How to plant the seeds of five-colored plum?

Five-colored plum is also known as Lantana, Shandadan, red hydrangea, coral ball, etc. it is an evergreen shrub of the genus Equisetum of Verbenaceae. There are often multicolor changes in a clump of inflorescences, so they are also called five-colored plum, colorful flowers, and so on. At the same time, branches and leaves contain a special irritating smell, so there are also aliases such as smelly grass, smelly Jinfeng and so on. Let's take a look at how to plant five-colored plum seeds.

Seed collection

The fruit of five-colored plum is a ball-shaped berry, purple-black when ripe, usually picked and retted after ripening, soaked and scrubbed to remove the pulp, that is, the seeds are obtained. It should be noted that the seeds of five-color plum should not lose water, and can be sowed with picking in autumn, or stored with mixed sand, and sown again in spring.

Sowing method

Five-color plum can be sowed in pots with high humidity and temperature at the end of autumn, or in spring. Sowing seedlings in South China can be used to plant flower beds, and flowers can be seen in September of that year. After the fruit is ripe, it is picked and retted, soaked in water and scrubbed to remove the pulp, and the seeds are obtained. To avoid losing water, seeds can be sowed with picking in autumn, or stored in mixed sand, and sown again in spring. The temperature should be kept above 20 ℃ in the germination stage after sowing. The germination rate is about 60%, and the seedlings sown in the south can blossom in autumn.

Culture management

1. Fertilizer and water: loose and fertile sandy loam is suitable for potted soil, and the requirements are not strict. During the growing period, rotten liquid fertilizer is applied every 10 days, combined with watering, and 3% urea is sprayed twice every 10 days, which can make the leaves thicker and greener. When planting, organic fertilizer is applied as base fertilizer, and initial watering is used to promote growth. when it survives and grows vigorously, irrigation can be reduced, and vine branches can be buried in the soil in open field cultivation, which can be gradually expanded into a large clump.

2, sunshine: five-color plum like the sunny environment, the growing season can be placed in the outdoor sunny place to maintain, even in midsummer also need not shade, but requires good ventilation. If the light is insufficient, the plants will grow too long, the stems and branches will be thin and long, and the flowering will be rare, which will seriously affect the ornamental plants.

3. Pruning: the five-color plum grows fast. The branches and leaves that affect the shape should be cut off in time in order to keep the tree shape beautiful. The overlong twigs should be cut short after each flower, and the plants should be re-cut at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter before entering the house. Cut the branches of the current year properly. If the room temperature above 15 ℃ is maintained in the sunny part of the room in winter, the plant can grow and blossom normally, and it should be watered, fertilized and pruned properly. If you can not maintain such a high temperature, control watering, stop fertilization, so that the plant dormancy, more than 8 ℃ can safely survive the winter. Turn the pot once every spring, and trim the plant again, cutting off dead branches, weak branches and other branches that affect the shape of the tree.