In autumn and winter, everything withers away, but in Guanying Village, Hot Water Town, Xuanwei City, it is a scene of "red fire." The ornamental plants grown here, the North American holly, have entered the red fruit stage and are particularly eye-catching during the cold winter.
In the early winter, walking into the North American holly base in Guanying Village, Hot Water Town, a north American holly is as bright as fire, and a string of red "red beans" stand proudly, not afraid of the cold, adding a bright color to the lonely winter. According to growers, North American holly is different from most evergreen tree species in the holly family, which is characterized by winter leaves, after the leaves are dropped, dense, bright red fruits hang on the branches, very dazzling and festive, and the red fruit period will continue until May of the following year. After the North American holly branches are cut, they can be inserted into vases to make ornaments, and can also be used for home and business interior decoration decoration. In addition to cutting branches, the whole North American holly can also be transplanted in a flower pot for tourists to watch in the winter, and it is widely used in gardens.
Xiong Guoyan, manager of the North American holly planting base in Hot Water Town, introduced: "The biggest advantage of North American holly is that the flowering period is long, and the flowering period in the bottle can reach two months, and the flowering period of bonsai can reach 7-8 months. The most beautiful time is winter, it also has a name called the throbbing spirit in the snow, which can survive at more than 30 degrees below zero, especially when it snows, the snow falls on the fruit and is white, and it is the most beautiful at that time. ”
North American holly is Xuanwei City Hot Water Town around the high-quality development of agricultural industry investment projects, by Yunnan Eucalyptus Technology Co., Ltd. in April 2021 into construction, covers an area of 1060 acres, an average of about 1,000 plants per mu, at present, the base of millions of North American holly has been successfully planted. In the winter, it is the agricultural leisure season, and the base needs a lot of labor, especially in the harvest season, which requires about 200 workers per day, and the daily wage ranges from 90 to 100 yuan.
For Li Qiongxian, a villager in Guanying Village, who is almost 60 years old, she is very happy to find a job she can do at the doorstep of her home: "I have rented them to grow North American holly, like my age, it is not difficult to work in it, and I have a few days to go back to farm work every month." About two thousand yuan a month, which is very good for me. ”
According to reports, Xuanwei City Hot Water Town North American holly can cut more than 4,000 branches per acre of land, and the price of each branch flower ranges from 40-60 yuan. Next month, the North American holly in Hot Water Town will begin to be picked, and after manual treatment, it can be sold to major flower markets across the country. In addition, Guanying Village also actively guides villagers to participate in the adjustment of the agricultural industry structure, and provides seedlings to other townships, and has now driven the large households in the village to plant more than 100 acres of North American holly, and reached a cooperation intention with Longchang and other townships.
The base plans to develop the planting scale to 3,000 mu by 2024, build warehousing, sorting centers, etc., provide farmers with "potted flowers" technology and e-commerce sales guidance, and improve the added value of Holly planting in North America.