How to Grow Golden Camellia as a Houseplant: Methods and Techniques
How do you grow golden camellia as a houseplant? Golden camellia is a very ancient plant species with not only medicinal and economic value but also very high ornamental value. Its flowers are a dazzling golden yellow, earning it the praises of "giant panda of the plant world" and "queen of the tea family." Today, the editor will briefly explain the techniques for growing golden camellia in pots, hoping it will be of some help to everyone.
1. Choosing a Flower Pot
When choosing a pot for golden camellia, the first thing to consider is that the ratio between the pot and the seedling must be reasonable. It should not be too large or too small; it just needs to suit the growth of the potted seedling.
2. Preparing the Soil
Golden camellia is not demanding about soil. It is suitable for growing in slightly acidic soil with good drainage. It is best to use garden soil, mixed with an appropriate amount of 1-year decomposed pine needles.
3. Potting Time
The most suitable time for potting golden camellia is November in winter or February to March in spring. Potting operations should not be carried out when the golden camellia is about to sprout or under high-temperature conditions.
4. Potting Process
Take the golden camellia seedling out of the seedling tray, then transplant it directly into the pot and cover it with growing medium. This is not very different from the potting process for most potted flowers.
5. Watering Techniques
After the golden camellia seedling has been potted, water it thoroughly once, watering until water flows out of the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot. At ordinary times, the amount of watering should be controlled and watered appropriately, just enough to keep the potting soil moist.
6. Care Measures
a. Golden camellia prefers a warm and humid growing environment. A care environment that is too cold or too hot is not conducive to the growth and development of the tea plant.
b. In summer, during high-temperature weather, shade and heat-avoidance measures should be taken; in other seasons, provide sufficient light.
c. In the cold winter period, when the temperature is too low, cold-proof and warmth-preserving measures should be taken to ensure the temperature stays within the range of 3-4 degrees for safe overwintering.
How do you cultivate golden camellia? Cultivation and care techniques for potted golden camellia
Golden camellia is a national first-class protected plant. Its flower color is golden yellow, and its flower form is beautiful and dazzling. It is an excellent raw material for camellia beverages, and it is pure, natural, and pollution-free, with a faint fragrance when brewed. Below are the cultivation and care techniques for potted golden camellia compiled by the editor. You may refer to them.
Step 1: For potting, choose a growing medium made from leaf mold or peat soil plus some garden soil and river sand. To make it grow quickly, it should be planted in a breathable clay pot. When planting, it is best to choose a deep cylindrical pot. Before potting, first place a layer of broken tiles at the bottom of the pot to facilitate drainage. Then apply a small amount of decomposed cake fertilizer powder or bone meal on top as a base fertilizer, and cover the fertilizer with a layer of growing medium. Next, place the seedling in the center of the pot, straighten it, and fill in the growing medium layer by layer, pressing firmly as you fill, finally leaving about 3 cm of the pot rim. After planting, water thoroughly and place it in a semi-shaded place for cultivation. After the seedling has recovered, move it to normal management.
Step 2: The time for transplanting into pots is best in early spring or late autumn. The seedling stage likes shade, and after entering the flowering stage it likes scattered light. Usually, do not water too much; "water when dry, stop when wet" is appropriate. In summer, when the temperature is high, watering needs to be sufficient, but not so much that water accumulates in the pot. At the same time, spray clean water on the branches and leaves 2-3 times every morning and evening to increase air humidity. Although it tolerates poor soil, it also likes fertilizer. During the seedling stage, apply thin fertilizer frequently to promote rapid growth. During the mature plant stage, generally apply 1-2 times of fully decomposed dilute cake fertilizer water or 0.1% compound chemical fertilizer before and after flowering.
Step 3: After winter begins, move it to a cold room to overwinter. Usually, repot once every 2-3 years after flowering in early spring. When repotting, cut off decayed roots, add new growing medium, and plant it with the original soil ball into a pot one size larger. Generally, no special pruning is needed; simply cut off leggy branches and diseased or pest-infested branches.
Preferably, the care points include:
Habits: It likes a warm and humid climate and prefers acidic soil with good drainage. The seedling stage likes shade, and after entering the flowering stage, it quite likes transmitted
sunlight. It is not strict about soil and can grow in slightly acidic to neutral soil. It tolerates poor soil but also likes fertilizer. It has strong waterlogging tolerance.
Wind direction: Golden camellia fears strong winds, especially north winds and typhoons, so windproof measures must be taken.
Soil: Fertile, deep, moist, breathable, with a weakly acidic pH between 4.5-6.5. Use pine needle soil mixed in proportion, gradually removing the "yellow mud" brought from the south.
Temperature: To achieve high-yield planting of golden camellia, its most suitable temperature must be maintained between 20-30 degrees, and the lowest temperature must not be lower than minus 5 degrees.
Light: Golden camellia is a semi-shade, semi-sun tree species. Tree-planting shading can be used so that the light transmittance reaches about 30 percent, which is optimal.
Watering: The water used for watering the flowers must have 1% ferrous sulfate added each time, so that the water always maintains a certain weak acidity.
Fertilizing: One option is diluted sour milk, which can be used directly without fermentation. Another traditional method is fermented soybean cake water. Fertilize once a month.
Conclusion: When pests such as small green leafhoppers and tussock moths harm the plant during potted care, the method of spraying 40% dimethoate 1000-1200 times dilution for control was adopted, effectively preventing golden camellia from being disturbed by pests. In addition, this method also increases air humidity by spraying clean water on the branches and leaves 2-3 times every morning and evening, and applies thin fertilizer frequently during the seedling stage, effectively promoting rapid growth of golden camellia and reducing the time needed for growth. It also includes choosing a deep cylindrical pot when planting, and before potting first placing a layer of broken tiles at the bottom of the pot to facilitate drainage. Then a small amount of decomposed cake fertilizer powder or bone meal is applied on top as a base fertilizer, making golden camellia grow better. It also uses a 50-100 ppm rooting powder solution to soak cuttings, increasing the survival rate of cuttings.
In the editor's view, potted golden camellia has excellent ornamental value, and its flowers are also excellent tea, combining ornamental value and economic value. The above are the potted care techniques for it. Those interested may refer to them.
The Benefits of Golden Camellia, and the Cultivation Techniques of Golden Camellia
Golden camellia is a traditional famous flower native to China, and also a world-renowned precious ornamental plant. It is the only germplasm resource in the world's flower gardens with golden yellow petals whose color can be inherited. Because of its extremely high scientific research value and ornamental value, it is praised by people as a "world treasure, queen of the tea family," and so on. Today, the editor of Aiyouwo will join everyone in learning about this golden yellow camellia: the benefits of golden camellia and the cultivation techniques of golden camellia.
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[Golden Camellia] The Benefits of Golden Camellia, and the Cultivation Techniques of Golden Camellia——————————————————————————————————————————————
[Plant Profile]——————————————————————————————————————————————
Chinese name:Golden Camellia
Scientific name:Camellia
Alternative names:Jincha huang, Huang cha hua
Family:Theaceae
Genus:Camellia
Origin and distribution:It grows under forests in valleys. It only grows on low, gentle hills at an altitude of 100-200 m in Shangsi County in the Shiwan Mountains of Guangxi, and the quantity is very limited, so it is listed as a first-class protected plant in China.
Morphological characteristics:Evergreen shrub or small tree, 2-6 m tall, bark grayish white and smooth. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate to oblong. Flowers solitary in leaf axils or nearly terminal, golden yellow, cup-shaped, pot-shaped, or bowl-shaped when open, 3-3.5 cm in diameter. Petals 9-11, broadly ovate to obovate or oblong, fleshy, with waxy luster. Flowering period from November to March of the following year. Capsule triangular and oblate, yellow-green or purplish brown. Fruiting period October-December.
The Benefits of Golden Camellia——————————————————————————————————————————————
Golden camellia has obvious effects on regulating human blood lipids, blood sugar, and cholesterol, and enhancing body immunity. It can improve various discomfort symptoms caused by high blood pressure, and has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, clears heat and detoxifies, promotes urination and reduces swelling, enhances the vitality of the liver and kidneys, prevents blood artery hardening, prevents cancer and inhibits tumor growth, etc. According to investigations, golden camellia has long been used among the people to refresh the mind, clear liver fire, relieve heat toxin, and nourish vital energy.
● Among the people, golden camellia leaves are used to clear heat and detoxify, promote urination and remove dampness, stop dysentery, and stop bleeding, etc.
—Compendium of Materia Medica · Li Shizhen
● Golden camellia leaves are a Zhuang folk medicine, mainly used for pharyngitis, dysentery, high blood pressure, and tumor prevention (decocted in water or drunk as tea). The flowers are used for blood in the stool and irregular menstruation.
—A Brief Compilation of Guangxi Ethnic Medicines · recorded
● Golden camellia is used medicinally as leaves and flowers. The leaves treat dysentery, and the flowers treat blood in the stool and excessive menstruation.
—Modern Compendium of Materia Medica · recorded
● Golden camellia is used medicinally as leaves, clearing heat and promoting fluid production, used for dysentery.
