After encountering the countryside mountain infinite ponder
You are ashamed to send a distant person to know
With a smile, I suddenly feel surprised
It's spring in the pool
Michelia, also known as Michelia, is a common greening tree species in South China. It often appears in all kinds of parks, residential areas and roads. It is often pruned into the following shrubs.
When it doesn't bloom, like any shrub ball, it's green in the distance, green in the near, green in the summer and green in the winter. It doesn't seem special.
But every spring, it blooms the following flowers.
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It doesn't seem like anything special? There is no delicate rose, elegant camellia, noble Magnolia... But it is fragrant!
Unlike jasmine and gardenia, the fragrance of this flower is like a ripe banana, so some people call it "banana flower".
In Song Dynasty, Li Gang wrote a Ode to Michelia flowers, which well introduces the characteristics of Michelia
"The beauty of flowers and trees in the south is like a smile. The green leaves are plain and fragrant.
Peanut has six petals in the axils of its leaves. The edge of its flesh is red or purple. It has the smell of banana.
The flowers are often like lotus flowers, which are not fully open and drooping before they are released; With a smile, you can see all the flowers... "
morphological character
Evergreen shrub with grayish brown bark and dense branches.
The leaves are light green, leathery, narrowly elliptic or obovate elliptic, with yellowish brown villi on petioles and pedicels.
The flowering period is from March to May and the fruiting period is from July to August. It is native to southern provinces of South China.
The leaves of Michelia are leathery and glossy
There are 6 petals with a faint purple halo in the middle. Petals often half open and half closed
Ecological habits
It overwinters at about 10 ℃
It likes half shade and grows best under weak shade. Avoid strong direct sunlight and pay attention to shading in summer.
It is not resistant to dryness and barren, and likes fertile slightly acidic loam
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And the mountain smile is another beauty.
Deep mountain Michelia is a close relative of Michelia, belonging to different species, is a tall tree.
The flowers are big and white, very beautiful~
It has its own sweet state, ready to laugh before the wind.
Trickling morning dew weeping, ang ang night fragrance.
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