Sudanese rose how to grow at home

Sudanese rose, Venetian mallow, pharaoh flower, rosella - popular names Hibiscus subdariffalso called hibiscus.

Recently, red, dried petals of this beautiful plant have been imported to our country. Hibiscus drink has been known since ancient times in many countries.

In Sudan, Mexico, India, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Sudanese rose is grown on an industrial scale.

In Egypt, aromatic tea made from it is considered a traditional drink. How to grow and care for this exotic flower at home, we will consider further.

Characteristics and description of the Sudanese rose

For the first time, the Sudanese rose was mentioned in the times of Ancient Egypt, when healers began to use its healing properties in treatment. In those ancient times, it was believed that this magnificent flower can cure any ailment. Many centuries have passed, and some still endow the plant with medicinal and magical properties. Thus, Muslims revere the plant and associate the five rose petals with religious precepts.

Most people know about this plant only that a sweet-sour drink is brewed from its dried petals. In countries where the rose is cultivated everywhere, it is used much more widely. Delicious jams and jellies, aromatic drinks are prepared from the flower, and the stems of a young plant are added to main courses and salads.

This is a herbaceous shrub that, in natural conditions, can grow up to 3–3.5 meters in height. The root system is quite long and deep, and the crown is branched. The stems of a young plant are green, with a reddish color. As they grow older, the stem is covered with the thinnest gray bark. The leaves are jagged at the edges and rough. In the upper part of the plant, the leaves are pointed, in the lower part - oval. The flowers of the rose are large (up to 6 cm in diameter), of a bright, dark red color, are located on the stem and are attached to it with the help of a small pedicel. The flower petals are thick, the flower calyx is fleshy and juicy. It is in it that a large number of useful substances are concentrated.

Features of the reproduction of hibiscus

Many indoor plant lovers grow this wonderful and useful flower at home. For self-cultivation, reproduction is used. Cultivation is carried out in two ways - propagation by seeds and cuttings.

Growing from seeds

It is believed that growing such a rose from seeds is much easier. Firstly, this method is less laborious, and secondly, flower seeds have good germination even after 5 years. The seeds are bought in a special store, but you can also get them from tea bags "Karkade".

Planting seeds in greenhouses or pots is done as follows:

1. Before planting, you need to disinfect the planting material. To do this, the seeds are soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 30-60 minutes.
2. After the time has elapsed, the seeds must be rinsed well in running water. Further, for germination, they are soaked in a growth stimulator (planting material is placed in a tissue soaked in a solution).
3. After 3-4 weeks young sprouts will appear, seeds with sprouts are sown in prepared separate pots.If the seedlings will be planted in a greenhouse or soil, then it is better to sow in a disposable container.

Rose pretty demanding on the composition of the soil... For her, it is better to choose a special soil mixture that has a good drainage effect and at the same time is fertile. The best option is purchase of finished soil... But you can also prepare the potting mix yourself. Sand is taken as a basis and humus, peat, and horse land are added to it. It is recommended to apply wood ash as a fertilizer.

Planting by cuttings

Growing a Sudanese rose from cuttings contributes to the preservation of the decorative features of the flower. It is not difficult to grow a flower by this method, you just need to follow some agrotechnical rules, which include the following points:

1. Cuttings should only be used from young (annual) shoots. It is allowed to use the upper shoots that remain after pruning.
2. The best period for rooting is spring or the second decade of summer. It is important that the shoots take root before the first cold weather.
3. If the cuttings are harvested directly from the bush, then the lower cut should be 0.5-1 cm below the bud.
4. The best cutting length is 10-15 cm. 3-4 viable buds should grow on it.
5. 24 hours before planting, the cuttings are dipped in the lower part of the stimulating solution for root growth.
6. Further, the cuttings are planted in a moist soil mixture, which consists of peat and sand with the addition of humus and leafy soil.
7. To create a greenhouse effect, the planted planting material is covered with a transparent plastic bottle.

The cuttings take root completely in 1–1.5 months. All this period they follow provide proper care and create optimal conditions for growth:

• depending on the season, the temperature should be maintained at 19-25 degrees;
• it is necessary to monitor the state of the substrate, prevent it from drying out and moisten it in time;
• planting material should be regularly inspected; rotten and diseased cuttings should be removed.

After the cuttings are well rooted and the buds begin to grow, pinch off the tops. This is necessary for good branching of the seedlings.

