My yard is not big, but I want to use it to the maximum extent and let it fulfill my desire to make the yard picturesque all year round. Therefore, I personally planted rhododendrons, wisteria, bauhinia, ziwei, cherry blossoms, osmanthus flowers, ginkgo biloba, red maple, tea plums, spotted bamboo, moon season, etc., as well as ferns with smaller plants, chrysanthemums, orchids and the like, not to mention dozens of species.
In my free time, I observe them every day, chat with them, bask in the sun, water them, fertilize them, whole branches...
Rhododendron in the corner of the wall. Photo: Wei Yunxia
They bring a lot of fun to my life. I know every plant inside and out, even a moss, a calamus. Many small plants, my husband and I have collected from the distant mountains and forests, the river beach, carefully planted, I am familiar with their little changes, they are inextricably linked to me, they are my family members, their rise and fall, all affect my heart, we breathe together and share a destiny.
After a few heavy snowfalls, the east wind blew across the earth, the red maple had not yet sprouted, and some tiger ear grass grew in the stone cracks of the flower beds. These tiger ear grasses, short and clinging to the ground, the brittle stalks holding up small leaves, stretching out their slender red whiskers, growing leisurely over the grass.
Look closely at the tiger ear grass, the light green leaf flesh is mixed with a lot of white tiger stripes, plush, really a little bit of a little tiger ear naughty.
Although these few tiger ear grasses cannot enter the roster of my yard, they have a lot to offer.
It was a weekend in early summer last year, the sky was drizzling, we had nothing to do after breakfast, I suggested that my husband and I take umbrellas and go outdoors, and he readily agreed.
The mountain road winds to a bend, on a hillside covered with grass, tufts of bushes dotted with a large number of unknown fresh and juicy leaves, I asked sir, what is this? He said, Tiger Ear Grass.
Tiger ear grass, really too graphic. This was my first acquaintance with tiger ear grass, and I had a little love for this humble weed. In my eyes, it looks very special.
Their petioles were so fluffy and delicate that they would break off if I wasn't careful, so I carefully carried them home.
Unfortunately, the second day of planting, it was a sunny day, as soon as the sun sun sunburned, the tiger ear grass fell, and with the arrival of summer, the temperature suddenly rose, although I tried to save it many times, but it did not take long to disappear, it died.
I lamented for a long time that if they were not brought home by me, they would grow well on the hillside, and I would be the end of my life, and I blamed myself deeply.
Unexpectedly, after an autumn and winter, just when the spring of this year came, it gave me a big surprise, they are still alive, such a strong vitality, should be the real reason why I like it.
The snow was just melting, and the cold wind was steep.
I feel that my yard is quietly implementing a great plan, they are producing a world called spring day and night, in the body of each plant, is surging undercurrents, their plant hormones are growing rapidly, flower bud cells are rapidly dividing at the speed of N power, look forward to it, my yard will certainly surprise me. The thought of this makes me excited.
Flowers bloom in the courtyard. Photo: Wei Yunxia
Sure enough, within a few days, bauhinia and moon season, rhododendrons, cherry blossoms, wisteria, etc. have blossomed one after another, the grass has returned to green, the clover has buds, and the yard is a vibrant scene.
Let's talk about the wisterias first.
In my open-air garage, there are several tall wisteria trees that occupy a quarter of my yard and space. These wisteria trees can be said to be the most precious princesses. To say that they are precious is not how expensive they are, but that we pay a great price in order to make them have an attachment that can be attached.
Under the grapevine trellises, which are four meters high, four meters wide and ten meters long, two small cars can be parked.
In order to achieve the goal of reading and chatting under this shelf, the year before, at my request, my husband bought six wisteria piles with thick wrists online and planted them, hoping to shade them as soon as possible.
But the opposite happened, the first year was planted, by May of the following year, other people's wisteria has finished flowering, leafy like a little girl dancing in the spring wind, our family's wisteria is like a grandfather, the vicissitudes are still a piece of wood.
Every day, I observed these wisteria vines that refused to sprout, and my heart was inevitably a little lonely. It will not be planted, with fingernails to cut the bark, peel off the brown skin to see, but the inside is green, the season has reached the high temperature of May, it is silent, it looks like it is still hibernating.
The gentleman was very unhappy to see me, so he said, you shout it, wake up these masters. I actually shouted, I said, don't sleep, old man, it's time to sprout.
