October Guide to Flower Care at Home
If you want to learn about the small experiences of flower care at home, the October Guide to Flower Care at Home provides a comprehensive introduction.
Suitable flowers for display in the courtyard in October, as the temperature drops in most parts of the country, the average monthly temperature is between 10℃ and 19℃.
This month is suitable for displaying many types of potted ornamental plants in the courtyard, including the following woody ornamental plants: Norfolk Pine, Five-needle Pine, Japanese Gold Cypress, White Birch, Japanese Spruce, Spruce, Podocarpus, Rhododendron, Cycad, Canary Island Date Palm, Dutch Iron, Silver Tree, Cinnamon, Osmanthus, Hollyhock, Rubber Tree, Schefflera, Croton, Ficus benjamina, China Rose, Peking Cypress, Variegated Tree, Brazilian Wood, Lucky Plant, Palmetto, Dracaena, Japanese Privet, Castor Bean, Camellia, Arrowhead Vine, Nandina, etc. Herbaceous flowers include: Salvia splendens, Canna indica, Dahlia, Chrysanthemum, Aster, Begonia, Godetia, Marigold, Celosia, Sunflower,长春花, China Rose,矮牵牛, Guinean snapdragon, etc. Attention should be paid to: in North China and Northeast China, when the temperature drops below 10℃, it is necessary to prevent cold for the northward cultivation of flowers from the south. Flower propagation in the courtyard 1. Seed sowing: The woody flowers suitable for sowing include: Peony, Red Camellia, Michelia,木兰类, Magnolia, Paulownia, Horse Chestnut, Common Winter hazel, Fortunei, Soapberry, Eucommia ulmoides, Podocarpus, Rhododendron, Wintergreen, Elaeocarpus,美丽针葵,红豆杉, Fan Palm, Water Pine, Ligustrum, Chinese Privet, Camphor Tree, Osmanthus, etc.
When sowing Horse Chestnut, the seed scar should face downward, and for Common Winter hazel, the seeds should be soaked for 24 to 36 hours before sowing. The seeds mentioned above, except for Common Winter hazel and Osmanthus, can be dry-stored until the following spring for sowing. Other seeds should be cleaned and stored in moist sand to induce germination until the seeds crack and white roots appear in the following spring. Note that the seeds should be thoroughly rinsed before storage and the moisture content of the sand should be such that it can form a ball when held in the hand and disperse when released, with a seed-to-sand ratio of about 1:3. The seeds should be checked regularly during storage to prevent them from drying out or rotting.
1. Seed sowing: Herbaceous flowers suitable for sowing include: Althaea rosea, Malva, Papaveraceae, Marigold, Carnation, Viola tricolor, Parthenocissus, Belamcanda,矮雪轮, High Snow-on-the-mountain, Gypsophila, Daisy, Black-eyed Susan, Iris, Verbena, etc. Greenhouse flowers such as Gold莲花, Cineraria,矮牵牛, Chinese Primrose, African Daisy, and Pot Marigold can also be sown in a plastic greenhouse.
2. Cutting: Woody flowers suitable for cutting propagation include: Redback Plant, schefflera, Night-blooming Cereus, Five-color梅花, Firethorn, Mahonia, Buddha's Hand, Dragon's Mouth, Dracaena, Michelia, peach leaf coral, China Rose, Philodendron, Jasmine, Zinnia, Pyracantha, Osmanthus, Hydrangea, Spirea, Snowflake, Camellia, Wisteria, Hibiscus, Oleander, Fig,海棠, etc. The cutting medium can be general sandy loam or yellow heart soil, or a mixture of half sand and half rice chaff. Full封闭 moist cutting can be used. Also, for some southern flowers and trees, frost prevention measures should be taken when frost arrives. Herbaceous flowers suitable for cutting include: Salvia splendens, Celosia, Marigold, Begonia, Fuchsia, Setcreasea, Golden Money Plant, Chinese Lantern, Coral, Poinsettia, Celosia, Justicia, Chrysanthemum, etc. Succulent flowers suitable for cutting include: Jade Plant, Sempervivum, Epiphyllum, Cattleya, Portulaca, etc.
3. Grafting: Using 1 to 2-year-old Pinus thunbergii seedlings as the rootstock, bagging and moist grafting Pinus parviflora (including Osaka Pine), Pinus wallichiana; using peony roots as the rootstock, grafting good varieties of peony; using 1-year-old Acer palmatum seedlings as the rootstock, bagging and moist grafting Acer rubrum, Acer palmatum; using 1-year-old Magnolia denudata seedlings as the rootstock, bud grafting good varieties of Magnolia denudata, Magnolia soulangeana,红花木兰, etc.; using Trichocladus fasciculatus as the rootstock, grafting various types of cacti; using 1-year-old citrus seedlings as the rootstock, bud grafting kumquat.
4. Layering: Woody flowers suitable for low-pressure propagation include: Camellia, Prunus mume, Osmanthus, Hydrangea macrophylla, Weigela,海棠, August Cherry, Snowball, Camellia, Magnolia denudata, Gardenia, Dracaena, Forsythia, Cornus, Michelia, Spirea, Safflower, etc.
5. Division: Woody flowers suitable for division include: Nandina, Mahonia fortunei, Mahonia aquifolium, Peony,海棠, Hydrangea macrophylla, Double Deutzia,喷雪花, Spirea, Cycad, etc. Herbaceous flowers suitable for division include: Paeonia, Hosta, Cymbidium, Ophiopogon, Hemerocallis, Cattleya, Dendrobium, Ranunculus, Rudbeckia, Iris, Belamcanda, Lysimachia, Convallaria, Aglaonema, Zamioculcas, Oxalis, Nephrolepis, Aspidistra, etc. Bulbous flowers suitable for division include: Calla Lily, Amaryllis, Freesia, Lycoris, Tulip, Mediterranean Bellflower, etc.
The above is the full content of the October Guide to Flower Care at Home, hoping it will be helpful to green plant enthusiasts!