Golden branches and jade leaves with fragrance overflowing, a traditional famous flower excellent in form, color and scent
Among the many flowers, there is one that is not only beautiful and lovely, but also has graceful tree form and overflowing fragrance. It can be called excellent in posture, color, fragrance and charm. It stays verdant and deep green all year round, gathering the strengths of all flowers, and has won the affection of a great many flower growers.
Today the editor will join everyone in getting to know a traditional Chinese famous flower -- Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' (golden-edged winter daphne). Although its flowers are small, they cluster into masses, and the fragrance is fresh, delicate and elegant. Its tree form is graceful, its flowers abundant and fragrant, truly achieving an effect excellent in posture, color, fragrance and charm. With a pot of golden-edged winter daphne at home, the whole house is filled with fragrance. It is not only a flower of very high ornamental value, but also carries the auspiciousness among flowers, symbolizing good fortune, and thus it is named Ruixiang (auspicious fragrance).
Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' is a semi-shade flower; in summer it needs appropriate shading, while in winter it can be given sufficient light. For home cultivation, choose loose, breathable acidic soil; humus soil, peat soil and the like are all fine, and it is even better to add a little rice husk charcoal or coal furnace slag, then mix in an appropriate amount of river sand and thoroughly decomposed organic fertilizer. But it is not suitable to use highly sticky clay soil or saline-alkali soil with too high a salt and alkali content. Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' has fleshy roots, and in care, just like other fleshy-rooted flowers, it must not be watered too much; if the pot stays too wet for a long time, it will cause root rot.
Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' has luxuriant branches and leaves and very strong sprouting ability; after flowering it should be pruned appropriately to promote good ventilation and a beautiful plant shape. Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' relatively likes fertilizer; during the growth period, apply a thin liquid fertilizer about once every half month. Before and after flowering, also apply a thin fertilizer solution once each, to prompt the plant to grow more luxuriantly and fully.