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Protea Cynaroides Also known as Putia flower, is the national flower of the Republic of South Africa. Its flowers are large, peculiar flower shape, magnificent and colorful, noble and elegant, the flowering period of more than half a year (May - December), known as the "king of flowers". Monarch plant life of more than a hundred years, long blooming, known as the world's most rich and magnificent cut flowers, representing the exuberant and tenacious vitality, and symbolizes victory, success and good luck.
Different climatic conditions and geographic environments create great variations in the foliage, flower shape, flower color, and blooming time of Monarchs. What's more interesting is that monarchs are gender-specific, with the male flowers, often called "emperors" or "princes", having flattened flowers and huge bracts that are fully open, emphasizing the emperor's dominance! Female flowers are called "Princess" or "Queen", bracts half-closed wrapped around the heart of the flower, subtle and elegant, flowers covered with some colorful fluff, like a layer of noble mink coat. It has high ornamental value.
🪴Growth habit: Monarch flower like warm, slightly dry and sunny environments, tolerate drought and barrenness, and are afraid of waterlogging. It is suitable for growing in loose, fertile and slightly acidic soil with good drainage and permeability.
🪴Medicinal value: Monarch flower is also a Chinese medicine, with anti-tendon contracture, cough and phlegm, brain, favorable urination, make the skin soft, the nervous system, calming, and promote sweating effect.
🪴Sowing propagation: often in the fall for seed sowing, after sowing to keep wet, after the seedlings can not be too wet, a little dry, when a pair of true leaves appear transplanted into pots, placed in a ventilated and well-lit place to maintain.
🪴How to plant?🪴
1. Choose the right containers
You can start seeds in almost any type of container, as long as it’s at least 2-3 ” deep and has some drainage holes. If you love to DIY by yourself, you might start growing seedlings in yogurt cups, milk cartons or even a paper cup.
2. The “potting soil”
Choose the potting soil that’s made for growing seedlings.
NOTE: Do not use soil from your garden or re-use potting soil from your houseplants. Start with a fresh, sterile mix that will ensure healthy, disease-free seedlings.
3. Planting
Some of the small ones can be sprinkled right on the soil surface. Larger seeds will need to be buried. After planting seeds, you have to moisten the newly planted seeds. To speed up germination, cover the pots with wet paper or a plastic dome. This helps keep the seeds moist before they germinate. When you see the first signs of green, you have to remove the cover.
4. Watering, feeding, repeating
As the seedlings grow up, you have to keep the soil moist but not soggy. Let the soil dry slightly between waterings. Remember to feed the seedlings regularly with liquid fertilizer.
5. Light
Seeds need a lot of light. Set the lights on a timer for 15 hours a day. If you’re growing in a window, choose a south-facing exposure. Rotate the pots regularly to keep plants from leaning into the light. If you’re growing under lights, adjust them so they’re just a few inches above the tops of the seedlings. Keep in mind that seedlings need darkness, too, so they can rest. As the seedlings grow taller, raise the lights.
6. Move to outdoors
It’s not a good idea to move your seedlings directly from the protected environment of your home into the garden. You’ve been coddling these seedlings for weeks, so they need a gradual transition to the great outdoors. About a week before you plan to set the seedlings into the garden, place them in a protected spot outdoors (partly shaded, out of the wind) for a few hours, bringing them in at night. Gradually, over the course of a week or 10 days, expose them to more and more sunshine and wind. A cold frame is a great place to harden off plants.
