The easiest flower to bloom into a full pot, blooming for two months at a time, beautiful and spectacular, and very easy to grow - an excellent potted plant
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative elements of home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits - it beautifies the room and lifts your mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1253" introduces you to a flower that is the easiest to bloom into a full pot.
Today's featured plant
When it comes to plants that easily bloom into a "full pot," you might first think of baby's breath, lobelia, moss rose and the like. But have you ever seen a plant that blooms hundreds or even thousands of flowers at once? The flower introduced today is called the ball chrysanthemum, and it can refresh your understanding of what a "full pot" really means.
Ball chrysanthemum
The ball chrysanthemum belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant. Unlike the chrysanthemums we commonly see, this variety was bred by foreign horticulturists specifically for ornamental purposes. Its distinguishing feature is an extremely large number of flowers - every stem bears a flower, and a single pot of ball chrysanthemum can bloom nearly a thousand flowers at the same time, which is why it is also called "thousand-head chrysanthemum."
Beautiful and spectacular
The ball chrysanthemum not only has a large number of flowers, but also a very long flowering period. A single bloom can last about two months. Under natural conditions, the flowering period is from mid-August to mid-October. When grown on a home indoor balcony, once the temperature is adequate and there is plenty of sunlight, it begins to bloom in late spring and continues into late autumn, giving a very long ornamental period.
Easy to care for
The ball chrysanthemum is a low-growing plant, generally only about 30 cm tall, with a crown spread of 35 x 40 (cm). It branches heavily and can grow into a ball shape without pinching (of course, timely pinching will encourage even more branching). After the flowers fade, clean them up promptly to retain nutrients, which can encourage it to rebloom quickly.
An excellent potted plant
The daily care of the ball chrysanthemum is also relatively simple. Apart from paying attention to shading and water control in summer, it can be managed casually in the other seasons. Because of its large flower volume and long flowering period, it needs more nutrients, so it is best to apply light fertilizer frequently; nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer is fine. As a perennial herbaceous plant, it can be planted once and enjoyed year after year - a rare and excellent ornamental potted plant.