Northern gardening enthusiasts grow all kinds of tropical small shrubs at home, drawing everyone's admiration

Before introducing this gardening enthusiast's indoor potted small shrubs, let's take a look at his yard first. Below are the pictures he took in spring. Winter has just passed, and more green is appearing in the ground.

Let's see how he organizes his flower beds. Although this gardening enthusiast lives in the northern temperate zone, he particularly loves tropical plants, but he refuses to leave out any kind of flower!

You can see that most of the perennial herbaceous flowers and bulb flowers are planted intermixed.

Once spring arrives, the bare flower beds and the grass gradually turn green together. In spring, you can enjoy many beautiful sights in his yard!

1. Bulbous plants

Daffodils and tulips bloom in succession. Only after the other bulbous flowers grow larger can they cover up the dilapidated sight of the dead leaves.

He tried growing his favorite crocuses, but unfortunately failed. Look at the white hyacinths below, they're growing quite well, aren't they? But there's still room for effort!

His experience growing roses was full of sorrowful moments.

2. Heavily fragrant roses

The dead branches below belong to the four-year-old heavily fragrant large-flowered rose 'Graham Thomas'. Every winter the old branches freeze to death; piling soil near the ground to protect it allows it to survive the winter.

The green part is the living part. New branches sprouting from here can bloom two to three times in summer and autumn. This is entirely thanks to 'Graham Thomas''s strong ability to bloom on new branches.

3. Climbing rose (left)

The six-year-old climbing rose 'New Dawn' blooms only on old branches. The past two harsh winters have caused two summers without flowers. But this year's warm winter meant all of last year's old branches survived:

Stretching the extremely long branches horizontally and tying them to the fence can encourage more side buds and more flowers. Looking forward to the roses blooming this summer.

4. Peonies

A large number of peony shoots are emerging from the branches; they should bloom very well this year. The one above is a black peony. Two thick old branches froze to death and it is recovering. The frozen ones could only be cut back short, and the plant height is now only one-third of its original. Every time he sees frost damage he feels very sad, but seeing them slowly recover fills him with surprise again.

5. Potted woody plants

Temperate potted plants such as figs, bay leaves, and Chinese toon have already adapted to the outdoor environment and are beginning another year of growth.

7. Indoor fragrant potted flowers

After a few months, by early summer, you can see some of his indoor fragrant flowers at home. The houseplants in the house are also very eye-catching.

You can see the orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) covering the blooming flowers; just looking at it makes you feel it must be very fragrant! Kept by the windowsill, it is also his favorite potted plant.

8. Indoor climbing plants

Star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides), used as a wall-climbing plant in southern courtyards, has fairly good cold tolerance. He plans to train it into a potted small shrub. Although it doesn't climb much, gardening enthusiasts all love its fragrance.

9. Rhipsalidopsis and Epiphyllum

Many friends envy people who graft Christmas cactus onto cactus. In fact, Rhipsalidopsis (bright red cactus) and Epiphyllum can also be grafted directly onto cactus.

Everyday grafting is of course indispensable. Although the graft isn't very pretty, it's very unique!

After grafting, he also appropriately set up some supports in the potting soil. The bright red cactus above also blooms very conspicuously after grafting, with flowers much larger than Rhipsalidopsis; those rose-red flowers are very charming.

10. Phalaenopsis

The ever-blooming Phalaenopsis orchids, with that small pot of Christmas cactus hidden among them, I wonder if you can find it? It is so inconspicuous, yet it is also a rather prized potted plant.

11. Indoor woody flowers

If you ask which houseplant is the reddest, half a tree of hibiscus and a whole tree of bottlebrush. Can bottlebrush, as a tropical plant, also be grown in the north? Of course, as a potted small shrub, it's not just talk! And there's also the charming hibiscus.