Enhancing Environmental Management through a Luxuriant Vegetative Improvement of Ixora Coccinea L. By Means Of Organic Manuring

Ixora flowers are strong hardy flowers of very great economic importance; they are ornamental plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design, projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display. It can be propagated through stem cuttings, layering, grafting and seeds. The experiment was carried out using 16 potted plants of Ixora coccinea raised in bowls arranged in 4 treatments with 4 replicates. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of organic manures on Ixora coccinea as an ornamental plant. The rate of application of each organic manure was 5tons per hectare. The organic manures used were, Sunshine; Tithonia and Cassava peel compost. They were so selected because of their abundance and are easy to prepare by florists. Reading obtained from parameters taken was analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The use of organic manure had a visible effect on the physical appearance of Ixora though data analysis did not show any significant difference. Considering the physical appearance and the luxuriant look of Ixora coccinea on the field, cassava peel compost in the treatment of Ixora coccinea plant is preferred to other treatments.