Keep these plants and flowers at home, and an old gardener says it is like adding a beautiful scenery

Some friends who want to grow flowers do not know which plants to start with, and do not know which plant varieties are highly ornamental, with special and lush plants? Want to make the home become a scenery because of raising some plants? Then do not miss the following varieties.

Have you heard of or come into contact with these four plants before: Euphorbia neriifolia, Sedum sarmentosum, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, and Aizoaceae? If not, then through the introduction below by the editor, perhaps you will have some different feelings.

Euphorbia neriifolia

Euphorbia neriifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Euphorbia in the family Euphorbiaceae, also known as Qilin horn, jade qilin, and so on, and is a variant of Euphorbia neriifolia. Its appearance is very distinctive: its ribbed fleshy stem is transformed into a cockscomb shape or a flat fan shape, so it has very special ornamental value. Its place of origin is the India region, and it is suitable for dry, hot, and sunny growing environments. There are not many key points for growing Euphorbia neriifolia. It likes light and needs to be placed in a sunny environment, and must not be left in a dark indoor place for a long time, otherwise the leaves will turn yellow and fall off. The potting soil can be mixed evenly with leaf mold, coal cinder, and garden soil at 1/3 each. Euphorbia neriifolia has strong drought tolerance, and the soil needs to be kept rather dry than wet. When watering, wait until the potting soil becomes hard and white before watering. For example, in spring and autumn when the average temperature is around ten-plus degrees, watering once every 10 days on average is enough. Euphorbia neriifolia is not cold-tolerant, and after Frost's Descent it needs to be brought indoors. Only when the winter temperature is above 15 degrees will it not drop leaves. As for fertilizer, this plant does not like fertilizer much, and the principle for supplying fertilizer is rather less than more, rather light than concentrated.

Sedum sarmentosum

Sedum sarmentosum is a perennial succulent herbaceous plant of the genus Sedum in the family Crassulaceae. Its stems are slender, and slender adventitious roots can be seen growing at some nodes. Leaves are in whorls of 3, the leaves are oblanceolate to oblong, green in color, fleshy, with the leaf tip nearly acute, the base sharply narrowed, and with a spur. This is a traditional Chinese medicine, sweet in nature, bland in nature, and cool in nature. It has the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing jaundice, and clearing heat and detoxifying. It can be used as a courtyard ornamental plant, and can also be grown indoors as a hanging plant for appreciation. Sweet, bland, cool. It has the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing jaundice, and clearing heat and detoxifying. Sedum sarmentosum is extremely tolerant of poor soil and can adapt to ordinary soil, while sandy loam with good drainage is most suitable for growing it. It blooms when exposed to sunlight and closes in the early morning, evening, and on cloudy days, so it is also called noon flower. It likes moisture and usually needs a certain humidity. During the growing season it needs sufficient watering. Sedum sarmentosum has strong cold tolerance and is not tolerant of strong light, so it needs shading in summer. As for fertilizer, applying monopotassium phosphate at a rate of one-thousandth once every half month can keep it blooming continuously with bright colors. Apart from that, there are not many growing requirements.

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Epiphyllum oxypetalum, also known as Qionghua, Tanhua, Guizaihua, Weituohua, and so on, is an epiphytic succulent shrub of the genus Epiphyllum in the family Cactaceae. It can reach 2-6 m in height. Its old stems are cylindrical and woody in nature. It has many branches, and the leaf shape is laterally flattened. The leaves are lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, and the leaf margin is wavy or has deep round teeth. Its base is acute, shortly acuminate, or gradually narrowed into a stalk shape. The leaves are dark green, hairless on the surface, and the branches of old plants can produce aerial roots. Epiphyllum oxypetalum is solitary in the small areoles on the side of the branches, the flower shape is funnel-shaped, and it opens at night. The flowering time lasts only 1-2 hours, and it is called the "Beauty under the Moon." Also because the time is too short, it has left behind the idiom "a fleeting show of Epiphyllum." Its petal-like perianth segments are white, obovate-lanceolate to obovate. Its berry is long-spherical, with longitudinal ridges, hairless on the surface, and purplish-red in color. Seeds are numerous, ovate-reniform, bright black, with wrinkles on the surface, and hairless. It likes a warm and humid semi-shaded environment, is not tolerant of frost, and avoids strong direct sunlight, so it needs shading in summer. In particular, its temperature requirements are higher than in its place of origin. The suitable growing temperature is 15-25°C, and in winter it can tolerate a low temperature of around 5°C. For soil, it is suitable to use slightly acidic sandy soil rich in humus, with good drainage, loose and fertile. In summer, the potting soil should be kept moist and must not be waterlogged. In winter, watering must be strictly controlled, and it is enough to keep the potting soil not too dry. In autumn, decomposed liquid fertilizer can be applied as a top dressing. Without enough nutrients, it is not easy to bloom or it blooms little. During the growing season, apply decomposed cake fertilizer water once every half month, and ferrous sulfate can also be added and applied at the same time. During the bud and flowering stage, applying bone meal or superphosphate once more can make the flowers large and white. Proper application of fertilizer and water can also prolong the flowering time.

Aizoaceae

Aizoaceae is a family in the order Caryophyllales of the class Dicotyledoneae, with about 126 genera and 1,100 species. In China there are a few species such as the genera Mollugo, Gisekia, Sesuvium, Cypselea, and Tetragonia. Most are annual or perennial herbs, or semi-shrubs. The stems of Aizoaceae are erect or prostrate, with simple leaves opposite, alternate, or falsely whorled, sometimes fleshy, sometimes tiny, with leaf margins entire, rarely with sparse teeth; stipules are dry and membranous. Flowers are bisexual, actinomorphic, solitary, clustered, or in cymes; with a single perianth or differentiated perianth. Its fruit is a capsule or nut-like, sometimes an achene, often surrounded by persistent perianth; seeds have a slender curved embryo, surrounded by powdery endosperm, and often have an aril. Aizoaceae plants need a sunny, cool, and dry environment, are tolerant of semi-shade, afraid of waterlogging, and avoid muggy and humid conditions. Most have the habit of growing in cool seasons and going dormant at high summer temperatures. They need to keep the soil moist for a long time, basically cut off water throughout winter, and usually need to avoid water accumulation. For the soil, coal cinder mixed with peat and a small amount of perlite can be used, at a ratio of about 5:4:1.

These four plant types are rich in varieties and are not too conventional and ordinary plant varieties. As long as you have them at home and in the courtyard, they can naturally become one or several beautiful scenery lines. Flower friends who want to obtain some unusual and special beauty must not miss them.

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