Country folk grow flowers close to the earth; relying on heaven to make a living is the only way to truly flourish

Flowers & Gardening Jan 1, 1970 0 views

In cities of steel and concrete, though there are no shortage of pretty flowers and plants, they always feel overly polished, too artificial, and have lost their spirit instead. In my old country home, the whole yard is full of flowers and plants, with no one tending them, growing wild and willfully rampant. The moment you walk in, you are greeted by a surge of vibrant life!

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Mid-Autumn garden balsam, loved by all girls

Garden balsam, also known as henna, grows everywhere in the countryside - along wall bases, in grassy patches, by riverbanks - and can grow into a wild thicket even with no one tending it. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, girls use it to dye their nails.

Four o'clocks, the most beautiful scenery in the evening

Four o'clocks are also very common; they bloom every evening in many colors. Country folk basically never buy them - if someone's yard has one, they just go dig one up and transplant it.

The mallows Mom grows, very rustic but very beautiful

Mom loves growing a flower called "sulky flower." As a child I didn't understand why it had that name; only after growing up did I learn it's called "gentle flower," with the botanical name mallow (Malva). It's probably a very ladylike flower - beautiful.

A 2-meter-tall cockscomb - have you ever seen one?

Cockscomb is especially festive; every autumn it blooms in clusters, extremely beautiful. Country folk can grow them to 2 meters tall - truly stunning.

Morning glory

Around the front and back of the old home, morning glories always cover everything. After rain, one glance at them is breathtakingly beautiful.

The most ordinary Chinese rose

Chinese roses are very ordinary in the countryside; no one takes them seriously, and there's no need for careful tending - relying on heaven alone they grow especially well. Why? Because they're close to the earth~

Vibrant herbaceous flowers

In autumn, all kinds of small chrysanthemums and little herbaceous flowers compete to bloom, brightly red, with not a trace of bleakness - instead it's quite lively. The autumn colors fill the garden and intoxicate, the flowers give off fragrance and butterflies come of their own accord~

Persimmon - the fruit tree country folk love to plant

Persimmon is the fruit tree country folk love to plant most - heavy and golden, just looking at them fills your heart with joy.