surface is emerald green and shiny, like oil, shiny, and it maintains this vigorous state all year round, and it is not bad when it does not bloom when it is a foliage plant. Flowers are apical, poly umbrella inflorescence, a flower branch 4-6 small flowers, closed together, small flowers heavy petals, rose shape, dark red, petals have a high-grade velvety feeling, green leaves in the red flowers bloom, with festive effect, has a high ornamental value.
Flowers and flowers
In the flowering period, the red witch and the pink witch are similar, multi-season repeated flowering, suitable conditions, proper maintenance, can bloom all year round, of which spring and autumn two seasons of the most abundant flowers, but also the most beautiful moment. There are also many flowers, there must be flowers, and the nutrients can keep up with the state of flowers blooming all over the branches.
By the way, geraniums are roughly divided into four categories, namely upright sky, hanging sky, large flower day and angel eye series, of which the first two are multi-season flowering, the next two only bloom once a year (spring), if you want to raise flowers for a long time, choose from the upright sky and the hanging sky.
Second, the growth habits of the Red Witch
Enclosed balconies can also be raised
Compared with other geraniums, hanging days are more skinny, especially in terms of heat resistance, summer roses, pink witches, red witches are easy to spend summer, more suitable for novice friends to raise. Prefer a warm, sunny growth environment, no diseases and insect pests throughout the year, strong growth, but also resistant to pruning, the disadvantage is not too hardy, wintering temperature should be above 5 ° C.
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III. Planting Suggestions for the Red Witch (Taking Potted Plants as an Example)
Easy to take care of
Flower pots: it is best to choose plastic pots, because the air permeability is better than ceramic pots and tile pots, small seedlings with small pots, and then change pots when the flower seedlings grow up, avoid "small seedlings and large pots", too much water can easily lead to plant rotten roots;
Soil: Due to the limited space of the pot, it is recommended to use fertile, well-drained nutrient soil, do not directly use the garden soil of the green belt;
Suitable environment: full yang or semi-shade with astigmatism, although the north balcony can also raise flowers, but it is recommended to put in a sunny place, insufficient light is easy to cause flowers to disappear;
Watering: spring and autumn follow the principle of "see dry and wet", the soil is dry and then watered, not dry and not watered, about once a week is enough, summer should use the "soaking pot watering method", that is, to add water to the pot, so that the bottom of the pot always maintain a slightly wet state, so that it is easier to spend summer, winter watering does not have to be too frequent, two or three times a month is enough;
Fertilization: spring, autumn growth period and full flowering period, should be thin fertilizer application, often give a little thin fertilizer, can accelerate growth and prolong the flowering period, increase the amount of flowers, summer and winter do not need to fertilize;
Summer, overwintering: spring, autumn, winter three seasons can be full of sun, summer put cool and ventilated, noon shade to avoid the sun, there is morning and evening light can be; winter temperature is lower than 5 ° C, should be moved indoors, in the closed balcony can also grow normally, flowering, the northern winter after entering the room has heating blessing, winter can also be warmly flowered, South China can be exposed to overwintering;
Pruning: during the growth of seedlings can be more than a few times, the side branches germinate more new shoots, each time after the flowering of a slight pruning, but also can accelerate the re-flowering, after a few years of raising the branches will be lignified, affecting flowering, after re-pruning will restore the flowering ability.
Light up your balcony
Summary: Hanging geraniums are usually relatively easy to feed, the "Witch" series is one of the best, if you are a novice flower lover, you can choose as an "entry" variety, if you like big red plants, you can also raise a few pots on the balcony, yard, red, beautiful and festive, and the four seasons of flowering, you deserve to have.
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