Garden uses and Culture and Nursing methods of Summer Cuckoo

Summer cuckoo is a very beautiful flower, but only by deeply understanding it and correctly breeding and nursing it, can it grow healthily and healthily, and then bloom beautiful flowers.

I. introduction of summer cuckoos

Basic introduction: summer rhododendron, rhododendron family, native to India and Japan. First leaves and then flowers in spring, flowering from late May to June. Summer rhododendron has slender branches and leaves, plump and neat crown, compact leaf arrangement, strong adventitious germination, strong plastic shape, 6~8cm flower diameter, flower color and petals as rich and colorful as rhododendron. The traditional varieties of summer cuckoo are Changhua, Dahongpao, Wubao Green Pearl, Purple Chendian and so on, which are excellent tree species for bonsai. Among them, there is a small flower in the five precious green beads, which is in the shape of a pavilion, which has the highest degree of double petal among the summer cuckoos.

Morphological characteristics: it is an evergreen shrub, which branches first and blossoms the latest, usually from late May to June. The branches and leaves are slender, the branches are dense, the crown is rich and neat, the leaves are closely arranged, the flower diameter 6~8cm, the flower color and petals are as rich and colorful as the rhododendron. Traditional varieties are Changhua, Dahongpao, Wubao Green Pearl, Zichen Hall and so on. Among them, there is a small flower in the five precious green beads, which is in the shape of a pavilion, which has the highest degree of double petal among the summer cuckoos.

Ecological habits: summer cuckoos are resistant to cold and heat, requiring the soil to be fertile, acidic, loose and transparent. The planting environment requires a warm climate, fertile land and usually drainage. Summer cuckoos can be planted in pots or on the ground.

Plant characteristics: there are many types of summer azaleas, such as "single set", "jacket", "semi-compound", "camellia shape", "west cuckoo shape", "off-petal thin strip" and so on. The summer cuckoo has thick and hard leaves, darker leaves, obvious hairs and clear veins, which can be easily distinguished from spring cuckoos. Its leaf shape can be divided into: lanceolate, oblanceolate, long oval, Obovate, horn leaf shape, leaf shape, camellia shape, narrow inverted lanceolate, linear and so on.

Second, the garden use of summer cuckoo

Four seasons green, four seasons flowering, there are yellow, red, white, purple four-color spectacle, four seasons cultivation, beautify the environment. It can be planted in pots or in shade. The summer cuckoo trees cultivated on the balcony should be pruned and arranged into spheres. Its shape is beautiful and beautiful. The summer cuckoo tree cultivated in the courtyard should be trimmed into an umbrella shape to add fun and beauty. It is suitable to be planted in groups under moist and shaded forests and rocks, and in gardens, it should be planted in trees, under forests, by streams, by pools and on the edge of lawns; it can be used as flower hedges and flowers on the back side of buildings. Some kinds can make bonsai.

III. Culture and nursing of summer cuckoo

1. The roots of summer cuckoos are as thin as hair, and there are few thick main roots. They are afraid of both dry and wet, especially heavy fertilizer. If too much watering, the root is soaked in water, too dry, branches and leaves atrophy, leaf petal fall off, a great threat to the plant, as for watering heavy fertilizer, it will be life-threatening.

2. after the flower fade, the residual flowers must be cut off to avoid fruiting and wasting nutrition. after the new branches germinate, they should be thinned properly and stay according to the growth of the plant.

3. The summer cuckoo is most suitable to be planted in the muddy basin, because the mud basin absorbs water and breathes air, which is beneficial to the growth and development of roots and luxuriant branches and leaves.

4. Potted summer cuckoos should be placed on the southeast balcony and should be ventilated and moved as little as possible. If it is not ventilated, it is easy to suffer from black spot disease and a large number of fallen leaves.

5. timely thinning of buds and leaves, removing part of the buds and leaves that grow too much and too dense, so that the air is well ventilated and nutrients are concentrated on the buds. After the formation of buds, it is necessary to increase nutrition and apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, otherwise the buds will be transformed into leaf buds.

The ornamental effect of summer cuckoo is very good, and it can attract the attention of guests at a glance in the living room, and make your room full of vitality and vitality.