Bonsai Appreciation Reflections: Every effort will bloom into flowers

Title: Two Heroes Dancing

Tree species: Azalea

Specifications: 60X130 cm

Author: Deng Wenxiang

Pomegranate bonsai

Crape myrtle bonsai - flowers blooming for a hundred days red

Pomegranate bonsai

[Bonsai Enthusiast Reflections]

Text | Xiamen, Fujian @Zhou Yingzhi

Happiness cannot rely on others, you can only find it yourself. Facing the many frustrations of life, if you cannot change them, then change your mindset. When disappointed and discouraged, you can still build up hope and confidence within yourself. Cast away the things that disturb your happiness, do not fuss over trifles, do not worry about tomorrow's matters, use a busy life to purify your soul, find happiness in your own life, and have one more pursuit.

Crape myrtle bonsai - flowers blooming for a hundred days red

Pomegranate bonsai

[Bonsai Enthusiast Reflections]

Text | Wanzhou, Chongqing @Wu Qiuju

There is a kind of effort called initiative, and that is because of the motivation of goals! There is a kind of going all out called I am willing, and that is because of the drive of dreams! In a person's life, ultimately you can become whatever you believe in, because there are two most terrifying words in the world: one is seriousness, and the other is persistence. Serious people change themselves, persistent people change their destiny. As long as you are on the road, there is no place you cannot reach!

There is never wasted effort,

nor is there accidental success.

As long as you treat life seriously,

one day, every effort

will bloom into flowers!

Crape myrtle bonsai - flowers blooming for a hundred days red

The crape myrtle tree is a precious environmental protection plant in China. People call it hundred-day red and tickle tree, because as soon as you lightly touch its bark, it will tremble endlessly. This is because this kind of tree trunk is extremely sensitive to vibration. It is a deciduous tree of the Lythraceae family, reaching up to 10 m in height. The panicle grows at the top of the current year's branches. The inflorescence is very large, 30 cm to 50 cm long, with dozens or more flowers on it; the flowers are about 3 cm in diameter and come in white, violet, red and purple; it blooms every summer and autumn, each inflorescence can remain open for about 50 days, and the flowering period of the whole plant lasts as long as 4 months. It is an excellent ornamental garden flowering tree, and also one of the good species for stump bonsai.

Pomegranate bonsai

Pomegranate (Latin name: Punica granatum L.) is a deciduous tree or shrub; leaves are simple, usually opposite or clustered, without stipules. Flowers are terminal or nearly terminal, solitary or several clustered or forming cymes, nearly bell-shaped, with 5-9 lobes and 5-9 petals, much wrinkled and imbricate; ovules numerous. Berry is spherical, with persistent calyx lobes at the top, and the pericarp is thick; seeds are numerous, the berry is nearly spherical, and the fruit ripening period is September to October. The outer seed coat is fleshy and semi-transparent, juicy; the inner seed coat is leathery.

Its nature and flavor are sweet, sour and astringent, warm; it has effects such as killing insects, astringing, astringing the intestines, and stopping diarrhea. Pomegranate fruit is rich in nutrients, and its vitamin C content is one to two times higher than that of apples and pears.

The history of pomegranate cultivation in China can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. According to Lu Gong's record, it was introduced from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian. It is cultivated in both northern and southern China, with relatively large planting areas in Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and other places, and some relatively high-quality varieties have been bred. Among them, Huaiyuan County in Anhui is China's hometown of pomegranates, and "Huaiyuan pomegranate" is a national geographical indication protected product.

Traditional Chinese culture regards the pomegranate as an auspicious object and sees it as a symbol of many children and much fortune.

Pomegranate bonsai

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