Azalea is characterized by colorful flowers, many varieties, fear of heat and cold.

1, colorful flowers

According to legend, there is a cuckoo bird in ancient times, day and night wailing and clucking blood, staining the flowers all over the mountain, azalea so named, azalea is usually bloomed in the spring, the color of the flowers bright, the corolla for the funnel-shaped, with a big red, rose red, light red, etc., was named one of the top ten famous flowers in China.

4, many varieties

The azalea is divided into five strains, namely, spring azalea, summer azalea, western azalea, eastern azalea, alpine azalea, a wide range of varieties, of which the spring azalea is native to China, the mountainous areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, the azalea is extremely rich in species, mostly growing on the shady slopes.

3, afraid of heat and cold

Azaleas like cool, moist, ventilated, semi-shady environment, the best growth temperature between 12-25 degrees Celsius, do not tolerate high temperatures, when the summer temperature is higher than 35 degrees Celsius, it will be slow growth, and the winter temperature is lower than 10 degrees Celsius, the azalea will be frozen.

Care and management of azaleas

Azaleas like acidic soil, home breeding to use sandy loam and vinegar residue with good drainage and permeability of a mixture of basal soil, and then choose loose porous ceramic pots as a vessel, the breeding process should be for the azalea every 1-2 years to change pots, to promote the root growth of the plant is strong.

The azalea likes light and is intolerant of shade, it is best to place it in a well-lit window or balcony to provide full sunlight for the plant, but when the light is too strong in the summer, it can only provide the azalea with diffused light in the morning and afternoon, and then move it into the semi-shade at noon, to avoid the leaves from being sunburned.

The azalea's branches and leaves are too luxuriant, it will affect the ventilation, easy to breed mosquitoes, resulting in a dirty indoor environment, the breeding process, we should regularly prune the azalea's dense branches, long branches, to improve the permeability of the inter-plant, and then ventilate the air to keep the environment air circulation, to avoid mosquitoes breeding.