A new favorite among ornamental plants, with unusual flower shapes and beautiful flowers and foliage alike, good-looking and easy to grow, an excellent choice for potted plants

Introduction

Green plants in pots have become an essential decorative element of home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: they beautify the room and also lift the spirits and nurture the character. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1071" introduces you to a new type of ornamental plant.

Today's star

Those born in the 1980s and 1990s all heard a song called "Lupin Flower" as children, right? "Night after night I think of mother's words, glistening tears, lupin flower...... The stars in the sky say nothing, the child on the earth misses mother..." It was the theme song of a film, and as a child I cried buckets watching it. Today let's get to know the star of the song, the lupin flower. The one in the picture is it, and this is what it looks like.

Lupin flower

Lupin flower, a transliteration of the English name Lupinus, is a perennial plant of the Fabaceae family and the genus Lupinus. Its Chinese name is yushandou (lupin). It originated in the highlands of Mexico and later spread to Europe and New Zealand. The first place in China to grow it on a large scale was Taiwan, China, and with a song it gradually became popular in mainland China. Its flower shape is unusual, its colors are rich, and it has high ornamental value.

Unusual flower shape

The flowers of lupin are very similar in shape to hyacinth flowers, like a corn cob, terminal and growing upright, with many small flowers on them. The flower colors include light blue, pink, brick red, white and bicolor, and the flowers give off a strong, refreshing fragrance. Planted in groups, the ornamental effect is even better, and it is a very good ground cover plant. In northwest China there are special ornamental planting gardens for it.

Beautiful flowers and foliage alike

The reason lupin flower is called yushandou is that its leaves are palmate compound leaves, with the leaflets neatly arranged, just like a fan. It stays evergreen all year round, with both flowers and foliage beautiful, so you can enjoy the leaves as well as the flowers. Its flowering and fruiting period is March to July. After the flowers fade it produces seeds, and its self-seeding ability is very strong. Because of its outstanding ornamental and decorative effect, it has won wide praise and is deeply loved by flower growers.

An excellent choice for potted plants

Lupin has a very strong ability to adapt to the environment, and is distributed from south to north across the globe. It has advantages such as cold tolerance and heat resistance, and in the northwest region of China it can also be planted outdoors in the ground, making it relatively easy to care for. In recent years many dwarf varieties have been developed, with well-proportioned plants and lush foliage, taking its ornamental value up another level, giving it the chance to enter the mass market. Combined with the special meaning attributed to it, it has become a "new favorite" among potted ornamental flowers.