The most worthwhile potted flower to get - as easy to grow as pothos, survives just thrown into soil, blooms in all four seasons and fills the pot

Introduction

Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative items for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits - it beautifies the home and pleases the mood. "Huasheng Potted Diary · Issue 1169" introduces you to an extremely worthwhile flower to get.

Today's protagonist

When it comes to plants that easily bloom until they "burst the pot," you might think of baby's breath, petunias, and the like, but in fact the easiest one to burst the pot is this - the lobelia, today's protagonist, the most popular potted flower in Western European countries alongside geraniums and kalanchoe. This plant has a compact form with many branches, easily grows into a "ball" shape, and once it blooms it means the pot is bursting, with an excellent decorative effect.

Lobelia

Lobelia, also known as jade butterfly flower, sixfold benefit, and other names, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Lobelia in the Campanulaceae family. It was originally a wild grass living in southern Africa, later brought back to Europe by Europeans and developed into a horticultural ornamental flower, mainly used to decorate flower beds, flower paths, garden landscapes, and home pots. Because of its striking performance, it is widely cultivated around the world. Flower enthusiasts in both northern and southern parts of China cultivate it, and it is one of the most important indoor potted flowers.

Extremely easy to burst the pot

The lobelia has an enormous quantity of flowers. When it blooms, the whole plant takes on a swollen round shape, with the plant almost completely occupied by flowers, creating a spectacular scene of "more flowers than leaves," and it naturally blooms until it bursts the pot. However, if you want it to have a beautiful form, you need to "top" it multiple times during its growing period, which means cutting off the top of the main stem to artificially encourage it to branch. Its natural flowering period is from spring to autumn. When kept indoors in winter, if there is sufficient sunlight, it will also bloom continuously.

Super easy to grow

The lobelia is a flower-viewing plant, but it is actually a "grass," with tenacious vitality - wild fire cannot burn it all, and the spring wind blows it back to life - extremely easy to grow. It is generally propagated by sowing and cuttings. Throw the seeds into the soil, water a little, and it will grow before long. It has low requirements for fertilizer and water - water when the potting soil is completely dry, and ignore it when it is not dry. It is even easier to grow than pothos and spider plants. It has high light requirements; mature seedlings must be given sufficient light to bloom continuously.

Worth getting

After the lobelia blooms, it produces seeds and has strong self-sowing ability. One pot of flowers can become a whole patch in a year. For those with a courtyard or flower bed at home, the lobelia is very suitable to plant. It is perennial - plant it once, and it will bloom every year afterward. It has very high cost-effectiveness and is worth getting. The lobelia's drawback: it is not cold-tolerant. In the northern regions of China, it must be moved indoors in winter, while in the southern regions it can be cultivated outdoors.