This kind of flower can fill the balcony in three months. No one cares, and there are flowers every year.

As the saying goes: "Chrysanthemum in autumn, plum in winter, begonia in spring, Petunia in summer." Among many kinds of flowers and plants, Petunia can be regarded as a place for comrades-in-arms. Morning glory is also called "diligent Lady". As soon as the rooster crows over the head every day, the morning glory branches that linger around the hedge blossom one after another, so it is also called Chaoyan. Morning glory has a strong self-sowing ability, and the seeds will fall on their own when they mature, and they will soon sprout and grow more next to the withered branches. Basically, it can grow on its own every year. The growth is easy and the flower pattern is very beautiful.

The common breed is Petunia tomentosa, which is characterized by deep trifid leaves.

Petunia with round leaves, broad leaves and heart-shaped leaves

Petunia, with long leaf stalk, trifid and large central lobe, is cultivated in Japan, which is called Chaoyan flower, and has bred many horticultural varieties with various flower patterns and colorful flowers.

The middle lobe is relatively long, which is a very obvious feature.

Like this grape color, as well as curry color is a relatively rare variety, many petunias have white edges.

Morning glory is generally sown in spring and blossoms in summer and autumn. there are many varieties, such as blue, scarlet, peach red, purple, etc., as well as mixed colors, and there are many changes at the edge of petals. The seed will split into several petals, collect and sow in the coming year, and will soon grow up to produce beautiful flowers.

Morning glory seeds have a relatively hard shell, soak the seeds before sowing, soak them in water for 24 hours, and then sow. Morning glory was sown by point sowing method, the seeds were put into the soil, the thickness of the covered soil was about 2 cm, slightly compacted, watered thoroughly, and seedlings emerged in 7-8 days under suitable conditions.

Petunia like dry and afraid of wet, in the growth process, need sufficient water, especially in summer high temperature season, should be watered every day. But not stagnant water, long-term stagnant water, often root rot, the whole plant wilted and died. Flowering period such as Rain Water, flowers fade, perishable, petals easy to tear.

Morning glory is very adaptable, like plenty of sunshine, but also can withstand semi-shade. Morning glory is not resistant to frost, the optimum temperature for growth is 13: 18 ℃, and the winter temperature is 4: 10 ℃. If the temperature is lower than 4 ℃, the plant growth stops. It can withstand high temperature of more than 35 ℃ in summer.

Morning glory is a long-day plant, which requires strong light conditions, whether potted or planted on the ground. If the sun is sufficient, the growth is strong, the leaves are luxuriant and the flowers are numerous; if the light is not enough, the branches and leaves are easy to grow, and the flowering quality is poor. If you can give more than 12 hours of light every day, and the night temperature is more than 10 ℃, it can blossom in four seasons.

Many flower lovers often say that they see wild morning glory, and then look at the picture and find that it is a bowl flower, which looks very similar, but not the same kind of flower! Hit the bowl flower, this kind of small wild flower is actually very beautiful! Can be used in medicine, with spleen and qi, promote digestion, pain and other effects. But it has a certain degree of toxicity, so eat carefully.

The flowers of asparagus are also similar to morning glory, and the small cauliflower is also very beautiful.

Does it look like it at first glance?

Super-skinny morning glory ~

Sowing and maintenance are super simple!

Plant one if you like.