Cultivation methods and planting techniques of Flos Lonicerae

Honeysuckle honeysuckle family, honeysuckle genus. Alias honeysuckle, mandarin duck vine. Honeysuckle is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that honeysuckle has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification. Honeysuckle is suitable for all kinds of heat venereal diseases, such as body fever, rash, spots, heat sore carbuncle, sore throat and so on.

Honeysuckle honeysuckle family, honeysuckle genus. Alias honeysuckle, mandarin duck vine. Honeysuckle is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that honeysuckle has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification. Honeysuckle is suitable for all kinds of heat venereal diseases, such as body fever, rash, spots, heat sore carbuncle, sore throat and so on.

Growth habits: strong ability to adapt to the environment, lax requirements for soil, acidic and alkaline soil can adapt. The root system is developed, it sprouts, and the stem can take root when it hits the ground. Resistant to cold, drought and dampness. Like light, but also endure yin.

Morphological features: evergreen or semi-evergreen woody vines. Twining stems, hollow. Young branches densely pilose. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong. Double flowers solitary leaf axil, Corolla tube slender, initially white, gradually turning into purplish, then yellow, fragrant. Berries globose, blue-black. The flowering period is from April to June and the fruit ripening period is from August to October.

Geographical distribution: it is widely distributed in the southern and northern provinces and autonomous regions of China.

Propagation and cultivation: sowing, cutting, striping propagation can be done, but the cutting method is commonly used. Cut 1-2-year-old sturdy branches in the rainy season, cut them into small segments of 20-30 cm long, remove the lower leaves, obliquely insert 2% of the human soil, and insert as you cut. The row spacing of seedling bed and plant spacing are about 25 cm and 10 cm respectively, and they can take root and survive after half a month. It can blossom after transplanting in the spring of the following year. The growth is strong, the management is extensive, and the new shoots are properly picked after flowering. The old plants of 3 ~ 4 years old should be pruned and reshaped during the dormant period, and topdressing should be applied conditionally. Powdery mildew does great harm to the leaves of Flos Lonicerae, which can be controlled by 1500-fold liquid spray.

Garden uses: honeysuckle vines winding, green leaves in clusters, old leaves do not fall through winter, summer flowers bloom constantly, fragrant and pleasant, is a beautiful climbing seedlings of flowers and leaves. Suitable for planting in the garden forest flower racks, flower corridors, doorframes, rockery, * stone and other places, its old pile can also be used as a pot strategy. Flowers and stems can be used for human medicine.