10 flowers that get hyped to the skies are actually very hard to grow, and the more you grow them, the more your heart aches
NO.10 Pothos
On average, hundreds of gardeners come asking for help every day, and pothos has run into problems again and again and again. Changes in surrounding humidity, temperature and light all affect pothos growth. If you can get it to grow tough and sturdy, then you won't have to worry.
NO.8 Rose
If you want to name the most popular flower this year, it has to be the rose. Grow one on a balcony or indoors and a whole pile of problems shows up. Whether it blooms or not no longer matters. Once it gets infested with bugs, no treatment is ever thorough, and it can even spread to every flower on the whole balcony!
NO.8 Succulents
Every summer, countless succulents die, but that still can't stop everyone's enthusiasm for buying succulents. Growing succulents takes more than skill; luck matters even more. Who knows when one will drop its leaves and grow deformed~
NO.7 Gardenia
Gardenia blooms, oh it blooms~ Every time you come across someone selling gardenias you can't walk away. Now you can buy a pot for just ten yuan, but once you take it home the buds drop right off, and before you've smelled the fragrance more than a few times, it's dead as a doornail!
NO.6 Orchid
The orchid is the "white moonlight" in the hearts of us flower growers, noble and beautiful. Think you can grow one that is fresh and refined? Impossible. Other people's are top-grade elegant orchids, but as soon as we grow one it turns into a big scallion!
NO.5 Phalaenopsis
Don't be fooled by how phalaenopsis blooms look like plastic flowers; it is actually delicate and dainty. If you don't mist and keep it moist properly after bringing it home, it will immediately die on you. It is also afraid of cold, and a slight chill leaves no way to save it. Such an expensive flower is exhausting to grow~
NO.4 Money Tree
Even people who don't like growing flowers have grown a money tree. So far Huahua has never heard of one being kept for more than 5 years. Nine out of ten money trees drown, and if you can't control your hands, no matter how many money trees you buy it's all for nothing!
NO.3 Kumquat
The little kumquat you have to buy every Chinese New Year, has it ever lived past 2 months? An out-of-season product loaded with hormones, if you can grow it well, you are truly a master among masters!
NO.2 Azalea
Don't be fooled by azaleas covering whole mountains and fields; bring one home to grow and it dies. It's not your problem. Azaleas just love slightly acidic soil, while household water is generally on the alkaline side. As you keep watering, the potting soil turns alkaline, so of course it dies!
NO.1 Camellia
If the camellia claims first place, no other flower can claim second. Non-sticky soil kills it, soil that is too sticky and not breathable kills it, watering a bit too much kills it, too little water also kills it... By the time you notice it frantically dropping leaves, there is basically no saving it~