What vines are suitable for planting on the balcony?
Answering netizens' questions about what vines are suitable for planting on the balcony and listing four types of vines suitable for home care and some small experiences in green plant maintenance. Next, the editor will introduce to you.
Not all vines need plenty of sunlight to bloom. Many vines can bloom vigorously in outdoor environments, including common vines such as monthly roses, bougainvillea, Chinese lantern flowers, wisteria, and Chinese trumpet creeper. And the following are vines that can tolerate semi-shade.
1. Dragon's Mouth
Dragon's Mouth comes in two different colors, white and red calyx varieties, which can be chosen according to personal preference. It is a semi-climbing flower that does not climb very high when potted.
Dragon's Mouth prefers a perennially humid environment and is afraid of the cold. It can be planted outdoors in places without frost in winter. If it is in the colder northern regions, it should be moved indoors in time when the temperature drops to 10 degrees Celsius in late autumn to avoid frostbite, keeping the minimum maintenance temperature above 4 degrees.
In daily maintenance, make sure to set up a trellis in advance for it to climb.
If it can be provided with more than 3-6 hours of sunlight daily, ensuring a humid environment, slightly acidic soil, and good drainage and breathability of the pot and soil, later maintenance should focus on frequently supplementing flowering fertilizer after the flower buds sprout, as it has a very large number of flowers.
2. Hoya
Many people who grow Hoya do not see it bloom, as its branches and leaves have covered the windowsill or balcony without seeing any flowers, which might be due to the pot being too large, with the roots not filling the potting soil, causing the roots to have no growth pressure or sense of oppression, and thus not liking to bloom.
The second reason why Hoya does not bloom for a long time is the lack of sunlight. Although it is very shade-tolerant and can survive in relatively shaded places, if you want it to bloom more flowers, it is necessary to supplement as much scattered light as possible and avoid direct sunlight.
If Hoya still does not bloom, you need to find ways to increase humidity, but keep the potting soil slightly dry and increase environmental ventilation.
And you should regularly supplement phosphorus and potassium fertilizers during the growing season, such as monopotassium phosphate, usually when the temperature is between 18-28 degrees, supplementing every two to three weeks with a concentration slightly lower than usual.
3. Chinese Yam
What vines are suitable for planting on the balcony?
Many people overlook this rather special climbing plant, which relies on tubers for cultivation. It grows a very large tuber at the bottom and relies on the nutrients of the tuber to continuously grow leaves and roots, and can even bloom inconspicuous white flowers.
You can buy tubers of Chinese Yam in different sizes, and the difficulty of maintenance varies. The tubers of Chinese Yam are usually planted in some well-ventilated and drained granular soil, such as common volcanic rock.
In the later maintenance process, avoid frequent watering, the soil should not be continuously moist, do not use too large pots for cultivation, and do not plant the tubers too deep.
In the later maintenance process, make sure to have appropriate scattered light every day, set up a trellis in the pot in advance for it to climb, or let its branches and leaves climb on the fence.
4. String of Hearts
String of Hearts is a summer planting type of succulent plant that can grow slowly in summer as long as it is not excessively hot. However, in hotter places, attention should be paid to more shading, increased ventilation, and appropriate water control in summer.
String of Hearts is a rather special type of succulent plant. Many people let its stems and leaves hang down, but it can also climb and grow, with its particularly charming heart-shaped leaves, bright and colorful leaves, and variegated leaf varieties that bloom into unique and small flowers.
In the maintenance of potted String of Hearts, avoid covering too much soil, do not water too frequently, and pay attention to using well-drained and breathable sandy soil or special succulent soil. If the environment is relatively humid or the sunlight is not enough, add more granular soil to the soil.
The most important thing to note in the maintenance of potted String of Hearts is to avoid strong sunlight during high temperatures and avoid keeping it in a stuffy and humid place. The soil should not be continuously moist, and the temperature in winter should be kept above 5 degrees.
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