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The Poetry and Floral Charm of Apricot Blossoms: Experiencing the Beauty of Spring Flower Viewing
The messenger of wine. In the third month of spring, with gentle breezes and bright sunshine, pink peach blossoms and white plum blossoms stir the soul. The cultivation of apricot blossoms can be traced back to the Warring States period. "During the Qingming season, the rain falls thick and fast; travelers on the road look as if their souls will break. I ask where a tavern can be found; a shepherd boy points far off to Apricot Blossom Village." Where exactly Apricot Blossom Village is has long been debated. One account places it in Fenyang, Shanxi; another places it at Phoenix Terrace in Jinling; and there is also Apricot Blossom Village in Guichi, Anhui, with a stretch of apricot groves extending for ten li around. When the lovely spring month of March arrives, "on the apricot branches the spring wind settles; for ten li the misty village is all one red" - this is one of the ten famous sights of Guichi.
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Strawflower is both a flower and a tea, good for ornamental viewing and for brewing tea
Strawflower is also known as shell flower. The flowers are hard, shaped like shells or wheat straw, and resemble chrysanthemums, hence the name. The flowers can be brewed as tea and have effects such as cooling and relieving summer heat, refreshing the mind and lowering blood pressure, with no toxic side effects, making them a fine beverage. The flower colors are gorgeous, the flowering period is long, planting is simple, management is extensive, and adaptability is strong. It can be grown in pots or in the ground, and it is very popular. 1. Plant characteristics. Asteraceae, annual herbaceous flower. Plant height 50-70 cm, leaves dark green, long elliptical, lanceolate, leaves alternate, 7 cm long and 2 cm wide. Flowers double-petaled, flowers stra
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New red-leaf peach series cultivars, good for both ornamental viewing and eating
Ma Yuxi, a senior engineer at the Zhonghua Winter-Ripening Fruit Tree Research Center in Xun County, Henan Province (telephone: 0392-5811384), after 10 years of arduous exploration, finally bred 12 new red-leaf peach series cultivars with different colors and flower types, which both delight the eye and let people enjoy delicious fruit. After spring returns to the earth, this peach can first be enjoyed for its peach blossoms, then for its red peach leaves, third for the red fruit hanging all over the branches, and finally people can also eat sweet, large fresh peaches. For the red-leaf peach series cultivars, the flower buds begin to swell and the leaf buds begin to sprout in early March, and flowering begins in early April
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New almond cultivar 'Charm' is suitable for early spring flower viewing
The ornamental almond 'Charm' is an ornamental cultivar with bright flower colors and multiple petals, discovered and selected from seedlings of Uzbek almond. It belongs to the genus Prunus in the subfamily Prunoideae of the Rosaceae family. 'Charm' has white or pink flowers, emerald green leaves, and a graceful tree form, with an ornamental effect similar to that of peach and ornamental peach. However, in landscaping practice, peach and ornamental peach are seriously affected by aphids, scale insects, and sooty mold, which greatly reduces their ornamental effect; 'Charm' precisely has characteristics such as resistance to scale insects, resistance to aphids, resistance to sooty mold, and tolerance to poor soil, so it can replace peach and ornamental peach in relatively weak environments such as forest parks,
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Wintersweet is an excellent tree species for winter flower viewing
Ecological habits Wintersweet is also known as huangmei and huangmeihua. It belongs to the genus Chimonanthus in the family Calycanthaceae. It is a deciduous shrub, about 3 m tall, with simple opposite leaves. The leaf blades are elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, 7-15 cm long, entire, with a rough surface; the flowers are bisexual, solitary in the leaf axils of one-year-old branches, with very short pedicels, yellow, waxy, and fragrant, blooming from December to March. Cultivated varieties include Qingkou wintersweet; Chaiyouxin wintersweet; and Gousheng wintersweet. Wintersweet originated in central China. It prefers sunlight but is also slightly shade-tolerant, relatively cold-tolerant, and drought-tolerant, hence the saying "wintersweet that cannot die of drought"
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The benefits and uses of Oriental lilies: rich in flower colors and excellent for viewing, and they can treat tuberculosis
Everyone is probably familiar with Oriental lilies. With beautiful flower shapes and rich colors, they are a very attractive flowering plant. In daily life, many flower lovers grow Oriental lilies, and most of them do so simply for their beauty. However, if you think Oriental lilies are only beautiful, you would be greatly mistaken
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Hubei's Lesser-Known Autumn Viewing Spots: 7 Beautiful Places That Will Astonish You for a Year
Golden October has arrived, and with the irritability of summer gone, the breath of autumn slowly creeps in. All of China leaps forth in brilliant colors, from north to south, from west to east, and beautiful scenery across the country takes on the mark of autumn, astonishingly beautiful, incredibly beautiful...
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China's most beautiful red leaf viewing guide is here, miss it and you'll wait another year
In autumn, China has different scenery in every month and every place. by Tuchong Li Haicheng Whether it's the vast wilderness nurtured within the boundless landscapes of the north, or the delicate beauty dotting the magnificent mountains and rivers of the southwest, or the hazy autumn colors diffused through the misty rain of Jiangnan...
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This plant's leaves are unremarkable, but when potted it is good for both eating and viewing, and it is easy to grow and easy to care for.
This wild vegetable that often grows in wetlands and along ditches is wild houttuynia, whose scientific name is Houttuynia cordata. Its leaves look a bit like sweet potato leaves and also a bit like pothos leaves, and growing among weeds it is quite unremarkable, yet Houttuynia cordata is...
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The most beautiful viewing season for succulents in the cheat-code zone has arrived
Foreword: Follow the Encyclopedia · Meet the Beauty (WeChat ID: duoroubaike) Main text begins: Thanks to the author [Late Autumn Early Winter] for the original submission and sharing. Edited and compiled by: Encyclopedia Jun. Location: Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province. In Yunnan, the most beautiful season for succulents...
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