Maui Ixora Care Guide
Read below for our guide on how to care for and keep your Maui ixora plant beautiful and blooming!
Why People Love This Plant
The ixora plant is a tropical flowering beauty! It will do especially well if you live in a tropical climate, however with proper conditions you can always grow tropicals in your home. This plant will produce flowers almost all year round and each flower cluster should last between 6 to 8 weeks. This means you can enjoy the ixora’s bright flowers for quite a while!
Your Guide to Care
Care: Easy outside, more challenging inside. This plant is a slow grower, be patient. Low maintenance, however, not recommended for the underwaterer.
Light: For maximum flower growth, make sure to give as much light as possible (full sun). However, this plant can also be grown in partial shade. If growing indoors, make sure to provide about 8 to 10 hours of sunlight. Try to keep away from harsh direct rays during summer which can potentially burn leaves.
Water: The tropical Maui ixora plant likes to be kept consistently moist. It is best to water often and if possible try not to let your plants soil dry out. You will be able to water less during winter.
Temperature: Temperatures above 60F are ideal, these plants like warm, tropical weather! Make sure to avoid placing this plant in drafty areas if kept indoors as it is sensitive to the cold.
Humidity: True to tropical nature, Maui ixora plants love humidity! Try placing your plant in a more humid area of your home, such as near the kitchen or bathroom.
Feeding: Fertilize in spring with a slow release fertilizer.
Bonus
The Maui ixora plant is moderately drought and salt tolerant. However, we do not recommend exposing it to direct ocean breezes.
If you find purplish red spots on older leaves on your plant this could indicate a potassium/phosphorous deficiency.
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