How to trim hibiscus flowers

Hibiscus peony, safflower and other names are another name for Fusang flower, which is a large evergreen shrub of Malvaceae. With a fresh relationship and subtle beauty, the Fusang flower is as bright and beautiful as its name. The following is to explain the pruning methods of Fusang flowers and provide materials for friends who want to breed them.

1. Pruning methods of mulberry flowers

The branches of mulberry trees have strong germination ability. Timely pruning can not only keep the tree neat, but also make it blossom. Generally, long branches, disease and insect branches, thin and weak branches, cross branches and overlapping branches are thinned after the flowers are shedded in the casting year to promote the germination of new branches. More blossoms. For the plants that have flowered for 2 Mel for 3 years. It can be re-pruned every 1-2 years, and 3 buds are retained at the base of each lateral branch. Cut off all the benevolent parts. Promote the sprouting of new branches. This can make the growth of Fusang more exuberant, and can also spend colorful.

Because Fusang blossoms on the new shoots of the same year, only by constantly promoting its vigorous growth can it sprout more branches and blossom continuously. For that. It is necessary to apply thin fertilizer frequently in cultivation to promote its exuberant growth and more new branches. In order to achieve the goal of more blossoms. Fusang is mainly propagated by cuttings. When the cuttings grow to about 20 meters high, the heart is removed, which can promote the germination of the basal axillary buds. When axillary buds sprouted new branches, 3 or 4 new branches with uniform growth and well-distributed distribution were selected, and the rest were cut off. In this way, a good occurrence plant can be cultivated.

Second, the culture method of Fusang flower

Change the basin

The basin should be changed before it is moved outdoors in April every year. Loose and fertile sandy soil should be selected. When changing the basin, we should also replace the new culture soil, cut off part of the overdense curly fibrous roots, apply sufficient base fertilizer, and slightly add phosphate fertilizer to the bottom of the basin.

Pruning

After being removed from the outside, pruning will be carried out. Except for the 3 buds left at the base, all the branches will be cut off at the top. Pruning will promote the growth of new branches, and the plant shape will also be beautiful. After pruning, water and fertilizer should be properly controlled.

Temperature

It must be moved indoors after Frosts Descent and before the Beginning of Winter, because Fusang is not resistant to frost. The overwintering temperature is not lower than 5 ℃ to avoid freezing injury, and not higher than 15 ℃ to avoid affecting dormancy. Cover paper or plastic film to keep warm when the weather is colder. The first moving room should open windows every day for ventilation, pay attention to the dry and wet changes of the basin soil, and water properly. In the coldest weather, watering can prevent frost injury, but fertilization should be stopped.

III. Morphological characteristics of Fusang flower

The leaves are like mulberry leaves, but there are also round leaves. Axillary trumpet-shaped flowers, single and double, up to 25 cm in diameter, evergreen shrubs or small trees. The stem is erect and much branched, up to 6 meters high. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate to narrowly ovate, 7-10 cm long, with 3 main veins, apex protruding or acuminate, leaf margin coarsely serrate or notched, base subentire, bald or dorsal veins with a little sparse hairs, shaped like mulberry leaves. The flower is large, with a pendulous or straight stalk, solitary in the axils of upper leaves, divided into single and double; single

The funnel-shaped, double valve non-funnel-shaped, showing red, yellow, pink, white and other colors, florescence throughout the year, summer and autumn is the most popular.

The appearance of Fusang flower is warm and unrestrained, but it has a unique flower heart, which is connected by most stamens and wrapped outside the stamens. The structure is quite meticulous, just like the delicate heart under the warm appearance. Ming Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica Musan Fusang: "Fusang is produced in the south and is another species of hibiscus. Its branches are weak, the leaves are dark green, and they are as astringent as mulberry. The flowers are red, yellow and white, and those who are red are especially expensive. They are called hibiscus. " One of the poems of Ming Xu Wei's "people who bought Fusang flowers in the smell": "remembering the fifty frosts of Tangjiang, the wild flowers long recall rotten Fusang." The Chronicles of Lingnan by Wu Zhenfang of the Qing Dynasty: "Fusang flowers are found everywhere in central Guangdong, with leaves like mulberry and slightly smaller, with bright red, light red and yellow. The big ones open like peony, open and fall at dusk, and the fall has been reopened from March to October."

The above is the pruning method of mulberry flowers and the breeding method of mulberry flowers. I believe we all know how to raise mulberry flowers! Friends who like to plant Fusang flowers, hurry up to buy Fusang flowers, you can plant them by yourself.