The real reason your flowers don't last more than 2 years, and it's surprising

This is day 907 of Lanyao's daily original article

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Excerpt from the series "30 Days to Help You Go from Zero Basics to a Flower-Growing Expert"

In yesterday's article, Lanyao talked about the terms herbaceous flowers, woody flowers, perennial flowers, and annual and biennial flowers.

So today Lanyao will explain specifically what these all represent, and what guiding significance they have for our flower-growing process.What are herbaceous flowers?

What we commonly call herbaceous flowers actually refers to herbaceous flowering plants, that is, flowers whose aboveground parts wither and die every year. Evergreen foliage plants also belong to herbaceous flowers, such as Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro), Monstera deliciosa (Swiss cheese plant), Chlorophytum comosum (spider plant), and so on.

Herbaceous flowers can be further divided into perennials and annuals and biennials. For example, chrysanthemums and Gazania are perennial herbaceous flowers, while Petunia and Lobelia are annual and biennial herbaceous flowers.What are woody flowers?

Many people may not yet understand woody flowers, but if Lanyao says trees, everyone will easily understand, right? Woody flowers, simply understood, are flowers that grow like trees. Their stems and roots form xylem, and the branches become lignified and turn into sturdy plants. For example: Bougainvillea, Aglaia odorata, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rosa chinensis (Chinese rose), and so on.What are annual and biennial flowers?

They can be simply understood as flower varieties whose lifespan is completed within 1-2 years, from sowing, growing, flowering, and fruiting to aging and death. Most herbaceous flowers are annual or biennial.What are perennial flowers?Flowers that can live for more than 2 years. Woody flowers all belong to perennial flowers.

Guiding significance:Once you understand the classification attributes of flowers, you can correctly anticipate their flowering and fruiting times and master the best planting timing. For example, for annual and biennial herbaceous flower varieties, autumn is the best time to sow. If you sow again in spring, the flowering period is often greatly shortened or they may even fail to bloom.

What Lanyao is sharing today is the most basic flower-growing knowledge, but precisely because it is basic, we need to master it firmly. Only by accurately distinguishing which category your potted plants belong to can you treat them correctly and grow them well.

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