Is red silver willow cultivated dry or hydroponically (how to care for it at home and avoid making mistakes)

"Golden willow and silver willow are available every year." The colorful silver willow in the flower market is one of the most popular New Year flowers.

This kind of flower arrangement not only has a beautiful meaning and is suitable for decorating the home during the Spring Festival, but it is also very easy to maintain. Even if you don't know how to grow flowers, you can still grow a pot of it at home for viewing.

Is it better to grow silver willow dry or in water?

Silver willow is a windproof and sand-fixing plant with tenacious vitality and is very resistant to salinity and drought. The silver willow branches we see in the flower market are all covered with colorful buds .

In fact, its flower buds are white, but they were artificially dyed later , but this does not affect its ornamental effect at all.

After buying silver willow branches, I don't know whether it is better to grow them in water or dry-rooted? In fact, you can grow silver willows in water or dry-rooted at home , and you can decide according to your own preferences.

Cultivating silver willow in a vase of water (photo)

Maintenance method of hydroponic silver willow

First, let's talk about the hydroponic silver willow branches. Hydroponic cultivation is actually very simple. I believe many flower lovers have hydroponic lucky bamboo, and the method is similar.

Step 1: Pruning

First , cut a section from the bottom of the silver willow branches you bought according to the required height. The cut should be a 45° slope to increase the water absorption area .

Step 2: Insert the bottle

After the branches are processed, prepare a beautiful vase and insert the branches into the vase. It is best to match several colors, so that it looks colorful and more festive and beautiful.

Step 3: Change water and maintain

You don't need to add too much water to the vase, generally 3 to 5 cm deep is enough. Add water after the water level drops, or change it with clean new water every three to five days. In this way, the flower buds on the silver willow branches will slowly open and roots will grow at the bottom.

Step 4: Bloom after taking root

The water-cultured silver willow can take root and survive, and the flower buds will slowly open . However, the ornamental period is short , and after the flowers wither, they lose their ornamental value and can be thrown away directly.

Dry-growing red silver willow (picture)

Maintenance method of dry-cut silver willow

The so-called dry-rooted silver willow means that it does not need water to be grown. After buying the silver willow branches, match the silver willow branches of different colors and directly insert them into a beautiful vase without adding water.

Because the branches lose their water supply, the flower buds on them will slowly dehydrate and dry up as the water evaporates, forming a kind of dried flower .

In this way, the flower buds can remain on the branches for a longer time without falling off, and some can even last for a year without falling off, and they look particularly beautiful when placed at home .

It is easier and more worry-free to grow silver willows at home than to grow them hydroponically , and the flower buds on the branches will last longer and the viewing time will be longer. You don't need to add or change water when you keep it at home, so it will be much easier to maintain.