What plants are suitable for a north-facing balcony
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Some flower friends have a north-facing balcony at home. Because of the light, they want to ask what plants are suitable for a north-facing balcony. This article is the experience of flower friends, sharing the shade-tolerant varieties of north-facing balconies. The following varieties have been personally tested and shared for self-summarization and to provide some references for other flower friends.
Environment of the north-facing balcony: Unenclosed, almost due north, high-rise, half-day sun exposure from May to August in the morning, scattered light most of the time, windy, cooler temperature, located in Chengdu, with the highest temperature of around 30 degrees in summer and the lowest temperature of about minus 5 degrees in winter.
Flourishing (alive and growing well, flowering and fruiting)
Rose: 'Tannick' (flowers all season, 2 meters high, attacked by thrips in summer)
Grape (3 clusters of flowers, 2 clusters of fruit; more fertilizer next year)
Chrysanthemum: 'Green Ping Pong', 'Yellow Chrysanthemum', 'Pink小米', 'Chrysanthemum Brain' (growing vigorously, flowering in autumn, attacked by aphids, whitefly, and soot disease in early autumn)
Blue Snowflake (flowers continuously from June to October, loves water)
Crape Myrtle: 'Soil Red' (flowers in spring and summer, 2 spikes per ball, lasting 1-2 months)
Lily (flowers at the end of spring and beginning of summer, 3 flowers per ball, lasting half a month, half the number of flowers as described in the variety)
Narcissus: 'Queen's Day' (yellow, flowers in early spring, 2 spikes per ball, lasting 1 week)
Lavender 'Teresa' (flowers in autumn, not topped, 3 flower clusters in September, October, and November)
Common Bugleweed: 'Long Tube' (flowers in autumn, not topped, 2 pests, continuous flowering in September, October, and November)
Hydrangea: 'Endless Summer', 'Bride', 'Mirror of a Thousand Flowers', 'Flower Hand Drum' (flowers from late spring to summer, 2-3 flowers per plant; grows poorly under bamboo; powdery mildew in summer)
Morning Glory (flowers from late summer to autumn, not concentrated but continuous, starts fruiting in November; leaf mites in summer)
Longevity (flowers continuously from spring to autumn, black rot indoors, normal outdoors, needs ventilation)
Jasmine (flowers continuously in spring and summer)
Camellia: 'Strong Fragrance' (flowers in winter, a large number of flowers lasting 2 months, but comes with buds, needs to observe this year's flower yield)
'Goddess Finger' (flowers in spring, average number of flowers)
Spider Plant (vigorously growing leaves, flowering)
Surviving (alive, no flowers or few flowers)
Passion Fruit (vigorous climber, abundant leaves, but no flowers or fruit)
Windmill Jasmine (slow growth, few flowers in early summer)
Bamboo (slow growth, sparse delicate shoots, attacked by aphids, whitefly, and soot disease in early autumn)
Clematis: 'Gongzi' (X-J), 'Green Jade' (vigorous climber, abundant leaves, but no flowers, withers in summer and sprouts in autumn, preparing to move to the south side)
Rose: 'Romantic Baby' (general leaves, few flowers)
Osmanthus (general leaves, few flowers in spring and autumn)
Orchid: 'Spring Orchid', 'Jian Orchid', 'Black Orchid' (new leaves, grew orchid fungus, but no flowers, not lush enough)
Chinese Toon (abundant leaves)
Colored Leaf Grass: (Propagation by cuttings, sturdy, not topped)
kidney Fern (lush)
Rockfoil (abundant leaves)
Daylily (general leaves, no flowers)
Thousand-Leaf Spider Plant (abundant leaves)
Over-the-Road Yellow (abundant leaves)
Aloe Vera, Cactus (continuously growing, but no flowers)
Rainy Orchid (abundant leaves, but no flowers, can try ice water irrigation test)
Dead
Hydrangea: 'Magical Wings' (flowers in summer, died in autumn, may be blocked by ferns)
Rose: 'Cut Flower Red' (flowers in spring, suddenly died in summer, guessed that the hydrangea above loves water, causing the rose to rot and die)
Climbing Rose (shared, suddenly died in summer, guessed lack of light under the Chinese Toon tree)
Large Bowl Lotus (treated with gold halogen lamp, although leaves grew, they rotted, will plant in the south next year)
Crimson King Maple (beautiful leaves in spring and summer, suddenly died in the transition between summer and autumn, unknown cause, not heat-tolerant?)
To be observed
Not Feng (theoretically possible, but just arrived, needs observation)
The above is the full content about what plants are suitable for a north-facing balcony, hoping it can help you. Meanwhile, I hope everyone comes to see more green plant and flower experience and common sense!