For autumn flower growing, choose this one: easier to grow than pothos, blooms in multiple seasons, and has high ornamental value
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative touches for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home brings many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts the mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1370" introduces you to a super easy-to-grow flower.
Today's featured plant
Autumn is a great season for growing flowers, with a high survival rate. If you already have pothos, spider plant, and succulents, you might as well get to know today's flower. This flower is called "Dafugui" (Gloxinia) and is a very popular small indoor potted flowering plant abroad. Its flower colors are vivid, it is easy to cultivate, and it is well worth having.
Dafugui
Dafugui, also known as gloxinia, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Brazil in South America. It has many horticultural cultivars, grows only 15-25 cm tall, and comes in single and double forms, basically all in the shape of a large trumpet. Its flower colors are rich, including red, pink, purple, white, and bicolor, and the flowers are large and beautiful.
Extremely long flowering period
The Dafugui we see in flower markets now are mostly artificially bred horticultural cultivars. They bloom very readily. In natural conditions, the flowering period is from March to August. When cultivated in a greenhouse, they can also bloom in winter, basically showing flowers all year round. They bloom even more persistently than hibiscus and Chinese rose, which is why they are very favored by flower enthusiasts.
Easy care
Dafugui has strong vitality. It is no exaggeration to say it is one of the easiest flowers to grow. It can be propagated and survive by stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, sowing, division, and bulb division. A single leaf can grow into a pot, just like succulents. Daily care is also simple: place it in a ventilated spot with indirect light, water only after the potting soil dries out, and leave it alone when it is not dry. If you want more flowers, apply a little fertilizer, and that is enough.
An excellent potted plant
Dafugui has lush green flowers and leaves, stays evergreen all year round, and its blooms are brilliantly colorful. It is easy to care for and has a long flowering period, making it one of the indoor potted flowers most loved by flower enthusiasts. The red varieties in particular are beautiful and festive, and can also be used as New Year flowers. It is perennial: plant and grow it once, and enjoy it year after year. With extremely high value for money, it is worth getting.