A plant flowering all year round: clerodendrum - care, species, reproduction

Clerodendrum, care of which is quite simple, innature has several hundred species. They grow in the tropical regions of Africa and Asia. At home, some of them are cultivated: Thomson's clerodendrum, clerodendrums shining, fragrant, Ugandan and others. It is popular as a houseplant and Bengu's clerodendrum, a large shrub with large leaves and fragrant inflorescences - pink-colored scutes.

Clerodendrum Bunge is from China. He is quite unpretentious and easy to care for: moderately moisture-loving and light-loving, however, during a period of active growth, he needs periodic spraying from the atomizer. This clerodendrum, care for which is not difficult, feels good at a temperature of + 20-25 degrees in the summer, but requires a slight decrease in winter. Watering in winter should be less abundant than in summer. In favorable conditions, Bengu's clerodendrum blooms throughout the summer months. After the end of flowering, it must be cut to a quarter of the length of the shoot. This species is well tolerated by the cold, but in the open ground it should be grown only in regions with mild winters.

Thomson's clerodendrum in nature grows intropical forests of Guinea. This species is a curly bush - a liana, whose height can reach four meters. Its leaves are oval, pointed, about 12 cm long. This clerodendrum blooms, care of which provides abundant watering and sprinkling, from March to June. Sometimes Thomson's clerodendrum can blossom and the second time, in the autumn months. Its small flowers of five petals, reminiscent of lanterns, are collected in inflorescences - panicles. They are very bright and beautiful, white in color, with a red halo. After flowering the corolla is showered before the cup.

Clerodendrum shining comes from the tropicalAfrica. This shrub blossoms in small red flowers with long stamens of the same color, collected in scutes, axillary or apical. The leaves of this species are oval, almost rounded, pointed at the end, with wavy margins. Clerodendrum brilliant can bloom throughout the year, but usually the period of its flowering - from winter to the end of spring.

Clerodendrum fragrant, it's Chinese orFilipino, also known as the Volcamerea fragrant because of the strong pleasant aroma of its flowers, reminiscent of the smell of jasmine. This shrub with pubescent shoots has a height of up to 2 meters. He grows up in China, Japan and Korea. The broad leaves of the fragrant dandruff are heart-shaped, their length can be up to 20 cm. Its small double-flowered white flowers are collected in dense apical shields. Indoors, this species can bloom with small interruptions throughout the year.

Clerodendrum Ugandan is aevergreen curly bush with delicate purple or blue and white flowers collected in bundles about 15 cm long - because of them this plant is also called "blue butterflies". Its flowers have long curved stamens. Blossoms this species throughout the year. The Ugandan kererodendrum, whose care involves regular pruning of shoots, grows very quickly - in open ground it can grow up to 2-3 meters in just a few months! On this basis, it is necessary to form its crown, but it is possible to trim the plant only after flowering, since its inflorescences are tied at the ends of the shoots.

In general, all the clerodendrums or, as they are stillcalled, clerodendrons, in care are rather unpretentious: they like bright diffused light and heat, as well as regular watering, although some species are drought-resistant. Most clerodendrums multiply without much effort by cuttings or layers that grow near the roots - they quickly take root and start growing.