Aptenia cordifolia: enjoy both its leaves and its flowers. With a single stem, it can fill your balcony in 2 months

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Many flower lovers want to grow some potted flowers at home, but usually do not have much time to care for them, and worry they will not grow them well. Aptenia cordifolia, as a trailing green plant, is loved by many flower lovers. Its cultivation technique is fairly simple: just take any stem cutting and root it, and in two months it can fill your balcony. Hang it in front of a window or place it on a plant stand, and the trailing vines are like a green waterfall. If it can produce small pink flowers, there can be the elegance of a single touch of red among ten thousand blooms of green.

The propagation method of Aptenia cordifolia is very simple. If your neighbor or friend also grows one at home, you can take some healthy stems of Aptenia cordifolia, cut the cut ends into slanted cuts, soak them in rooting liquid for 20 minutes, then put them in water and place them at home in a bright, ventilated spot. After about ten days they will root, and after rooting, we can move them into pots.

For the soil of Aptenia cordifolia, you can choose sandy soil with good drainage, and care will be much simpler. Do not water too much; just water when you find the soil is too dry. Do not water in the afternoon or at noon, as it will cause the roots and stems to rot.

Aptenia cordifolia is a plant that quite likes sunlight. If you want more flowers, you must give it sufficient light, at least more than 6 hours of light per day. It is best grown on a south-facing or west-facing windowsill, and in winter it can receive light through the window.

The leaves of Aptenia cordifolia are emerald green, and in spring, summer and autumn it is covered with small rose-red flowers. You can enjoy both its leaves and its flowers. Put one pot on the balcony, and it will be green all day and bloom all over the pot. It is a flower plant very suitable for the balcony.

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