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6 flowers to grow right now, or you'll have to wait until next year

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Many gardening friends have told Huahua that they're tired of roses and peonies. Is there anything easy to grow and novel? Today Huahua recommends some flowers that are perfect for growing in May. The colors are bright and not at all tacky!

Hibiscus

Key to hibiscus care: prune after flowering

1. Prune branches and remove leaves

Wipe the scissors with alcohol to disinfect them, then cut away all the yellowed and wilted branches and leaves of the hibiscus.

2. Place in a bright, ventilated spot

Place the pruned hibiscus in a bright, ventilated spot for care.

3. New leaves grow after 15-20 days

After about half a month, the hibiscus will grow fresh green new leaves. Water when the potting soil is dry, watering until water flows out of the bottom of the pot.

4. Just wait for it to burst into a full pot

Garden balsam

Key to garden balsam care: prune after flowering

1. Cut off overlong branches

With disinfected scissors, cut off the overlong branches along the edge of the pot at 0.5cm from a bud node.

2. Branches grow after 10 days

After cutting off the overlong branches, side branches begin to grow and the plant shape becomes full.

3. Enter full-pot burst mode

Cosmos

Key to cosmos care: pinching and topping

1. Pinch seedlings

If you want cosmos to bloom profusely, you need to pinch and top it from the seedling stage. Remove the terminal bud, leaving 2 pairs of true leaves.

2. New shoots grow after 3-5 days

After the terminal bud is removed, cosmos will grow new shoots in about 3-5 days.

3. Don't stop pinching and topping

During the growth of cosmos, you must keep removing new terminal buds to encourage new shoots, promote the development of side branches, and only then will it form a full spherical shape later.

4. Cosmos in full bloom

Bowl lotus

Key to bowl lotus care: sowing

1. Peel open the seed

Bowl lotus seeds have a very thick coat, and they are hard to germinate without treatment. You can use a disinfected small knife to gently cut a little, then pry it off along the cut with your fingernail. Cut the sunken end of the seed.

2. Soak in water to sprout

Soak the treated seeds in clean water, changing the water once a day. They will sprout in about 7 days.

3. Pot and plant

After the soaked seeds grow floating leaves and roots, pot and plant them. Choose half soil and half water for the potting medium, and you can place a few large pebbles in the water to stabilize the roots.

4. Wait for the flowers to bloom

Four o'clock flower

Key to four o'clock flower care: sowing

1. Bury the seeds in soil

Bury the prepared four o'clock flower seeds in soil at a depth of about 2-3 times the seed diameter.

2. Sprout in 2-3 days

If the temperature and humidity conditions are suitable, four o'clock flowers can sprout in 2-3 days.

3. Divide into pots

When the four o'clock flowers grow to about 15 cm, divide them into pots, otherwise the small pot will easily be burst by crowding!

4. Red four o'clock flowers are also super pretty!

Gazania

Key to gazania care: division

1. Take the gazania out of the pot

Turn the flower pot upside down and gently tap the edge of the pot to take the plant out.

2. Handle the roots

Gently loosen the potting soil, separate out the gazania, divide the gazania into several portions, and cut off the rotten roots.

3. Pot and plant

Replant the treated gazania in a pot, water thoroughly, and place in a ventilated, shady spot to wait for the gazania to settle in.

4. Gazania in full bloom is so beautiful!

Do you like the flowers Huahua recommends today?

If you like them, hurry up and grow them~

No need to worry about having no flowers to see in May!

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