Tong Tong

[Scientific name] Clerodendrum japonicum

[alias] Stern flowers, champion red

[Common genus] Verbenaceae

Production in China's southwest, south and Zhejiang, India, Japan, Malaysia also. Hi light, slightly shade-tolerant. Hi warm and humid climate, but also more drought-resistant.
Deciduous shrubs, about 0.7-1.5m high. Leaves opposite, heart-shaped or broadly ovate, with finely serrated edges. Terminal confetti inflorescence, about 30cm long; calyx red, corolla bright red; flowering period from May to July.

The ramets, cuttings and sowing methods reproduce. The ramets were carried out before sprouting in the spring. Cuttings are performed in the fall. Spring sowing in multiple lines requires proper shading at the seedling stage. Potted plants in the northern area, the winter room temperature must be maintained at about 13 °C. The growing season is full of water and liquid fertilizer is applied once a month. When it is hot in summer, it should be shaded slightly.

The tung flower and fruit period is long and colorful. It is a good flower, fruit and flowers, and can be used as a flower bed material or grassland planting. The northern provinces are suitable for potted plants, and are used for greening and decoration of halls and balconies.

There are about 400 species in the same genus, and common cultivars include C. bungei, C. fortunatum, and C. fragrans.

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