The potted plant with the strongest floral fragrance, once won an international horticultural award, easy to grow and beautiful

Introduction

Green plants and potted flowers have become essential decorative elements of home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts the mood. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1147" introduces a plant known for its floral fragrance.

Today's featured plant

Plants that are both beautiful and fragrant have always been loved by people, such as orchids, Daphne odora, and magnolias. Before you even see them, you can already smell their fragrance. Placed indoors, wave after wave of floral scent can even serve as an air freshener. The flower introduced today is called Double Delight, recognized in the horticultural world as a foremost fragrant ornamental plant, loaded with honors, beautiful and overflowing with fragrance.

Double Delight

Double Delight is a classic old variety of rose. Its name makes many people assume it is a Chinese rose, but it was actually bred in the United States. It was successfully bred as early as 1977, and after decades it is still going strong and highly sought after. Its flowers are extremely double, with a rose flower shape, a cream-white to light pink center, and dark red edges, with multiple colors in one flower. In 1985 it won the "Most Loved Rose Award," and over the years it has won countless awards.

Multiple colors in one flower

Double Delight's flower color is richly variable. Due to weather, temperature, and other factors, its flower color changes accordingly, and no two Double Delight flowers are ever the same color. Its flowering performance is excellent; even in extremely humid environments, it will keep blooming continuously, repeating its bloom across multiple seasons in a year, with an exceptionally long ornamental period. Its floral fragrance is extremely rich; its scent is spicy and sweet, richly fragrant.

Easy to cultivate

Double Delight has good disease resistance, vigorous growth, and many branches. It can be grown in the ground or in pots, is cold-tolerant and heat-resistant, and performs well in both southern and northern China. It likes sandy loam rich in organic matter, well-drained, and slightly acidic. When potted, it should be placed about one meter away from a window, with scattered light exposure; long-term strong light exposure will affect flowering. Water according to the principle of water when dry, stop when wet.

One plant can perfume a whole room

Double Delight has robust plants and a beautiful form. Its flowers are elegant and graceful, with multiple colors in one flower, dazzling to the eye, and it also has an extremely aromatic scent. Grow one on the balcony, and when it blooms, the fragrance can be smelled throughout the room. One plant can perfume a whole room. Besides enjoying the flowers, it can also purify the air, offering extremely high value for money. Many years after its introduction, it is still the most sought-after classic variety; you won't regret getting one.