Hibiscus care at home

The plant loves abundant watering and good illumination, but does not tolerate direct sunlight and drafts. With a sharp drop in temperature or a draft, the flower can shed its wonderful flowers. It is worth noting that they appear only 5 years after planting.

The optimum temperature for a plant is 20 degrees. Moreover, in winter it should be higher than 15 degrees, and in summer - no higher than 25 degrees.

Often due to lack of air humidity, the tips of the flower's leaves dry out. To prevent this from happening, the leaves must be sprayed with water. In an older, already stiff plant, you can cut the crown. After trimming, the wounds are covered with garden varnish.

During the period of active growth, the Sudanese rose needs additional feeding. It is better to fertilize the plant with bacterial liquid fertilizers. They must be used strictly according to the instructions on the package.

This flower is susceptible to some diseases and pests. Common diseases are anthracnose and bacterial cancer, pests - spider mites and aphids. To combat them, only spraying and drug treatment are used. But you can also deal with insects manually. In more severe and neglected cases, the flower dies.

The use of hibiscus in cooking and medicine

In the opinion of many, only fragrant and tasty tea is prepared from flower petals. But where this plant grows in nature, desserts, jams, compote, cocktails and a special tincture are prepared from it. The stems of a young flower are used as vegetables.

The petals that remained after tea necessarily eaten, as they contain many antioxidants, vitamins and antiseptic substances.

Tea gives the body energy, normalizes blood pressure, has a beneficial effect on the walls of blood vessels, and improves vision. And in the East, hibiscus tea is considered the main healing drink. It has been proven that tea has a healing effect for the following problems and diseases:

• tea that is prepared according to all the rules can soothe heartburn;
• with regular consumption of tea, constipation is eliminated, and the work of the digestive tract improves;
• tea contains a large amount of trace elements and vitamins, therefore it is recommended to use it for people with low immunity;
• but also the product helps to lower blood cholesterol;
• with diabetes mellitus, hibiscus tea facilitates the course of the disease;
• infusion is also used in dermatology to treat eczema and psoriasis;
• tea has a diuretic effect and perfectly relieves swelling;
• the ability to strengthen the walls of blood vessels was noted, this is especially important for those who suffer from cardiovascular diseases;
• tea lowers a slight increase in temperature in case of colds.

And it is not without reason that this plant is also called “the flower of the pharaohs”. According to legend, Queen Cleopatra not only consumed tea from flowers, but also regularly took healing baths from it. It was believed that it was the Sudanese rose that gave her skin a silky and coppery tint. But what is important is that the wonderful effect of the flower is still used in cosmetology:

• steamed flower petals are applied to the face with inflamed and problem skin;
• with puffiness of the eyes, use hibiscus tea leaves, applying it to problem areas;
• the problem of oily hair can also be solved by rose flowers, the gruel from them is rubbed into the hair roots, thus, it is possible to reduce the production of sebum.

Sudanese rose, hibiscus and karkade are the names of the same flower. She is not as spectacular as her closest relative, the Chinese one, so she is not often found in the collections of indoor plants.

Meanwhile, the plant is widely known for being Healing hibiscus tea is made from its dried perianths.

Description of hibiscus Scarlet cocktail

Sudanese rose (Hibiscus sabdariffa, Scarlet cocktail) Is a perennial herb of the Malvaceae family. In natural conditions - a sprawling shrub with a powerful root system, reaching 3 m 50 cm in height.

Young shoots plants are reddish-green in color, lignified ones look gray-green due to the numerous cracks that cover the bark.

Leaves - rough, oval, on young shoots - with a pointed top.

Flowers medium-sized, 6-7 cm in diameter, solitary, sitting on short pedicels. The petals are of a deep red hue, less often - pink, cream, purple. Perianths are dense, fleshy, dark red.

Hibiscus tea, the raw material for which is the Sudanese rose, is useful for nervous exhaustion and metabolic disorders.

However, if a person has acidity, stomach ulcer, urolithiasis, he should not use such tea.

What you need to know about hibiscus:

Can you grow a Sudanese rose at home?

The flower comes from tropical latitudes, where in winter the temperature rarely drops below + 15 ° C.

therefore outdoors, it can only be grown in the south, providing a secure hiding place. More often this plant is grown as an indoor plant.

