The plant with the longest flowering period, known as a flowering machine, blooms in all four seasons and is easy to care for
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorations for home life; they beautify the room and also delight the mood and nurture the character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1023" introduces you to a plant with an extremely long flowering period.
Today's featured plant
Traditional potted ornamental flowers such as fuchsia, petunia, and kalanchoe all have long flowering periods and can add color to the room year-round, but these are all herbaceous plants, and after a few years they may bloom very little. The flower introduced to everyone today is called confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); it is a woody plant and not only has a long flowering period, but is also perennial.
Confederate rose
Confederate rose, also known as linglong hibiscus, small hibiscus, and so on, is a perennial small shrub plant in the mallow family, genus Anisodontea, native to the mountainous areas of southern Africa. It is now widely introduced around the world as an ornamental flower. It is cultivated in both southern and northern China and is a new type of ornamental flower. It produces small red and pink flowers, fresh and elegant, round and lovely, with an extremely large number of blooms, and has high ornamental value.
Long flowering period
Not only are the flowers beautiful, but the most praiseworthy thing about the confederate rose is its extremely long flowering period. Like its close relative the Chinese hibiscus, this plant blooms tirelessly all year round and has the reputation of being a "flowering machine." No matter spring, summer, autumn, or winter, as long as it is given a little sunlight, it will return a burst of brilliance, with flowers covering the branches.
Easy to grow
Although the confederate rose is a woody plant, its nature is very much like that of a herbaceous plant. It can be propagated by cuttings from branches just like herbaceous flowers, and the survival rate is extremely high. The specific steps are as follows: take a section of mature branch, keep 5-8 leaves, insert it into water (or potting soil), and it will take root in about 7-10 days. After rooting, transplant it into a flowerpot, and it can grow up in one year. It is very easy to grow. The drawback is that it is not cold-tolerant and not heat-tolerant; in winter it must be moved to an enclosed balcony, and in summer it needs shading.
"Lollipop" bonsai tree
The confederate rose grows very fast and has many branches. If it is not pruned, it will grow into a "ball" shape, with a compact and beautiful plant form, and when it blooms it will burst out of the pot. You can also prune the branches in time to make the main trunk strong and create a "lollipop"-shaped bonsai tree. Both shapes are very beautiful. Now is the season when the confederate rose is at its most beautiful, and it is well worth having.