After a long time, when I went to work one morning, I habitually shouted at them again, and found a huge bud bag hidden in a branch, hey, it finally woke up. As everyone knows, the bud bag is not a bud bun, it is a big bud, and after a few days, it blooms a bunch of purple flowers the size of grapes, and I am so happy that I can only sing and dance for it.
In the days that followed, they blossomed, sprouted, absorbed the sun and dew, grew a large number of new leaves and branches, and climbed up to the top of the grapevine with the rope we had pulled step by step.
Although they are late at night and have not yet laid out the grape racks, with their rapid growth rate, I will soon be able to realize my dream of chatting and drinking tea under the wisteria trellis.
Wisteria in the yard. Photo: Wei Yunxia
This spring, the wisteria bloomed a bunch of beautiful purple flowers, all like proud princesses, standing high on the grapevine, baptized by the sun and rain, and decorating my yard elegantly and romantically.
In the inconspicuous corner of the yard, there is a bauhinia tree.
It was a wild bauhinia that came in winter, had not a single leaf, was bare, and had its head cut off.
It was my father-in-law, and when my yard was full of flowers and plants, I didn't know where to get a crooked gray wood, saying that it was bauhinia and had to be planted in the yard.
We had little interest in it, so he found a corner of his own, dug a shallow hole, and planted it crookedly.
In order to fulfill his wish and plant this bauhinia plant, the gentleman had to open a piece of turf, re-make a hole in the flower bed, carefully plant him, and sprinkle some organic fertilizer.
Just some time ago, when I went to the yard to sort out the flowers and grass, I found that it actually bloomed along the branches and produced a string of beautiful purple flowers.
Strangely, the petals of this bauhinia flower in our family are completely different from the petals of the Hong Kong bauhinia flower, which makes me wonder a little, this bauhinia flower type in my family is small, clustered and full of branches, while the Hong Kong flower bauhinia flower is relatively large, windmill-shaped, and opens on the branches.
In order to find out, my family's purple blossom plant is not the public mouth said bauhinia bauhinia, specially checked the information, the original Hong Kong bauhinia is actually a flower called sheepshoe nails, is a tropical plant, our mainland bauhinia is the authentic bauhinia bauhinia, with the meaning of family prosperity and brotherly harmony, no wonder the father-in-law wants to get it home. According to the data, its flowers are still edible, but we are naturally reluctant to eat it.
The most surprising thing is that the dwarf rhododendron flowers in the flower bed at the door seem to have forgotten the season, and the flowers bloom continuously every day, and since the day they were planted, they have been in bloom, and the snow is also open in winter, and the wind and rain are also open, and these two days are particularly lush, the national flag is red, rose red, purple red, pink, several colors, clusters of bushes, lively and lively blooming small flower beds. This may be related to the fact that Mr. Fertilizes them every three or five minutes, sufficient nutrients, so that it is young and eternal, it can also be said that it is grateful and selfless.
Among the many flowers, if I had to choose who I liked the most, it was the two new varieties called juice balconies, which I had recently purchased from the flower market, yellow flowers, plain and elegant, like a chinese style woman who read poetry and books, quiet and low-key, not in contention, elegant alone, fragrant alone.
Wait until July and August, the few purple weeds in the corner of the wall should also bloom, and then, the osmanthus flowers also bloom, the chrysanthemums also bloom... In late autumn, the tall ginkgo tree should be yellow, and the maple leaves should be red... They make my yard incredibly beautiful.
The beautiful yard attracts butterflies, bees, and many beautiful unknown bugs, and a pair of beautiful long-tailed finches on the tall ginkgo tree, which fly between the window sill and the ginkgo tree every day, chirping and talking. By chance, I also saw a few small gray squirrels whizzing around in the trees. Every morning, I'm woken up by these carefree little ones.
In my free time, I always stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the study and stare at all this, or early morning or dusk, different seasons have different scenery, and beautiful pictures are so magically displayed in front of me, which makes me intoxicated.
If my yard is a woman who changes her style throughout the year, then in the spring she is a female poet full of Zen, in the summer she is a passionate and unrestrained girl, in the autumn is a graceful and luxurious noblewoman, and in the winter she is a holy and noble princess.
I want to decorate my yard with my heart, let it always be vibrant, beautiful, every yard is beautiful, our homeland is beautiful, our homeland is beautiful, our motherland is beautiful.
Our family, living in such a wonderful environment every day, feels very happy.
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