Features of planting and caring for hibiscus

Growing in an apartment

The plant prefers flowerpots by the size of the root system... In close ones, it will develop poorly and look oppressed, and in too spacious, the roots can rot.

Tip: choose heavy ceramic flowerpots for the Sudanese rose. Plastic plants for this plant are not resistant enough.

For growing a Sudanese rose at home you need to prepare a nutritious soil mixture from equal parts of leaf and sod land, rotted humus and river sand.

Before planting the plant in the prepared soil mixture, it must be calcined in the oven for 30-45 minutes. This will kill most pests and disease-causing bacteria. Such processing will not affect the quality of the soil.

As drainage you can use coarse river sand or expanded clay medium fraction. The drainage layer must be at least 4 cm.

Tip: if there is no commercial drainage at hand, you can put rubble washed and calcined in the oven on the bottom of the flowerpot.

The plant can be grown in an apartment, in a pot

In the first two to three years, the Sudanese rose needs an annual transplant., then transplanted every two or three years. Adult specimens, which are more than 8-10 years old, only replace the top layer of soil by 5 cm.

Pinch the tops of young shoots regularly... This promotes better branching of the bush and the establishment of flower buds, which are formed only on the shoots of the current year.

Hibiscus feels equally good in full sun and partial shade. However, a lack of sunlight can negatively affect its flowering.

At noon, the plant should be shaded.

Like all hibiscus, the Sudanese rose is thermophilic. The optimum temperature for her is +23 - + 25 ° C.

Watering a Sudanese rose after the top layer of soil dries out. Water for irrigation should be warm. In the summer, watered abundantly, in winter - in moderation.

For abundant flowering Sudanese rose fertilized with fertilizers for flowering plants or special ones designed for hibiscus.

Sudanese rose or hibiscus:

In the open field

Sudanese rose can be grown in a flowerbed as an annual... Rooted cuttings are planted in open ground in spring or early summer, when the air temperature at night will not drop below + 15 ° C.

Planting material is harvested in advance: in July-August, during scheduled pruning.

For this, cuttings with four to five internodes are cut with a sharp knife or pruner and kept for 1 hour in a solution of any root formation stimulator.

After that planted in plastic cups filled with light soil with the addition of perlite or vermiculite, moisten and place under a plastic bag.

Tip: if there is no root formation stimulant at hand, you can use aloe juice - cut off a piece of the lower leaf 5-6 cm long, stick a stalk into it and leave it for 1-1.5 hours.

After that, without washing off the juice, plant it in the prepared soil mixture.

In a month, overgrown roots will be visible through the transparent walls of the glasses. After that the cuttings transplanted into small pots and care for them as described above.

The plant can be grown outdoors as an annual

A plant in a flower bed quickly turns into a beautiful bush.strewn with bright colors. It is undemanding to watering, withstands direct sunlight, is content with one or two additional fertilizing.

Outdoors, this plant will bloom before the onset of cool weather.

After that, it can be transplanted into a flowerpot and transferred to the room for the winter. With the arrival of spring, the shoots are shortened and the plant is planted in a flower bed.

Growing problems

The Sudanese rose is quite unpretentious. The main thing that she needs when growing on a windowsill is regular watering and humidity.

If the soil in the pot dries up, the plant will immediately shed its buds. To prevent this from happening, you need to check the soil moisture with a toothpick.

To cope with dry air will help daily spraying or indoor fountain.

To grow a flower in an apartment, regular watering and air humidity are required

Preparing for winter

Plants grown outdoors can be left to winter in a flower bed. For this the aerial part is cut off.

The roots are covered with a cardboard box, and spruce branches are thrown on top. You can additionally cover the roots with sawdust.

If the plant is not frozen, it will grow back in spring and will delight you with especially lush flowering.

Protection against diseases and pests

Spider mite... In winter, when the air in the apartment is dry, the Sudanese rose is often affected by spider mites. A thin cobweb entangling internodes and small holes on the lower part of the leaves are signs of the appearance of this pest.

The leaves affected by the mite begin to turn yellow and crumble. If the plant is not treated with an insecticide in a timely manner, it may die.

The best prevention of the appearance of a spider mite is regular spraying.

Chlorosis... Lack of iron, zinc or magnesium in the soil can cause chlorosis. This disease is characterized by a gradual yellowing of the leaves. However, they do not fall off.

Effectively act against chlorosis by spraying and watering with iron chelate solution. If the lesion was small, the leaves turn green again. In more advanced cases, the natural color returns unevenly.

