The garden calendar | the wolfbone of the coupling garden

In early winter, the wolfbones of the coupling garden have produced bunches of small red fruits, which are cute.

Wolfbone is an evergreen shrub or small tree, with a peculiar leaf shape, turquoise light, evergreen in all seasons, full of red fruits after autumn, not withering through winter, gorgeous and lovely, is an excellent leaf and fruit tree species. Wolfbone is native to China, wolfbone leaves were first contained in the "Materia Medica", with the effect of clearing heat and nourishing yin, tonifying the liver and kidneys, removing rheumatism, etc., and is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine with the same origin as medicine and food.

Because the shape of the wolfbone is similar to the appearance of Christmas holly, the wolfbone leaf has an English name: Chinese holly, which is often used in European and American countries for Christmas decoration, so it is also called "Christmas tree".

The flowers of the wolfbone are typical of the holly genus, with four petals and four long stamens.

A forward to complete today's punch card.