What is the difference between swallow palm and Yushu?

Many friends do not have a special understanding of the difference between swallow palm and Yushu, and always misunderstand these two kinds of plants, so what is the difference between swallow palm and Yushu? Next, let's take a look at it.

A brief introduction to the swallow's palm

Swallow palm is also known as Babao, holly, fleshy evergreen, crassulaceae, is a two-leaf plant. The appearance is very similar to Yushu, but the essence is very different from Yushu. The branches and leaves of the swallow's palm are thick, evergreen all the year round, the leaf shape is peculiar, the plant shape is solemn, the terminal white flower. Is a very suitable for potted plants, can be placed in the indoor living room as embellishment, can also be placed on the balcony, appears to be very beautiful and elegant.

A brief introduction to Yushu

Yushu is a succulent subshrub. The plant height is 1-3 meters. Stem succulent, stout, dry skin gray, light color, many branches, branchlets brownish green, dark color. The leaves are fleshy, ovoid, about 4 cm long and 3 cm wide, with grayish green leaves and flushed edges. Flowering in late spring and early summer, tubular flowers 2 cm in diameter, white or light pink.

The difference between swallow palm and Yushu

Swallow palm is similar to Yushu, some people will think that swallow palm is Yushu, but these are two different plants. In fact, to see the difference between swallow palm and Yushu is very simple, the edge of swallow palm leaf has a red edge, and the whole leaf of Yushu is green, so it depends on whether friends have observed it or not.

Culture methods of Yushu

The suitable temperature for Yushu growth is 20-30 ℃. Spring and autumn are suitable growth periods. When it is hot in summer, it should be shaded or placed in the shade of trees to avoid strong direct sunlight. When the temperature exceeds 38 ℃, it grows slowly or enters short dormancy. In winter, it should be kept in the greenhouse or in the sunny place indoors. The room temperature should be kept at 7-10 ℃ and the minimum should not be less than 5 ℃. If it is as low as 0 ℃, it will freeze to death. During the growing period, except when it is hot in summer, it should be placed in a sunny place.

During the growing period, Yushu should be watered every 2-3 days, but the basin soil should not be too wet, let alone stagnant water. When it is hot in summer, watering should be strictly controlled and ventilation should be strengthened, otherwise it is easy to cause fallen leaves. Watering should be reduced in winter, and the basin soil should be slightly dry. Topdressing fertilizer should be applied during the growing period, generally applying rotten thin cake liquid fertilizer 2 or 3 times a month. Adequate base fertilizer should be applied before soil change or planting. Mature organic fertilizer, such as chicken manure, pigeon manure, bone meal, large manure and all kinds of cake fertilizer, can be added to the culture soil as base fertilizer. In order to keep the plant shape plump, the fat and water should not be too large, so as not to cause overgrowth.

The culture method of swallow palm

Flowering management: if you want the swallow's palm to blossom, you should put it in a warm and sunny environment, which is the first condition for flowering; the swallow's palm is very drought-resistant and should not be watered too much. Summer high temperature season, beware of heavy rain after exposure, resulting in fallen leaves, too much water in the roots, easy to cause rotten roots to die.

Pruning and maintenance: the branches of the swallow's palm are purple-brown, simple and moist, the plant posture is whirling, the beautiful leaves are stacked and handsome, and there will be white flowers, but we should pay attention to shaping and pruning, trimming some old and weak leaves, withered and yellow branches properly, so as to make its plant shape more simple and elegant, luxuriant branches and luxuriant leaves, and evergreen all the year round.

This is the end of the introduction of the difference between swallow palm and Yushu. I believe that after reading it, we have a certain understanding of swallow palm and Yushu. I hope the relevant knowledge introduced today will be helpful to all of you.