What are the most colorful plants in summer? It must be red, green, and yellow. Now many people like yellow flowers, and recently when I went to the park to see tulips, I found that yellow tulips are far more popular than red and pink tulips. Maybe the reason is because the yellow flowers are more in line with the warm, sunny, and warm atmosphere of summer.
That's actually a lot of yellow plants and flowers in our lives. I don't know if you have heard the poem "Golden Silk Ten Thousand Strands of Acacia", today we want to talk about the plant described in this poem, with its own golden yellow color embellished with hot summer, not only beautiful but also has a lot of effects waiting to be discovered, this plant is hypericum.
What is Hypericum?
Hypericum, also known as hypericum, is a species of hypericum in the Garcinia cambogia family. The reason why it is called hypericum is because the color of hypericum after flowering is golden yellow, especially after the dense flower buds bloom, it looks like a "golden crown" from a distance. Hypericum is a plant suitable for growing in temperate zones, loves light, so if you plant it, you should plant it in the sun and a place that can be sunburned all year round, you must not let the hypericum be frozen, you can cover them with soil to protect them through the harsh winter. In addition, hypericum can be planted not only as a landscape plant in parks and other places, but also in pots at home.
Why is it called hypericum?
There is such a legend and story in ancient times. A little boy was raised by his mother from an early age, and when he grew up, he took care of his mother and was a well-known filial piety. However, the mother suddenly fell seriously ill, the doctors in the town have no way, seeing that the mother is going to leave him, the son is very anxious and very sad, he cried on the side of the road, at this time a yellow flower on the side of the road was touched, he turned into a doctor, told him to go to the mountain to find a brightly colored, golden yellow flower, transplant it into his own yard, as long as you take good care of it, you will be able to make your mother turn the crisis into safety.
So the boy went through a lot of hard work to transplant the golden yellow flower into his own yard at the time of his mother's death. Sure enough, the doctor was right, the mother's illness was getting better and better, and the boy also took care of his mother while carefully watering the yellow flower every day, and later people called this yellow flower "hypericum". Of course, this is also a legend, telling everyone to be filial to the elders.
The reason why hypericum has this name is mainly because of its appearance characteristics, its appearance looks very similar to peach blossoms, but unlike peach blossoms, the color is golden yellow, not pink, and there are very slender filigree, so it is named hypericum.
What does hypericum do?
Hypericum generally blooms in April and August on the mainland, that is, spring and summer, and has a high ornamental value due to its beautiful appearance and long flowering time. Therefore, hypericum can be used as a landscape cultivation in the garden, and can also be potted at home.
The flowers of hypericum are beautiful, it is not only beautiful, but also very valuable. Hypericum growth will have the emergence of fruit, which has the effect of clearing heat, detoxification, swelling and pain relief, etc., and not only that, too much value can not be said, you can consult the relevant information yourself, but also because its value is very large, it has been rated by the WHO as the "heart of plant medicine", which shows how much its value is! Nowadays, there are also people selling hypericum tea in the market, which is not only very popular for good taste but also for calming the nerves.
Of course, we can't ignore its ornamental value, after all, its flower color is golden, and many people like it and think that it means very well, symbolizing wealth. So if you like hypericum, you can also plant at home, in fact, the difficulty of planting is not high, sunshine and normal watering is good.