How do you cut flowers?

The leaf flower has a high rate of branching, and it is also a vine. In order to maintain its beautiful tree shape, it needs frequent pruning and shaping. Generally speaking, it can be trimmed twice a year. One is combined to change the basin, cutting off dense branches, weak branches, diseases and insect pests and growing branches from the base. The top tip of the reserved branch should also be cut off. On the other hand, the branches were thinned properly before the new shoots grew after anthesis, the withered branches, over-dense branches and internal branches were cut off, and only the top part of the horizontal branches were cut off to keep the pillars symmetrical. In the process of new branch growth, it is necessary to cut off its top tip in time and promote more new branches in order to form more flower buds and ensure exuberant flowering every year. After such repeated pruning, many branches, dense blossoms and graceful round-headed crowns can be formed. If you grow for 5-6 years, you need to cut short (only 3 buds are left at the base of each branch) or renew it again. Leaf flowers can also be combined with pruning to make a "beat", that is, bamboo or lead wire is used to make an oblong skeleton on the basin, and after straightening out the flower branches, they are tied to them with string, so that the skeleton is not exposed.

The leaf flower is native to South America and Brazil. Fallen leaves often occur in the process of cultivation. The main reasons for leaf falling are as follows: (1) Leaf flowers are strongly positive and have sufficient sexual preference for sunshine. If it is placed in a shady environment, it is easy to cause fallen leaves. (2) insufficient water supply in hot season or excessive watering in winter can easily cause defoliation. Therefore, watering should be as appropriate as possible. (3) the leaf flower prefers warm and humid climate, and the suitable temperature for growth is between 20 ℃ and 30 ℃. If the room temperature in winter is lower than 12 ℃ or goes up and down, some leaves are also easy to fall off. (4) the application of unripened organic fertilizer or too thick liquid fertilizer can easily cause root injury, leaf coke shedding and even the death of the whole plant. Therefore, fully mature fertilizer must be applied, and the method of "thin fertilizer" must be adopted.