Clerodendrum wintering. Among the varieties grown as pot crops, stand out
AT indoor floriculture the tree of fate may look like a bush, liana or a small tree, as in the photo. Clerodendrum home care requires complex, but will thank you for the care with beauty and aroma. Any deviation from the tropical climate in the apartment creates problems in growing a flower. AT home breeding the most common varieties are shiny and
How to care for clerodendrum at home
There are no trifles in the agricultural technology of a flower. Compliance with the conditions of detention for beautiful flowering necessarily. But they are all doable caring owner Clerodendrum is waiting for gratitude for the care, admire the photo!
To grow such beauty, you need to create conditions:
- Place the plant in an east or west window so that there is enough light, but direct rays do not burn the tree of fate.
- Water often, but so that the earth from above is damp, there was no stagnation of water. Reduce watering in winter.
- The temperature in summer should be 18-25 degrees, and in winter 13-15, and this is very important for abundant flowering.
- Create a wet zone in the flower area using a drip tray with drainage material in water poured below the level of the planter. Frequent spraying of the plant on the sheets helps to saturate it with moisture.
- Feed once a week in summer and once a month in winter with special liquid composition for blooming indoor plants.
- Pruning is one of the methods of caring for the clerodendrum to preserve the shape of the bush and its decorative effect, the twigs are a material for propagation.
- Repot the flower regularly better way transshipment.
At each stage, flower growers noticed the peculiarities in care and developed techniques for creating tropics in an apartment on the windowsill.
Home care for clerodendrum is determined by the shape, as in the photo. 
You can create a bush by formation, which is convenient to care for. A liana-like plant, in which thin branches diverge in different directions, at the behest of the grower, are no less picturesque. The shape is created by cutting.
When and how to prune
AT favorable conditions and at good care behind the clerodendrum at home, the vine can grow up to four meters in length. Therefore, pruning is carried out in several stages.
In winter, when the plant has shed its leaves, shoots are removed by a third, this stimulates subsequent branching and flowering. In order to create a bush, at the beginning of a set of green mass, young branches are shortened a little more. To get a stem, you need to leave one shoot, constantly clearing it of emerging branches. Root shoots are also plucked out.
The plant itself is able to regulate its growth. In winter, some branches dry up, and this is normal. And in the summer, if the flowers withered, the twig must be cut off and new shoots will grow, on which the buds will bloom.
For summer flowering, it is important to provide winter coolness. In this case, the leaves may turn yellow and crumble, and this is not scary, the physiology of the plant. In early spring, in the photo, the clerodendrum looks like this when leaving at home. 
Transplant and reproduction
Important operations in caring for a clerodendrum flower are transplantation and reproduction. After five years, the flowering of the bush decreases and it is important to grow a change for it. To do this, you can use the cuttings obtained during pruning.
The root system of a flower does not like to be disturbed. Therefore, the method of transplantation should be transshipment into a large dish with a prepared layer of drainage. The substrate is prepared in equal parts:
- clay turf;
- leaf land;
- sand.
transplanted plant in early spring before the start of sap flow. Before that, they do a pruning. The transplanted clerodendrum is watered with fertilizer and put in a warm place, giving a signal that it's time to wake up.
Cut branches can be put in water, later rooted in the ground. If the cuttings are rooted in a peat-sand mixture, then lower heating and a greenhouse are required. Transplant rooted cuttings after a year. You can grow a new plant from the collected seeds.
If home flower there were no conditions for a dormant period, it may not bloom. It does not bloom if the land is old, fertilizing is irregular. Violations of the conditions of detention in the summer will lead to yellowing and falling of the leaves.
Diseases and pests of clerodendrum
At insufficient care on a weakened plant, ordinary indoor insects, plant pests can settle. These include:
- spider mite;
- whitefly;
Only urgently taken measures can protect the entire bush from the whitefly colonization. She mines the leaves under top layer and the larvae are difficult to enter.
Spider mite is detected by punctures on the leaves and yellowing. When there are a lot of them, the web is visible to the naked eye.
