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Florida hopbush Dodonaea viscosa

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Generalities Florida hopbush
These plants are shrubs. The Florida hopbush grows erect, developing a short stem with a small crown, usually roundish. Florida hopbush Is an evergreen; during spring iIt assumes a white colouring; the adult specimens are medium in size and reach 3 m high.

Exposure Florida hopbushSole pieno
Plant which need at least a few hours a day of solar light. These plants don't fear the cold weather and therefore can be grown in the garden during any time of year.When the minimum temperatures are very low we can protec the more sensible brushes by covering their roots with dry leaves or straw.

Watering Florida hopbushTenere asciutto
Let’s avoid watering the the Florida hopbush excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 2-3 weeks with 1-2 buckets of water . If we decide to grow a specimen of the Florida hopbush in a container, we should remember that it will have slightly different needs compared to a specimen grown in the ground: we should pay more attention to its water and nutritional needs and check more often for possible development of parassites.

Treatments Florida hopbush
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Soil Florida hopbush
Locate in a soft soil with an accentuated drainage.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
6
0
0
1
0
1
continental
5
0
0
2
0
1
mediterranean
4
0
0
3
0
1

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Notes Florida hopbush

There aren't any notes. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area alpine mediterranean

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