Which variety of Serissa is the most expensive? Variety price comparison
Serissa is a plant whose blooming scene features luxuriant branches and pure white flowers, like snow falling in June. It has a great many varieties, so which variety of Serissa is the most expensive?
1. Which variety of Serissa is the most expensive?
Although Serissa has a great many varieties, the most expensive is Golden-edged Serissa (Serissa japonica 'Aureo-marginata'). Golden-edged Serissa is a small shrub plant with a plant height of 60-90 cm, leathery leaves 6-22 mm long and 3-6 mm wide, and leaf tips that are yellow or white in color. The flowers are solitary or several together, with a corolla of 6-12 mm and a color of red or white.
Golden-edged Serissa likes to grow in a sunny environment, and its growing temperature requirements are not very high. For soil, loose, breathable, well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic soil is best. Golden-edged Serissa likes to grow along rivers and streams or in the mixed woods of hills.
Golden-edged Serissa has very high ornamental value; its tree form is graceful, its branches and leaves are emerald green, and it is delicate and exquisite, making it a relatively excellent bonsai plant. In our country it has long been known by the laudatory title of one of the ten great scholars, and in world trade it is one of the famous bonsai exported to the United States.
2. Other varieties of Serissa
Besides Golden-edged Serissa, Serissa has other varieties as well, such as Yinmu, which is a small bonsai plant that is relatively shade-tolerant, and its flowering period is from June to September each year; when it blooms it is extremely beautiful.
There is also mountain Serissa, which is likewise a small potted plant. Its branches are relatively thick and sturdy, and its inflorescences grow at the top. The corolla is tubular and pure white in color; it blooms from April to June each year, and bears fruit from September to November each year.
Serissa blooms very beautifully and is a very good potted plant, suitable for home cultivation and viewing. If you like it, you can plant a pot of it at home.