Growth habits and Culture points for attention of Colored Leaf Grass (five-color Grass)

Colorful leaf grass is also known as five-color grass, perilla, brocade purple, etc., colored leaf grass is mostly used for landscaping, can also be planted in the courtyard for ornamental, excellent varieties of colored leaf grass can be potted, placed in short and balcony and other places to watch.

Morphological characteristics of Colored Leaf Grass:

Colourful leaf grass is a perennial foliage herb. The plant is 40cm to 90cm high. The stem is square and soft. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate or ovate-cordate. The edge is coarsely serrated, the back of the leaf is often fluffy, and there are purple, pink, red, yellowish, orange and other color markings on the green substrate. Panicle, flowers small, light blue or white, florescence is usually from August to September every year.

Planting and nursing of colourful leaf grass:

Caiye grassland is produced in Java, Indonesia. There are many horticultural varieties, and it is widely cultivated in our country. Like high temperature, moist, sunny, well-ventilated environment, resistant to semi-shade, avoid strong light in summer, cold tolerance is not strong, avoid stagnant water, the suitable temperature for growth is 20: 25 ℃, the requirement of soil is not strict, loose and fertile soil is better, potted colored leaf grass can be cultivated with rotten leaf soil or pond mud. The evaporation of colourful leaf grass is larger, and the requirement of water content is higher. However, the matrix should not be too wet for a long time, too wet is easy to grow, plant resistance is poor, lack of water is easy to wilt, growth is blocked. In the hot season, we should often spray water on its leaves to maintain a certain surrounding air humidity and have a cooling effect. Colourful leaf grass has certain requirements for fertilizer, and should regularly add an appropriate amount of rotten cake fertilizer and water, apply more phosphorus fertilizer and less nitrogen to prevent the leaves from becoming lighter. The propagation of colourful leaf grass is generally carried out by sowing, cutting and other methods. It's relatively simple.