When does Caragana bloom?

Caragana flowering period

Caragana blooms mainly in spring, when everything comes back to life. Flowering usually starts in April and lasts until May.

The flowering period of Caragana is not long, from April to May, and the duration is very short, only about a month, after which it will wither. After the flowering period, it will enter the fruiting period. When the fruit is ripe, it will produce seeds, which can be used for sowing and reproduction. The fruiting period is from July to September.

Flowering morphology of Caragana

When Caragana blooms, the flowers grow solitary on the nodes of old branches or in the axils at the base of young branches. Sometimes there are 2-3 flowers forming small umbels. The corolla is yellow, occasionally with light white and red. The standard petal is ovate or nearly round, with a slightly pointed tip and divided into two petals on the side, like a bird waiting to fly.

After the Caragana flowers bloom, the fruits produced are mainly linear pods, which are cylindrical and split into two lobes when mature. The seeds are oblong or nearly spherical.

Precautions for Caragana flowering

Caragana needs to be watered sufficiently in spring to give the plant sufficient moisture and keep the soil in the pot moist, which can extend the flowering period.

Caragana needs to be watered with liquid fertilizer once before flowering in spring. Fertilizing before flowering is to ensure that the Caragana plant has sufficient nutrients to cope with all the consumption during flowering, so that the Caragana will bloom more and more beautifully. After flowering, you can apply fertilizer again to promote the growth of branches and leaves. In general, when Caragana blooms, it is necessary to manage water and fertilizer well and replenish nutrients in time.

Secondly, after the Caragana blooms, you can cut off the flower branches, which can promote the growth of new branches.