Do you want to be a beauty? Introduction to the correct maintenance method of beautiful cherry as beautiful as its name

Beauty cherry alias, also known as beauty cherry, is a more famous plant in South America, with flowers shaped like umbrellas, with a variety of colors such as white, red and blue, and the adult beauty cherry plant is moderate in height, about 35-50 cm, so it is a good ornamental potted plant. For this reason, smaller bodies are often used on the ground, such as the greening of roads, gardens and large-scale cultivation of flower beds, which have high ornamental value.

I. cultivation of Beautiful Sakura

Cutting and seed propagation are common planting methods of beautiful cherry. Due to the use of seed cultivation, the success rate is less than 50%, and the germination rate is quite low, so potted cherry is often planted by cutting. For the cuttage of Beautiful Sakura, it is best to do it from May to June every year. On the strong growing plants, choose the semi-lignified and tender branches, and keep a few leaves at the top of the branches to cut off the remaining leaves. The length of the branches is about 8-10 cm. Too long or too short is not conducive to cutting branches.

When cutting, it is also necessary to irrigate the right amount of water and maintain it under semi-overcast conditions. after one to two weeks, the plant can grow under light conditions. it should be noted that when the seedlings grow about five to seven leaves, potted plants need to be transplanted and cultured.

II. Maintenance of Beautiful Sakura

1. Soil requirement

Good soil is a necessary condition to ensure good plant growth, and sandy soil or humus with good drainage and permeability and good fertility is the most suitable. If potted cherry grows in relatively poor or soil-like soil, its growth rate will be much slower, which may lead to the delay of its flowering period, or affect the quality and quantity of its flowering. In addition, it is also necessary to ensure that the soil is slightly acidic, otherwise growing in alkaline soil, plants are prone to stunting and even death.

two。 Lighting demand

Only growing in sufficient light environment, beauty cherry plant shape and ornamental will be higher, good light conditions can make the plant branches and leaves luxuriant, reduced by pests and diseases, at the same time, the flowers are more bright. If the plant grows under the condition of insufficient light, there are often signs of yellowing on the surface of the leaves, the florescence can not come normally and so on.

3. Water demand

Watering is a more demanding aspect of the beauty cherry. In addition to ensuring the moist state of its basin soil, it is often necessary to strictly control the amount of water and the number of watering times, and to maintain the principle of "better dry than wet". It is often used flexibly according to the actual situation, for example, in the weather with higher temperature, the amount of water can be increased appropriately, while in the lower temperature in winter, try not to water or less water.

4. Nutrient demand

The seedling stage and flowering period of Sakura are two stages with high demand for nutrients, so it is necessary to ensure the frequency of fertilization every half a month or so, and to focus on fertilization, for example, in the seedling stage, in order to make the branches and leaves more luxuriant, more nitrogen fertilizer should be applied, while during flowering, in order to make the flowering more beautiful, more phosphate fertilizer should be applied to promote the growth of the bud and the extension of the flowering period.