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Is wisteria easy to raise?

Osmunda japonica is a small deciduous tree of Lysimachiaceae. It has several names, also known as zinnia, prurigo and so on. Its bark is smooth and yellow-brown, its leaves are oval or obovate, and its flowers are generally purplish red or red, pink, white and blue. It usually blooms in summer, from June to 10. On a hot day, it is especially colorful. In fact, osmanthus is not delicate at all. This is an easy flower to cultivate. It can be easily planted or planted in a beautiful potted plant. There is a crape myrtle on the balcony, which enjoys flowers in summer and leaves in autumn. This kind of plant is beautiful and easy to raise.

Planting method of potted Lagerstroemia indica

How to cultivate Lagerstroemia indica

In fact, we usually use two propagation methods, the first is sowing with seeds, and the second is cutting off branches and propagating directly. When the seeds are ripe, they are picked, then dried, and the seeds inside are collected for planting in spring. For pruning, you can cut a few biennial branches in spring, each branch is about 15 cm, and then cut them with sand or in rainy season. The survival rate is very high.

How to preserve Lagerstroemia indica

It is a very strong flower plant, not afraid of heat and sun. It won't stop in summer and won't sleep in hot season. In autumn and winter, its leaves are also beautiful, and some of them will change color and become more vivid. It likes plenty of sunshine, so it should be placed in sunny places all year round. It is heat-resistant, without shading in summer, and cold-resistant in winter. The soil in the basin should be fertile, moist and well drained.

How to trim Lagerstroemia indica and keep it beautiful?

When it grows to a certain height, it needs pruning and topping, because more lateral branches will grow from the trunk after topping, so the flower amount will be greater. The length of the trunk only needs to be kept at a height of 50 cm, and the top branches should be topped.

Because the flowering branches of Osmunda japonica are all on the new branches born that year, they should be pruned frequently, especially some old branches that have no flowering ability. Pruning time can be chosen in winter, and each branch only needs to keep the length of five centimeters. In this way, you can enjoy its beautiful flowers in summer and autumn.

At the same time, every autumn, after the flowering period, we must give fertilizer once and supplement organic fertilizer or other fertilizers once. When the temperature is relatively high and the air is dry, we should pay attention to watering and replenishing water in time to make it bloom more and more brightly in the next flowering period.