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What plant is Celastrus orbiculatus var. punctatus? This article introduces it
Celastrus orbiculatus var. punctatus, of the Celastraceae family and the genus Celastrus. Habit: semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, a stem-twining climbing plant, with alternate simple leaves that are bright green and glossy. Flowers are small axillary cymes, yellow-green. Capsules are spherical, orange-yellow, with a bright yellow aril. Flowering period May to June, fruiting period September to October. Adaptability: likes sun and tolerates shade, cold-resistant, drought-resistant, fast-growing. Requires fertile, moist and well-drained
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What are the characteristics of garlic disease outbreaks this year? Key control points explained in one article
Due to long-term drought, in many places this year garlic root development before the New Year was poor, garlic seedlings had weak cold resistance, and the severity of various diseases was greater than in previous years. The author recently visited garlic-growing townships such as Cangshan, Jinxiang and Shanghe in Shandong, and concluded that current garlic production should focus on controlling the following four major diseases: 1. Garlic viral disease. In past garlic production, garlic viral disease was ignored by many garlic farmers. This year, due to the drought weather in the earlier period, the severity of garlic viral disease in some areas was more serious than in previous years.
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What are the culinary uses of Gastrodia elata? Read this article to find out
Gastrodia elata not only has high medicinal value, but also has considerable value as a medicinal dish, health tonic, nourishing food and edible ingredient. In folk practice, Gastrodia elata is commonly used to steam eggs, boil eggs, cook pig brain, steam sheep brain, steam pork, stew chicken, roast duck and so on. Its features are: convenient to eat, pleasant in taste, rich in nutrients and unique in flavor. It satisfies people's enjoyment of tasting Gastrodia elata while also strengthening the body, resisting wind and cold, and can also treat dizziness, migraine and tension headache, high blood pressure and many other conditions. Through centuries of practice and recent years of research and development, dishes using Gastrodia
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What are the distinctive sweet potato varieties? A detailed introduction in this article
Fruit sweet potato - Eshu No. 3. This variety was bred by the Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences and has passed appraisal and recognition by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions. Eshu No. 3 sweet potato has high nutritional value, delicate, crisp and tender flesh, plenty of moisture, a clean sweet and refreshing taste, and a unique flavor. It is an excellent variety for fresh eating and food processing. Characteristics. Stems green with purple, leaves green, veins purple, petiole base deep purple, storage roots long spindle-shaped, skin dark red, flesh milky white. Medium sprouting rate, strong growth vigor, medium-vine type, main vine 150 cm long. 3.8 storage roots per plant. Tolerant to waterlogging and drought, adaptable
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What are the basic facts about Ophiopogon japonicus? This article will give you a rundown
Ophiopogon japonicus is a new and superior ground cover plant promoted and planted by China's landscaping departments in recent years. It is enjoyed for its flowers in summer and its greenery in spring, autumn and winter. Its tuberous roots are used in medicine and have the effects of moistening the lungs to stop coughing and benefiting the stomach to promote fluid production. Ophiopogon japonicus is a perennial evergreen herbaceous plant of the Liliaceae family, with spindle-shaped tuberous roots at the ends of the roots. The leaves are velvety, 15 to 20 cm long. The flower stems emerge from the leaf clusters, with racemes in spike form, bisexual flowers, and 6 tepals. The flowers are light purple when they first open and gradually turn white. It can be used as ground cover under trees. The flowering period is July to August; the fruiting period is September to October. Ophiopogon japonicus
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What is the difference between Torreya grandis and Taxus? This article teaches you to tell them apart quickly
Torreya grandis, also known as Chinese torreya, Yu torreya, and torreya seed, is an evergreen tree of the genus Torreya in the family Taxaceae, and is an economic tree species unique to China. It mainly grows in Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi and other provinces south of the Yangtze River in China, among which Zhejiang's Fengqiao Chinese torreya, Anhui's Taiping Chinese torreya, and Jiangxi's Yushan Chinese torreya (nut) are the most famous. Its fruit is a treasure among dried fruits, containing rich protein and a variety of trace elements. In addition, Chinese torreya is also a precious Chinese medicinal material, with the effects of killing parasites, relieving food stagnation, and moistening dryness.
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What variety is the Iron Stalk Giant Onion? This article gives you a detailed introduction
Variety characteristics: This variety was developed by crossing selected and purified superior typical plants from Japanese bunching onions with a stable male sterile line of Zhangqiu bunching onion. Its characteristics: the white stalk is long, thick and firm, with a tight sheath opening, highly resistant to lodging, and thick leaf flesh. The leaves are dark green with a thick waxy layer. It is cold-resistant and highly heat-resistant. The inner leaves of the white stalk can still grow at minus 7 degrees, and it turns green early in spring, growing thick and long quickly. After bolting, the side buds grow rapidly, and it has strong disease resistance and stress resistance. It is a high-yielding variety that can be harvested all year round, making it an ideal choice for filling the off-season market. Cultivation points: ten-day average temperature 16-17°C
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What are the values and uses of the glossy privet tree? Read this article to understand
Landscaping uses: The glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) sways in all four seasons, with well-spaced branches, dense foliage and a neat tree shape. It is a commonly used ornamental tree species in gardens, and can be planted alone or in clusters in courtyards, or used as a street tree. Because of its strong adaptability, fast growth and tolerance to pruning, it is also used as a hedge. It generally takes 3 to 4 years to take shape and achieve a screening effect. It is easy to propagate and raise seedlings from seed, and can also serve as a rootstock for grafting and propagating osmanthus, lilac, and the colored-leaf plant golden-leaf privet. Medical uses of glossy privet leaves: The leaves are opposite, leathery, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-14 cm long,
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How to carry out tending and management of dawn redwood? Read this article to understand the key points
Tending should be carried out promptly after afforestation. Watering during April and May is the key to ensuring survival. When planting large saplings, special attention must be paid to drought resistance during the hot season. Weed and loosen the soil two to three times each year, with tending from May to June and from August to September having notable results. After 2 years, applying fertilizer once before spring bud break is very necessary. Generally, pruning is not necessary before the stand is established, but after the stand is established, pruning should be moderate. When the tree height is 6 to 10 m, the pruning height is one quarter to one third of the tree height; when the tree height is 10 to 15 m, the pruning height is one third to one half of the tree height.
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What new flower varieties are there for spring? This article explains in detail
Spring has arrived, and quite a few new varieties have hit the market. This special issue presents some of them for our readers. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 'Denver Daisy' variety introduction: early flowering, long flowering period, blooming from late spring all the way until the first frost, widely adaptable, strong heat tolerance and drought resistance, simple cultivation and management, short growing time
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