If home remedies do not help in the fight against insects, Actellik, Fufan or Fitoverm should be used. Repeat the treatment several times with a frequency of 3 days.
If the leaves of the flower begin to turn yellow in the summer, then it is necessary to carry out foliar top dressing Ferrovit, and then look for the cause of chlorosis. It lies in non-compliance with the agricultural technology of the flower.
Create conditions for indoor flower clerodrendum is not so difficult, it just requires constant attention, and the flower will give beautiful flowering and aroma.
Conditions for caring for clerodendron - video
In some forms, the flowers have a subtle jasmine fragrance and remain on the stems throughout the summer.
Types and varieties of clerodendrum with a photo
Clerodendrum are evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs, many of which are from the Verbena family. In nature, it is distributed mainly in tropical Asia and Africa, and is also found in South America.
In translation, clerodendron means "tree of fate." The name is associated with a Javanese legend that this plant brings happiness. The flower can also be found under the name Volkameria (Volkameria), and its popular name is “innocent love”.
The leaves of the plant are simple, serrated or with entire edges, heart-shaped, with uneven surface. The shoots are flexible, but quickly woody. A specific feature of most species are fragrant flowers and leaves, and each species has its own, unique smell.
In indoor floriculture, the plant is valued for its amazing flowers with long stamens. The shape of the flower of the indoor clerodendrum in almost all species has the appearance of a butterfly. However, in some species, flowers have a different, no less interesting shape, reminiscent of exotic bouquets.
With good care for the clerodendrum at home, it can be used to vertical gardening. To get a compact bushy plant, proper pruning is required.
Clerodendrum Thompson- climbing lignified liana with fast-growing, thin, smooth shoots. Deciduous, for the winter can shed leaves, although not all. Everything is beautiful in it: both magnificent white and red flowers, and chic, huge leaves. The flowers are clusters of white heart-shaped flowers with blood-red "droplets" at the ends. At home, it blooms profusely in March-June, sometimes again in the fall, then several bunches of flowers can hang all winter. Drought resistant. Although when caring for Thompson's clerodendrum at home, regular watering will not hurt. At the onset of heat - from 15 and above - take it out into the sun.
Wallich's Clerodendrum strikes with luxurious foliage and richness of flowering. Long hanging inflorescences resemble brushes of wisteria, and white asymmetrical flowers look like fluttering butterflies. The picture is completed by a beautiful delicate aroma with hints of jasmine, for which in China it is called “nodding jasmine”.
Clerodendrum Wallich is a native of the mountainous regions of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and South China (from an altitude of 100 to 1200 m), with a subtropical climate.
The plant was named after the Danish surgeon and botanist Nathaniel Wallich, in 1817-1842 the manager of the Calcutta botanical garden, with the support of which over the years many botanical expeditions to India, Nepal and Burma have been made, as a result of which many new plants went to England. In Europe, and then in America, it began to be grown in greenhouses, and in countries with a suitable climate and in gardens. But only in 1999, the industrial cultivation of this plant began, which made it more accessible.
In our country, this plant remains rare, although in recent times its Prospero variety is found on sale.
Clerodendrum Prospero- in nature, these are evergreen shrubs or small trees up to 2-4 m tall, with slightly 4-sided branched stems characteristic of the Lamiaceae family.
AT room conditions varietal plant reaches a height of no more than 50 cm.
As you can see in the photo, this indoor clerodendrum is distinguished by very beautiful glossy, wavy along the edge, lanceolate dark green leaves up to 15 cm long:
From the end of August, the ends of the shoots are crowned with lush hanging inflorescences, successively blooming buds for 1.5-2 months. Enough large flowers have 5 oval petals and long, far protruding stamens and pistil. Unlike natural look, it is not coral-red, but green, not disturbing the whiteness of long, more than 20 cm, inflorescences. The petals are surrounded by a swollen star-shaped calyx characteristic of clerodendrum.
