How to cultivate camellias to make them bloom
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Many friends really enjoy growing flowers and love beautiful greenery. Having a potted plant with continuously blooming flowers can fit any location in the house. However, in the cold winter, usually blooming flowers like roses and blue snowflakes become quiet, orchids and peonies stop blooming. There is one flower that is different; it blooms in the coldest time, from winter to April or May of the following year, with a relatively long blooming period. It is the camellia, and there are many varieties, such as Xiangfei camellia, Hualu Zhen, Hongchi Dan, Dongfang Liang, and others.
Camellia flowers are quite large and also have double petals, with layers of petals. The flower colors are rich, including elegant white, pink, bright red, and various mixed colors. When blooming, the leaves are lush and green, the flowers are fresh, elegant, and grand. The flowers are larger than roses and more beautiful than orchids, with a faint fragrance. To exaggerate a bit, they are even more enduring and sturdy than peonies. Nowadays, there are more and more varieties of camellias, and some have fragrances that are very attractive. Keeping a pot indoors has a strong fragrance that stands out, filling the room with a pleasant aroma, refreshing the mind. So, how should camellia potted plants be maintained?
There are 3 tips for growing camellias: large flowers, long blooming period, and the colder it is, the more it blooms
1. When you first get a camellia potted plant, place it in a semi-shaded and well-ventilated area, and let it adapt for about a week. Don't put it in direct sunlight immediately, as this can make the leaves wilt and look unhealthy.
2. If you're just starting to care for it, don't rush to prune the roots or change the potting mix. Plant it in a slightly larger pot with the original soil, prepare some decomposed leaf soil, river sand, garden soil, some slow-release fertilizer, and granular soil, or you can also add other ingredients to peat soil. Place some organic fertilizer at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer.
How to cultivate camellias to make them bloom
This kind of potting mix is less likely to become compacted and is more breathable and-draining. As long as the potting mix is fertile and loose, the plant will grow better later on. If the potting mix is good, loose, breathable, and fertile, the plant may initially be a small seedling, only 30 centimeters tall, and in less than half a year, it can grow to a meter tall and even fill with flower buds.
3. When growing camellias in winter, if you want them to bloom earlier, you can place them on a sunny indoor balcony, where the temperature is higher. They will bloom earlier if the indoor temperature reaches 20 degrees. However, when caring for them indoors, you need to ensure plenty of sunlight and maintain a certain level of humidity. If the air is too dry and humidity is insufficient, the flower buds may dry out.
By caring for camellias this way, their branches and leaves will be more lush, the flowers will be more vibrant and bright, the leaves will turn dark green and shiny, and the growth rate will accelerate. In just a few months, they will produce more branches and new shoots.
The above comprehensive introduction to how to cultivate camellias to make them bloom and the maintenance of camellias, brought to you by the Greenery Enthusiasts Network, is hoped to provide some relevant knowledge about greenery to greenery enthusiasts.