Tip: so that the hibiscus subdariffa does not suffer from chlorosis, you can water and spray it with onion peel infusion instead of water.

Spider mites and chlorosis most commonly affect the Sudanese rose

Due to certain difficulties associated with the maintenance and care, sabdariffa hibiscus is grown much less frequently than the Chinese rose... This can only be done by an experienced florist.

Growing a Sudanese rose is not easy. Many do not know that Hibiscus tea is made from the Sudanese rose. The Sudanese rose belongs to the genus Hibiscus, which belong to the Malvaceae family. At home, you can grow Chinese Rose and Chinese Hibiscus. Moreover, the first will be a close relative of the Sudanese rose, but hibiscus tea cannot be made from it. Those who have this plant enjoy its beauty.

The Sudanese rose has dark purple flowers and a green stem with a reddish tint. In their natural environment, hibiscus can reach a height of 5 meters. The Sudanese rose is grown in Sudan, India, China, Thailand, Mexico, the islands of Java and Sri Lanka. The flower of the Sudanese rose is depicted on the coat of arms of Malaysia. In its five petals, Muslims see the five commandments of the Islamic religion.

How is the Sudanese rose grown?

The Sudanese rose propagates by cuttings and very rarely by seeds. The grafting procedure is carried out in spring or summer. Cuttings of 10 cm are cut from annual shoots, they look to each have 3-4 buds.

Cooked cuttings:

• They are planted in a container, to a depth of approximately 3 cm;
• Cover with foil on top;
• Spraying is carried out daily, and the room is ventilated in the morning and in the evening;
• The room temperature should be 22 - 25 degrees Celsius.

In the future, the room is ventilated more often. In summer and winter, the room temperature should be different. If this is summer, then up to 23 degrees, in the autumn period we slowly reduce to 17 degrees. In winter, the room temperature must be at least 16 degrees.

If all these conditions, temperature fluctuations are not observed, then the leaves and buds of the plant begin to fall off. From time to time it is necessary to spray the Sudanese rose, but not with cold, but slightly warm water.

This is a light-loving plant. The light should be bright, but direct sunlight should be avoided. Additional lighting is required in winter. Watering the plant should be good, but it should be done very carefully. Overfilling the plant can cause the roots to rot. Conversely, if you dry out the soil, the plant can shed its buds. In general, the Sudanese rose is a very capricious plant.

In the summer and spring periods, it is imperative to fertilize the plant, according to the instructions that will be written on the package. Usually, these are the fertilizers that are intended for flowering plants.You can only fertilize after watering the flower.

About medicinal properties

The healing properties of the Sudanese rose were known many years ago. In those countries where the Sudanese rose grows, it is considered a medicine. Tea is made from it. The beneficial and harmful properties of tea have been known since ancient times. Hibiscus tea contains a large amount of vitamin C. It is especially good to drink it during the flu and cold season. When tea is taken in large quantities, its laxative effect is manifested.

There have been many studies on whether tea actually lowers blood pressure. For a month and a half people suffering from hypertension drank this tea. At the end of the experiment, American scientists found that it actually lowers blood pressure by seven percent. But the controversy over what temperature the drink should be taken still does not subside. The fruits of the Sudanese rose really have a beneficial effect on our body.

The benefits of tea

Malignant tumor, in other words, cancer, has become a very common disease of our time. She is the most terrible disease today. Hibiscus flowers contain antioxidants that can remove free radicals from the human body.

Healing properties of tea:

• Tea brewed according to all the rules can relieve heartburn;
• Frequent consumption of tea can solve such a delicate problem as constipation or atony of the large intestine;
• It is good to use this drink for people who have reduced immunity, it is a strengthening drink, due to the content in it of a large amount of vitamins and microelements;
• If a person has high cholesterol, then drinking this tea lowers it;
• For those people who have a disease such as diabetes, this drink helps to ease its course;
• Skin diseases such as psoriasis and eczema can disappear after a course of lotions from this flower;
• If you have swelling, then you should consume this tea. It will provide a diuretic effect;
• This drink strengthens the capillaries well. It helps those who have cardiovascular disease;
• In case of colds, this drink is good to use to lower the temperature.

Hibiscus harm

If you are a healthy person, then drinking this tea will not harm you.

