Everyone who is very nice pays attention to the "way of the ancient tree"
Xiao Ying Autumn Dew a new branch,
Do not occupy the most spring in the garden.
Where is Tao Li speechless,
The wind is smiling at the sunny people.
—Du Mu
This poem is a tribute to the most beautiful purple weed flower!
About the purple weed flower
Aliases: Itchy Flower, Itchy Tree, Purple Gold Flower, Purple Orchid, Mosquito Flower, Western Water Bayberry, Hundred Day Red, Barkless Tree. It is also the city flower of Anyang City, Xuzhou City, Jincheng City, Xiangyang City and Haining City.
Purple violet flowers are beautiful, the flowers are diverse in color, there are white, purple, red, light lotus, etc., for the conical inflorescence, six petals, very beautiful and delicate due to the variety of different flowers appear more diverse.
Ziwei: Fuchsia.
Cuiwei: Blue brown.
Chiwei: Fiery red.
Silver Wei: White or slightly calloused
Ziwei flowers bloom in the summer and autumn less flowering season, the flowering period is long, from June to September, the longest can reach 139 days, so it also has the reputation of "100 days red", and there is also "midsummer green to cover the eyes, this flower is full of red" praise. Loved by people. It is distributed in East China, Central South And Southwest China. The fruiting period is from September to December.
The legend of the purple weed flower
In mainland folklore there is a legend about the origin of the purple weed flower. It is said that in ancient times, there was a vicious beast called "Nian", which hurt countless people and animals, so the purple micro star went down to the mortals and locked it into the deep mountains, and only allowed it to go out of the mountain once a year. In order to supervise the "year", the purple micro star will turn into a purple weed flower and stay in the human world, bringing peace and beauty to the human world.
Can trees also be skinless?
Ziwei is called a barkless tree because its bark is very smooth and clean, brown or dark brown in color, unlike most bark. Ordinary big trees, generally the more alive and old, the bark is getting rougher and rougher, Ziwei is different, the young Ziwei bark is still a little thick, after getting old, its surface bark will be like a mirror, slippery, the bark of the old tree will even be too smooth and reflective, almost like brushing paint.
Ziwei tree is the most itchy tree in the world, so Ziwei is also called itchy tree.
The reason why the ziwei tree is afraid of itching, the wood of the ziwei tree is relatively hard, the biggest feature is that the roots and tips of the branches are almost the same thickness, and the upper part is heavier than the average tree.
So when we scratch its branches with our fingers, the vibrations caused by friction are easily transmitted through the hard wood to more parts of the branches, so it is easy to cause swings. In fact, no tree is really afraid of itching, the phloem of trees does not have sensory cells like animal skin, and it is interesting that we imagine the flutter of Ziwei as they are afraid of itching
It's a bit like we humans have sensitivities. Hence the name of itchy tree, itchy tree, and frightened tree.
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Growing environment:
Purple violet flowers like warm and humid climate, like light, slightly shade-tolerant, like fertilizer, especially like deep and fertile sandy loam, good to grow in slightly humid land, but also drought-tolerant, avoid flooding, avoid planting in low-humid places with high groundwater level, love warm, and can resist cold, strong tillering. Ziwei also has strong anti-pollution ability, and is highly resistant to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride and chlorine.
Purple weed flowers
Garden value
Ziwei has the function of absorbing harmful gases such as sulfur dioxide, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, and at the same time has the effect of dust reduction, and the oil volatilized by the flowers during the flowering period also has the function of disinfection, which not only has the role of beautifying the environment, but also plays a role in ecological environmental protection. Moreover, Ziwei has a high ornamental value, and has the characteristics of easy planting and easy management.
Breeding and breeding
Propagation method Ziwei is relatively easy to reproduce, with sowing, cuttings, pressing strips, splitting and grafting.
Ziwei is a positive tree species, and should be planted in a sunny environment and moist, fertile, well-drained loam soil. Water 1 to 2 times before budding in spring to keep the soil moist during the growing season.
Every autumn, after the leaves of ziwei fall, it is necessary to cut off dead branches, diseased and insect branches in time and burn them. Because the purple weed flower buds are born at the top of the new branches of the year, it is necessary to re-cut and retract the annual branches when pruning, generally retaining the entire branch length of about 5 cm to promote spring branching and flowering. Avoid short-cutting new branches germinating in the spring, otherwise it is easy to cause the phenomenon of only long branches and no flowering. In order to prolong the flowering period, the remaining flowers that have been bloomed can be cut off in a timely manner during the growing period, so as not to let them bear seeds and promote the growth of the next round of flower branches. In order to make the trunk thick, you can cut off the flowers and branches in large quantities and concentrate on nutrients to cultivate the trunk.
▲ Smelling that the flowers are not red for hundred days, laughing at his fans is afraid of autumn coolness
Ziwei flowers are bright and beautiful, with a long flowering period and a long lifespan, the tree can reach a height of up to 7 meters, and the age of the tree is up to 200 years.
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