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When I first saw the beautiful cherry blossom, I was in a small farm yard.
At that time, I was in a fertilizer company, I went to the countryside to do activities, and at lunch, I saw it in a small courtyard.
The big red flowers, the branches are weak, crooked in the pot, the leaves are like mint, I still wonder, do they have any origin?
Later, I encountered it more often, and I saw different suits.
What kind of magic does it have, given such a nice name?
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Beauty cherry, also known as beauty cherry, grass five-colored plum, verbena, etc., verbena perennial herbaceous plant in the verbena family, native to South America.
Its stem is quadrangular and the leaves are ovate and opposite, with distinct petioles and many serrations at the edges of the leaves.
The whole plant seems to be covered with a layer of gray-white fluff, and it feels that the green of the branches and leaves is not very pure. The height of the plant is 10-50 cm.
The flower of the beautiful cherry blossom, the corolla is barrel-shaped near the peduncle, and then splits outward into 5 petals and stretches around. At the top of each petal, there is a notch. And this gap is precisely the reason why it has "Sakura" in its name.
This kind of small grass flower, and cherry blossoms, are actually very unrelated, why is there "cherry blossom" in the name?
It is because its petals have a gap at the top, botanically called "missing carvings", if you pay attention to cherry blossoms, you will definitely find that cherry blossoms are also such characteristics.
The flowers of beautiful cherry blossoms actually come in a lot of colors, including red, pink, purple, white, blue and other colors. The most common colors in farmyards are red and rose.
The center of the beautiful cherry blossom is also very unique, the central color, the most common is white, and then there are red and pink, but it is not a color with the petals, forming a clear contrast.
The inflorescence of the beautiful cherry blossom grows at the top of the plant, with spike-like inflorescences and small flowers arranged together, showing an umbrella-shaped. From a distance, it looks a bit like a hydrangea, so it also has a name called "Four Seasons Hydrangea"
Looking at the name, you can also know that it has a long flowering period. Yes, it can be opened from May to November. Of course, this is in the case of good maintenance.
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Native to South America, beautiful cherry blossoms are warm, sun-loving, relatively shade-resistant and heat-resistant, and have strong adaptability. It can withstand low temperatures of minus 5 °C in winter, and it is basically safe to winter in the open air in the south.
But in the north, on the Shandong side, winter is to be protected. It is easy to freeze to death when it is too cold, so perennial herbs are often cultivated as annual grasses and flowers in the north.
The beautiful cherry blossoms of my mother-in-law's house are moved to the hall house in winter, the hall house has no heating, and the stove is built when it is very cold, and when I see the beautiful cherry blossom in the New Year, it is still green, but it is cold, and the branches and leaves basically do not grow much.
Of course, it will also stop growing when the temperature is particularly high in summer.
Beautiful cherry blossoms belong to shallow root plants, and in summer, pay attention to timely watering.
Last summer I cut a pot of beautiful cherry blossoms, and the rainy days grew well, and there was a time when there was little rain and it was hot, and I forgot to water it, so I died of drought.
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Beautiful cherry blossoms have good ornamental performance, and are often cultivated as flower beds and flower gardens in landscaping. Bonsai are also good and easy to model.
If it grows too tall, it is prone to lodging, and the beautiful cherry blossom I saw for the first time, forty or fifty centimeters tall, was crooked in a flower pot.
Therefore, it is necessary to prune in time, top or stub more, and let it germinate more side branches, so that it is easier to flower.
To maintain beautiful cherry blossoms, pay attention to choosing loose and well-drained soil. In daily life, timely watering.
Although this flower can tolerate shade, it prefers to bask in the sun, and the flower will bloom well for five or six hours a day.
Some friends may notice that there is also a kind of "fine leaf beauty cherry" common in life, the second pinnate deep lobe, the lobes are linear, and the flowers are similar to the common beauty cherry blossoms.
I haven't seen it, but fortunately, yesterday, my best friend Jingwen sent me a photo of a beautiful woman with fine leaves, and I will share it with you here.
Well, the above is today's sharing, I hope you like it!
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Heart Pearl: Intermediate agronomist, plant lover. Welcome to the "roaming vegetation" to share plant knowledge and feel the beauty of the countryside. Grass and wood heart, country taste, fine taste, rambling!