Flower for home with bright flashlights: with nothing to confuse
Fans of colors, you're familiar with clerodendrum Thompson? Unique, unique and very beautiful plant for the home. Caring for them has several features, but generally available to any grower. What is so good southern guest sills and how to cultivate the beauty in the box - read the review before the end 😊
In the wild, clerodendrum Thompson - vine with stiff shoots. But the birthplace of flower, for a moment, - Distant Africa. Clerodendrum migrated to northern windowsills surprisingly easy: in the room culture it is grown for 2 centuries. True, in the form of charming trees
Unforgettable flowers - the main advantage clerodendrum Thompson. For them, we love him!
Hand on heart, I can say. Green foliage house plant, though it looks nice, but there is nothing outstanding. Leaves as the leaves.
It is quite another - flowering clerodendrum Thompson.
It is unique and valued for its high decorative. Each flower consists of 3 parts:- Flashlight with white leaves, bracts. It is noteworthy that as they age they change color: first, to pink, then - on lilac. Happy Florist watching a curious change.
- Small red corolla.
- Long yellow stamens, effectively completes the composition.
At the beginning of flowering scarlet corolla contrasts with white bracts. It looks bright and catchy. Then whisk dies and bracts change color to pastel, soft pink and purple flowers.
Find whether there clerodendrum on your windowsill?
So, imagine. You made a good choice and became the owner of clerodendrum Thompson. Where to put it in the house?
Important to remember. Before clerodendrum Thompson became a potted plant, he migrated to us from the shores of Africa. Vine growing under the canopy of the dense jungle. It means that in our latitudes clerodendrum need a lot of light (Even in the middle tier of the jungle it is brighter than the Russian windowsill), but without a direct hit!
north window definitely not suitable clerodendrum not only Thompson. Here are sorely lacking light. Even in the summer. The only option - artificial supplementary lighting.
In summer clerodendrum Thompson ideal west window. There are a lot of sun, but during peak hours do not fry. Even better for the amount of light - the south, but with mandatory shading (blinds, a newspaper, a mirror film... each has its own methods!).
In winter, enjoy the flower on the south side. Or any other - but with a lamp.
The only difficulty in growing
Growers noticed that the profusion of flowering is well affects dormancy in winter. It's okay: you just need to move the pot in a cool place (about 16 ° C) for about a month, or put on the coolest window in the house. So close to the glass.
Well, if relaxation time coincides with a short light day (just in winter). Because in such scant coverage of some growth is still not out of the question.
Throughout its size
It is the nature climber is 4 m. Houses usually formed in its neat and small tree. Although if you want you can grow and twine potted plant.
Be sure not to let the roots of freedom. Clerodendrum more likely to flourish in the limited size of the land. And do not forget to trim with the growth - 2-3 times a year. It is enough to cut the long shoots by half, and the other - by a third, to awaken the lateral buds and Thompson began to grow a lush bush.