Planting method of potted blue snowflake

Among the many flowers and plants, I like blue snowflakes very much. I like its color, as blue as the cool wind blows in spring or autumn. She always keeps blooming and blooming so diligently. I was thinking, maybe in such blue flowers, I will have a dream, dream about grandma's arms, then there will be laughter ups and downs, right? Be sure to plant another blue snowflake. The thoughts that haunt you, like flowers, will be beautiful.

Any of various perennial erect tufted herbs, usually about 30-60 cm tall, blooming from June to November, forming aboveground stems from several regenerated branches at the upper end of the underground stem near the ground. The leaf color is green, the design and color is light and elegant, the sky is blue, occasionally white, the hot summer gives people a cool feeling. It is often cultivated in South, East, Southwest and Beijing. Native to southern South Africa, it has been widely introduced as an ornamental plant in many countries.

[Matrix]

Blue snowflakes are better planted with peat, the garden soil obviously grows more slowly, and some perlite is fine.

[flowerpot]

Blue snowflakes with a wider basin is better, not too deep, blue snowflakes belong to shrubs, will burst into the ground and send new branches horizontally. Choose large flowerpots, grow rapidly, need a lot of water and fertilizer, and small flowerpots limit growth. Generally speaking, the seedlings I planted in autumn will be planted in Alice's No. 10 round basin the following summer.

[watering]

Blue snowflakes like wetter substrates. If the lack of water is replenished immediately, it can recover. If there is a long-term lack of water, the leaves are easy to yellowing and the plants are weak. In summer, I grow No. 14 basin, at least twice a day, and often replenish it at noon.

[fertilizer]

Blue snowflakes like fertilizer, and the base fertilizer can be used with long-acting slow-release fertilizers such as Austrian green and horseshoe. Usually do not pay too much attention to topdressing, basically can be used. I am used to irrigating roots with flowers and topdressing solid fertilizer with Lei Li Haifusheng. Foliar fertilizer spraying has a very good effect, flowers plus seaweed essence.

[pruning]

Blue snowflakes are not afraid of pruning, cut off the residual flowers after blooming, and can blossom again in about 20-30 days. The old branch should not be more than two years old. I usually cut off the black branches when I move into the house every autumn, leaving only the sturdy green branches that were newly issued that year.

[diseases and insect pests]

The main diseases and pests of blue snowflakes are the larvae of night moth, small green flesh insects, with avermectin or Lei Li 609, Xiangshan plant insecticidal king. It is normal that there is white powder on the back of the leaves, and the curl of the old leaves is not a disease.

[other]

In full bloom, if there is rain, the flowers are easy to break, affecting the ornamental. If you like strong sun, the amount of half-shade flowers is OK. Winter can be forced dormancy at a low temperature without water, but a certain amount of light should be guaranteed. According to my experience, the low temperature limit is about zero degrees. Some flower lovers in Shanghai have successfully planted it through the winter, but they just have to regenerate the branches.

Blue snowflakes grow strong, more resistant to high temperature and humidity, not very cold, the north of the Yangtze River can not survive the winter, Jiangsu and Zhejiang need protective measures to winter; fewer diseases and insect pests; like light, appropriate tolerance to shade, but the number of flowers will be reduced; like sandy well-drained, fertile soil; simple management, long viewing period. The leaves will turn yellow when they are short of water. The flowers are sticky and not resistant to rain.

The maintenance of blue snowflake is relatively simple and suitable for frequent application of thin fertilizer. Timely pruning is very important, pruning at the end of March and the beginning of April, and pour water thoroughly before pruning to ensure adequate water supply and growth.

Time: 2019-05-25 Click: