How to tend a Bombax ceiba
Also known as: Melaleuca grandiflora Blanco, Pochota quinata (Jacq.) W.D.Stevens, Pachira quinata W.S.Alverson, Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand, Bombax aculeatum L., Bombax ceiba Burm.f., Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum Robyns, Bombax heptaphyllum Cav., Bombax malabaricum DC., Bombax quinatum Jacq., Bombax thorelii Gagnep., Bombax tussacii Urb., Gossampinus malabarica (DC.) Merr., Gossampinus rubra Buch.-Ham., Gossampinus thorelii (Gagnep.) Bakh., Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl.
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Water thoroughly when soil is dry, reduce water in summer to avoid root rots
Sunlight
Like adequate light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, dilute fertilizers following instructions, in early summer, spring and autumn apply fertilizers once monthly
Pruning
Remove withered flowers, old, diseased, and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Asia
- Category
- Bombacaceae, Bombax
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠15 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period March-April, viewing period 2-3 weeks
- Flower colors
- red or orange red
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