- Country of manufactureKazakhstan
Eskhinantus- ornamental deciduous plant. Has leathery, opposite, brilliant leaves of bright green color. Takes especially exotic form when blossoms. Florets of a tubular form. Petals of flowers happen bright red or orange.
Watering
This plant has to have moderately damp soil. Does not love stagnation of water. It is better to water room temperature, without lime. At deficiency of moisture fall down leaves and flower kidneys.
Lighting
Eskhinantus very much loves light therefore he demands good lighting, direct beams of the sun damage a plant.
Top dressing
It is necessary to feed up universal B-mineral fertilizer especially for the blossoming plants when there is growth and blossoming, from spring to fall. In the winter top dressing is stopped.
Change
It is necessary to replace together with the soil once a year, after blossoming in the fall or in the spring. Good soil with an expanded clay additive an indispensable condition. The layer of a drainage has to be thick. To improve decorative properties of a plant, it is necessary to cut off after blossoming.
Possible difficulties
A big wrecker for this plant are the plant louse, ticks and worms. For fight against insects it is necessary to use alcohol, and then to process an insecticide. If tips of leaves become dry and brown, it most likely from dry air, a heat or from drying. At damage of the soil by wreckers fall down leaves. This plant does not blossom in a shadow.
