Where the drought-proof wintersweet grows, when it blooms, the benefits of drinking it as an infusion, and seed prices

Wintersweet, also known as golden plum, wax flower, and yellow plum blossom, is good for courtyard planting and is also suitable for old-stump bonsai, flower arranging, and shaping art. It is an ideal precious flowering tree for winter flower viewing. So where does the drought-proof wintersweet grow? Which months does it bloom? What benefits does drinking it as an infusion have? How much does a jin of seeds cost?

1. Where does the drought-proof wintersweet grow?

Wintersweet likes sunlight and can tolerate shade, cold, and drought, but it is averse to waterlogging. Wintersweet flowers bloom proudly in frost and snow, with yellow flowers like wax and a strong fragrance, and it is a major flowering tree for winter viewing. It fears wind and is relatively cold-tolerant; it can overwinter safely when temperatures do not drop below -15°C. It can be grown in the open ground in areas south of Beijing, but if the flowering period encounters a low temperature of -10°C, the flowers suffer cold damage. It thrives in deep, fertile, loose, well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam, and grows poorly on saline-alkali land.

2. Which months does wintersweet bloom?

According to angiosperm records, wintersweet blooms from November to March of the following year, and the seeds mature in July to August. Wintersweet buds in the depths of winter when all other flowers have withered, braving the cold and defying the frost, expressing the Chinese nation's character of never yielding in the face of brutality, and giving people spiritual inspiration and enjoyment of beauty.

3. What benefits does drinking wintersweet flower as an infusion have?

The wintersweet flower is also a traditional Chinese medicine. Its flowers contain many medicinal substances, such as many kinds of volatile oils and carotene and other beneficial substances, which can lower blood sugar, clear heat and detoxify, and relieve heat dizziness and other conditions, so wintersweet flowers can be brewed as tea.

How exactly do you brew wintersweet flower tea? First, you can buy ready-processed wintersweet flowers, then rinse them with boiling water, for about 10 minutes.

Second, you can also pick wintersweet yourself, then dry the wintersweet flowers in the sun until they are completely dry, and then you can rinse them with boiling water. Because wintersweet flowers are slightly bitter, you can add granulated sugar or honey and mix well, and after about 10 minutes it is ready to drink.

The effects of brewing wintersweet flower tea: it can clear heat and detoxify, and prevent and treat wind-cold infection and colds. Its flower buds can also relieve summer heat, stop coughing, and treat vomiting and dizziness.

Wintersweet flowers can also be mixed with bitter melon tea, rose, honeysuckle, reishi, osmanthus, and others. It is not only delicious and refreshing but also strengthens the body, truly having a great many effects.

★Warm reminder:

Drinking wintersweet flower tea does not only have benefits. It also has side effects.

First, wintersweet flowers themselves are cold in nature, so people with a strongly cold constitution or who are weak should not drink wintersweet flower tea. It increases the body's cold nature, lowers immunity, and makes one prone to wind-cold infection.

Furthermore, wintersweet flowers contain a substance similar to strychnine, and drinking too much can cause bodily convulsions and even poisoning, so the dosage must be used with caution.

So although wintersweet flower tea is pleasant to drink and has many benefits, it must be consumed in moderation and not continuously, to avoid excessive coldness harming the body.

4. How much does a jin of wintersweet seeds cost?

The market price of wintersweet seeds is still quite low. The price per jin of seeds is about 150 yuan to 160 yuan, and this price is still within a range that everyone can accept.