—List of Guangxi Medicinal Plants · recorded
● "All medicines are medicines for various diseases; tea is the medicine for ten thousand diseases. One day without tea causes stagnation; three days without tea brings danger."
—Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica · recorded
[Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine]——————————————————————————————————————————————
[Nature and flavor]Astringent; neutral
[Meridian tropism]Astringent; neutral
[Effects]Astringes and stops bleeding. Mainly treats blood in the stool; excessive menstruation
[Indications]Refreshes the mind, clears liver fire, relieves heat toxin, and nourishes vital energy.
[Usage and dosage]Internal use: decoct in water, 3-9 g; or steep in boiling water and drink.
[Medicinal material source]It is the flower of the Theaceae plant golden camellia.
Cultivation Techniques of Golden Camellia——————————————————————————————————————————————
Habits:It likes a warm and humid climate and prefers acidic soil with good drainage. The seedling stage likes shade, and after entering the flowering stage, it quite likes transmitted sunlight. It is not strict about soil and can grow in slightly acidic to neutral soil. It tolerates poor soil but also likes fertilizer. It has strong waterlogging tolerance.
Wind direction:Golden camellia fears strong winds, especially north winds and typhoons, so windproof measures must be taken.
Soil:Fertile, deep, moist, breathable, with a weakly acidic pH between 4.5-6.5.
Temperature:To achieve high-yield planting of golden camellia, its most suitable temperature must be maintained between 20-30 degrees, and the lowest temperature must not be lower than minus 5 degrees.
Light:Golden camellia is a semi-shade, semi-sun tree species. Tree-planting shading or shade shed shading can be used. The shade shed is preferably designed with a height of 2.2 m-2.5 m, so that the light transmittance reaches about 30 percent, which is optimal.
Cultivation Methods of Golden Camellia
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① Cuttings: In the dry season from May to June, select a young mother tree and cut a one-year-old tender branch from the top, about 10 cm long. Remove the lower leaves, flatten the cut below the node with a blade, and keep one terminal bud and one lateral bud at the top, with 2-3 leaves. Insert it into a medium of river sand or gravel, with an insertion depth of 1/3-2/3. After insertion, cover with straw curtains for shade, increase leaf surface spraying, and maintain air humidity in the cutting bed to promote rooting. To improve the survival rate of cuttings, soak the cuttings in a 50-100 ppm ABT rooting powder solution for 8-12 hours.
② Grafting: Select a robust seedling or a camellia species that roots easily from cuttings as the rootstock. Cut it off at 4-5 cm above ground level, split it through the pith about 1.5 cm deep, and use 1-2-year-old branches as scions. Keep 1-2 leaves on the upper part of the scion and cut the lower part into a wedge shape. Insert it into the split opening of the rootstock, ensuring the cambium layers on both sides fit closely, then bind tightly with plastic tape.
Aftercare after grafting: After grafting, cover the scion with a plastic bag and tie it below with a string, but not too tightly, so that water droplets form inside the bag and drip onto the rootstock from time to time. Then add a paper bag outside the plastic bag to block direct sunlight.
③ Bud cuttings: Use each bud node as a section, keep one leaf, about 1.5 cm long, cut the lower part diagonally, and then insert it into the medium, with the depth just covering the branch. This method can make full use of branches and is suitable for large propagation needs.
④ Potting: When potting golden camellia, choose a growing medium made from leaf mold or peat soil plus some garden soil and river sand. To make it grow quickly, it should be planted in a breathable clay pot. When planting, it is best to choose a deep cylindrical pot. Before potting, first place a layer of broken tiles at the bottom of the pot to facilitate drainage. Then apply a small amount of decomposed cake fertilizer powder or bone meal on top as a base fertilizer, and cover the fertilizer with a layer of growing medium. Next, place the seedling in the center of the pot, straighten it, and fill in the growing medium layer by layer, pressing firmly as you fill, finally leaving about 3 cm of the pot rim. After planting, water thoroughly and place it in a semi-shaded place for cultivation. After the seedling has recovered, move it to normal management.
Conclusion:Golden camellia has the fine names "queen of the tea family" and "giant panda of the plant world," and is called "the imagined yellow camellia" abroad. Its flower stalks droop, its form is beautiful, its petals are waxy and thick, its color is golden yellow, and its flowering period is long, giving it extremely high ornamental value. It is an ideal garden tree species for courtyard and park greening and beautification in tropical and subtropical regions. It not only has relatively high ornamental value, but also has relatively high medicinal value. It is a world-renowned precious ornamental plant and a traditional famous flower native to China.
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