Clerodendrum Philippine has flowers with a fairly strong, pleasant aroma, reminiscent of the smell of jasmine, intensifying in the evening and night hours. Wonderful pinkish-white inflorescences of 2-3 cm "roses" look very beautiful against the background of velvety, wide dark green leaves. The size of the inflorescences is up to 20 cm. It is unpretentious in care, grows quickly, and is resistant to pests.
As you can see in the photo, when caring for the Fillmipin clerodendrum at home, the plant is easily propagated by layering:
Within 1-2 months, numerous baby plants are formed around the main stem, which are easy to transplant.
Clerodendrum fragrant- evergreen shrubs 1-2 m tall, with pubescent shoots. Leaves are pubescent. The flowers are white, pinkish on the outside, often double, with a strong pleasant smell with hints of violet and citrus. At home, it blooms almost throughout the year with sufficient lighting.
Clerodendrum the most beautiful - evergreen, shrub up to 3 m tall, with 4-sided shoots. This indoor flower clerodendrum leaves are large with a sheen, soft, pubescent with villi, heart-shaped, arranged oppositely. Petioles are long, dull reddish. The flowers are collected in apical panicles, the calyx is purple, the corolla is dark red. Blooms profusely in June-September.
Caring for Clerodendrum Wallich, Thompson, Prospero and Philippine at home (with photo and video)
When caring for Clerodendrum Prospero and other varieties, you need to provide the plant with a rich, loose substrate. Therefore, it is good to add Biohumus or compost to the universal soil, as well as river sand and perlite. The reaction of the soil should be slightly acidic.
After transplantation, the plant must be kept under the same conditions, and in December the temperature should be gradually reduced to +15 degrees to pass a period of relative rest, which should last 2 months. With a lack of light during this period, the plant may partially shed its leaves. At this time, feeding should be stopped and resumed in the spring, with an increase in the amount of light, with a frequency of 2 times a month.
The photo of caring for clerodendrum at home shows that the plant must be kept in diffused light:
The flower is demanding on lighting, but does not tolerate direct sunlight. The plant is thermophilic, even at night the air temperature should not fall below +18 degrees. An increase of up to +24 degrees is permissible, but it is difficult to maintain the necessary air humidity. Spray the plant regularly, the flowers do not suffer from this. If the air in the room is too dry, place containers of water nearby or place them on heating batteries wet towels, otherwise flowering may end in 3 weeks.
Pay attention to the photo of caring for Thompson's clerodendrum at home - the soil must be kept moderately moist, allowing it to dry out only slightly between waterings, otherwise the leaves begin to wither:
In spring and early summer, it is useful to occasionally use for top dressing. organic fertilizers- purchased liquid mullein, Biohumus or Lignohumate, but try not to overdo it with organic matter - fattening plants form very large leaves, but are reluctant to bloom.
Clerodendrum care at home: reproduction and pruning (with photo)
Clerodendrum is propagated at home by seeds and vegetatively (cuttings). The elongated shoots of an indoor flower are cut to half the length. These cut shoots - cuttings are used for further cultivation new plants. best time for cuttings at home is the period from April to September.
The shoots remaining after pruning are sorted, cut into small cuttings. It is desirable to leave three rows of buds on each cutting. The cuttings are placed in water, covered with a transparent bag. After a while, roots will appear on the cuttings. The roots of the plant are very brittle, so when transplanting, you need to handle them carefully.
The soil for rooting is chosen loose, fertile, permeable. In a container, before planting cuttings, you need to do good drainage from pebbles or pieces of foam. Then pour 1/3 of the capacity of the pot prepared soil, water. Gently holding the stalk with regrown roots in the center of the pot, cover it with earth, water it and add the earth to the desired level. It is good to cover the planted stalk from above with a transparent bag and place it in a place protected from direct sunlight.
The plant can be grown as a vine or bush. In the first case, the shoots should be directed up the support. A flower grown as a vine does not bloom as profusely as one grown as a bush.
bushy shape fast growing vine attached by pinching or trimming. You can pinch at any time during the period active growth plants. Clerodendrum pruning at home is performed either in the fall after the visible growth has faded, or at the end of winter and early spring. Old shoots are cut off by about a third.
