Culture method of Chocolate Flower

Chocolate flower, also known as lace golden dew, is a kind of verbenaceae golden dew flower, belonging to perennial evergreen shrubs, originally grown in tropical America, is a new ornamental flower, introduced all over the world, China also has many places to grow. And its floral fragrance is very strong, the most special thing is that its floral flavor and chocolate taste is almost the same, if you do not carefully distinguish is simply indistinguishable, so it is also named. So what is the method of cultivating chocolate flowers?

1. Chocolate flowers are easy to maintain and blossom all the year round. They can be planted in gardens or potted plants. Generally, plants grown on the ground can be pruned properly when they grow to a certain stage, so that they can grow into small trees or ordinary shrubs with independent trunks. Potted plants can be trimmed into independent trunks or spherical small trees. Chocolate flowers are more resistant to pruning and can be pruned reasonably according to specific conditions.

2. Chocolate flowers like light, are more tolerant to drought and waterlogging, have fewer diseases and insect pests, and can grow normally under a small amount of shade. During the growth period, the plant can be sprayed with balanced fertilizer on the leaf surface, or balanced slow-release fertilizer can be applied around the plant and substrate. Phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can be increased after the inflorescence is found.

3. Chocolate flowers are afraid of the cold. When planted in the north, the plants can be wrapped in plastic film in winter, or moved indoors for maintenance, and moved to the garden flower bed in spring.