New potted flower won a gardening award, fragrant and beautiful, blooming for over half the year
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative elements for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts your mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1279" introduces you to a new type of potted flower.
Today's star
The scorching summer has passed, and now it is the season for growing flowers. If you already have pothos, spider plants and succulents, you might as well get to know this beautiful new type of ornamental flower. This flower is called oregano flower, and it once won the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in the UK, and it is very popular abroad.
Oregano flower
Oregano is originally a wild grass, also distributed in China, and is mainly used for medicinal, culinary and spice purposes. The variety introduced today was bred by foreign horticulturists specifically for ornamental purposes. Its flower bracts are beautiful, the colors are vivid, and it also has a rich fragrance. Its ornamental value is high, making it an excellent potted plant.
Long ornamental period
Before the oregano flower blooms, the leaf bracts are still curled up, and this can last 4-5 months. Adding the flowering time, the ornamental period exceeds half a year. Its flower color changes: pink when it first opens, and turning purple when exposed to sunlight. One flower with multiple colors, layer upon layer, like a miniature rose, leaving people unable to resist.
Easy care
Ornamental oregano was bred specifically for ornamental purposes, and it is very suitable for potting. It likes slightly alkaline, well-draining granular soil. It is very easy to cultivate, easier to grow than most plants. It likes diffused light and should not be exposed to strong sun. Its demand for fertilizer and water is average: water thoroughly after the soil dries out. It can grow very well without fertilizing.
An excellent potted plant
Besides its ornamental value, the oregano flower has a rich fragrant scent. It was originally an important source of spice. Used for potted ornamental display, it lets you enjoy both the flowers and the fragrance. Its flower color is fresh and elegant, and its flower shape is small and lovely, deeply loved by flower enthusiasts. After being introduced to China, it quickly became an internet-famous plant, and it is worth getting.