Willow leaf peach, is the folk name, in fact, his scientific name is oleander.
My mom loves flowers and loves to raise flowers. When we were very young, willow peaches (let's call willow peaches, more smooth mouth) were still very rare, and many people wanted to have a willow peach. The slender, pointed leaves of the willow peach are a little thinner and narrower than the leaves of the peach tree. At the top of the stem, a cluster of pink flowers bloomed, and later there were also white ones, which were relatively rare and more popular. The leaves of the willow peach are three long together, after flowering, the three leaves at the top will grow three branches, and then after a period of growth, they will bloom again at the top of each other, and then continue to grow three branches, so that the cycle, the willow peach also grows taller and larger, and it is bigger and better, and the more flowers bloom.
The propagation of willow peach is also very simple and easy to survive. Use scissors to cut a slightly older branch, use a knife to split the lower cross-section into two knives and split four forks, and then soak it in a bottle with water, slowly it will grow white root whiskers, after a while it will be transplanted into the pot to survive, and then he will grow branches, flower, and will grow taller and taller and bloom a lot of flowers.....
At that time, people were proud of having a willow peach, it was very difficult to cut a branch from whose willow peach tree, people were looking at which branch grew slowly, after cutting the branches did not affect the shape of the tree (of course, it must also be a better relationship), deliberately half a day, only carefully, very reluctant to cut a small section of branches, and when you go, do not forget to say a word "you can raise well, don't raise dead!" ”
Willow peach adaptability is particularly strong, not afraid of drought and not afraid of flooding, watering is fine, several days busy work forgot to water is also fine. With the passage of time, there were more and more willow peaches. Later, people did not cherish it so much, and then they heard that the willow leaf peach is poisonous, its branches and leaves are poisonous, chickens, ducks, sheep, donkeys, livestock do not dare to eat it, eat its leaves will be poisoned.
Slowly, the willow peach is not loved by people, and it is difficult for the people who raise flowers to see the shadow of the willow peach again. I remember going to the south one year on the train and seeing that the two sides of the railway were planted with willow peaches, which grew quite tall, and the willow peach trees were full of flowers, some pink, some white...
I don't know where my mother got a willow leaf peach, maybe someone didn't want it, there was a person who was tall, and there were pink flowers, planted in an abandoned ash bucket. I kept trying to persuade my mother to let her throw away the willow peach, but my mother didn't agree with anything, so I had to give up.
Last year's winter was very cold, the family raised a lot of flowers, the place in the house is limited, the willow peach can only spend the winter outdoors. Unfortunately, it did not survive this winter, its branches withered, the leaves had not yet fallen, and the wind blew. I didn't want to throw it away, but used the big scissors to cut the upper branches along with the leaves, leaving the rhizomes below to see if he could survive.
Spring has passed, summer has arrived, the willow peach is still the same, a few bare branches inserted in the discarded ash bucket, no new branches have grown, no pink flowers have blossomed.....
