Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Vital Facts You Ought To Get Familiar With Before Purchasing The Curcuma Flower

By Ronald Reed


If you are looking for a spectacular plant to add to your landscape, you should consider getting curcuma flowers. In the majorities of cases, you will find them in stores from late June to August. There are numerous frequently asked questions about this plant and it is best to know some basic facts about the curcuma flower and the kind of care it needs.

It is perfectly okay for you to plant the flower in garden borders and beds. However, the curcuma plant is also perfect for pots. Enjoying the flower as a potted plant will allow you to keep it right outside your house. For it to thrive, it will need plenty of moisture and properly drained soil that is packed with organic matter. In case the soil available at your place is clay or sand, simply add a generous amount of organic matter before planting your flower.

Curcuma flowers are tropical beauties so you can choose to grow them under the shade or sun. The plant will even so thrive best in areas where it can get some morning sunlight and plenty of afternoon shade. If you choose a garden bed that gets sunshine all day, you merely need to ascertain that the grounds remain effectively moist.

People will often seek to know whether curcuma flowers spread. Well, you should not expect the flower to change too much in size from the moment you purchase it. You can therefore choose a small space where to grow it because it will not spread. Season after season, new leaves may appear, though the size of the plant will not change immensely.

Unfortunately, your curcuma flowers will not make outstanding houseplants. Normally, they go dormant when put indoors and they may lose both their flowers and leaves. During the fall and summer months, however, they can thrive indoors as long as they are placed beside bright windows. Your plant may even so begin to wither if you leave it indoors until late spring.

Tropical plants do not do well under freezing temperatures or frost. Under such conditions, they dry out and die. Most people will therefore invest in curcumas as annual plants and will buy new ones after the winter. You may even so save your investment by implementing a few basic tips.

Curcumas are breathtaking. They have unique, flowers that are pine cone shaped and they showcase glorious candy hues. Because the plants are tropical perennial, they can survive the winter months with a little care. First, take the flowers indoors when the conditions are chilly. They will go dormant so treating them like houseplants may not help. The ideal way to go about this is to store the tubers in a dry and cool area.

In case the flower is planted in the ground, dig out the tubers during fall. Ideally you should wait until the foliage starts to yellow. Clean out the loose soil on the tubers and allow them to dry in a sunny place for a few days. You can then store them in a container with peat moss or sand over the winter.




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