The photo of caring for and pruning clerodendrum at home shows how to perform this operation:
Diseases and pests of indoor clerodendrum
Clerodendrum is susceptible to diseases and pests to the same extent as other plants.
The leaves turn yellow, hang and fall off if the soil in the pot is dry. Plant should be watered warm water and spray the foliage.
Some of the leaves fall in winter. This is the natural phase of plant development during winter dormancy. No special measures need to be taken. The leaves will grow back in the spring.
Usually the flower does not bloom. This is possible if there was no cool wintering with reduced watering.
The stems are stretched, new leaves are small. This comes from a lack of lighting or nutrition. It is necessary to increase the intensity of lighting, to make additional feeding
Flowers fall off if indoors low temperature, dry air or lack of moisture in the soil. It is necessary to increase the temperature in the room and increase the humidity.
Yellow-brown spots on the leaves of clerodendron appear due to sunburn. The plant needs to be rearranged in partial shade.
Now watch the video of home care for Thompson's clerodendrum and other types:
Clerodendrum very beautiful plant and personally I fell in love with him for his beautiful flowers white, which are so similar to a bell (as a child I was very fond of field and home bells) from which a red corolla is visible. The leaves of this plant are shaped like hearts in a bright green color. There are many types and varieties of clerodendrum, but at home they are found mainly in brilliant clerodendrum and Mrs. Thomson's clerodendrum.
The flower came to us from the warm and sunny tropics and therefore it needs to be provided good lighting. But at the same time keep out of direct sunlight. If the clerodendrum does not have enough light at home, then it will definitely shed its leaves. This is especially evident in winter time when the gentle sun is not enough even for people.
The plant will feel best on an east or west window. But in the south, from an overabundance of the Sun, its leaves will begin to turn yellow and fall off. If your windows are located only on the south side, then you will have to use a curtain, or blinds, which will protect the plant from direct sunlight. On the northern windows, the illumination of everyday life is not enough, but from the lack of light, the clerodendrum will not delight you with its colors.
In spring and summer, the clerodendrum feels great at a temperature of 20-25 C, but in winter it is desirable for it to provide a cooler temperature of up to 13C. In winter, the clerodendrum has a dormant period, during which it sheds part of the leaves.
Clerodendrum needs high humidity soil and air. To provide the plant with normal humidity, it is recommended to put wet expanded clay on the pallet and water the plant abundantly twice a week. In winter, watering is reduced to two times a month.
Humidity must be monitored constantly, avoiding both waterlogging and drying out, as this can cause leaves to drop. In summer, it is recommended to regularly spray the flower and wipe the leaves once a week with a damp cloth. Try not to place the plant near heating appliances.
WHAT SOIL DOES CLERODENDRUM PREFER
Clerodendrum at home responds well to slightly acidic soil, in such a land it feels great, which affects growth and abundant flowering.
The soil can be prepared independently by taking one part of clay soil, leafy soil, sand and peat. The prepared components must be mixed and used for their intended purpose. You can buy a substrate in a store, but in addition you need to add a little sand to it.
The plant needs top dressing starting in spring. You need to feed every two weeks with organic and mineral fertilizers. Buy fertilizers in the store and use following the instructions.
CUTTING CLERODENDRUM
Clerodendrum is considered a liana and at home can reach a height of more than four meters, therefore, the plant must be cut regularly.
The best time for pruning is the rest period (late winter, early spring). You need to cut off all lignified shoots by a third. Such pruning is done in order to stimulate the plant to a long and abundant flowering.
Clerodendrum at home can be given the appearance of a pretty bush; for this, almost the entire plant is cut off, leaving about seven centimeters from the ground. Such pruning is carried out in early spring, when growth begins.
If you want to grow a clerodendrum in the form of a tree, then you need to cut everything side shoots leaving one, healthier and stronger.