People with certain diseases should simply cut themselves off in using such tea in order to avoid negative manifestations:

• With extreme caution, it is worth using it for people with allergies;
• In no case should it be consumed by those who have increased stomach acidity, because this drink increases it even more;
• Pregnant and young mothers should limit themselves in the use of this drink;
• People with low blood pressure are better off avoiding this tea.

All organisms are different, even the most harmless product that can be consumed in large quantities can harm the body.

The dried petals of a Sudanese rose contain a large amount of tartaric, citric and malic organic acids. They are the reason for the bitter taste of the drink.

Rosella, Venetian mallow, Pharaonic flower, Sudanese rose are common names for the Hibiscus sabdariff, which we know as hibiscus. Most recently, dried red petals of this beautiful plant began to be imported into our country, and we got acquainted with a drink that has long been known in many countries. In Egypt, hibiscus is a national drink, and is grown commercially in Sudan (the highest quality raw materials), India, Mexico, Thailand, China, Sri Lanka and the island of Java. Dried hibiscus petals, cups and rosants are sold both by weight, and packed in colorful bags or convenient infusion bags.

Application of the Sudanese rose

In our usual view, aromatic sweet and sour tea is prepared from the red petals of this plant, which can be drunk both hot and cold.Few people know that they use the Sudanese rose not only in the form of tea and decoctions, from its petals you can make jam, jelly, compote, preserves, make tincture or cocktails. Stems, young shoots, leaves and flower petals are added to salads, first and second courses as vegetables. The soaked petals remaining after drinking tea will be useful to eat, since they contain a lot of vitamins, antioxidants and antiseptic substances. This plant gives the body energy, regulates pressure, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, improves vision, and in general in the East it is considered "a cure for all diseases."

And it is not without reason that hibiscus carries the epithet "flower of the pharaohs." According to legend, the Egyptian queen Cleopatra not only drank a decoction of hibiscus, but also regularly took baths from it. Supposedly it was he who gave her skin a unique copper tint. Whether it was so or not, we no longer know, but our contemporaries began to use the magical properties of this flower in cosmetology:

• for problem skin of the face, the soaked petals are used in the form of a cleansing mask;
• for swelling around the eyes, use the tea leaves of the Sudanese rose, wrapping it in gauze bags;
• the problem of oily hair helps to solve the periodic rubbing of gruel from the petals, which reduces the secretion of sebum.

Growing a Sudanese rose at home

Lovers of home plants, as well as a pleasant and healthy drink and natural cosmetics, can grow this wonderful flower at home. In garden nurseries and shops "everything for the garden" is unlikely to find rooted cuttings or young seedlings of hibiscus. Therefore, you will have to start growing a Sudanese rose yourself. Subsequently, it will be possible to harvest cuttings from your lignified plant by rooting them in the usual way, i.e. soaking in a growth stimulant and planting in soil or sand under a glass jar.

The seeds can be ordered on the Internet or, even easier, you can look for them in the purchased package with hibiscus. Soak them, and after the appearance of a tender sprout, plant them in a small pot, which, as the plant grows, will need to be replaced with a larger container (a tub with a volume of up to 100 liters). The soil for a young shoot needs to be prepared light. The easiest way is to buy a package of ready-made soil substrate for ornamental shrubs, which includes leaf and horse soil, peat, sand and humus. As the plant grows heavier and grows (up to two meters in height), it is transplanted into a pot with heavier soil, and if the volume of the pot allows it, and there is no way to transplant the flower, then they simply add new soil.

Home Sudanese Rose Care

The hibiscus sprout is very fond of watering and light, but not direct sunlight, and does not tolerate drafts. With a change in temperature or a draft, a capricious plant drops flowers, which, by the way, will appear 5 years after planting. Feels comfortable at a temperature of about + 20 ° C (above + 15 ° in winter, and up to 25 ° in summer). With a lack of moisture, the tips of the leaves dry out, and this can be avoided by spraying with water. In an adult lignified bush, if necessary, you can trim the crown, covering the wounds with garden pitch. Caring for a Sudanese rose also consists in feeding the plant, especially during the growth period, with liquid bacterial fertilizers. They should be used in accordance with the directions on the packaging.

The Sudanese rose is susceptible to certain diseases (bacterial cancer, anthracnose) and suffers from pests (aphids, spider mites). In some cases, spraying and treatment with special preparations or the physical destruction of insects helps, but in especially difficult cases the plant dies.

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