Today to introduce to you a camellia variety that is particularly easy to plant in the southern region, ordinary camellias generally bloom in winter and spring, but other seasons are basically only able to look at the leaves, but the rhododendron red camellia to be introduced today can bloom in all seasons.
Rhododendron red camellia is also called "four seasons red camellia", "rhododendron leaf camellia", its form and rhododendron are particularly similar, the leaves look a little similar to bayberry.
1. Why is rhododendron red camellia so precious?
Wild rhododendron red camellia is only distributed in Yangchun, Guangdong, China, which is in my hometown, its rarest place is because it blooms in summer, and other varieties of camellia are bred in winter and spring, so it has become a precious variety of camellia hybrid breeding has always been loved by the horticultural community (wild rhododendron red camellia is particularly precious).
Wild rhododendron red camellia is a nationally protected plant, which has been included in the "IUCN Red List of Endangered Species", which is a wild plant that belongs to the extreme danger, with about 1,000 wild trees, and is also known as the "giant panda of the plant world".
Rhododendron red camellia originally grew in the forest, the temperature will be relatively cool and warm, it is more like the semi-shady environment, shade tolerance is relatively strong. Now it has become a slightly common garden plant in the south, suitable for landscape decoration, we can also buy horticultural ornamental varieties in the flower market and online, it is a particularly good ornamental flower.
2. Maintain the environment
The leaves of rhododendron red camellia look like rhododendrons, but in fact, it is a variety of camellias, as long as the ambient temperature is suitable, it can be continuously pregnant with flowers throughout the year, many flower lovers think it is very good to raise, in the spring, summer, autumn and winter can be pregnant with flowers. As long as the maintenance temperature can be maintained above 15 degrees, it can maintain growth and flowering, and it is best to maintain the temperature of maintenance between 15 and 28 degrees.
In the summer maintenance of rhododendron red camellia potted plants, pay attention to proper shade, especially in the hot summer, it is necessary to pull a shade net, can also be raised on the east or north facing balcony, in the winter and spring and autumn can give more sunlight.
3. Replenish water regularly
The maintenance of rhododendron red camellia should pay attention to regular replenishment of water, especially when the weather is better, the water evaporation is relatively fast, and the rhododendron red camellia planted in the pot belongs to the shrub flowers, if the soil is often dry, the impact on it is also quite large.
The maintenance of rhododendron red camellia needs to maintain a high air humidity, do not let the environment overly dry, if the relative humidity is maintained at more than 40% for a long time, it is very unfavorable to its growth.
4. Soil matching scheme:
Pot maintenance to avoid long-term soil moisture, but also can not let the soil water, this is why use some loose soil for planting, it will prefer weak acidic soil, if the soil is alkaline, its leaves are prone to yellowing, and the flowers can not open normally. If it is maintained in the north, it is necessary to avoid watering with tap water for a long time, otherwise it is easy to cause excessive salt deposition in the soil.
The collocation of potting soil will generally use peat soil, coarse coconut bran and perlite, the ratio is 5:3:2, in the pot bottom can be appropriately added some decomposed sheep manure, the soil can also be mixed with 1 to 2 equal parts of compost soil, peat soil and compost soil are slightly acidic, for the growth of rhododendron red camellia is very beneficial.
When we plant rhododendron red camellia, in addition to choosing slightly acidic loose and breathable soil, we must also regularly pour some ferrous sulfate or chelated iron into the soil, and regularly supplement acidic fertilizer to make it grow better and avoid alkaline soil.
5. Conditions for flowering
Rhododendron red camellia maintenance environment must ensure sufficient light, but in the temperature of more than 35 degrees, only need shade, it is particularly easy to maintain an ornamental flower, the entire plant and flower form looks more elegant and generous, its flowers are single petal, the flower color is red.
Rhododendron red camellia is particularly easy to flower, as long as it has new branches to grow out, you can breed flower buds, regular supplementation of thin fertilizer, you can use huaduoduo No. 1 and huaduoduo No. 2 alternate spraying, is to supplement more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, occasionally supplement some compound fertilizer containing some nitrogen elements, you can let it grow in all seasons, and the flowers will continue to emerge, which is the key to its blossoming seasons.
Above is the contrast between Rhododendron Red Camellia and Xia Mengyanping
Now there are some horticulturists, the rhododendron red camellia as the father, and other camellia varieties for hybridization, such as the so-called four-season flowering camellia variety "Xia Meng Yanping", is China's three horticulturists, the joint hybrid cultivation of camellia varieties, plants will be more compact, the shape of the leaves and rhododendron red camellia (father) is relatively close, the form of the flower and the peony form is more similar, the whole flower looks relatively large, can be opened from May to June until the end of the year, It is a camellia variety that blooms in all seasons.