All new shoots also need to be removed, and when the trunk reaches a height of 0.6-0.8 meters, it is shortened a little, and the side shoots that will appear after that need to be pinched off, forming a crown.
From all sprouts that begin to form at the root, you need to remove.
Some types of clerodendrum have such a feature: they regulate their growth themselves, specifically do not allow some shoots to develop, drying them. Some amateur flower growers are not aware of this feature and get upset, thinking they are doing something wrong.
HOW TO PLANT CLERODENDRUM AT HOME
The plant is transplanted in early spring, after the pruning procedure has been carried out. Transplant the clerodendrum by transshipment to minimize root damage. Take a pot for transplanting bigger size, at the bottom of which a layer of expanded clay is placed (you can take small pebbles, broken bricks etc.).
Then they put the earth in a pot and plant a clerodendrum. Immediately after transplantation, the plant should be watered with a solution of fertilizers, for better engraftment, and then transferred to a warm room. Young plants need to be repotted every year, while older plants can be repotted once a year.
REPRODUCTION IN HOME CONDITIONS
Clerodendrum can be propagated in two ways: by seeds and cuttings, but propagation by cuttings is most often used.
The cut cutting can be placed in a pot with a mixture of peat and sand, create greenhouse conditions(cover with oilcloth and put in a warm place).
Oilcloth is slightly opened every day to water a little and feed the plant.
When the leaves begin to appear, remove the oilcloth completely.
A rooted cutting can be transplanted only after a year. You can place the cutting for propagation in water and wait until it takes root.
As soon as the roots appear, we transplant it into a pot and put it in a dark place.
As you can see, the clerodendrum plant is capricious and caring for it at home causes some difficulties, but if you are not too lazy and follow all the above recommendations, you will enjoy beautiful flowers for a very long time.
- These are flowering vines, originally from the rainforests of West Africa. They belong to the verbena family. In nature, it is a climbing bush up to four meters high with beautiful decorative leaves and exquisite flowers.
Today, klerodendrum is perfectly grown as a cultivated houseplant. Very popular are:
- Clerodendrum Thompson;
- Ugandan;
- Philippine;
- Wallich;
- Prospero;
- Bunge;
- Inerme;
- Splashes of champagne.
Decorative flowering liana has original leaves in the shape of a heart with a bright green color. The leaves are opposite on the stems.
Liana flowers are especially decorative. In shape, they resemble a large bell, which is painted in White color with a red tubular rim. Under favorable conditions, flowering clerodendrum lasts from March to October. Due to its originality and extraordinary beauty, flowering liana is grown not only as a houseplant, but also successfully used in landscape design as annuals to decorate gardens.
Despite its exotic origin, the clerodendrum is not too whimsical. By creating the minimum conditions for it and adhering to the recommendations, you can grow a beautiful curly flower which will decorate any interior for many years. Due to popularity this plant the question often arises of how to propagate clerodendrum at home. Let's try to briefly cover this topic.
Reproduction methods
Decorative flowering liana clerodendrum reproduces in two ways:
- seeds;
- cuttings (vegetatively).
Consider each of the methods separately, because they have their own characteristics and advantages. So, let's begin.
reproduction seeds . planting material can be purchased at the store or assembled by yourself. It is also important to know that the longer the seeds are stored, the lower their germination rate. Therefore, it is recommended to plant, firstly, fresh seeds, and secondly, with a margin.
