Rhododendrons are familiar to everyone. Also known as Yingshanhong. In spring, it blooms everywhere in the wild. Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of gardening level, no one has planted traditional azaleas, but western azaleas at home.

Rhododendron occidentalis is cultivated by repeated hybridization of Rhododendron dauricum, Rhododendron dauricum and Rhododendron villosum. After years of variety improvement, there are many colors and varieties now.

Compared with traditional azaleas, western azaleas not only look better in color, but also have a very good flowering effect. Usually it blooms once in spring and once in autumn, and each flowering period can last for about 3 months. If there is a yard at home, plant it on the ground, and it will be a sea of flowers as soon as the flowering period arrives.

Rhododendron is very easy to raise, as long as it is given enough sunshine and watered and fertilized regularly, it can be raised well. It can accept half-day and all-day sunshine, and it can grow well as long as the illumination is suitable. Apply phosphate fertilizer, potassium dihydrogen phosphate and bone meal to it before and after flowering, and it will bloom and spend a lot. As long as there is enough phosphate fertilizer, azaleas can always bloom.

Western azaleas sell seedlings online, and the price is not expensive, more than ten yuan a pot. We just need to avoid Suqian as the shipping place, otherwise it will collapse if we plant it for half a year and find that it is azalea when it blooms. If you don't want to spend money on seedlings, there is another way, that is, pruning and cutting leaves.

It's the flowering period of azaleas. Go to the park near your home. When I saw azaleas with good colors, I cut one and took it home for cutting. Rhododendron is very suitable for cutting. Prepare perlite or vermiculite, put it in disposable cups, inject one third of water, and put the branches in a cool and ventilated place at home. It will take root and sprout in a month or so, and you will get a free azalea after planting.

Rhododendron is suitable for balcony people and people with yards. If balcony people are afraid of taking up space, they can raise them in small pots or make them into bonsai. Potted soil will limit the plant size of rhododendron. If you have a terrace or yard, you can let it go. Use large flowerpots or ground plants. The bigger the plant, the more flowers it will bloom.