Vine flowers are the trendiest thing this summer: fresh colors, blooms in every season, and easy to grow
Potted green plants have become an indispensable decorative touch in modern home life, and are hugely popular with the public. As the saying goes, growing flowers also cultivates the mind; keeping a few pots of flowers indoors beautifies the home and lifts the spirit. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1123" introduces you to an evergreen, fragrant flowering plant.
Today's star
In the scorching summer heat, flower lovers along the southeastern coast surely feel the muggy southern climate most keenly; many potted flowers cannot bear it and enter dormancy. Yet only she fears neither the blazing sun nor the fierce heat, blooming gorgeously, and when the breeze blows, wave after wave of sweet fragrance fills the air and delights the heart. She is today's star: the Madagascar jasmine (Dipladenia), a new type of vine flower that has become popular in recent years, and is very trendy in cultured cities such as Guangzhou and Xiamen in southern China.
Madagascar jasmine
The Madagascar jasmine is a new type of vine plant, also known as red wrinkled vine, double-gland vine, double-happiness vine, wen vine and red cicada flower. Native to tropical America, it is a perennial evergreen plant with large oval leaves in a deep, glossy green. Its flowers are showy, mostly deep pink, with five petals arranged in a spiral that spins like a little pinwheel. The flowering branches are elegant and distinctive, and the stems are soft, so it can be trained into all kinds of shapes; it can be allowed to climb and twine freely around a courtyard, or grown as a potted specimen.
It can be grown on a balcony too
The Madagascar jasmine comes from tropical regions and needs plenty of light to keep blooming. It can be grown on a balcony with just indirect light; kept entirely indoors, it will not flower or will flower only sparsely. It belongs to the "give it a little sunshine and it shines" category.
One plant, many colors
For flower lovers, what they care about most is the flowering period. Anyone who has grown this flower knows that the Madagascar jasmine blooms from March to October, flowering for as long as three seasons, so its flowering period can be called quite long. It is not demanding about soil and adapts fairly well to its environment, making it especially suitable for beginners to care for. If grown indoors, it can bloom in all four seasons when placed on a sunny balcony in winter.
An extra-long flowering period, well worth having
Dignified yet noble, fresh yet elegant, its reputation as the new queen of vine flowers is well deserved. It is not only ornamental and a joy to the mood, but also acts as a natural air freshener, adsorbing certain harmful substances in the air and purifying it, making it very much worth having.