Sowing time is the end of winter, February. Prepare in advance landing tanks. You can use small wooden boxes, plastic containers and even cups. In any case, containers must be provided with holes for drainage excess fluid. Now a few words about the soil in which the seeds will germinate. It should be light, nutritious and permeable. Prepare the substrate in two parts sod land, parts of peat and sand. Everything is mixed and disinfected. The substrate is placed for half an hour in the oven at a temperature of two hundred and twenty degrees. After that, the soil is allowed to cool, poured into planting containers and moistened. Then the seeds are planted. Now the containers can be put in a greenhouse or covered with glass. Germination of seeds should take place in a warm and bright room, and constant humidity must be maintained inside. To do this, plantings are regularly sprayed and ventilated daily. Now you need to be patient, because the seeds develop very slowly and the first shoots will appear only after one and a half to two months. They then need to be gradually hardened, opening daily for half an hour. Over time, when the first two leaves are formed, the glass is removed. As the seedlings grow, they dive. To do this, prepare in advance small, up to six centimeters in diameter, individual cups, you can take peat, this will facilitate planting later in flowerpots and prevent damage to the roots. After picking, clerodendrum seedlings are cared for in the same way as an adult plant.
Clerodendrum cuttings. reproduction vegetatively belongs to the most simple and effective way which flower growers use with great pleasure.
For cuttings, healthy shoots are chosen or those parts that were removed from the plant during formative pruning are used.
Cuttings are carried out from April to September. Prepared cuttings should have at least three rows of buds. Then the shoots are placed in a glass of water and covered with transparent polyethylene. Soon you will notice that the cuttings have formed roots. However, they are quite fragile and weak. Now they must be planted in the ground until they are fully developed. You need to take the planting boxes and prepare the soil, which will consist of turf, sand, humus and peat. The technique for planting cuttings for rooting is as follows:
- a drainage layer up to three centimeters thick is laid at the bottom of the landing boxes from small stones and small pieces of foam;
- then the prepared soil is poured, but so that two-thirds of the container remains unfilled;
- the soil is abundantly watered;
- carefully, so as not to damage the roots, a cutting is planted;
- the soil is filled up so that two-thirds of the box is filled;
- the planted stalk is covered from above glass jar or a cut plastic bottle.
During the rooting period, the cuttings are regularly watered and ventilated. When young leaves appear on the shoot, the shelter is completely removed.
After another couple of weeks, rooted cuttings need to be fed. complex fertilizer for flowering houseplants. Use the dosage strictly according to the instructions. Two weeks later, seedlings, which are already quite complete ornamental plant, can be transplanted into individual flowerpots for further cultivation.
how mature plant, and young seedlings are hard to tolerate dry air in the room. Therefore, for the successful cultivation of flowers, it is necessary to spray them daily with a spray bottle. You should also take care of the moisture content of the soil. In the warm season, the clerodendrum is watered frequently, the soil in which it grows must be constantly wet, with the onset of cold weather, the frequency of watering is somewhat reduced.
Compliance with the rules for the reproduction of clerodendrum will allow this process make it easy, and in some moments, even exciting. After all, it is a pleasure to watch how a beautiful flowering and climbing bush has grown from a small seed. Especially when this process was done from start to finish with your own hands.
And compliance with the rules of cultivation and care will allow you to rejoice blooming liana for many years.
Clerodendrum, which takes time and patience to care for at home, is a plant from the Verbena family. A native of the Canary Islands, it has not only an excellent decorative effect, but also a special aroma that its flowers exude.
A perennial plant that is easy to give a bushy, standard or ampelous form by pruning, is a hardy and undemanding representative of exotic flora. Clerodendrum shoots, quickly woody in the lower part, are covered with bright green ordinary or heart-shaped sheet plates with serrated or smooth edges. The most decorative are flowers resembling a butterfly in shape, and collected in racemose or corymbose inflorescences. Thanks to the fragrance, the flower has gained popularity among phytodesigners when decorating the interior of premises for various purposes.
Popular varieties
The genus of a tropical plant includes more than 300 species.
Among the varieties grown as pot crops, stand out:
- Clerodendrum Thompson - curly ampelous view with fast-growing graceful shoots covered with white-red flowers and foliage, which the exotic sheds for the winter. It is the most popular variety among flower growers.
- Clerodendrum speciosum or otherwise the most beautiful is an evergreen shrub that grows in vivo up to 3 m. Consists of shoots, which are densely covered with heart-shaped leaf plates. When flowering, observed from June to early September, red flowers bloom, collected in panicles.
