These 4 flowers can't survive at home, but thrive like crazy when tossed into a green belt

Every time I see the flowers in the roadside green belts, I practically turn green with envy! Tell me, why is it that the flowers I raise at home, cared for tenderly every day, either droop and refuse to grow or just won't bloom, while the flowers in the green belt are barely looked after by anyone, yet bloom more and more? It really stabs at a gardener's heart!

The blue plumbago in the green belt blooms in huge sheets!

Image author: Wuwen

Summer is of course the season of blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)! But many people's blue plumbago at home just won't bloom, and the branches have grown leggy too, so why not take a look at the blue plumbago in other people's green belts - isn't it even more beautiful than yours?

Were you all shocked? So how should you care for blue plumbago at home to make it bloom this much?

1. Give it plenty of sun and plenty of water

Blue plumbago loves lots of water and lots of sun, so usually place it somewhere with good light, like a south-facing balcony or south-facing windowsill, and if conditions allow, outdoors is best; at the same time, be sure to water it often - watering about once a day, or even twice a day, is no problem.

2. Spray with a little monopotassium phosphate solution

If you want blue plumbago to bloom more, before it flowers you can spray the leaves with a 0.2% monopotassium phosphate solution, or simply drench the roots with it, to encourage blue plumbago to develop more flower buds and produce more blooms!

The hydrangeas in the green belt have flowers bigger than a ball!

I once read a news story about someone who picked a hydrangea flower while out for a walk and played with it in their hand, and ended up with itchy, red, swollen skin - an allergic reaction! So everyone must be careful, and absolutely never let hydrangea sap touch your skin!

Bet you didn't expect this, did you? The hydrangeas in the green belt, with hardly any care at all, look far better than ours at home, and their flowers are bigger too! Hurry up and learn these care secrets!

1. Semi-shade care is best

Summer weather is too hot, and direct sun on hydrangeas can easily scorch the leaves, so it's best to keep them somewhere with good diffused light; if grown outdoors, you can simply place them under tree shade, and they'll still produce beautiful flowers!

2. Water more

Hydrangeas love water, and combined with the hot summer weather, you must remember to water them often - about once a day is enough, and in the morning and evening you can also mist the leaves to ensure enough air humidity.

The bougainvillea in the green belt climbs walls in no time!

Bougainvillea has become a real internet-famous plant these past couple of years! Especially the ones I introduced before, the kind that casually climb several stories high - they've drawn plenty of flower lovers to go see them! But in the south, bougainvillea is a common flower in green belts!

(Image author: rShengzi)

(Image author: rShengzi)

Seeing these beautiful bougainvilleas, aren't you all especially envious? Why do the bougainvilleas in other people's green belts look so good, while yours at home won't bloom at all?

1. Plenty of sunlight + pruning

If you want bougainvillea to bloom more, you need to make sure it gets plenty of sun, at least 6 hours of light a day, placed on a south-facing balcony or south-facing terrace; during the growing season, promptly cut off leggy branches, and after flowering remember to prune the spent blooms as soon as possible, so the bougainvillea can use plenty of nutrients to bloom.

2. Water control

If you want bougainvillea to bloom as soon as possible, you need to control its water. Water control usually takes about 20 days: first don't water, let the bougainvillea's leaves droop, then give half the water, keeping the bougainvillea in a state where its leaves droop for half the day and don't droop for half the day; after 3 weeks of water control, give one thorough watering, then add a little fertilizer, and it should basically bloom!

(Image author: Huamunan)

The petunias in the green belt burst into a full pot!

Quite a few flower lovers have said that bougainvillea and blue plumbago are southern flowers - so aren't there any flowers in northern green belts? Of course there are! That's the petunia you can see almost everywhere!

Have you ever wondered why the petunias in green belts are basically always bursting out of their pots, while the petunias you grow at home only open a few flowers and even have a really ugly overall shape? Where exactly is the problem?

1. Only with plenty of sun will they burst into a full pot

If you want petunias to burst into a full pot as soon as possible, you must make sure they get enough sun - if you can guarantee more than 8 hours a day, that's even better!

2. Mix some rice-washing water into the watering

If you want petunias to burst into a full pot as soon as possible, when watering you can mix some fermented rice-washing water into the water to give the petunias a little extra nutrients, and they'll quickly burst into a big ball of flowers!

Besides the ones I've introduced,

have you seen any other flowers in green belts

that look even better than the ones grown at home?

Why not leave me a comment right away!

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