Product Description:
Mussaenda is among the most sought after tropical shrubs for intense beauty shown from highly colorful flower bracts blooming all warmer and hot months. Mussaenda bushes are an evergreen tropical and subtropical shrub, which are the attractions of your garden from spring to fall, these are from the Rubiaceae family. It is quite popular and comes in colors like yellow, red etc. Mussaendas generally grow 1.5 to 2.5 metres (5 to 8 feet) tall in cultivation.This is a great houseplant and you can put it in thecontainer also.
Light:
They prefer full sun, so place it where there are less than 6 hours of sunshine. To get its shiny color, there is direct sunshine of morning and evening and shade in the hottest time.
Soil:
It is grown in a completely fertile, dry and organic-rich, medium moisture soil. Winter hardy USDA zones 9-11 its grows well.
Water:
Make sure to keep the bush water once or twice per week, it keeps moisture in the soil which is necessary for the plant, but do not let the mud. Water the plants during dry periods.
Fertilizer:
Plants prefer organic-rich and fertile soil which is heavily fed, these plants are regularly fertilized.
Propagation:
Mussaenda propagation can be done with soft or semi-hardwood cutting. Another way of propagating is air layering and for this, the spring and rainy season are most suitable.
Pruning:
Mussaenda bush is a stroller and benefits from annual pruning are beneficial. Generally, it should not be removed more than 1/3 of the development. If more renewal is required, then it is better to have long-term sorting, gradually reducing its size as required.