- Clerodendrum Uganda is a liana-like species, the wide sheets of which are lanceolate. Purple-blue inflorescences are formed by butterfly flowers, the petals of which are painted in different colors.
- Philippine Clerodendrum is a non-capricious species with pink-white inflorescences consisting of rose-shaped flowers. Despite the beauty and jasmine aroma with a hint of vanilla, the plant is rarely seen in the design of apartments.
- Clerodendrum inerme is a shrubby form with elliptical oblong leaves and white inflorescences. Rarely grown in an apartment environment, despite the ability to adapt to dry air and rare watering.
- Clerodendrum Wallich is a species that blooms profusely with white inflorescences, which are formed by flowers of an extraordinary shape. A compact bush that does not require a lot of space needs special light mode and high humidity.
Home care
To achieve regular flowering tropical plant, you must follow a number of basic rules for care.
Ground Requirements
For growing a tropical plant, fertile soil with a slightly acidic reaction is used, which is close in composition to soils in natural places of growth. To prepare it yourself, just take a sheet and clay soil, peat and sand in equal proportions. Before use, the substrate should be calcined in an oven for disinfection.
Lighting
Clerodendrum needs bright lighting, so the best option will be the placement of the flower on the eastern or southern windowsills, protected from direct sunlight.
Temperature regime
Throughout the growing season, the flower feels comfortable in a temperature of 18 to 25°C. AT cold period when the plant is immersed in a dormant state, it is provided temperature regime below 15°C.
Watering a flower
The flower requires abundant moisture, between which the surface of the substrate must dry out. Watering is carried out with settled, softened water. With the onset of the dormant phase, the volume of irrigation is reduced and depends on the temperature in the room: the lower it is, the less required. However, it is undesirable to allow complete drying of the substrate.
Air humidity
A tropical plant is in critical need of high level humidity, to ensure which daily spraying with settled water is organized. AT winter period the flower moves away from the heaters.
Top dressing and fertilizer
From the middle of spring until the arrival of autumn, twice a month, additional nutrition is organized for the klerodendrum with the help of liquid mineral complexes for flowering plants. The rest of the time, feeding is not carried out.
Trimming
The plant is pruned annually in the spring after waking up for two reasons:
- Sanitary pruning - removal of dry, damaged and diseased shoots.
- Forming - to create a bush, all shoots are greatly shortened, which stimulates branching. To obtain stem tree, all shoots are removed, except for the strongest, cut off at a height of 70 cm. After that, all apical shoots are pinched to form a crown.
How to transplant?
Transplantation of young specimens is carried out annually. As the plant grows older, the interval between procedures increases to 2-3 years.
After cutting:
- a new pot is selected, which will be 2 cm larger than the old one in diameter and height;
- a drainage layer of 3 cm is placed at the bottom;
- by transshipment, in order not to disturb the rhizome, a flower with an earthy clod is placed in a prepared container;
- voids are filled with new soil mixture;
- after compaction of the soil, the plant is watered.
flowering period
The phase begins in early June and ends in September. To enjoy every year flowering plant it is necessary to give the flower a rest and not overdo it with nitrogen-containing fertilizers.
Disease and pest control
The plant is quite resistant to disease. And pests such as whiteflies and spider mites are noted on the culture. effective method control is spraying the flower with an insecticidal preparation according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Clerodendrum reproduction
Sometimes growing a flower is fraught with some difficulties:
- The plant does not flower. The main reason is the violation of the flower regime - improper wintering.
- Leaves turn yellow. If this happens during a period of active growth, it may be due to a lack of moisture or iron in the soil. The problem is easily fixed with normalization irrigation regime and fertilizing the plant with iron-containing microfertilizers.
- Leaves fall. If the phenomenon is observed in autumn and winter, then this natural process, otherwise it is necessary to look for an error in violation of the care regulations.
So, home care for a representative of the tropics will not cause much trouble, but the result is in the form lush flowering against the backdrop of bright greenery will make you forget about all the efforts expended.