Fulu Kao Fulu Fuluhua five-colored plum grass oleander Platycodon grandiflorum carnation and plum blossom Xiaoyang

Scientific name: Phloxdrummondii

Aliases: Fuluhua, Fuluhua, five-colored plum, oleander, Platycodon grandiflorum, plum blossom, small flower, small azure hydrangea

Families and genera: Artemisia mandshurica (plus grass prefix) family, Phlox genus

Origin: originally from southern North America, it is widely cultivated all over the world.

Source of the name:

The name of the genus Phlox means Flame, and the original flowers are red because of Phlox. The name of the species is in memory of Drummond.

Morphological features:

The plant height is 15 to 45 cm. Stem erect, much branched, with glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, basal leaves opposite, broadly ovate, rectangular or acicular, 2 to 7.5 cm long, apex acute or protruding, base attenuate or slightly clasping, entire, pilose above, pilose only on glands below, leaves sessile, Cymes terminal, pubescent; bracts and bracteoles striate; calyx tubular, lobes striate, pilose outside Corolla salverform, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, lobes, orbicular, stamens not protruding, flower color original rose-red, florescence 5-6 months. Capsule ellipsoid, with persistent sepals. The seed moment is round, raised abaxially, and the ventral surface is flat and brown. The germination ability of seeds can be maintained for two years, and the weight of 1000 seeds is 1.55 grams.

There are many types of gardening, according to the color of the flower:

The same color, there are white, goose yellow, a variety of different shades of reddish purple, as well as lilac and deep purple.

One flower is dichromatic, with internal and external colors, crown tube and crown edge, throat spots, crown edges with stripes, white pentagonal star spots in the middle, etc.

A flower tricolor, with rose red and the base white with yellow heart or purplish red with white heart blue spots and so on. According to the valve type: round valve species, star valve species, beard valve species, radiation species, in addition, there are tall type and short type and so on.

Fulukao varieties:

"palona" is a dwarf variety, which is suitable for small pot cultivation. The plant is round in shape, strong in branching ability at the base, low and trailing, suitable for potted flowers or flower beds.

Variety:

Round petal species var.rotundata, petal lobes large and broad, the shape is round.

The petal species var.stellaris has three teeth at the edge of the petals and longer middle teeth.

Var.firbriata, Corolla lobes denticulate at the margin.

Radiation species var.radiata, Corolla lobes lanceolate-oblong, apex pointed. Sex likes to be warm, slightly resistant to cold, and avoid extreme heat.

Cold beds can survive the winter in North China. Should be well drained, loose loam, not resistant to drought, avoid waterlogging.

It is commonly used for sowing and propagation, autumn sowing in warm places and spring sowing in cold places. The suitable temperature for germination is 15-20 ℃.

The vitality of seeds can be maintained for 1-2 years. Sowing in autumn, after one transplant, the seedlings can be transplanted to the cold bed in the first and middle of October, and then transferred to the ground bed in early spring, fertilized in time, and planted in the middle of April.

The florescence is longer. The mature period of the capsule is different. in order to prevent the seeds from falling, the inflorescence can be cut off and dried and threshed when most of the capsules are yellowing.

Purpose:

Fu Lukao plant is short and rich in color, which can be used as plant material for flower beds, flower borders and rock gardens, as well as potted plants for interior decoration. Varieties with taller plants can be used as cut flowers.

It has strong resistance to sulfur dioxide and certain resistance to chlorine.