What are the heat and sun-resistant potted flowers
This article brings you the information about which heat and sun-resistant potted flowers are suitable for summer planting and related green plant recommendations. Detailed content is shared below.
In some places, the temperature in summer exceeds 40 degrees Celsius, so it's necessary to plant heat and sun-resistant plants in advance, not wait until the weather is extremely hot to plant them. Plants need time to adapt to a new environment, so it's too late to buy them by summer.
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1. Star Flower (Babysbreath)
The star flower is a less common plant, with each small flower shaped like a five-pointed star. The most common colors are pink, red, and white. The flower shape is similar to hydrangeas, and it is a perennial herbaceous plant. With proper care, you can often see its flowers.
The star flower is a typical tropical plant that prefers a consistently warm and humid environment and is afraid of frost. Keeping the minimum maintenance temperature above 5 degrees Celsius is relatively safe.
To make star flowers bloom more, they need plenty of sunlight, preferably more than 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. If they are kept in a diffused light environment, it's important to control the watering properly, watering thoroughly when the soil is completely dry, and also to regularly supplement phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Generally, supplement with monopotassium phosphate (or other flowering fertilizers) every 7-10 days, with a concentration of 1000 to 1200 times.
2. Blue Snowflake (Plumbago auriculata)
What are the heat and sun-resistant potted flowers
If you want a flower that keeps blooming throughout the summer, you must try the blue snowflake, whose formal name is Plumbago auriculata.
Plumbago auriculata is a sturdy and easy-to-care-for plant that is particularly heat and sun-resistant. It can bloom normally even in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius. The flower color is sky blue, and there is also a white variety called white snowflake.
Blue snowflakes can be used for landscaping, such as training them to form a flower arch, a candy cane shape with a single trunk, or letting them crawl over a whole wall, but proper guidance must be provided in advance as blue snowflakes are semi-vining plants.
Caring for potted blue snowflakes is relatively simple. During the growing process, they should be pruned frequently; otherwise, their branches will grow longer and longer, and the flowers will bloom less. It's also important to fertilize regularly, as it is a flowering plant with high fertilizer requirements. If it is not fertilized or pruned continuously, not only will the number of flowers decrease, but its branches and leaves will also become thinner.
Blue snowflakes also require a lot of water. If there is plenty of sunlight, the soil dries out quickly, and it should be watered thoroughly. If the soil doesn't dry out, it's important to increase sunlight exposure and avoid using too heavy soil for cultivation. The soil must have good drainage and aeration.
3. Sunflower