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The coral is a herbaceous plant which belongs to the Rubiaceae family and to the genus Nertera, which has about 25 species that have their origin in South America and Oceania. The main species are Nertera granadensis, Nertera assurgens, Nerteera balfouriana, Nertera depressa or Nertera ciliata. Vulgarly it is also known as coral moss, marble plant, coral berry, coral or water uvita.
Main care of the coral
Next we are going to give you a list with the coral care that is essential to be able to have a plant in perfect condition:
- Location: It must be in a place where it can receive direct sunlight first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon, but not in between as it could burn you.
- Temperature: it needs to be cool, ideally being at 15-18ºC throughout the year. Outside of that range, the plants would begin to produce more leaves than fruit.
- I usually: you have to put a mixture that contains, in equal parts, peat, sand and leaf mulch.
- Transplant: when you do it must be spring. Use a 10 cm diameter pot for this.
- Irrigation: the soil must always be humid, so in the hot season you should water more than in the cold season. Wait for the surface of the soil to dry before watering again. If it's hot, spray the leaves with lime-free water.
- Pass: use a mineral fertilizer once a month. The time should be from when the flowers appear until the fruits ripen.
- Multiplication: it is best to do it in spring and use the method of division of the bush. Take advantage when you do the transplant to do it.
Characteristics of this plant
It's a little perennial It has a rake size that does not exceed 10 centimeters in height, with thin stems that have small, rounded leaves of a light green color. The flowers begin to appear in late spring, but they are not flowers of great ornamental value.
Its fruits are very decorative, of a beautiful orange color and that appear when the summer ends, being there for several months.
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