This woody plant bears multiple colors on a single flower, its blooms rival peonies and roses in beauty, and it is easy to grow in pots

Introduction

Green plants and potted plants are essential ornaments for home life; they beautify the room, freshen the air, and cultivate the mind and character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home brings many benefits. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary · Issue 855" takes you to meet a woody plant whose beauty is no less than that of peonies and roses.

Today's Star

The peony and the rose are respectively known as the "King of Flowers" and the "Queen of Flowers," with countless honors. The only one that can compare with these two is perhaps the camellia. The flower introduced to you today is named Disi, a precious variety among camellias, with extremely high ornamental value, not inferior at all to peonies and roses.

Disi

Disi was first announced in 1983 in Mississippi, USA, and caused a sensation as soon as it was exhibited. This variety has bicolor blooms, red and white intermingled, multiple colors on one flower, a neat form, noble and elegant. The flower diameter reaches 12.5 cm, the blooms are large and brightly colored, fully double, possessing both the poise of a peony and somewhat the charm of a lotus, very beautiful.

Multiple colors on one flower

Disi has emerald-green leaves with a glossy surface, evergreen through the four seasons; as the saying goes, "Emerald leaves glisten, green all year round; a single superb branch is praised in spring and winter." Its petals are arranged in orderly fashion, red flowers with white blotches, pointed petals and double blooms, attracting bees and butterflies back and forth; both flowers and leaves are beautiful, for viewing blooms and foliage alike. The flowering period is winter and spring, with flowers lasting several weeks without fading.

Easy to Cultivate

As a horticultural hybrid variety, Disi has stable traits and stronger adaptability than its parent woody plant, so it is very easy to cultivate. In areas south of the Yangtze River in China it can be grown outdoors; in the north it must be potted, and in winter it needs to be kept indoors to survive the winter. For potting, use special camellia soil; do not directly use garden soil, nutrient soil, etc. Daily care can be very rough and simple.

An Excellent Potted Choice

When Disi was first introduced, it was quite expensive; now, as more have been introduced, it is becoming more and more widespread, the price is already very affordable, and it has become a popular flower and plant. Cultivate one at home, and you can enjoy flowers every year; blooming brings prosperity, with extremely high cost performance, a rare excellent potted plant. As a woody plant, it can also be pruned and shaped into a bonsai tree.