This herbaceous flower is known as the thornless rose, easy to grow with a long blooming period, choose it for autumn flower growing

Introduction

Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative elements of home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits, as they can both beautify the room and delight the mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1326" introduces you to one of the most beautiful herbaceous flowers.

Today's featured plant

With crisp autumn air, it is the best time to grow flowers. This autumn, when growing flowers, don't just choose pothos, spider plants and succulents. The flower introduced today is called prairie gentian (Eustoma grandiflorum), a world-renowned famous flower that has won gardening awards many times and is hailed as the "thornless rose", loaded with honors and deeply loved.

Prairie gentian

Prairie gentian (Eustoma grandiflorum), a perennial evergreen herbaceous plant in the Gentianaceae family, was originally a wild grass in the southern mountainous regions of North America. Because it is so beautiful, it was developed into an ornamental flower. There are many horticultural varieties, with brilliant and colorful flower colors, mainly double-petaled, and the flower shape resembles a cup-shaped rose. It has high ornamental value and is praised as the "most beautiful herbaceous flower" and the "thornless rose".

Long blooming period

In its natural state, the blooming period of prairie gentian is from late spring to summer, with abundant flowers, multiple stems shooting up at once, and each flower stem can bear 5~7 flowers at the same time, making it easy to bloom into a full pot. When grown indoors in pots artificially, the blooming period is irregular, and it may bloom in all four seasons. A single flower can last more than 20 days without withering, and the ornamental period is very long. It can be used as a cut flower or for vase arrangements.

Easy to cultivate

Prairie gentian is generally propagated by sowing and cuttings. Autumn is the most suitable season for planting, with a very high survival rate, and it can almost grow just by being tossed into soil. It likes light, so there is no need to worry about exposing it to the sun. For daily management, follow the rule of watering thoroughly after the soil dries out, and do not water when it is not dry. Applying a little dilute fertilizer regularly will help it grow very well.

Worth having

Prairie gentian (Eustoma grandiflorum) is generally called "yang jiegeng" in China, but in fact it has nothing to do with jiegeng (Platycodon grandiflorus). It is much shorter than jiegeng, only a few dozen cm tall, requires no pinching, and is very easy to manage and maintain. The drawback is that it is not cold-tolerant, so in northern regions it must be moved indoors in winter. It is perennial, and with one planting, you can see flowers every year. It is worth having.