Honeysuckle is a very familiar medicinal flower for everyone, and it is often seen in some flower teas or Traditional Chinese medicines. It has the effect of removing fire gas when used for consumption, and it also has some mosquito repellent ability when grown at home.
Honeysuckle is relatively easy to survive flowers, and the ability to survive is very strong, often pruned can also be used as a bonsai, in the summer, you can see between the branches and leaves of the dense honeysuckle, emitting a faint floral fragrance, its branches are spreadable, can climb on some of the surrounding brackets, but also as a hanging green plant.
The period of planting honeysuckle, generally in the early stage of spring before germination, can be planted on the balcony with good lighting, prepare a larger pot in advance, put one or two small seedlings into the pot, the potting soil is best to use a more fertile mixed soil, the potting soil should do a good job of bottom fertilizer before entering the pot, and the honeysuckle seedlings after entering the pot should be watered with enough water.
Honeysuckle can also be planted in the garden, two to three plants are appropriate, one bush into the ground, apply some fertilizer on the surface of the soil, and dilute with watering to help the roots absorb the fertilizer. Watering for ground honeysuckle can use river water, rainwater, etc., tap water is best precipitated, but only when the honeysuckle flowering period is reduced, in order to extend the flowering period.
Ground-planted honeysuckle either erected a flower stand, or planted in the corner of the wall, where the branches can spread, otherwise when the honeysuckle grows and matures, the branches have nowhere to climb and occupy the ground. Honeysuckle in the growth period, you will find that its branches spread very quickly, in a short period of time can grow a green wall, so proper pruning is necessary, in the spring of the next year to grow slender branches pruned off, and add the right amount of fertilizer, in order to promote the branches can grow more stout, prolong the flowering period, increase the amount of blooming, thus playing a certain repellent effect.
Honeysuckle has a strong reproductive ability and can adapt to many propagation methods, such as: cuttings, sowing, striping, splitting and so on. The simplest of these is the cuttings method, which is the easiest to survive in the rainy season, and under sufficient moisture conditions, new roots can be grown in two weeks.
The striping method is not very suitable for potting, if it is used for ground planting, it can still be adopted, and some of the branches of honeysuckle after rooting are picked, and in general, honeysuckle can bloom in the second year after potting.
The above list of the number of potted and ground honeysuckle plants, related propagation methods and maintenance points of attention, I hope that these bits and pieces of knowledge can help the flower friends who cultivate honeysuckle.