All about Clodendrum Bunge: description, features of planting and flower care, photos of varieties of the variety

If you are an avid flower grower, you have a lot of bright representatives of the plant world on the site, you like bright flower beds, then this article is for you.

Today you will learn about a plant that is so beautiful that you want to grow it both in the garden and at home. Meet the Clerodendrum Bunge.

From the article you will learn more about this flower, how it looks and what varieties it has, how to deal with diseases and pests.

Botanical Description and History

The plant comes from China. A bright plant that attracts attention with its stunning flowers and decorative dark green foliage. This is a perennial deciduous shrub 1.5-2 meters high. Flowering period from June to the first frost. The plant has pink flowers, elongated with a tube and densely collected in inflorescences, have an interesting smell.

Not afraid of lime in the soil and hot light, unpretentious. Hardy and drought tolerant plant, but loves watering and feeding. In the spring you need to carry out sanitary pruning. Gives a good root shoot that can be transplanted very easily. This versatile plant is grown both in the garden and indoors.

Varieties of varieties with photos

Let's talk about the most popular decorative types of clerodendrum. You will also learn how each kind of flower looks in the photo.

Brilliant

It is characterized by brilliant leaves. Clerodendrum brilliant is common in the mountainous part of India, southern China, Nepal. It has an unusually plentiful and lush snow-white flowering, which appears at any time of the year. Leaves saturated bright green, elongated in length, have a slightly pronounced dentation along the edges.

The flowers are small and collected in inflorescences, located on long peduncles. Flowering up to 2 months. A characteristic feature is the long stamens. Refers to ampelous plants due to flexible drooping shoots. In winter, it can drop leaves. Temperature above 18^aboutFROM.

Creeper

Fast growing liana, common in China. Leaves are heart-shaped dark green with jagged edges. May have a purple hue. The inflorescence is dark raspberry, when fully blossomed, it is lighter to pink. A characteristic feature is the long stamens that protrude from the middle of the flower.

It blooms in the summer. In winter, discards leaves with a lack of lighting. Summer temperature 25^aboutC, in winter at least 18^aboutFROM. Does not require heavy watering, does not tolerate stagnant water. In winter, water only after the soil has completely dried. Loves high humidity, it is necessary to spray.

Thornless (inerme)

Distributed in Sri Lanka and the tropics of Asia. The leaves are oblong, oval and smooth with a smooth edge. They have a rich, glossy light green color. Flowers are small white with light purple stamens. Collected in small umbrellas inflorescences. It grows very quickly, it is easy to trim, it is not picky about soil and temperature. It grows in a sufficiently lit place, normally tolerates dry air in rooms and does not require frequent watering.

The most beautiful

Grows in the tropics of Africa. Evergreen plant with bright scarlet flowers. They have an irregular bud structure, and the stamens protrude a few centimeters forward. The leaves are large and wide, heart-shaped, glossy and have villi, green or dark green.

The beautiful Clerodendrum loves warm, well-lit rooms. Summer temperature 25^aboutC, in winter at least 20^aboutC. It requires abundant watering, but does not tolerate stagnation of water. A sufficiently high humidity is needed - requires spraying.

Thompson

It lives in the tropics of the African continent. Young shoots are curly and flexible (lignify with age). The leaves are oval in shape with even edges up to 12 cm. The color is bright green. Flowers are collected in inflorescences of 20 small flowers. It grows well in indoor conditions, loves bright diffused lighting. Summer temperature 26^aboutC, in winter - 16^aboutS. Clerodendrum Thompson loves plentiful watering and humid air - you need spraying.

More about the rules of home care for Thompson's Clodendrum in this article.

Ugandan

Distributed in the mountainous regions of the African continent. Leaves are smooth, slightly serrated. The flowers resemble a butterfly. Stamens are long and slightly bent up. Flowers are collected in inflorescences on long peduncles. Unpretentious Ugandan clerodendrum loves a well-lit place, not afraid of direct sunlight. Summer temperature 26^aboutC, in winter - 15^aboutC. Spray as the flower does not like dry air.

You can see a video review of this clerodendrum below:

Filipino (Volkameria fragrant)

The Philippine Clerodendrum lives in China and Japan. The leaves are large up to 15 cm, have a grayish-green color and a velvety structure. The shape of the leaf is heart-shaped with serrations on the edges. The flowers are small white with a pink tint. Collected in dense flowering and resemble a single flower. Unpretentious, loves bright diffused lighting. Temperature in winter from 15^aboutFrom, in the summer to 25^aboutC. Water regularly and abundantly as the soil dries.

Landing Features

At home, use slightly acidic soil.. You can cook it by taking in equal parts:

• Clay soil.
• Leafy ground.
• Peat.
• Sand.

Choose a place with bright diffused lighting. Best places of eastern and western orientation. In the north, due to a lack of light, the bush will die, and in the young, shading must be created. Temperature condition - moderate heat (18-25 ° C). In winter, lower to 12-18 ° C.

It does not tolerate dry air, so use spraying and using soft, settled water. For additional moisturizing in the summer - put the pot on a tray with wet moss, expanded clay, pebbles. In winter, do not place near heating batteries or spray.

Clerodendrum needs frequent and plentiful watering. But do not forget - it is sensitive to excess moisture, drain excess water from the pan. In winter, keep cool and limit watering. Water only when the soil is dry. Use soft, chlorine-free water.

How to care?

1. Temperature - should not fall below 12^aboutC, during the rest period it is possible to lower to 10-12^aboutFROM.
2. Lighting should be bright and diffused.
3. Regular top dressing - during the period of active growth, spend every 1-2 weeks, adding to water. Use fertilizers for flowering plants, liquid organics. If the bush suffers from chlorosis, foliar feeding of iron preparations is recommended. After flowering, we stop fertilizing. In the spring, after trimming the stems, add mineral fertilizers to the old soil.
4. Pruning - allows you to reduce the size of the plant. Pruning is carried out during the rest period. It must be carried out so as to give plants the opportunity to form full-fledged flower buds.
5. Monitor the condition of the plant, check for diseases or pests.

Diseases and Pests

• Shields - settle under the leaf, suck the juice from the plant and contaminate it with sticky sugar secretions. To fight, you need to treat the plant with a soapy solution, with a strong infection with a solution of kalbofos.
• Red spider mite - manifests itself as a thin web under the leaves. Leaves from this turn yellow, curl and fall. The growth of the shoots slows down, the buds turn black, sticky honey dew appears, and a sooty mushroom settles on it. It is necessary to remove the damaged leaves and treat the plant with an insecticidal soap or actellic.
• Whitefly - a small white insect settles on shoots and leaves. Leaves dry and fall. Sooty fungus appears on whitefly secretions. It is necessary to treat the leaves with a soap solution, with a strong infection - 1% decis solution.

If growing in open ground

1. Choose a place with bright diffused lighting.
2. Water regularly and spray abundantly.
3. Feed and fertilize.
4. Insulate in the winter.

Now you know how to properly care for a flower growing in open ground.

Breeding

1. The seeds.
2. Cuttings.
3. Layers on the shoots with their subsequent transplantation into the ground.

Possible problems

1. Lack of flowering.
2. May discard leaves.
3. The root system is very sensitive to mechanical damage.

If you want to admire beautiful flowering, unusual flowers most of the year, then definitely choose a clerodendrum, both for home cultivation and for planting in open ground.

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