How much is a pot of Ixora, and how do you prune it?

Modern people no longer have spacious courtyards for growing flowers and plants, so they can only grow some flowers and plants in pots, so today let's take a look at potted Ixora. So how much is it per pot? What pruning methods are there?

1. Basic information about Ixora

1. Origin of Ixora

Ixora is a low-growing woody flowering plant, also known as Yingdan, Xiandan flower, hundred-day red, Maizi wood, Shandan, etc. Ixora has a relatively long flowering period and can bloom from March to December each year. It is native to southern China and Malaysia in Southeast Asia, and was later planted in the United Kingdom and other European countries. In China, it is mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, China, and Guangxi. It is also found in tropical regions such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

2. Value of Ixora

Ixora has rich flower colors, including red, orange, yellow, white, and bicolor, and is widely used in gardens. Whether planted alone, in clumps, in rows, or in masses, each has its own characteristics. If used as medicine, it has effects such as dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, regulating menstruation, and lowering blood pressure, and has a certain auxiliary effect on treating hemoptysis, rheumatic joint pain, stomach pain, female amenorrhea, sores and swollen painful areas, and traumatic injuries.

3. Flower language of Ixora

The flower language of Ixora is vying to be first.

Ixora symbolizes beauty and is a flower of the Dragon Boat Festival season. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, it is often inserted on doors and has the feng shui effect of driving away demons and warding off evil.

2. How much is a pot of Ixora?

Because of its rich flower colors and graceful plant shape, Ixora is deeply loved by flower enthusiasts and is also a very good potted flower. The price varies according to specifications, place of origin, and so on.

1. The table below is a reference price table for Ixora of different specifications in the Zhangzhou area of Fujian:

2. Price of Ixora in Suqian, Jiangsu: buying 1-9 pots is 25 yuan/pot, buying 10 pots or more is 23 yuan/pot; in Zhangzhou, Fujian, buying 50 pots or more is 11 yuan/pot.

3. What pruning methods are there for Ixora?

In potted cultivation, besides soil, water and fertilizer, light, and pests and diseases, pruning is also extremely important. Timely pruning can help branches and leaves grow and promote flowering, so below is an introduction to the pruning time and methods for Ixora.

1. Pruning time for Ixora

The first pruning of Ixora should be carried out when the young seedlings grow to 15-25 cm tall; the second is in early spring, when overly dense, overly thin and weak, parallel branches, as well as pest-damaged and withered-leaf branches, should be cut off; in addition, when the Ixora plant ages and its growth is not vigorous, heavy pruning should be carried out; if branches are sparse during the growing period, shoot pinching can be done appropriately.

2. Pruning methods for Ixora

(1) After spring sprouting, when the new shoots of Ixora grow to 10 cm long, carry out 1 shoot pinching, leaving only 2-3 buds at the base. Soon 2-3 branches will grow. When the branches grow 6-7 leaves, carry out another shoot pinching.

(2) After the first batch of Ixora flowers blooms, cut off the faded flowers, and at the same time apply a certain amount of fertilizer to the potted plant. In mid-September each year, leaf removal should be carried out. Note that fertilizer should be applied both before and after leaf removal, and sufficient light should be maintained.

(3) In summer and autumn, branches of Ixora that have already flowered and have already borne fruit should all be cut back by about two-thirds, retaining only 3-4 pairs of buds at the base, with the length of the base stump preferably about 8-10 cm. The cut should be flat, and care should be taken not to tear the wound; the pruned branches should be burned in a centralized manner, and a certain medicinal mixed solution should be sprayed.

The above is all the content introduced by the Tuliu website editors for everyone about Ixora. Friends who like it can try growing a pot themselves.