The most fragrant woody flowering plant has an exceptionally long blooming period and is easy to grow; when it blooms, its fragrance fills the whole room, and it can be made into a bonsai.
Introduction
Potted green plants are essential decorative items for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the home and lifts the mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1402" introduces you to a super fragrant flower.
Today's main character
During this period, the osmanthus trees along the streets have been blooming one after another. Walking under the trees, you can always smell waves of fragrance rushing to your nose, very pleasant. This issue introduces a woody flowering plant even more fragrant than osmanthus - Penglai flower, truly "one flower can perfume a whole room," and also an excellent material for bonsai.
Penglai flower
"Penglai flower" is what we call it here. Its real scientific name is Ruixiang, a small shrub in the Thymelaeaceae family and Daphne genus, no more than one meter tall, distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River in China. Its leaves are evergreen, some with golden edges. It blooms pale purplish-red flowers, with the inner side flesh-red, composed of dozens of flowers in a head-like inflorescence. Both flowers and leaves are beautiful, with high ornamental value.
The flowers are extremely fragrant
What people praise most about Penglai flower is still its floral fragrance. When this plant blooms, it gives off a very rich scent, of the very fragrant and fresh kind, comfortable to smell. Grown in a courtyard, it can be smelled throughout the whole house. There is a saying: "The peony is the national beauty and heavenly fragrance, while the golden-edged Ruixiang is the best." It can be called the "king of fragrant flowers," is highly treasured in the horticultural world, and is a famous flower of the world.
Long blooming period
Penglai flower blooms in spring, mostly around New Year's Eve. From beginning to end it can bloom for more than two months, an exceptionally long blooming period, spanning the entire Spring Festival period. It is an excellent New Year potted flower to place indoors, with red-tinged flowers, extremely fragrant, beautiful and festive, for both flower viewing and fragrance. Before every Spring Festival it is a "hot commodity" in the flower market; even at a not-low price, it is still in great demand.
Excellent bonsai material
Cultivating Penglai flower (golden-edged Ruixiang) is also very simple. It likes semi-shade, and scattered light is enough to meet its needs for growth and blooming. It is suitable for cultivation indoors, on balconies, and similar places. The plant is not tall, branches well, and is easy to shape. It is an important bonsai tree material. If you grow flowers in autumn, you can give it a try.