This flower is easier to grow than pothos, has a unique flower shape, blooms for over 200 days, and looks truly beautiful when trained into a bonsai.

The flowering plant I'm sharing with you today is Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae). It is even easier to grow than pothos, blooms for over 200 days, and can also be trained into a bonsai. Its flower shape is unique, and when it blooms it looks like little creamy-white "carambola fruits." From the cracks at their tips emerge five crimson stamens, evenly spaced across the leaves, as if spitting out one red pearl of hidden life fire after another, looking unique and beautiful.

When Bleeding Heart Vine is blooming, do not water it too much, and never water the flowers directly. During heavy rain, move the plant indoors to prevent excess moisture from causing the flowers to drop early and shortening the flowering period. After the flowers fade, cut them off from the branch tips and fertilize at the same time, so the next round of flowers will bloom right after. You can also inject flower nutrient solution into the tips of the young branches to promote flowering.

In winter it needs plenty of light; when the summer weather is too hot, it should be shaded, otherwise the leaves turn yellow. When light is insufficient, it will grow as a vine and not bloom. Flower bud differentiation is not affected by photoperiod, but stronger light promotes flower bud differentiation and development. It should not be placed in darkness for too long; at temperatures above 21 degrees, for more than 24 hours, it will drop its flowers.

In winter Bleeding Heart Vine sheds its leaves and enters dormancy. Repot and change the soil before it starts growing in spring, increasing nutrients through fresh soil to promote new shoots.

Because water and fertilizer are suitable after changing the soil, the new shoots grow quickly. After more than a month of growth, pinch off the tips to promote earlier flower bud differentiation and earlier flower bud formation. For example, if you pinch in April, it will bloom on "May Day." Practice has proven that to make Bleeding Heart Vine bloom early and bloom abundantly, you must pinch and thin the buds in time and remove dead branches and withered leaves.