Guide
Hibiscus mutabilis Linn Also known as hibiscus flower, frost repellent flower, wood lotus, ground hibiscus, Hua wood, native to China. It prefers warm, humid environment, is not hardy, avoids drought, and is resistant to water and moisture. The soil requirements are not high, and the barren land can also grow. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree of the family Mallowaceae, Hibiscus genus. The flowers are solitary between the axillary of the branches and leaves. Flowers and leaves can be medicated, which has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and draining pus, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
First, hibiscus flower language: flower language for delicate beauty, chastity, purity. Wood hibiscus is also the flower of Chengdu City.
2. The legend of hibiscus flowers
Five generations later, Emperor Meng Chang of Shu had a concubine named "Lady Huarui", who was not only feminine and delicate, but also loved flowers. One year she went to visit the flower and wood market, and among the hundred flowers, she saw a cluster of hibiscus flowers of a tree rolling in like a cloud in the sky, and she especially liked it. In order to please the concubine, Meng Chang also issued an edict: In Chengdu, "the city is planted with hibiscus, and it blooms in autumn, and it is like a splendid embroidery." The imperial language 'Qunchen said that since ancient times, Shu has been the Jincheng City, and today it is viewed, and the true Jincheng is also. In October of the twelfth year of Guangzheng, Meng Chang's greening city project was completed, and he climbed the city tower with Mrs. Huarui and admired the red and brilliant Chengdu wood hibiscus flowers for dozens of miles.
Since then, Chengdu has also been known as "Furong City". Later, After the fall of Later Shu, Lady Huarui was plundered into the harem by the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Kuangyin. Madame Huarui often missed Meng Chang and secretly treasured his portraits to describe her feelings. After Zhao Kuangyin knew, he forced her to hand over the portrait. But Lady Huarui resolutely refused to comply, and Zhao Kuangyin killed her in a fit of rage. Later generations admired Madame Huarui's loyalty to love and honored her as the "hibiscus flower god", so the hibiscus flower was also called "love flower".
Third, the value of hibiscus flowers
1. Economic value
The stem skin contains 39% cellulose, the stem skin fiber is flexible and water-resistant, white and flexible, water-resistant, and can be used for textile, rope, cable, hemp substitutes and raw materials, and can also be used for papermaking. The ancients also used wood hibiscus flowers to mash the juice and dye the silk as a tent, which is the famous "hibiscus tent".
2. Ecological value
Wood hibiscus plays a significant role in ecological protection against soil erosion, because it has a tangled root system, but also a side root that can extend to the inside of the soil, so that the area of contact between the root system and the soil is continuously increased, and the solidity of the root system and the soil is also greatly increased, which helps to enhance the stability of the slope.
Twigs, leaves, petioles, and calyxes are densely covered with stellate hairs and short soft hairs, which can effectively adsorb solid particles floating in the atmosphere; In addition, wood hibiscus is highly resistant to SO2 and has a certain resistance to Cl2 and HCl. It is not only an excellent garden flowering tree species, but also an ideal tree species for the greening and purification of the surrounding environment of the factory. It is suitable for planting in precision instrument factories, waterworks, TV factories and other places that require less dust and clean air in the surrounding environment.
3. Ornamental value
Like other garden plants, the branches, stems, buds and leaves of the wood hibiscus have their own natural growth laws, forming different forms in the four seasons, mainly manifested in the spring tip of the head is tender green, a vibrant scene; In summer, the leaves are green and the shade covers the ground, eliminating the heat and bringing cooling; Autumn frost repellent frost, flowers blooming, both kinds of colors; In winter, the leaves fade, showing the thinning of the branches, and giving birth to new vitality in the silence; All year round, each has its own style and fun.
Due to the large and beautiful flowers, china has been planted in gardens since ancient times, and can be planted alone and clustered on the side of the wall, beside the road, in front of the hall and so on. Especially suitable for planting waterfront, when flowering, sparkling flowers and shadows, reflecting each other, extraordinarily charming, so "Long Thing Chronicle" cloud: "Hibiscus should be planted on the shore of the pond, the water is better." Therefore, it is known as "Illuminated Water Hibiscus". In addition, it is suitable for planting in courtyards, slopes, roadsides, forest edges and front of buildings, or as a hedge. It can also be potted in the cold north.
4. Edible value
Wood hibiscus flowers can also be eaten in soup, soft and smooth, and the petals and chicken can be made into hibiscus chicken slices; Boiled with bamboo shoots can be made into snow soup; Together with japonica rice, you can cook "hibiscus flower porridge"; It can also be mixed with flour, fried in a frying pan, fried with cartilage soup, etc.
5. Medicinal value
Hibiscus flower also has heat and detoxification, swelling and pus removal, cool blood and hemostasis. for pulmonary fever cough, menorrhagia, vaginal discharge; External treatment of carbuncle sores, mastitis, etc.
Fourth, hibiscus flower breeding method
1, soil: wood hibiscus on the soil requirements are not strict, but in the fertile, moist, well-drained sandy soil grows the best, potted wood hibiscus, should choose large wooden pots. The potting soil can be prepared with 7 parts of garden soil and 3 parts of compost soil.
2, temperature: hibiscus flowers have poor hardiness, winter should be moved indoors, to ensure that the temperature is controlled at 0-10 ° C, so that hibiscus flowers naturally dormant.
3, sunshine: wood hibiscus likes a sunny environment, slightly tolerant of semi-shade, choose the best place to plant in the sun, pot planting should also maintain sufficient sunlight.
4, watering: hibiscus flowers are not drought tolerant, the growing season needs to maintain sufficient water to ensure the growth needs of hibiscus flowers. When the buds are transparent, the water should be appropriately buckled to control the growth of their leaves, so that nutrients are concentrated on the flowers, and watering should be reduced in winter.
5. Fertilization: Hibiscus flowers need more fertilizer water in the spring germination stage, and a small amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied before and after the flowering period. Every winter or spring, you can ditch around the plant and apply some decomposing organic fertilizer to help the plant grow vigorously and the flowers and leaves are luxuriant.
6, pruning: hibiscus flowers are resistant to pruning, can be pruned as needed, the dead branches and leaves are cut down to ensure light transmission, and it is best to cultivate its plant shape into a shrub.
7, insect pests: the most common pest of hibiscus flower is ordinary red leaf mite, which can be sprayed with 73% grams of mite 3000 times liquid or 20% dimethyl ether emulsion 1000 times liquid. Small green leafhoppers and cotton leafhoppers are also common pests of hibiscus flowers and can be sprayed with 5% cevine powder.