This new type of potted flowers has a strange and beautiful flower pattern, blossoms diligently and is super easy to raise, and can also be used as bonsai.

Guide reading

Green potted plants are necessary embellishments of home life. Raising some flowers and plants at home has many benefits, which can not only beautify the room, but also please the mood. "Huasheng potted Plant Diary No. 1276" introduces you to a new type of potted plant.

Today's protagonist

The hot summer has passed, the current season is very suitable for growing flowers, friends who do not know what plants to raise, this kind of flower introduced today is worth having. This flower is called Dragon Tuzhu, which has been introduced before. This issue focuses on how to raise it and how to make it blossom more.

Dragon spits beads

Dragon Tuzhu, a new type of ornamental flowers and trees, formerly known as Pagoda Tree, has been unable to open the market for a long time, and because of its peculiar flower pattern, the white Corolla protrudes a red flower bead, shaped like a dragon spitting beads. The clever Guangdong florist gave it this name. "Dragon" has an auspicious meaning and is in line with Chinese aesthetic culture. It became popular in recent years.

Long flowering period

Longtuzhu comes from the tropics. As we all know, tropical plants generally have a long flowering period, and Longtuzhu is no exception. It can blossom all the year round in the country of origin. But there are many flower friends respond, their own dragon spit beads only grow tall, do not blossom, what is the matter? Teach us a way to make dragon spit beads blossom more.

There should be enough light.

First of all, the light time, the dragon spit beads have a strong demand for sunlight, there is light, you can obviously see that it changes greatly, the leaves are green, the growth is exuberant, and the flowers bloom one after another, so it is recommended to be placed in the place where the light is most abundant, and the terrace is the best. don't worry that it will be sunburned to death. Its hometown is in the tropics and is not afraid of the sun.

Secondly, nutrients should keep up. Generally speaking, Longtuzhu does not have high requirements for fertilizer and water, and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizers can be used. But if you want to grow or blossom, you should "prescribe the right medicine": use nitrogen fertilizer during the growing period, phosphate fertilizer to promote flowering, once a month, mixed with water, not too thick.

Third, there is another artificial way to promote flowering: pruning. Generally speaking, after the end of a wave of flowering, the plant will enter the growing season, at this time to cut off the new branches, the new branches and leaves are gone, the body has accumulated a large wave of energy, how to use it? Of course it blossoms! Remember: pruning, inhibiting growth, will promote its flowering.

Bonsai tree

Longtuzhu is a woody plant, is a tree, not grass, resistant to pruning, can create a variety of bonsai tree shape, this requires merit, technology, suitable for high-end players, novice can raise it. In addition, although it is a tree, it can be propagated by branch cuttings, and it is easy to survive. Flower friends can try.