How to grow chocolate flowers?

Chocolate flower is another name for lace golden dew flower, because the blooming flowers have the sweet smell of chocolate, so how to raise chocolate flowers? Let's take a look.

What are chocolate flowers?

Chocolate flower, also known as lace golden dew, is a plant of the genus Verbenaceae, which originated from tropical America and the Caribbean. Now it is widely used in potted plants and courtyards in China.

Chocolate flowers are evergreen shrubs and are easy to feed. They can grow normally when planted in a sunny environment, but chocolate flowers are not sun-resistant and had better not be placed in direct sunlight.

Chocolate flowers have long oval, opposite leaves; flowers in racemes, lavender or white, drooping in clusters; ripe fruit bright yellow, clustered into clusters.

However, the fruit of chocolate flowers is poisonous and it is best not to eat it. Eating it will cause diarrhea, fever and spasms in severe cases.

Second, how to grow chocolate flowers?

1. Lighting: chocolate flowers, also known as lace gold dew, like a sunny and warm environment, so they should be placed in places with scattered light and keep warm when the temperature drops.

2. Soil: the planted soil needs to choose the soil with good air permeability and drainage to prevent stagnant water.

3. Fertilization: use balanced slow-release fertilizer to spray leaves.

4. Watering: it is necessary to water the soil thoroughly and keep the soil moist. If it is planted in pots, it is usually watered once every 2-3 days.

It is not difficult to grow chocolate flowers, if you want to do it, you can buy them online or go to the local flower and bird market.