Guide
Summer, is the "home" of the sunflowers, these days introduced a lot of different sunflower varieties, such as heavy building series, root heavy petal series, seed sowing series, etc., found that flower friends are quite like, today to take you to know another, like to raise flowers friends can see.
1. Know "Peony Hibiscus"
Peony hibiscus
Friends who like to raise flowers should not be unfamiliar with this flower, its name is "peony hibiscus", also called pink hibiscus, is a very famous variety of sunflower family, in the network social media can often see its beautiful photos, is a "net red" plant, with flowers big color, good skin and other advantages known, attracting many novice flower friends for it "into the pit".
The plant is not tall
Peony hibiscus belongs to the root heavy petal sunflower, the plant is larger than the seed sowing, the plant height can be 20-30 cm, the erection is relatively poor, mostly creeping growth, branching is very good, several times the top will grow a lot of side branches, containers grow in groups, ground planting can be planted in flower beds, courtyards and other open spaces to do ground cover plants, potting effect is also very good, the requirements for cultivation containers are very low.
The flowers are beautiful
Peony hibiscus is a succulent plant, the branches are fleshy (after a few years of woodiness, can be cultivated into a small old pile), the leaves are in the form of pine leaves, but also fleshy, the flowers are top-growing, the flowers are colorful, the flower diameter can be more than 2 cm, the flower type is round and full, the petals are stacked, resembling peony flowers or hibiscus flowers, so the name, the flower color is white + purple red combination, the inner purple and outer white, in the sun, shiny, bright, colorful, ornamental value is very high.
Blossom to power
In terms of flowering period, most of the sunflowers are similar, the natural flowering period is from May to October, in many places in the south except in winter, basically can maintain the state of non-stop flowering, and the northern winter can move back to the heated indoors can continue to bloom. If you want it to flower more, you can often give some fertilizer to promote flowers during the flowering period, and pick it off in time after the flower is thanked, which can promote faster re-flowering. Peony hibiscus mostly blooms during the day and closes at night, and can bloom for 2-3 days during the single flowering period.
Second, the growth habit of peony hibiscus
Raw skin solid
Sunflowers should be raised by many flower lovers, known as "can't die", the natural skin is strong, especially heat-resistant, sun-resistant, summer can withstand high temperature and warm blooming, but also drought-resistant, barren, year-round disease and pest-free, veritable "lazy flowers", very friendly to novice flower friends. The disadvantage is that it is not hardy, and many places cannot overwinter in the open.
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3. Recommendations for the cultivation of peony hibiscus
Maintenance is simple
Flower pots: not picky about planting containers, plastic pots, ceramic pots, tile pots and even foam boxes can be used, and the containers you can find can basically be used;
Soil: buy some nutrient soil, do not use vegetable garden soil directly, heavy viscosity, easy to compact, it is not good to raise for a long time, loose, fertile horticultural soil is more conducive to the root growth of herbs;
Suitable environment: sunflowers have a strong demand for sunlight, should be placed in the most abundant sunshine, more sun, the more sunshine grows better, flowering is more diligent, on the contrary, if placed in a place lacking light for a long time, it is easy to lead to a long time;
Watering: very drought-tolerant, no need to water every day, look at the dry soil before watering, water the soil dry on the line, once a week is no problem;
Fertilization: In the spring, summer and autumn, often give a little thin fertilizer, flowers more than 2, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, etc., thin fertilizer diligent application, you will find that its flower volume is larger, easier to raise the effect of "burst pot";
It is easy to breed, and the more you raise, the more you raise
Pruning: raising roots and sunflowers, pruning is very important, the growth period should be pruned frequently, can promote the growth of more branches, the more branches, the more flowers, after the flowering is also pruned, the next flowering will come faster;
Summer and overwintering: very heat-resistant, normal maintenance in summer on the line, there is no "summer difficulty" problem; Not hardy, the temperature is lower than 5 ° C to move back indoors, the northern outdoor open culture can only be used as an annual plant, South China can be exposed all year round;
Propagation: Root sunflower rarely bears seeds, mostly use cuttings, cut branches at will, hydroponic rooting or direct cultivation with culture soil, it is easy to survive, through non-stop cuttings, your sunflowers will be more and more.
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Summary: Sunflowers are really very worth raising plants, good breeding is not counted, the full flowering period is still in the summer of the lack of flowering plants, when other plants have dormant, do not flower, they are the "face value" in the garden, peony hibiscus especially, like the flower friends can try.