A woody flowering plant with multiple colors in one flower and a fragrant scent, easy to care for, an excellent choice for potted ornamental display
Introduction
Green plants in pots are essential decorative elements for home life, beautifying the room and soothing the mind. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1049" introduces you to a woody plant very much worth having.
Today's Featured Plant
Plants with "multiple colors in one flower" are not rare, such as Clerodendrum thomsoniae and Fuchsia, both of which have different petal and flower-center colors and look very beautiful. The flower introduced today is named "Distant Drums", also known as Yaogu Yaogu and so on, a rose horticultural variety of the genus Rosa in the family Rosaceae, bred in the United States in 1984. A single flower has several colors, and the flower color changes; in different seasons and among different flowers, the colors are never quite the same, very peculiar and beautiful.
Distant Drums
Distant Drums, when the flower first opens, is very cupped; the outer petals tend toward light purple, finally slowly turning light pink, while the flower center is a mix of bronze and purplish red, a very vintage color, unique among roses. The flower shape, from opening to fading, keeps a very beautiful form, unlike other varieties that collapse into a flat pancake and look quite ugly. This variety has a unique flower color, niche yet beautiful, and is much loved by flower enthusiasts.
Blooms continuously from a young plant
A single flower of Distant Drums does not last long, only a few days, but it blooms very readily, repeating bloom across multiple seasons. In the south it can bloom all year round, while in the north it is a three-season bloomer, not blooming or blooming little in winter. It is one of the plants with the longest flowering period in nature, with a very long ornamental period. Not only are the flowers beautiful, Distant Drums also has a strong fragrance, which can be smelled without leaning close, refreshing and delightful.
Easy to care for
Distant Drums is a shrub plant, relatively low-growing, at most only about 80 cm tall, with many branches and a compact, attractive plant shape that needs little pruning. It is fairly cold-tolerant and also very heat-resistant; in areas south of the Yangtze River, it can be planted in the ground and overwinter outdoors. A small woody plant, it does not root deeply, so it can absolutely be grown in a pot for ornamental display, with average care difficulty. A loose, well-drained soil is best; water thoroughly when dry, and leave it alone when not dry; give it plenty of light, and that is all the care needed.
An excellent potted choice
Distant Drums is a woody plant; you only need to grow it once, and you can enjoy it every year afterward. Those with good skill can also prune and train it into a bonsai tree, placed in an indoor living room, office, and so on, with a very good effect of decorative greening. When it blooms, it is the icing on the cake; the fairy-like flowers always leave people wanting more, and waves of fragrance assail the nose. Enjoying the flowers and smelling the scent, it is very much worth having, a rare excellent choice for potted ornamental display.