Chinese rose and care for it

Chinese rose, or otherwise hibiscus - a very popular houseplant, which has more than one century pleases horticulturists. She fell in love with many for blooming almost all year round with large, beautiful red flowers. An unusual exotic look gives them a long tube of thin golden stamens. This plant became widely known due to the fact that the dried hibiscus flowers are prepared with karkade tea. The ready-made drink has a tart-sour taste and acquires a bright red color.

The Chinese rose was imported from the south-eastern regions of Asia. But it grows not only there. In the forests of South America and Africa, hibiscus is also found. In the wild, it can reach a height of 5 meters. Indoor Chinese roses grow to 1.5-2 meters.

Hibiscus is relatively unpretentious and does not require complex care. The main thing is to remember all the time that this is a tropical plant. Proceeding from this, the basic rules on leaving are under construction.

1. Support for optimum air temperature. It should vary from 15 to 30 degrees Celsius. If the room is too cold, the Chinese rose will stop growing, and the buds will fade, not blossoming. At zero temperature, the plant can generally die, having received serious damage. But even high temperatures of up to 35 degrees, too, do not like hibiscus - the buds dry and fall off. Nevertheless, the plant will not die if it receives enough water.
2. Warm, sunny place. Find for the rose the brightest place in the house, by the window from the sunny side. In winter and in the off-season this will be enough. In the summer, try to put the plant on a balcony or terrace, in the garden, if you have a private house. Leave hibiscus in the shade is not critical, but its development will be worse and colors will be extremely small. Putting it in a bright place, you will enjoy the appearance of the first blossoming buds in March. Flowers, replacing each other, will appear until the very late autumn.
3. Moderate, but regular watering. Water your rose immediately, as you will notice that the ground in the pot began to dry out. The fact that the plant lacks moisture will be signaled by fading leaves. In summer, try to make watering frequent, but do not overdo it - do not put roots in the water and rot. In a cooler time and especially in winter water moderately. Too copious watering can lead to the development of fungal root disease, which can ruin a plant. Therefore, it is better to let the hibiscus slightly dry out than to overdo it with watering.
4. Spraying. The leaves of the rose are of medium size, and so that dust does not accumulate on them, it is necessary to spray from the spray gun, especially in the summer. In winter, spraying of leaves and nearby airspace is necessary if the plant is standing next to a battery or other heating devices. This is necessary to moisten excessively dry air.
5. Fertilize. If you want your Chinese rose to flourish and be healthy, fertilize it. As a top dressing, choose mineral fertilizer and liquid mullein. Strand them among themselves. Infusion of liquid mullein is diluted with water 1:10. Start feeding in the spring and ends in mid-August. In this period of time you need to fertilize every week. In the rest of the year, it is enough to fertilize once a month with a half dose of phosphorus and potassium.
6. Spring transplant. Concerning only young plants. Annually in the spring you prepare a pot larger than the previous one and transplant. Pre-long branches are shortened by two thirds, and short ones - less. This is the necessary action for the formation of flowering shoots. The soil for transplantation should consist equally of humus, turf and peat land, sand and pieces of charcoal. Only sod land should be 2 times more than other parts. Take care in advance of good drainage. Adult plants are not transplanted unnecessarily, only remove the upper part of the soil and replace with fresh. In addition, the Chinese rose is sprayed with a special agent to prevent the appearance of insects.