The plant with the longest flowering period is beautiful and easy to raise every day for 365 days, or it is good for potted plants on the balcony.

Guide reading

Green potted plant is a necessary embellishment of home life, which can not only beautify the room, but also refresh the mood and nourish nature. There are many advantages in raising flowers and plants at home. Huasheng potted Plant Diary No. 1030 takes you to know the plants with the longest flowering period.

Today's protagonist

There are many plants famous for their long flowering period, such as longevity flowers and dew flowers, which bloom in spring, autumn and winter. Golden lotus can blossom for more than 200 days. As soon as blue snowflakes bloom, they last for summer and autumn. But the ornamental plant with the longest flowering period in nature is actually the five-petal plum, which blossoms almost every day for 365 days once it has grown.

Five-petal plum

Five-petal plum, Apocynaceae Catharanthus roseus perennial herb, because the flower from the standard five petals, similar to plum blossom named, but also because of its long flowering period, also known as "Catharanthus roseus", "day and spring", the flowering period is really very long, one thanks to the new bloom, never rest, is the most common herbaceous flower in southern China.

Rich in design and color

Because of the long flowering period and the flowers hanging on the branches every day, five-petal plum is widely used in streets, gardens and flower beds. The flowers are fresh and beautiful and colorful, with a good beautification effect. Chinese provinces and cities have introduced many new varieties of Catharanthus roseus from the world, which are used to decorate urban streets, gardens and potted plants to become a beautiful scenery.

Beautiful and easy to raise

The five-petal plum is a woody herb with strong vitality, can resist the wind and the sun, is not hypocritical, and the maintenance is very simple. Do not choose soil, the general garden soil can be planted, unlike orchids, succulent special soil, the requirement of fertilizer and water is not high, watering once a day in summer, other seasons depend on the dry condition of the basin soil, beautiful and easy to raise, cost-effective.

It's worth having

The five-petal plum is not afraid of the sun and can be propagated by cuttings. it has a high survival rate and can be cultivated all the year round, which is easier to raise than the conventional green plants such as green orchids. The disadvantage is that it is not cold-resistant, the dew cultivation in the north is more than one year old, and it is safe to move indoors in winter. There are not many varieties to choose from for growing flowers in June, and five-petal plum is a good choice.