New type of potted flower: small, beautiful, fragrant, with a flowering period of up to half a year and easy to care for

Introduction

Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative items for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts the mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1174" introduces you to a new type of ornamental flower.

Today's featured plant

Some gardening friends have asked: I already have pothos, spider plant, and succulents at home. Are there any novel and unusual plants you can introduce? The flower introduced this issue is called ornamental oregano, a new type of potted plant that is rarely seen in China and not many people grow it, but most gardening friends who see it for the first time will be captivated by it. It is very famous in the circle and is a veritable "internet-famous" flower and plant. Let's get to know it together.

Ornamental oregano

Ornamental oregano is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family, genus Origanum. Unlike the oregano used for food and medicine, this is a horticultural variety bred by foreign horticulturists specifically for ornamental purposes. Its flowers and leaves are both beautiful. The leaves are ovate or oblong-ovate, bright green on top and often with a purple tinge, and light pink underneath. The many flowers bloom densely, like a string of colored coin flowers, and also like strings of small roses, small and lovely.

Highly ornamental

Ornamental oregano has the adorable charm of succulents and also the brilliance of herbaceous flowers, with both flowers and leaves beautiful. Before the flowers open, the leaf bracts are still curled, and each one can last 4-5 months. Add the flowering time in summer and autumn, and the ornamental period lasts more than half a year. Its flower color changes with light: under medium light the calyx appears pink, and under stronger light it turns purple, with clear layers and strong ornamental value, leaving people completely unable to resist.

Easy to care for

Ornamental oregano is very easy to grow. It is generally propagated by sowing. It is not strict about soil and can be cultivated in ordinary soil, but alkaline soil and sandy soil are not suitable. Sprinkle the seeds on the growing medium and cover lightly with soil; they will take root and sprout in about 7 days. Daily care is similar to other green plants such as pothos and spider plant; it likes a growing environment with light and ventilation. It is very cold-tolerant, and overwintering outdoors in the north is no problem. It is suitable for both the south and the north.

Beautiful and fragrant

Ornamental oregano is not only an ornamental flower; its flowers also give off a very rich fragrance. It is a very important natural spice crop and can be used to make soap, food seasonings, and more. Beautiful and fragrant, placing one plant on the coffee table in the living room or on the office desktop gives you flowers to enjoy and bursts of fragrance filling the air, refreshing the heart and mind. One flower with many uses and high cost-effectiveness, it is well worth having.