How to propagate Taiping flower

1. Planting

Sowing should be done in a sunny and well-drained place, usually in spring. Appropriate amount of fertilizer should be applied before germination to promote future flowering. If you don't want to keep them for seeds, you should cut them off in time after the flowers wither. At the same time, dead, diseased and dense branches should be cut off, while new growth branches should be retained.

The fruits are collected in October, dried in the sun, and cracked. The seeds are selected and stored and can be sown in March of next year. The plants will bloom after 3-4 years of cultivation.

2. Layering and division

Select healthy branches, use a knife to cut a small hole in one of them to facilitate rooting, then bury them in the soil, water them appropriately, and wait until new roots emerge from the wound, then cut the plant into two plants. This method of pressing plant branches into the soil, waiting for them to take root and then separating them from the original plant is called layering. Although this method is simple and has a high survival rate, the number of reproductions each time is small.

This is a method of asexual reproduction in which the branches retain their original appearance and are only separated from the mother plant after they survive. When using this method, you can choose to use the normal method, the horizontal method or the wave method according to the specific situation of the plant.

Generally, layering is only carried out in February and March. The temperature in spring is suitable, making it easier for roots to grow and for plants to survive.

3. Cuttings

When using this method, the branches must be of good variety and growing healthily and vigorously, without being infected or having been infected with diseases or pests. Old or diseased branches do not meet the conditions for use and will be removed. On the same plant, the part to be used should be the branches in the upper middle part, which receive sunlight for a long time. In addition, the branches should have sufficient buds and be lush and leafy. If you use hard branches, you need to choose the lower middle part of the branch because this part contains more nutrients. Soft materials are easier to root by cuttings from late May to early June.