How to raise butterfly flowers

Butterfly flower is a plant of the genus Iris, its flower shape is beautiful, just like a butterfly spreading its wings, it is very suitable for viewing. How to raise butterfly flowers?

1. Soil

Butterfly flowers can not only be potted, but also can be cultivated in the open field, generally choose sandy soil with good drainage and moisture retention.

2. Temperature

To grow butterflies, keep the temperature at 8-18 ℃. The lowest temperature should be 5-8 ℃ and the maximum should not exceed 25 ℃.

3. Lighting

Butterfly flowers like semi-shade environment, shade tolerance is relatively strong, let it receive sufficient light before and after flowering, so that the color of the flowers will be more bright, usually it can be maintained in a place of scattered light. But avoid direct sunlight in hot afternoons.

4. Fertilization

Butterfly flowers are very sensitive to salt. if fertilized before planting, it will increase the salt content in the soil and hinder the hairy roots of irises. Organic fertilizer can be used to apply base fertilizer.

5. Watering

Butterfly flowers like to be wet, the soil should be kept moist in the process of cultivation, the soil is too dry, which is not conducive to plant growth, generally in the non-rainy season, permeable water can be irrigated every 10 days or so, rain can be natural in the rainy season, and anti-freezing water should be filled at the end of autumn.

6. Pruning

When planting butterfly flowers, we need to pay attention to pruning, cutting off dead branches and old leaves, which is conducive to flower bud germination, so that butterfly flowers can blossom many times. Plants planted in the garden should do a good job of removing weeds.

Butterfly flower in the planting process is mainly to control each growth factor, the method is relatively simple, interested friends can be through ramet, seed, or seed ball to propagate the plant.