I once saw a sea of cannabis flowers.
It was seen by chance on the side of the road near Xiaxi Flower Market in the middle of September last year, and it can be so beautiful! Probably no one will use the cannabis as a sea of flowers, here is the grower's nursery, planted a large piece of cannabis, just in time for flowering.
It wasn't too hot, and although the sun was fierce, it only shone brighter on the cannabis.
Not far away is a jungle, and there are ornamental grass tidbits, which also twinkle in the sun, setting off the cannabis.
After the period when I first felt that many green belt plants were too common and ordinary to be seen, I gradually learned to appreciate the different beauty of plants.
For example, cannabis, a very imposing big leaf, always sits like a "big brother" in the flower realm, just like the captain of a certain team, steady and low-key, controlling the overall situation.
The leaves are also very colorful, in addition to the common green, there are purple leaves, green leaves with golden stripes, etc.
Although most of the flowers are big red, orange and yellow, the tall posture is very kingly under the blue sky.
There are also some new small cannabis varieties that are even better, with large flowers and rich colors.
The key is that it is too skinny, no matter the "drought and flood", it will not affect its growth.
Later, in the years of gardening in the upper house, the depression by the pond was planted with many cannabis, with the lotus flowers in the water, especially on rainy days, which was particularly fresh. It made me appreciate the cannabis more.
After having the Hippo Garden, I bought some cannabis, except for the flower garden, mainly planted on the slope of the river, instead of the original too messy reeds. It is also paired with some ornamental grasses, zaili flowers, willow leaf verbena and so on.
Originally, I wanted to make cannabis and some wet plants the main plants on the slopes of the river.
Who knows that the small river is actually a flood discharge river, and the difference between the highest water level in summer and the lowest water level in winter is almost 2 meters ~ ~ ~ ~ .
In fact, the cannabis is not a big problem, and it can be watered and maintained normally like ordinary plants. It doesn't matter if the root system is submerged in the water, and the water resistance is also its characteristic.
However, if the river floods most of the plants and lasts for a month, the cannabis will not be able to hold back.
Looking at this picture, the cannabis in the lower right part are almost all below the water surface.
Not to mention the cannabis, the barracuda grass and thousands of vegetables planted together have also drowned, and the only fruit remains is the Zaili flower that can grow to more than 2 meters high, and the water level is the highest few days, which also submerges half of the plant. (So now the slope of the river is dominated by zaili flowers.) ）
Here we have to add a knowledge point, wet and water plants will also drown. Its rhizome prefers moist soil, but most of the plant is still on the surface of the water, transporting oxygen to the roots through the breathing of the stems and leaves. For example, wet iris, reed bamboo, cordyceps, sedges and so on. If the proportion of plants in the submerged water is too high, the root system does not have enough oxygen and drowns.
In other words, water lilies and lotuses can not be planted, its root system is rooted in the underwater soil, the leaves need to breathe above the surface of the water, and the gentle waters are more suitable. The river rises appropriately to drown the leaves, as well as drowning.
In short, the cannabis on the slope of the river have drowned, and the ornamental grass has also drowned... Those who can be planted are no more flowers and willow trees. Willow-leaved verbena is almost a weed, and drowning will have self-sown seeds that will emerge again the following year.
On the slopes of the river after the water has faded, the scorched yellow plants are all drowned.
It must be said that the cannabis on the slope of the river once grew very well.
The orange-red floret varieties have exploded, and the flowering period is still very long.
There are also yellow and light orange pink, the color is very soft, like it.
He drowned before he could grow up.
There is also a purple leaf, although the orange-red flowers are more ordinary, the leaves are very colorful, and a purple leaf sugar cane next to it, all drowned after the flood in 2020, and the heartache was long.
Until this year, after the slope transformation, I planted a few more cannabis in the gaps in the boardwalk and retaining walls, and even if it flooded in the summer, it was only partially flooded, only for a few days.
Of course, this year's drought, a few cannabis have no chance to experience the test of flooding, but also need to water them every day.
The leaves of this variety are golden stripes and the petals are also yellow-haloed, which is very beautiful.
There are also several bushes of cannabis in the garden.
A cluster of dark leaves, with orange flowers, with a green wooden frame, becomes the skeleton of the flower landscape.
I also planted a few trees in the corners of the retaining wall, which will grow much more next year and become a shelter for the corners.
There is also a clump of cannabis, planted by the wooden fence of the entrance. The stripes on the blades are particularly nice.
When there are no flowers blooming in the summer, it is a large bush of luxuriant, and it is also the existence of "stabilizing the heart of the army".
Lately, macrophyllum plants have become popular with florists, especially on this hot summer day, and their presence brings a touch of coolness to the garden. In the hippo garden, there are plantains, tongtu wood, elephant ear taro, sea potato and so on.
In fact, the cannabis has always been the existence of beautiful "big leaves"
canna
Scientific name: Canna indica L.
Cannabis of the family Cannaidae is a root herb with a lumpy rhizome underground, so it is sometimes classified as a "bulbous plant".
It is native to tropical America, India, the Malay Peninsula and other tropical regions.
Loved the warmth and sunshine. Not hardy, the northern region needs to dig out the underground rhizomes to protect them from the winter, and then plant them in the spring.
The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River can survive the winter without protection, and the surface part will freeze to death in winter.
Basically, the leaves are frostbitten after the frost falls.
It sprouts late in the spring and doesn't bud until April.
In mid-April, cannabis with purple leaves canolas can be seen emerging from the side of the wooden shelf stones.
Underground rhizomes will multiply, usually dug out before germinating and cut into separate plants. You need to divide the plant once every 3 years or so, otherwise it will grow too densely.
The flowering period is from June to October, and it is almost always in bloom ~ The flowering period in the southern region can be done all year round. Excellent ah ~ the flower color is also very rich, red, orange, yellow, pink, and many two-color varieties.
The fruit autumn after the flowers are also very cute. There are bumps on the top and black fruit inside when ripe. Green fruit with green leaves, purple fruit with purple leaves.
Cannabis cannabis can also be planted as an aquatic plant on the edge of a pond.
This hot summer, many plants are dying in the hot sun, such as ear taro, purple leaf taro and the like are also in the shade. Those few bushes of cannabis have grown very well and have been blooming.
Hereby recorded, the garden is beautiful because of you!