What's the difference between morning glory and petunia?

Morning glory generally refers to morning glory, also known as Chaoyan, bowl public flower, morning glory, trumpet flower, distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. So what's the difference between it and petunia?

First, what is the difference between morning glory and petunia?

1. Form

Morning glory is an annual twining herb with inverted pubescent stems and mixed inverted or spreading hirsute. Leaf surface or sparse or densely stiff pilose; petiole 2-15 cm long, indumentum on the same stem.

Petunia is a perennial herb, often cultivated once or twice; the plant height is 15-80cm, there are also tufted and creeping types, and the leaves are oval or oval.

two。 Habit

Morning glory has strong adaptability to soil, and it can survive in some acidic or alkaline soil. The suitable temperature for seed germination is 18-23 ℃, and the seedlings can grow at the temperature above 10 ℃.

I like a warm and sunny environment. Not resistant to frost, afraid of rain and waterlogging. The suitable temperature for its growth is 13-18 ℃, and the winter temperature is 4-10 ℃. If the temperature is lower than 4 ℃, the plant growth stops. It can withstand high temperature of more than 35 ℃ in summer.

3. Flowers

The flowering period of morning glory is in autumn; the round-leaf morning glory is smaller, the split-leaf morning glory is slightly larger, and the flower color is pure color. The flowering period of petunia is as long as several months (May-July). The Corolla is trumpet-shaped; the flower shape is single, double, fringed or irregularly serrated, and the colors are red, white, pink, purple and various spots, reticulation, stripes and so on.

4. Families and genera

Morning glory belongs to the family Spirulaceae, and petunia belongs to the Solanaceae.

5. Value

Morning glory is mostly used for the greening and beautification of courtyard walls and highway slope protection; petunia has a relatively large use, which can be used to beautify potted plants, hanging pots, flower beds and flower beds, and can also be planted in a large area.

Second, how to maintain morning glory?

1. The germination temperature of morning glory is 20: 30 ℃. The seeds are sown at the end of April and the beginning of May (which can be advanced in the south). The seeds are sown in fine sandy soil seedbed according to varieties, and germinate in about 10 days when the humidity is moderate. After about 10 days, the cotyledons are fully open.

two。 Watering should be diligent, especially in summer, but there can be no stagnant water in the basin. Morning glory likes the sun, should be placed in the courtyard toward the sun or south balcony or windowsill training.

3. After three or four true leaves of morning glory grow, the center begins to grow vines, which should be removed at this time. After picking the heart for the first time, there are branches between the axils of the leaves, and after the branches give birth to three or four leaves, they pick the heart again and combine with plastic surgery at the same time. You should get fat every time you pick your heart.