Facts You Ought To Know Before Buying A Curcuma Flower

By Ronald Reed


If you are looking for a spectacular plant to add to your landscape, you should consider getting curcuma flowers. In the majorities of cases, you will find them in stores from late June to August. There are numerous frequently asked questions about this plant and it is best to know some basic facts about the curcuma flower and the kind of care it needs.

You can grow your flower in a garden bed or in a pot. Both options allow it to grow perfectly, though getting it potted will allow you to place it close to your house, perhaps on your patio. You need to ascertain that it is planted on properly drained soil and it also remains moist at all times. Because ensuring that the soil has plenty of organic matter is also important, you can choose to add organic matter into your sandy or clay soil to give the plant a chance to thrive.

Curcuma flowers are tropical beauties so you can choose to grow them under the shade or sun. The plant will even so thrive best in areas where it can get some morning sunlight and plenty of afternoon shade. If you choose a garden bed that gets sunshine all day, you merely need to ascertain that the grounds remain effectively moist.

A decent number of first-time buyers will ask if the curcumas spread. Well, the plant will not change much in terms of height and width from the time you buy it. It will not spread and this makes it excellent for small spaces. You should, however, look forward to seeing impressive leaf growth each season, though this may not mess with the size of your curcuma.

Unfortunately, your curcuma flowers will not make outstanding houseplants. Normally, they go dormant when put indoors and they may lose both their flowers and leaves. During the fall and summer months, however, they can thrive indoors as long as they are placed beside bright windows. Your plant may even so begin to wither if you leave it indoors until late spring.

Curcumas are tropical plants and this means that they may not thrive during the winter, at least not without some basic care. When they get exposed to frost or freezing temperatures, they dry out and this may force you to keep the flower as an annual plant. There are tips that could save you from having to buy new curcumas each year.

Curcumas are breathtaking. They have unique, flowers that are pine cone shaped and they showcase glorious candy hues. Because the plants are tropical perennial, they can survive the winter months with a little care. First, take the flowers indoors when the conditions are chilly. They will go dormant so treating them like houseplants may not help. The ideal way to go about this is to store the tubers in a dry and cool area.

In case you want to save a flower that is planted in a flower bed, you need to remove the tubers during the fall when the foliage begins to yellow. Remove the loose soil and sundry the tubers for a day or two. From this point, you should find reliable containers and fill them with peat moss or sand before preserving the dry tubers.




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