What is the culture method of the five-pointed star flower?

The flower shape of the five-pointed star is unique, the color is bright, and it is not difficult to raise it, so it has a very high breeding value.

1. Morphological characteristics of the five-pointed star flower

Annual frail twining herbs, glabrous. Leaves ovate or oblong, long 2~10cm, broad 1~6cm, simple leaves alternate, leaf lobes slender as silk, pinnately parted to midvein, with 10-18 pairs of linear to filiform spreading lobes, lobe apex acute; petiole long 8~40mm, base often with pseudostipules. Inflorescences axillary, composed of a few flowers Cymes; total pedicel mostly exceeding leaves, long 1.5~10cm, flowers erect, pedicel longer than calyx, long 9~20mm, thickened into rod in fruit; sepals green, slightly unequal, elliptic to oblong spoon-shaped, outer one slightly shorter, ca. 5mm, apex obtuse and with small protuberance. Corolla salverform, ca. 2.5cm long, crimson, glabrous, tube weak, distally slightly inflated, limb spreading, ca. 1.7 cm in diam. 2 cm in diam. On several Wuxiang star-shaped flowers, the color is deep red and bright, in addition to red, there are also white. Capsule ovate, 7-8 mm long, 4-loculed, 4-valved, septum persistent, transparent. Seeds 4, ovate-oblong, 5-6 mm long, dark brown. The flowering period is from early July to late September, one batch opens every day, and wilts in the morning and afternoon.

Second, the garden use of the five-pointed star flower

The vine leaves are slender and beautiful, which is an excellent plant for flower racks and hedges in the courtyard, and can also be potted indoors. When the flowers are in bloom, although the flowers are small, they are scattered in the green leaves, lively and moving. Together with Petunia, it is an annual vine flower of Petunia family, and its flowering period is almost the same as that of Petunia, but because its plant is small, it is not like Petunia to be placed on an elevated hedge, it is generally used to decorate short hedges or green balconies. When the green leaves are full of leaves, I can only see layers of green feathers, tender and light, such as cage green smoke, such as Biyi gauze, moving with the wind, beautiful figure Pianpian. In the past, there used to be a flower working bamboo skeleton such as a lion, which lingered and spread all over it into a green lion, lifelike and interesting. This kind of garden art, called "landscape", together with bonsai, is also a style.

Third, the culture method of five-pointed star flower.

Habits: like light, like warm and humid environment, not cold-resistant, can self-sow, require fertile soil. The five-pointed star flower has strong resistance and easy management. The capsule contains 4 seeds, which, after maturity, falls to the ground and grows in the following year. If sown artificially, it will be sown in March. The seedlings were transplanted with a length of 10 cm. In order to bloom more, it should be planted in the fertile soil in the sunny place. Potted plants should stand on brackets for winding, and they are extremely slender and beautiful when they bloom. Originally from tropical America, it is now widely distributed in temperate zones and tropics all over the world. Ornamental plants for the beautiful garden.

Reproduction: use sowing to reproduce. The full and fresh seeds were sown in the flowerpot at the beginning of April. The pot soil can be evenly mixed with half of the sandy soil and half of the culture soil. The thickness of the covered soil is twice the diameter of the seed, watered thoroughly and placed in a slightly shaded place facing the leeward. After that, the pot soil was watered slightly, and the suitable temperature for germination was 18-20 degrees, and the seedlings could emerge in 7-10 days.

Watering: the growth period should generally be watered once a day; the summer climate is hot, the plant growth is exuberant, should be watered once in the morning and afternoon, but avoid stagnant water in the basin.

Fertilization: apply rotten liquid fertilizer and water once a month. During the whole growing period, there is no need to pick the heart and make it climb naturally. As long as we pay attention to watering and fertilizing, to promote the rapid growth of vines, flowering will be more luxuriant.

Seed collection: the fruit ripening period of the five-pointed star flower is irregular, and it is easy to crack after maturity, so it is appropriate to harvest seeds in batches in time, and the seed life span is 4-5 years. The root of the five-pointed star flower can be used as medicine, has the effect of clearing heat and detumescence, and treats ear therapy and hemorrhoid leakage.

All right, this is the end of the introduction of the five-pointed star flowers. I hope that through the above introduction, we can increase the confidence and survival rate of raising five-pointed star flowers, so that everyone can raise beautiful five-pointed star flowers.