Malope trifida profile

Malope trifida is a plant of the Malope trifida family, native to Spain and North Africa. Malope trifida likes warm, sunny, do not choose the soil, but with sandy loam is appropriate. Plants ca. are 70cm tall, much branched. 

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Morphological characteristics of Malope trifida

Malope trifida is a plant of the genus malope trifida in the malope family. The plant is about 70cm tall and has many branches. The leaves are alternate, serrated, the flowers are solitary in the axils of the leaves. Malope trifida has 5 petals, red, the base is red and purple, the flowering period is May to June.

Ecological habits of the Malope trifida

Malope trifida is a light-tolerant and cold-tolerant plant. Malope trifida should be placed in a well-ventilated place with sufficient sunshine. Although it can grow in semi-shade, Malope trifida has long internodes, tall plants and few flowers. Malope trifida likes warm, spring to autumn is its growth season, side long branches and leaves edge pregnant bud blossom. In winter, if Malope trifida overwintered indoors at 20℃ or above, Malope trifida could also flower. In the south, they could overwinter outdoors. In the severe winter, all the stems and branches on the ground withered, but the roots did not die. In the north, flower pots need to be moved indoors for the winter.

Malope trifida prefers warm, sunny soil, but sandy loam soil is preferred. 

Malope trifida growing methods

The soil selection

Malope trifida is not strict with soil and grows best in loose and fertile slightly acidic sandy loam. The basin is better with permeability, better soil pottery basin, appropriate a little deeper, a little bigger. If using a plastic basin, it is necessary to pad a layer of broken hard plastic foam at the bottom of the basin to enhance air permeability and drainage.

Sewage sludge management

Malope trifida like wet, avoid waterlogging, afraid of drought, should be often watered, keep the basin soil wet but not waterlogging as well. Malope trifida likes fertilizer, when on the basin, put some base fertilizer with phosphorus potassium as the main fertilizer, after every half a month or so application of nitrogen phosphate potassium compound fertilizer, avoid single application of nitrogen fertilizer, otherwise easy to grow, leaves spend less.

Growing conditions

Malope trifida positive plants are light tolerant and cold tolerant, and should be placed in a place with good ventilation and sufficient sunshine. Although Malope trifida can grow under semi-shade conditions, they have long internodes, tall plants and few flowers. Malope trifida likes warm, spring to autumn is its growth season, side long branches and leaves edge pregnant bud blossom.In winter, if they overwintered indoors at 20℃ or above, they could also flower. In the south, Malope trifida could overwinter outdoors. In the severe winter, all the stems and branches on the ground withered, but the roots did not die.In the north, flower pots need to be moved indoors for the winter.

Dressing methods

When the seedlings of Malope trifida grow to about 10 cm, they should be transplanted into a pot with a diameter of 20 cm to 30 cm. One Malope trifida should be planted in each pot, and the heart should be picked from the upper pot, which can not only make it dwarf, but also promote it to have long branches, so as to form a dwarf round plant with many flowers and beautiful shape.

Malope trifida propagation

Malope trifida can be propagated using the seeding method, sowing in autumn and flowering in spring of the following year; Spring sowing and late flowering. Picking the heart during the growing period can promote branching and flowering.

Division

In spring, when the new stem that germinates from the old root grows to more than 10 centimeters, the combination turns over the basin to change the soil, cut off the new stem with fibrous root and plant it again.

Seeding method

The seedlings can be sown in autumn, left in the original pot for winter, and transplanted in the next spring. Malope trifida can also be planted in spring, and transplanted when the seedlings are 10 cm high. Those who sow in autumn begin to flower in spring and those who sow in spring begin to flower in summer.

The distribution area of Malope trifida

Malope Trifida is native to Spain and North Africa.

Landscape use of Malope trifida

The Malope Trifida can be decorated with flower beds, flower borders or pot plants.

Malope Trifida flower language

The flower language of Malope trifida is silence.