西洋杜鹃的栽培管理较中国杜鹃难度要大。其中一项非常重要也最容易被忽视的工作就是疏蕾,疏蕾是西鹃花前管理的最后一项。科学合理的疏蕾,对西鹃大有好处。一是能够提高整体观赏价值。西鹃为常绿多花性树种,但并非着花多观赏价值就高。事实证明,只有着花疏密得当,能体现出绿叶配红花的效果,方为上乘。二是能使西鹃的品种特性得到充分体现。特别是那些颜色鲜艳、花朵较大的品种,效果更为明显。如果不疏蕾,必然造成养料分散和植株负载过重,导致花朵变小,颜色暗淡,也有可能导致这些良种特性退化。三是能保证西鹃花期和花后的正常生长。表现为:花期花大色艳,新枝生长健壮;花后植株没有疲劳感,能及时恢复营养生长。这里笔者根据多年的实践,谈谈关于疏蕾的两个问题。 Western Rhododendron cultivation and management of Chinese rhododendron more difficult. One of the most important and most overlooked tasks is to clear up the buds. Scientifically reasonable buds, great benefit to the Xikuai. One is to improve the overall ornamental value. Rhododendron is evergreen and more flowering species, but not the ornamental value is high. Facts have proved that only the flowers sparse properly, can reflect the effect of green leaves with safflower, side is superior. The second is to make the characteristics of varieties of Rhododendron be fully reflected. Especially those bright colors, flowers larger varieties, the effect is more obvious. If you do not thinning buds, will inevitably result in nutrient dispersion and plant overloading, resulting in smaller flowers, dim colors, may also lead to deterioration of these characteristics of the breed. Third, to ensure the normal growth of rhododendron and flowering. The performance is as follows: flowering large color Yan, new branches robust growth; no post-flowering plant fatigue, timely recovery of vegetative growth. Here the author based on years of practice, talk about two issues on the buds.