Grow blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata) on a balcony or in a courtyard, and care for it this way and it will grow rampantly into a sea of blue flowers

Blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata) is a fairly popular flowering plant in recent years, with emerald-green leaves and blue or light blue flowers. Its flowering season is in summer, giving people a cooling feeling in the hot summer, and it is very suitable for growing on balconies and in courtyards.

Blue plumbago grows vigorously and is a relatively easy type to care for, but growing it well is not necessarily so easy. Today Hua'er will introduce to everyone how to handle blue plumbago so that it blooms in a full pot and becomes a "sea of blue flowers."

Blue plumbago is slightly heat-tolerant and loves light, so it can be placed in a sunny area for care, letting it receive more light so it grows more vigorously and its flower color becomes deeper and more lustrous. However, in high-temperature summer conditions, pay attention to the temperature. When it exceeds 35°C, it should be shaded appropriately, and cooling can be done by spraying or by placing a basin of water nearby.

If you want it to grow and bloom better, fertilizer and water cannot be lacking. In daily care, keep it moist but not wet. When the potting soil surface shows signs of drying and slight whitening, water it thoroughly. In summer, you can spray some water on the branches and leaves in the morning and evening to increase humidity, so it grows more robustly and its flowers bloom more vividly.

It loves fertilizer, so apply a light fertilizer once a week, with organic fertilizer being best. You can use decomposed cake fertilizer liquid, fermented rice-washing water, etc. During the flowering period, apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to make it bloom more and extend the flowering period. You can spray the branches and leaves with a 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, once about every ten days.

In caring for blue plumbago, besides properly controlling light, fertilizer, and water, pruning is also necessary. Proper pruning can make it grow more new branches and new buds, making the plant fuller.

For some leggy, weak, and old branches, prune them promptly to reduce excessive consumption of nutrients. Also, after flowering is finished, promptly prune off the spent flowers, then apply additional fertilizer, which can promote it to continue differentiating flower buds and blooming, bursting into a "sea of blue flowers"!

That is all for the introduction to caring for blue plumbago. If flower lovers have other additions, you can share them with everyone in the comment section below. If you want to learn more about flower-growing knowledge, you can follow Huajianke!

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