Do you know the growth habits of tricolor flowers?

Morphological characteristics of tricolor spiral flower

Tricolor is an annual or perennial herb. Stem climbing ascending; leaves narrowly rectangular to spatulate, apex obtusely rounded, stipitate, entire; short neck clan, flowers sparse, Cymes solitary. Corolla bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, blue, red, margin white, throat yellow, annual, stem erect or climbing ascending, branches many and drooping, white star-shaped blocks in the flower, and yellow flower heart, plus the outer ring around a single color of red, blue, pink or white, but the flower is like a face, can only bloom for one day, can be said to live up to the name, a flower has three colors of three colors.

The growth habit of tricolor spiral flower

Tricolor flowers can be sown from March to May, bloom from June to July, and most of them bloom in the morning.

Tricolor spiral flowers like warm, humid, sunny; do not have strict requirements on the soil, you can choose organic patch culture soil to cultivate, the soil should be kept moist during the growth period, do not make it dry, and put it in a place with sufficient outdoor light. It will blossom after about 70-90 days after sowing, and it can be fertilized every two weeks one to one and a half months before flowering, so as to increase the fertility of flowering and make the flowers bright.

The branch of tricolor spiral flower is trailing, so when the stem branch is elongated during the growth period, it can be moderately trimmed and propped up to prevent lodging, it can also be planted in hanging pots or flower beds, allowing it to droop and grow, which is also a good choice.

Although the heat tolerance of tricolor Chaoyan is good, when the hot summer comes, the muggy weather is easy to weaken the plants, so it is necessary to maintain the ventilation of the cultivation environment; and the evapotranspiration is relatively fast, so it is necessary to pay attention to the supply of water, but the cultivation medium used needs to be well drained so as not to make the roots rot easily in hot and humid conditions. And its cold tolerance is also good, so the cultivation period can be extended to early autumn.

The propagation method of tricolor spiral flower

Tricolor spiral flowers are generally propagated by sowing method, and the sowing time is about from early spring to early summer, and the optimum temperature for germination is about 18: 25 ℃. It can be sowed in the seedling tray, covered with thin soil to keep the soil moist, and can be covered with transparent plastic sheeting on the seedling plate to maintain humidity, but the plate can not accumulate water, and it can germinate in about 7 to 14 days. At this time, the plastic sheet can be removed and placed in a place with bright light, and when there are 3 leaves and 5 leaves, they can be transplanted into the basin. However, the tricolor seedlings are not resistant to transplantation, so you need to be careful when transplanting, or they can be broadcast directly in the basin at the very beginning.

Tricolor spiral flowers are suitable for greening and beautifying fences, fences and scaffolding.