How to grow Madagascar periwinkle? Detailed guide to cultivation methods and precautions
Madagascar periwinkle, also known as golden flower and four-season spring, has brilliant flowers and an extremely long flowering period, with excellent ornamental value. It is suitable as a potted ornamental plant for home decoration. In addition, the whole plant can be used as medicine, with effects of relieving pain, reducing inflammation, aiding sleep, promoting bowel movements and diuresis, and it also contains anti-tumor components. So how should it be grown? Let's take a look.
1. Soil
Madagascar periwinkle is highly adaptable and has no strict requirements for soil; it can grow normally even in poor soil. However, for robust growth and brilliant flowers, it is best to choose soil that is deep, loose and fertile, well-drained, and alkaline. If planted in compacted, poorly aerated clay soil, it can still grow, but it will grow poorly, the leaves tend to turn yellow, and it will not bloom.
2. Light
Madagascar periwinkle is a light-loving plant and must have sufficient light during growth so that it can grow robustly, with verdant and glossy leaves and brightly colored flowers. If there is insufficient light or it grows in a shaded place, it will lack light, be unable to carry out photosynthesis, and the leaves will lack chlorophyll, causing the leaves to turn yellow and eventually fall off.
3. Temperature
Madagascar periwinkle prefers a warm, slightly dry environment. It tolerates high temperatures but not severe cold. The most suitable growing temperature is 20-33 degrees. It can grow well in environments above 10 degrees and below 33 degrees. If the temperature is too low, the plant will suffer cold damage, ranging from poor growth in mild cases to freezing to death in severe cases; if the temperature is too high, the high temperature will cause the plant to lose water and wilt, and prolonged high temperatures may cause the plant to dehydrate and die.
4. Water
Madagascar periwinkle likes a high-humidity environment. During cultivation, it should be sprayed with water mist frequently to increase the air humidity of the growing environment, which can accelerate growth. When watering, also pay attention to maintaining the principle of watering when dry. Generally, water once every 3-4 days in spring; once every 2-3 days in summer; and once a week in autumn and winter. The amount of water each time should not be too much, to avoid waterlogging in the soil causing root rot.
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