The easiest houseplant to grow, rooting from cuttings, beautiful in both flower and leaf, blooming in all four seasons, and edible
Introduction
Green potted plants have become an indispensable decorative element in modern home life, and are much loved by the public. As the saying goes, growing flowers also cultivates the mind. Keeping a few pots of flowers indoors can both beautify the home and cultivate character. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1125" introduces you to a kind of evergreen herbaceous plant.
Today's star
The plant introduced today has thick, tender green leaves shaped like a heart, and a touch of yellow at the center of the flower shaped like the sun, so it is vividly called heart-leaf noon flower, and because it opens during the day and closes at night it got its name. Its flowering period lasts from spring to autumn. It can be enjoyed both for its flowers and its leaves, and is an excellent potted flower for decorating the living room or windowsill.
Heart-leaf noon flower
The heart-leaf noon flower is native to southern Africa. Its leaves are lush and delicate, so green they seem about to drip; it bears small red flowers resembling peonies, gorgeous yet not gaudy, delicate and eye-catching. Beautiful in both flower and leaf, it combines three attributes in one: easy care, extremely easy to keep alive, and strong ornamental value, which has made it deeply loved by flower enthusiasts and introduced for cultivation around the world. It is one of the most popular indoor flowering plants.
Easy to fill a pot
The heart-leaf noon flower not only has high ornamental value, it is also very easy to grow. It has strong vitality, and a sunny and dry environment suits its growth very well. It has low requirements for soil and for fertilizer and water, and a section of stem stuck in the soil as a cutting will root and live. "Strictly control water, better dry than waterlogged, full-day sun, light fertilizer applied often." Keep these sixteen characters in mind and it will easily fill a pot.
Many flowers and easy to grow
Originally the heart-leaf noon flower had only an ornamental use, but when it reached China, the Chinese people gave it a new meaning - eating it. Its leaves are tender and plump and are often eaten as a vegetable. Chinese people gave it other names such as "edible chuanxinlian" and "tianqi vegetable". As a cold-dressed vegetable, it tastes fresh and refreshing, and often appears in specialty restaurants. Keep a few pots at home, and you will have flowers to enjoy in all four seasons and can also eat it as a vegetable. It is worth getting.