How to propagate Bleeding Heart Vine? Master these propagation key points

Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) is a semi-climbing vine, so pot cultivation is limited by pruning, which keeps the plant quite short. Because Bleeding Heart Vine has strong adaptability, grows easily, and produces many flowers, if you prune promptly after the flowers fade in summer, it may bloom a second time before the end of the year. Generally, Bleeding Heart Vine can be propagated by cuttings, division, and sowing.

Bleeding Heart Vine

I. Cutting propagation:

Stem cuttings, bud cuttings, and root cuttings are all acceptable. For stem cuttings, you can choose the tender tips of healthy, disease-free branches, or cut the lower old branches into 8-10 cm stem segments as cuttings. Bud grafting involves taking lateral buds from branches with a portion of xylem as the cutting. Root cuttings involve cutting the root-like stolons into 8-10 cm lengths as cuttings. The cutting bed can use substrates such as peat, perlite, leaf mold, river sand, and vermiculite. Spring and autumn are the best times for cuttings. The optimum temperature for cuttings is 21°C, and a cutting bed temperature of 26°C is very favorable for rooting. Roots can form 3 weeks after insertion. If the base of the cuttings is treated with a 0.5%-0.8% indolebutyric acid solution for 1-2 seconds, rooting will be faster and more abundant.

II. Division propagation:

After flowering, dig up the new shoots sprouting from the underground stolons, pot them directly with roots, and place them in a semi-shaded area for care.

III. Seed propagation:

Carry out in March-April. The seeds are relatively large. Use indoor sowing pots, maintain room temperature at 24°C, and they will germinate successively about 10 days after sowing. When the seedlings are 10 cm tall, transplant them into small pots for care, and they can bloom the following year.

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Bleeding Heart Vine variety introduction

Bleeding Heart Vine is a shrub in the Verbenaceae family, with a flowering period from March to May. Because the flower shape of Bleeding Heart Vine is very peculiar, this name was chosen to suit many people's preference for auspiciousness. Now, the name Bleeding Heart Vine has become popular worldwide.

Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine is a climbing shrub, 2-5 m tall; young branches are four-angled, covered with yellow-brown short downy hairs, becoming hairless when old; the pith of young branchlets is loose when young and hollow when old. Leaves are papery, narrowly ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-10 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base nearly rounded, margin entire, surface covered with small wart-like hairs, slightly rough, underside nearly hairless, basal veins three; petiole 1-2 cm long.

Chinese scientific name:Bleeding Heart Vine

Latin scientific name:Clerodendrum thomsonae Balf.

Kingdom: Plantae

Division:Angiosperms

Class:Dicotyledons

Subclass:Sympetalae

Order:Tubiflorae

Family:Verbenaceae

Subfamily:Viticoideae

Tribe:Clerodendreae

Genus:Clerodendrum

Distribution area:Native to tropical regions of western Africa

Key points for cultivation and management of Bleeding Heart Vine

The appearance of Bleeding Heart Vine is very distinctive. It is native to western Africa and is now widely cultivated as a potted climbing flowering plant. Artificial cultivation of Bleeding Heart Vine is not very difficult, but it needs a suitable growing environment to make Bleeding Heart Vine more beautiful.

Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine is a flowering plant with a very long flowering period. It is suitable for fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic sandy loam. For potted Bleeding Heart Vine, repot generally every 1-2 years, either in early spring or after the flowers fade. When repotting, first cover the drainage hole with broken tiles, then add a small amount of bone meal as base fertilizer, then fill with new potting soil (4 parts leaf mold, 4 parts garden soil, 2 parts sandy soil), plant the plant, and leave a 2-3 cm rim at the top for fertilizing and watering. After repotting, water thoroughly and place in a shaded area for recovery. After recovery, move to a sunny area for care.

Bleeding Heart Vine should not be fertilized too much. During the flowering season, apply 1 application of fully decomposed dilute cake fertilizer water every 7-10 days, and 3-4 consecutive applications are sufficient. If yellowing is found during the cultivation of Bleeding Heart Vine, apply 0.2% ferrous sulfate water together with topdressing, and the leaves will gradually turn from yellow to green.

Propagation key points of Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) is a semi-climbing vine, so pot cultivation is limited by pruning, which keeps the plant quite short. Because Bleeding Heart Vine has strong adaptability, grows easily, and produces many flowers, if you prune promptly after the flowers fade in summer, it may bloom a second time before the end of the year. Generally, Bleeding Heart Vine can be propagated by cuttings, division, and sowing.

Bleeding Heart Vine

I. Cutting propagation:

Stem cuttings, bud cuttings, and root cuttings are all acceptable. For stem cuttings, you can choose the tender tips of healthy, disease-free branches, or cut the lower old branches into 8-10 cm stem segments as cuttings. Bud grafting involves taking lateral buds from branches with a portion of xylem as the cutting. Root cuttings involve cutting the root-like stolons into 8-10 cm lengths as cuttings. The cutting bed can use substrates such as peat, perlite, leaf mold, river sand, and vermiculite. Spring and autumn are the best times for cuttings. The optimum temperature for cuttings is 21°C, and a cutting bed temperature of 26°C is very favorable for rooting. Roots can form 3 weeks after insertion. If the base of the cuttings is treated with a 0.5%-0.8% indolebutyric acid solution for 1-2 seconds, rooting will be faster and more abundant.

II. Division propagation:

After flowering, dig up the new shoots sprouting from the underground stolons, pot them directly with roots, and place them in a semi-shaded area for care.

III. Seed propagation:

Carry out in March-April. The seeds are relatively large. Use indoor sowing pots, maintain room temperature at 24°C, and they will germinate successively about 10 days after sowing. When the seedlings are 10 cm tall, transplant them into small pots for care, and they can bloom the following year.

How to grow Bleeding Heart Vine

Flower Bonsai Network flower care section: How to grow Bleeding Heart Vine will introduce to you the cultivation methods of Bleeding Heart Vine and the pest and disease control of Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine is also known as Qilin Tuzhu, Pearl Treasure Grass, Pearl Treasure Lotus, Smelly Peony Vine, and White Flower Snake Tongue Grass

Verbenaceae
[Ornamental value of Bleeding Heart Vine]
Woody vine, plant weak, leaves stalked, long ovate with three main veins, from May to August cymes emerge from the leaf axils, flowers have deep red corollas extending from white calyces, like a swimming dragon spitting pearls, very beautiful, suitable for potted plants and flower beds.

[Habits of Bleeding Heart Vine]
Prefers a warm and humid environment, not cold-tolerant, often grows attached to tree trunks or moist rocks.
[Cultivation key points of Bleeding Heart Vine]
(1) Propagate by division or cuttings. For cuttings, in March-April or August-September, take healthy one-year-old branches, cut them into 10 cm lengths, leave 2-3 buds on each cutting, insert half into the soil, keep the seedbed moist, shade during the day, roots form in about 1 month, then transplant into small pots with a 15 cm diameter for cultivation.
(2) The planting pot should preferably have a 30 cm diameter. Use vegetable garden soil as potting soil. The bottom hole of the pot should be enlarged and lined with a layer of tiles.
(3) During the growth period, it should receive plenty of sunlight. In hot summer, water once in the morning. Apply decomposed urine diluted with water at a 3:7 ratio monthly.
(4) In summer and autumn, the branches and vines should be properly pruned. After pruning, place in a sunny spot to promote the sprouting and growth of new branches.
(5) Plants older than two years should have their soil replaced in February-March.
(6) After October, they should be moved into a greenhouse for cold protection.