Bouvardia flower: home care and propagation methods
Bouvardia is an evergreen shrub that is very popular with florists. It attracts with its delicate bright inflorescences. Natural habitat - the American subtropics. This shrub is compact in size. Its height usually does not exceed 70 cm.The shape of the leaves can be round or ovoid with a pointed edge, and their length varies from 3 to 11 cm.
Main types
The following varieties are popular among florists:
- home - a compact bush with toothed leaves. The flowers are spherical;
- long-flowered rather tall, with long stems. It can grow up to 90 cm. The color of the flowers is white or pale pink. The inflorescences are very fragrant;
- smooth-flowered - perennial, which is a bush up to half a meter in height. The inflorescence is located at the very top of the plant. The flowers have four salmon colored petals;
What does a flower look like
- yellow - a representative of the genus of shrubs with large yellow flowers. In size, it can be several times larger than pink bouvardia;
- jasmine-flowered is the smallest subspecies. It blooms in winter, covered with pure white flowers resembling a bell and exuding the scent of jasmine;
- Bouvardia mix is a variety used to create bouquets in combination with other types of flowers.
Mix in a bouquet
Home care
The temperature regime for bouvardia should be moderately warm, from 22 ° C to 25 ° C. Ideal if the room is cooler at night than during the day. In the winter season, all shrubs (except for jasmine flowers) are removed to a cool place, where it is not colder than 10 ° C, otherwise the plants will die.
It is recommended to spray the shoots of the plant, maintaining the moisture necessary for the shrub. It is worth doing this even in winter, when the plant is at rest.
Home care for a bouvardia flower is quite simple, but the soil in which the plant will be planted requires special attention. It should contain a small percentage of sand, as well as light turf and leafy soil. This mixture will provide the best possible growth for the plant.
All types of this flower need abundant and regular watering, but excess moisture must evaporate from the soil in a timely manner so that the root does not rot. Watering the bush is allowed only with water at room temperature.
Plant transplant
Experienced gardeners recommend replanting the plant once a year when the plant reaches this age. This is due to the fact that the most active flowering in bouvardia is observed only once in the second year of life. It is for this event that a young plant should be prepared.
Transplanting is recommended in the spring in a larger pot. This procedure guarantees vigorous growth and spectacular flowering in the future.
Abundant flowering
Reproduction methods
Reproduction of the plant does not cause difficulties, since it is carried out with the help of cuttings, however, only the upper stems are suitable for this. In this case, there must be several internodes on the handle. The rooting of the cut cutting takes place within a relatively short period of time.Usually, a glass filled with water is used for this, in which the cutting is placed.
Thus, bouvardia is a flower that has a sufficient variety of species, which even an inexperienced florist can take care of.
