Shallot

Night Blooming Cereus

About Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus

Shallot

Night Blooming Cereus

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

Perennial

1.2 Type

Vegetable

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Asia

Mexico, Caribbean, Central America

1.4 Types

Not Available

not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Not Available

Desert

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

4-812-15

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-1

12-10

1.8 Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

Weeping

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

30.00 cm180.00 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

10.20 cm90.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White

White, Ivory

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Not Available

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Not Available

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Light Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Light Green, Chartreuse

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Yellow green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

Olive, Dark Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Acicular

Long and slender with very sharp edges

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Summer

Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Cuttings

Grafting, Seedlings, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

Does not require lot of watering, Water once every two or three weeks, Water when soil is dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Partial shade

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Aphids, Mealybugs, Root rot, Scale, Viruses

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

Semi-Double

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

Bold

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

Not Available

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

5.11 Attracts

Aphids, Beetles

Not Available

5.12 Allergy

Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane, Sinuses

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Beautification

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

anti-inflammatory, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Hypotensive

Diabetes, Hangover

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves, Root

Flowers, Fruits, Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

Cosmetics, Used as a dye

Employed in herbal medicine, Fine spines and trichomes are used as fiber for weaving, Used As Food

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Edible, Herb / Vegetable

Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

ALLIUM cepa( Aggregatum Group)

Peniocereus greggii

7.2 Common Name

Scallion, Shallot

Night Blooming Cereus, Reina de la noche, Arizona queen of the night

7.2.1 In Hindi

Shallot

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.2 In German

Schalotte

Nachtblühende Cereus

7.2.3 In French

échalote

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.4 In Spanish

chalote

Reina de la noche

7.2.5 In Greek

είδος κρεμμυδιού

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Sallot

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.7 In Polish

Sallot

Noc Blooming Cereus

7.2.8 In Latin

Sallot

Maria Maria Cereus

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Tracheophyta

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Asparagales

Caryophyllales

8.5 Family

Liliaceae

Cactaceae

8.6 Genus

Allium

Peniocereus

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Monocots

Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

Pachycereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

75018

1 27800

Properties of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus

Wondering what are the properties of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus? We provide you with everything About Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus. Shallot doesn't have thorns and Night Blooming Cereus doesn't have thorns. Also Shallot does not have fragrant flowers. Shallot has allergic reactions like Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane and Sinuses and Night Blooming Cereus has allergic reactions like Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane and Sinuses. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus

Season and care of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus is important to know. While considering everything about Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus Care, growing season is an essential factor. Shallot season is Summer and Night Blooming Cereus season is Summer. The type of soil for Shallot is Loam, Sand and for Night Blooming Cereus is Sand while the PH of soil for Shallot is Neutral and for Night Blooming Cereus is Neutral, Alkaline.

Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus Physical Information

Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus physical information is very important for comparison. Shallot height is 30.00 cm and width 10.20 cm whereas Night Blooming Cereus height is 180.00 cm and width 90.00 cm. The color specification of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus are as follows:

Shallot flower color: White
Shallot leaf color: Green, Light Green
Night Blooming Cereus flower color: White and Ivory
Night Blooming Cereus leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus

Care of Shallot and Night Blooming Cereus include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Shallot pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Night Blooming Cereus pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Shallot needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Night Blooming Cereus needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.