Why is crape myrtle also called mosquito flower? Why is crape myrtle called mosquito flower?

Crape myrtle flowers like a moist environment, and it is easy to attract mosquitoes in a humid environment, and there will be many mosquitoes inhabiting trees, so it is also called mosquito flower.

In addition to mosquito flowers, crape myrtle flowers are also called zinnia, purple gold, barkless trees, itchy trees, etc. Crape myrtle flowers usually bloom between June and September, and the flower color is mostly red, and the flowering period lasts for about 100 days, because it is called whooping red.

Crape myrtle cultivation method:

1. Sufficient light.

Crape myrtle flowers need sufficient light during the growth process, if the light is insufficient, it will cause the plant to be unable to carry out normal photosynthesis, resulting in slow growth of crape myrtle flowers, it is necessary to move the crape myrtle flowers to a place where they can get sunlight for cultivation, and when the light is too strong, it is necessary to block the sunlight for the crape myrtle flowers.

2. Soil conditions.

When cultivating crape myrtle flowers, it is necessary to provide them with fertile sandy soil, and humus soil rich in nutrients and loose soil can be used as a cultivation medium, which not only has good air permeability, but also has excellent drainage ability, which can make crape myrtle flowers grow more vigorously.

3. Suitable temperature.

Crape myrtle flowers are suitable for growing in an environment with a temperature of 20 degrees to 25 degrees, if the ambient temperature is lower than 10 degrees, it will cause the plant to be frostbitten, and may even make the crape myrtle flower die.

4. Prune regularly.

When cultivating crape myrtle flowers, you need to regularly observe the growth state of the plant, if you find that its leaves grow too densely, you need to use scissors to cut the dense leaves, which can not only avoid the loss of excess nutrients, but also increase the light transmittance of crape myrtle flowers, which can promote the healthy growth of crape myrtle flowers.

Crape myrtle flowers are called mosquito flowers, mainly because there will be a large number of mosquitoes inhabiting on it during the growth period, and crape myrtle flowers like a humid environment, and it is easy to attract mosquitoes in humid places, so it is named, crape myrtle flowers usually bloom between June and September, the flower color is mostly red, and the flowering period will last for about 100 days, which is also called whooping red.

Crape myrtle flowers are called mosquito flowers, mainly because the plant likes to grow in a humid environment, and when the air humidity is too high, it will breed a large number of mosquitoes, and these eggs will stay on the crape myrtle tree for a long time, densely packed.

Crape myrtle is a deciduous shrub or small tree, with a height of 7 meters, smooth bark, gray or gray-brown color, papery leaves, oval shape, broad rectangular round, light red, purple, white, often composed of 7-20 cm apical panicles.

Crape myrtle flowers are suitable for growing in a semi-shady environment, like fertile, moist soil, have a certain degree of drought tolerance, grow well in both calcareous soil and acidic soil, and crape myrtle flowers are native to Asia and are now widely planted in tropical areas.

The propagation method of crape myrtle flower has sowing, cuttings, stripping, branching and grafting, etc., sowing and propagation should be harvested in November and December each year, and sown or sown on sandy loam soil in March of the following spring, the brightness distance between strip sowing is 30cm, the depth is 2cm, and the grass is covered with soil steadily.

Because the flowers will attract mosquitoes to starve the world.

The main reason is that there will be a large number of mosquitoes inhabiting it during the growth period, and crape myrtle flowers like a moist environment, and it is easy to attract mosquitoes in humid places, hence the name.

In addition to being called mosquito flower, crape myrtle is also called itchy tree, barkless tree, purple goldenrod, purple orchid, zinnia, etc.

"Itchy flowers" It is said that crape myrtle trees are afraid of itching!

As long as one gently touches the trunk of the crape myrtle tree, it immediately shakes its branches and leaves and trembles all over.

This characteristic is so amazing that some people call crape myrtle flowers "itchy flowers". In the early stage of growth, crape myrtle trees have relatively thin branches. If you touch it, of course it will move!

Crape myrtle flowers are called mosquito flowers, mainly because there will be a large number of mosquitoes inhabiting it during the growth period, and crape myrtle flowers like a moist environment, and it is easy to attract mosquitoes in humid places, hence the name, crape myrtle flowers usually bloom between June and September, the flower color is mostly red, and the flowering period will last for about 100 days, also known as whooping red.