July Family Flower Care Guide
Today's focus is to introduce you to the planting contents of family flower care in July. Here is the July family flower care guide, and the editor will introduce it to netizens.
Flowers suitable for courtyard display in July, which is the hottest month of the year, with the average monthly temperature in most parts of the country ranging from 26℃ to 29℃. At this time, the plum rain season ends, rainfall is scarce, sunlight is strong, and temperatures are high. Flowers that can be displayed outdoors in the courtyard should be some sun-loving or heat-tolerant ornamental plants.
Woody flowers mainly include: roses, Norfolk pines, five-needle pines, podocarpus macrophyllus, black pines,锦松 (jin song), white-barked pines,千头赤松 (qian tou chi song), Huashan pines, cycads, Canary Island date palms,蜡梅 (wax plum), lanzhou camphor, milky cape jessamine, orchid island cinnamon, milan, pomegranate, rubber tree, weeping fig, hibiscus, firethorn,蜡梅 (wax plum), Meconopsis, Dutch iris, Washingtonia robusta, crape myrtle, bougainvillea, jasmine, etc.
For slightly shaded courtyards, you can display: areca palms, fish tail palms, bamboo palm, king coconut, smiled flower, camellia, spotted leaves,珠兰 (zhu lan), king palm, money tree, Brazilian iron, hydrangea, schefflera, broad-leafed Mahonia,八角金盘 (ba jiao jin pan), safflower peach leaf coral, etc.
Herbaceous ornamental plants include: begonias, canna lilies, colorful ginger, scarlet sage, small lilies, Crinum asiaticum, celosia, marigolds, periwinkle, cosmos, marigolds, daylilies, etc.
Propagation of Courtyard Flowers
1. Sowing: In July, the main woody ornamental plants that can be sown include: plums, peach trees, mountain peaches, Prunus triloba, apricots, and cherry plums. After harvesting mature fruits, wash off the flesh and immediately dig trenches for sowing, or store the cleaned seeds in wet sand until they crack open before sowing. Canary Island date palms can be bag-sown after germination in July.蜡梅 (wax plum) seeds can be sown immediately after collection or stored until spring of the following year. Herbs that can be sown in July include: aster, perennial primrose, ornamental kale, Canterbury bells, and small iris, etc. When sowing herbs, special attention should be paid to moisture retention, ventilation, and shading.
2. Cutting: In July, the types of woody ornamental plants that can be propagated by cutting include: red-backed cassia, heavenly bamboo, cherry trees, Buddha's hand, poinsettia, thistle, hypericum,蜡梅 (wax plum), red-leafed Japanese holly, variegated privet, banyan, sea aster, hydrangea,锦带花 (jin dai hua), hibiscus syriacus, snow-in-summer, gardenia, styrax, day lilies, camellias, tea梅花 (mei hua), mock orange, variegated crape myrtle, dragon's mouth, azaleas, roses, fuchsia, marigolds, forsythia, purple-leaf plum, dracaena, safflower peach leaf coral, etc. Herbs that can be propagated by cutting in July include: scarlet sage, marigolds, cosmos, sunflowers, Chinese pink, begonias,coleus, watermelon, celosia, chrysanthemum, geraniums, cyperus, coral flowers, kalanchoe, Tradescantia zebrina, pepper grass, silver lady, etc.
3. Grafting: In July, you can use the seedlings of Prunus triloba, peaches, and apricots sown in the spring as rootstocks to "T" graft flowering plums, peach trees, purple-leaf plums, and camellias. To make it easier to remove the scion during grafting, water the pots or seedbeds thoroughly 2 to 3 days before grafting, then let them dry for 1 to 2 days before grafting. Use cuttings of wild roses as rootstocks to graft good varieties of potted and cut roses. Use 2-year-old potted purple magnolias and white magnolias as rootstocks to graft white magnolias and smiled flowers. Use 2-year-old seedling wax plums as rootstocks to graft good varieties of wax plums. Use the annual seedlings of Malus baccata, Pyrus malus, and Malus spectabilis as rootstocks for "T" grafting to propagate good varieties of Malus spectabilis and Malus prunifolia. Use seedlings of Acer palmatum as rootstocks for bagging grafting of red maple and feather maple. Use "Purple Butterfly" and "Jade Butterfly" from Rhododendron as rootstocks for cleft or abdominal grafting of Western azaleas. Use Chionanthus retusus as rootstocks in the north to graft Osmanthus fragrans and Osmanthus thunbergii. In addition, you can perform grafting of young branches of Citrus maxima and bud grafting of peonies.
4. Layering: In July, the types of flowering trees that can be propagated by layering include: magnolia (high layering), wax plum, honeysuckle, hydrangea,锦带花 (jin dai hua), hibiscus syriacus, snowball, campsis, mock orange, oleander, gardenia, osmanthus, purple magnolia, white magnolia, osmanthus, crape myrtle, jasmine, crape myrtle, coral tree, Meconopsis,海棠 (malus spectabilis), cherry blossom (high layering), rubber tree (high layering), and schefflera, etc.
5. Division: In July, most of the plants that can be propagated by division are herbaceous flowers, such as daylilies, Chinese iris, Solomon's seal, iris, sacred grass, Aspidistra elatior, purple-backed sword fern, iris, Belamcanda chinensis, Tradescantia zebrina, Chinese evergreen, lily of the valley, onion, kidney fern, iris, daylilies,广东万年青 (guangdong wannianqing), Monstera deliciosa, Epipremnum aureum, small angel green velvet, small globeflower, red (green) gem, multi-head green king, and stonecrop, etc.
The above is a comprehensive method explanation for the July family flower care guide, hoping to solve your green plant problems.