Hibiscus Seedling Prices, How Many Years Until Blooming, Planting Methods and Feng Shui Taboos

The hibiscus tree, also called hibiscus, jingtiao, or hibiscus flower, is a very common flowering shrub species in gardens. It is a deciduous shrub of the genus Hibiscus in the mallow family. So how much does a hibiscus tree seedling cost per plant? How many years until it blooms after planting? What are the methods? What are the feng shui taboos? According to a nursery base in Suqian, the price of a 4CM hibiscus tree seedling is around 22 yuan per plant.

How many years until a hibiscus tree blooms after planting?

1. Generally, hibiscus tree seedlings grown from cuttings can bloom in two years. Seedlings more than two years old can bloom in the same year they are transplanted. The flowering period is from July to October.

2. The hibiscus flower has a very long flowering period, lasting up to 5 months. In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area, it begins blooming continuously from June, with August to September being the peak blooming period, and the flowers gradually decrease only when October arrives; in South China, the flowering period is even longer, starting in May and lasting 6 months; in the north, it can also bloom for 3-4 months. The hibiscus flower is said to open in the morning and fall at dusk: “Along the road, sparse and scattered like a brocade workshop, it opens at dawn and falls at dusk, then opens again at dawn.” The first line tells of the hibiscus flower's uses and the scenery when it blooms; the second line explains its flowering habit: it opens in the morning, closes in the evening, and opens again the next morning.

What are the planting methods for hibiscus tree seedlings?

Propagation methods

1. Division: For hibiscus flower division, before sprouting in early spring, dig up a vigorously growing mature clump, take 3 main branches as 1 clump, and plant at a spacing of 50×60 cm between plants and rows.

2. Cuttings: Hibiscus flower cuttings can be taken from mid-March to early April in combination with pruning and shaping. For open-air cuttings in red soil or sandy soil, keep the soil moist; at a temperature of 17°C to 20°C, they root very easily.

3. Sowing: Hibiscus flower sowing propagation is generally carried out in April in spring. After the fruit matures in October, the most suitable time to collect seeds is from November to December. After collection, extract the seeds, dry-store them at low temperature, and sow them in drills or broadcast in April of the following spring.

4. Layering: Hibiscus branches root very easily. Before sprouting in spring, dig a shallow trench beside the mother plant, lay a 1-year-old branch horizontally into the small trench, cover with soil, and keep the soil in the layering trench moist; it will soon root and send out shoots.

Cultivation techniques

1. Transplanting: Hibiscus flowers can be transplanted in spring and autumn. They can be dipped in mud slurry with bare roots, and part of the branch tips should be properly pruned; they root very easily. When planting, apply base fertilizer in the planting hole, generally compost or decomposed barnyard manure with a small amount of compound fertilizer; afterward, no further fertilization is needed.

2. Fertilizing: During cultivation of hibiscus flowers, in order to increase flower yield and quality, before flowering in summer, topdress trees with weaker growth, using compost mixed with an appropriate amount of compound fertilizer and applying it to the base while weeding and earthing up.

3. Watering: During cultivation of hibiscus flowers, pay attention to drainage and waterlogging prevention in the rainy season. During the flowering period, if drought occurs, irrigate promptly. At the end of autumn, prune away late-autumn shoots, overly dense branches, weak branches, and dead branches to facilitate ventilation and light penetration, maintain plant shape, and protect against cold for overwintering.

4. Pruning: Hibiscus flowers planted as hedges should be shaped and pruned 2-3 times before spring sprouting and during the growing period. For scattered garden plantings, cut back the trunk in the spring of the second year after planting to promote branching at the base, so that 2-year-old seedlings can be trained into an ideal tree shape.

5. Earthing up: During the growth period of hibiscus flowers, carry out weeding and earthing up 2-3 times. Carry out the first earthing up before seedlings sprout in spring, and carry out the second earthing up along with weeding when the branches have grown their 4th to 5th leaves after leaf expansion.

6. Insect pests: The main insect pests of hibiscus flowers include red spider mites, aphids, bagworms, noctuid moths, and longhorn beetles. When pests and diseases occur, prune out diseased and pest-infested branches, and choose safe, efficient, low-toxicity pesticides for spray control or trapping. Attention should be paid to early control, avoiding pesticide application during the flowering and harvest period, to ensure that harvested hibiscus flowers are not contaminated by pesticides.

7. Diseases: Hibiscus flowers commonly suffer from leaf spot disease and rust. Spray with 65% zineb wettable powder at 600 times dilution. Insect pests also include whiteflies and scarab beetles, mainly aphids, as well as inchworms and leaf-rolling moths, which can be killed by spraying with 40% omethoate emulsifiable concentrate at 1000 times dilution. An environmentally safe insect control method is diluted detergent.

What are the feng shui taboos for hibiscus trees?

1. Around the front and back of a house, planting trees is easy, but moving, cutting, or having them die is difficult. Especially when plant populations die naturally for unknown reasons, it is one hundred percent a sign of great disaster. If there are trees, they must be especially cherished and protected. Naturally growing trees and special plant populations that are not cultivated by humans even more embody the natural divine verification of nature, and must be cherished and protected even more conscientiously.

2. In areas where the terrain and features do not quite conform to feng shui essentials but where people of rank can emerge, there must be one or several thick, tall, long-growing large trees or special plant populations. When a tree is large enough to encircle, a noble person will surely emerge; this is not false at all.

3. The tree crown is tall and large, the roots are deep and far-reaching, with root systems stretching for several kilometers and reaching several hundred meters deep. These tall crowns and stretching root systems can concentrate the vital energy of the underground and the sky toward a certain point, namely the base area, which is the so-called feng shui dragon energy being drawn, concentrated, and gathered toward a certain position, with the feng shui dragon energy returning and gathering without dispersing for a long time.

4. In places with trees and plants, one feels vitality, very active, very comfortable. In places without trees or vegetation, one feels dull and rigid.