Rhododendron is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, and many cities have designated rhododendron as the city flower, which is a very famous flower variety, and its horticultural varieties are as many as hundreds of species. In the flower market, azaleas are also the most eye-catching places, especially some rhododendron bonsai that are made into various shapes, although the price is expensive, but there are many flower friends who like to take home. Rhododendron is an evergreen shrub, the natural flowering period is in April and May of each year, but in order to cater to the love of flower lovers, through temperature control and other means to make rhododendron flowering early, early listing, is a common means for florists. Many of these rhododendrons belong to the Western Cuckoo. In addition to the western crane, there are three other types of rhododendrons such as summer cranes, let's take a look at the four major categories of rhododendrons, what are the characteristics and strengths.
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Also known as the Spring Crane, it is a species with long villi on its leaves and large leaves, making it a hybrid. Because of its fast growth rate and strong reproductive ability, most of the rhododendrons used in greening projects are hairy juan. Mao Juan's branching ability is very strong, and the general fluffy diameter can be equal to the height, whether it is a cultivation color block or a node shape, it can play a very perfect effect.
When the family is cultivated, you can use different flower colors of the hairy crane for cultivation, a small piece of land in the courtyard, through careful collocation, you can cultivate a very good effect, wait until the flowering period, only to see the flowers do not see the leaves, the effect is very good. Its flower colors are pink, white, complex color, as well as purple and red, the flower color is very rich, pay attention to the combination when buying.
Mao Juan's habits like scattered light is sufficient, cool and moist, ventilation is relatively good environment, we should pay attention to the choice of plots when cultivating in the courtyard, if in the summer, the water must keep up, avoid watering at noon, morning and evening watering, so as to raise a good hairy crane.
Mao Juan likes loose and breathable acidic soil, if the northern courtyard is cultivated, it is best to improve the soil, otherwise at most 2 years, the hairy crane will degenerate and cannot be seen, leaving a piece of weed. You can also carry out potted planting, single plant cultivation on the line, its growth ability is very strong, but the potting soil should be cultivated using nutrient soil, in order to better raise it.
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Summer crane, also a hybrid rhododendron species, blooms in summer, rich in flower color, flower type, single petal, heavy petal, sleeve petal, etc., can be planted on the ground or potted, can also be cultivated into the material of bonsai. Compared with the hairy crane, Xia Juan is more suitable for individuals or families to cultivate. In the garden or greening project, the use of summer crane is not much, because it is more difficult to maintain, or the maintenance cost is higher.
Summer crane in the spring will enter the growth period, to the summer will enter its flowering period, but as long as the environment is suitable, summer crane can achieve year-round flowering, and its branches and leaves are evergreen, dark green leaves with luster, even if not flowering, it is also a very good ornamental flower. Because of this, many bonsai lovers use the summer crane as a material for making bonsai, and have produced a lot of summer crane bonsai.
It is said above that the summer crane is more difficult to maintain than the hairy crane, mainly the cultivation of the summer crane to shade, it is not resistant to strong light for a long time, even if the ground planting is not GOOD, when planting the ground can choose the corner, the scenery stone, shade, pavilion and other places where the shade is more shaded for cultivation. Potted plants can be placed near the south balcony or window sill for maintenance, and the effect is very good.
Summer crane in the cultivation and maintenance, must do a few points, loose and breathable acidic nutrient soil and good ventilation environment plus their own permeability is the most important, do these 3 points, basically is the guarantee of raising a good summer crane, because watering, pests and diseases do not have to worry, as long as you do a good job of regular fertilization and fertilization before the flowering period can appreciate the summer crane full of potted flowers.
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West crane because of the huge flowers, gorgeous flowers and conquered the majority of flower friends, horticultural varieties are very rich, we now see in the flower market rhododendrons, most of them are west azaleas, only the west azaleas can make you feel what is the azalea flowering, I raised a pot of west azaleas, once in the flowering, at any angle to take pictures, did not see one of its leaves, all large, gorgeous full of screen pink rhododendrons.
The shape of the western cuckoo is very different from that of the summer and hairy cranes. Most of the western azaleas are relatively short, the growth rate is very slow, the branches are also developing in a short and thick direction, and it is very peculiar that the color of its branches can determine the color of the flowers when it blooms, like red branches, which are red flowers, and green branches, can open white, pink and pink flowers, etc. Through this property, you can help you distinguish the flower color when the west crane has not yet flowered, which is very useful.
The Western Crane is better than the Summer Crane and the Hairy Crane in terms of flower color and flower volume, but it is slightly inferior in terms of survivability, and the adaptability of the Western Crane is not strong, so many Western Cranes may be seriously injured and a large number of leaves will fall off after buying them back. And its disease resistance is also very weak, pay more attention to the infection of diseases and insect pests, and do more prevention work.
The western crane is generally the existence of potted maintenance, not suitable for ground planting, the treatment of the western crane should be fine management, especially in the summer to avoid the summer shade, winter to keep warm and cold, daily maintenance of water and fertilizer to do in place, can not dry nor water too much, especially to do a good job in ventilation management, to prevent possible diseases and insect pests.
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It is the Japanese cuckoo, its growth habits and shape characteristics and the above introduced several are also very similar, but it can grow to 1 to 2 meters high, the side branches should be often pruned and tended, otherwise it will be very scattered, not formed. Its natural flowering period will be earlier than the hairy crane, and my favorite thing is its huge flowers, which can reach 6 cm in size, and have a variety of flower colors, or very beautiful sleeve petals, very distinctive.
The amount of flowering of the east crane is also very large, and many times, it can flower and kill itself. After the end of the rhododendron flowering period, we normally carry out pruning, fertilization and other maintenance, but you will find that the farmed rhododendron slowly weakens, loses its leaves, and finally dies, which is the phenomenon of too much flowering during the flowering period, depleting the nutrients, and finally dying. There are still many people who are seriously injured, and even the second and third years do not bloom. This is also a true portrayal of many flower lovers saying that azaleas are "one year to see flowers, two years to see leaves, three years to see pots".
So, is there a way to solve this? There is definitely a way to do it, and it is very simple. That is, when the flowering period is halfway through, that is, when your rhododendron is full of tree buds, half to two-thirds of the way, the flowers and unopened buds are all pruned off, and then carefully maintained, the azaleas can grow normally, and they can continue to bloom next year.
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The four major types of rhododendrons, each with its own characteristics, is certainly difficult for novices to distinguish, but after a period of time, you can easily distinguish them through their various nuances, so what category of rhododendron do you like?