Born in the Madagascar Islands, Delonix Royal tirelessly continues to amaze the townsfolk with ever more sophisticated epithets. And this is no accident, because it is considered one of the unusual plants on the planet and fully justifies all the laurels assigned to it. The descendant of fire, the tree engulfed in flames, the royal flame, the phoenix cannot be counted all, and this is not the main thing. Delonix is \u200b\u200ba royal tree that everyone, even a beginner gardener, can grow under the power.

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1. Homeland of Delonix Royal   video
2. Taxonomic affiliation. Appearance Features
3. Delonix Royal landing, main events
4. Care features that provide optimal growing conditions
5. Royal Delonix as an object of landscape design

Homeland of Delonix Royal

Under natural conditions, royal delonix grows in many countries for which a hot climate is a common occurrence. But the Madagascar Islands, South Africa, Argentina and India, which should be proud of coming from their latitudes, can rightfully be considered the birthplace of a fire tree. But, despite its tropical origin, Delonix is \u200b\u200bnot afraid of prolonged droughts, and only frosts can destroy the fiery creation of tropical latitudes.

Lowering the temperature to one degree below zero is the limit at which Delonix Royal is able to maintain normal life. In the wild, the delonix royal tree is recognized as an endangered species, but not everything is as bad as it seems at first glance. In view of the high practical value realized in hot countries, royal delonix is \u200b\u200bsuccessfully cultivated in many states. In particular, the countries of South America, where the fire tree was introduced in the 17th century, can boast of this.

Taxonomic affiliation. Appearance Features

Royal Delonix, being a perennial plant belonging to the legume family, has a number of characteristic features. The fire tree is characterized by specific vegetation features: when grown in regions with a high level of insolation, which leads to the long-term preservation of high temperature indicators and low humidity, delonix in order to save moisture, drops foliage for several months. In tropical areas, he established himself as an evergreen plant.

The appearance of Delonix Royal is also surprising in its features. The characteristic emerald green leaves can reach half a meter and divide into several tens of pairs of small leaves, which also undergo division with the formation of oval-shaped leaves. Flowers of bright red color, collected in multiple inflorescences. Externally, delonix can be compared with a ball of fire, the flame of which can bewitch even the most selective viewer.

If you decide to create a fiery spectacle on your site, then the first and only thing you should do is plant the Delonix Royal. You can buy seeds without difficulty in any online store specializing in the sale of seeds of ornamental plants.

Delonix Royal landing, main events

Before planting a delonix, you need to carefully approach the choice of a site, since the royal delonix tree is very essential in terms of the level of illumination. It is preferable to choose an area characterized by bright, diffused sunlight, taking into account the short-term exposure to direct sunlight.

When it comes to choosing a soil, you need to know that royal delonix, whose photo you can see in the article, is very tolerant to soil characteristics and can grow in a wide range of acidity levels. The only thing you need to ensure when choosing a soil is high-quality drainage and aeration, as a native of Madagascar has a very negative attitude to moisture stagnation.

Propagation of delonix can be carried out both by cuttings and seeds, and the second method is the most acceptable, even taking into account the mandatory scarification of seeds.

Royal Delonix seeds are rather large, oval in shape, enclosed in a shell of high hardness. In this regard, before planting, the seeds must be scarified or softened, which is easiest to do by dipping the seeds with boiling water or acid. After scarification, the seeds must be soaked in warm water for a day and only then sown in prepared soil, not forgetting to remove the swollen protective membrane. Within a week, Delonix Royal will begin to delight you with the appearance of young sprouts, which over the course of a month will grow intensively and acquire all the outlines of a young tree. Flowering of a tree planted by means of cuttings will begin earlier than during seed propagation.

Care features that provide optimal growing conditions

Features of caring for Delonix royal are directly dictated by the natural conditions of its growth. As for watering, the spring and summer periods should be associated with abundant watering from the nature of a tropical plant, in winter, the time of moderate watering. But, despite all of the above, Royal Delonix is \u200b\u200ba very drought tolerant plant. The need for high ambient humidity, vital for a fire tree, is also due to its tropical origin.

Mandatory care for delonix is \u200b\u200ban annual tree transplant, which is carried out mainly in the spring. When transplanting, you need to take care of the quality of the soil mixture, the optimal composition of which is considered to be two parts of turf and leafy soil and one part of sand. At the same time, one must not forget about the need for quality drainage.

In order to provide optimal conditions for a fire tree to grow, it is necessary to remember the need for top dressing, which is carried out mainly from mid-March to late autumn with a frequency of once every two weeks.

The good news is that Royal Delonix is \u200b\u200bpractically not susceptible to attack by pests and diseases. Isolated cases of morbidity and damage by pests are caused by a violation of the light regime and improper watering of an ornamental plant.

Royal Delonix as an object of landscape design

In decorative gardening and landscape design, Delonix Royal has gained maximum recognition. Its unpretentiousness to the quality of the soil determines the frame cultivation of the fire tree. When growing Delonix, it is important to remember the unusual features of the wonderful tree, one of which is abundant flowering while limiting watering over the past few months.

Knowing that royal delonix tolerates pruning favorably, landscape designers use this for their own purposes, forming a plant of the desired shape and size from a sprawling tree, which is also relevant for frame cultivation and cultivation for bonsai. Recently, dwarf forms of the Delonix royal have become known, reaching three meters in height.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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