In the cherry blossom season, everyone looks up at the colorful falling flowers. However, there is a kind of "Cherry Blossom", which only blooms on the grass ~ this flower is called "Zhiying".
Zhiying is actually a kind of herbaceous flower of Melastomataceae.
Its flowers are very similar to cherry blossoms and are called "cherry". It is called Zhiying because its flowers are in full bloom like cherry blossoms and its stems crawl on the ground like dwarf grass (Japanese "Zhi").
Like cherry blossoms, there are small notches on the top of the petals
Cherry petals
Zhiying is native to the dry grassland and embankment in eastern North America. It was not known until it was introduced into Japan. The Japanese love this kind of small flower, which is comparable to cherry blossoms.
Zhiying Festival is held at the foot of Mount Fuji every year. At that time, with Mount Fuji as the background, the venue covering an area of about 2.4 hectares is covered with Zhiying flower sea, with beautiful and dreamy scenery. The pink cherry blossoms all over the ground decorate the earth into a pink painting, which is spectacular and beautiful.
Hokkaido is the main cultivation place of Zhiying, and there are several parks with Zhiying as the theme. In late spring and early summer, it will become a pink world.
The whole park and hills are covered with pink flowers all over the mountains. Walking among them, you seem to be in a thick sea of pink flowers. These little flowers that can't see the edge form a beautiful pattern. The texture is plush and soft, like a big carpet, which makes people marvel.
An 89 year old Japanese man planted cherry trees in his yard for his blind wife“ If someone comes to talk to his wife, she may be more calm.
He stopped running the cheese animal husbandry, concentrated on building courtyards, cut down 300 fir trees, and pushed down the hills to form a gentle slope. Today, the courtyard is full of cherry blossoms, and tourists come in an endless stream.
"Mr. black wood, thank you this year", people thanked the old couple sitting on the bench. His wife Jingzi, who was haunted by the fragrance of flowers, said to her husband, "it's very happy to hear a lot of people's voices."
It is said that Zhiying's flower language is "Hope", and some people call it "I feel very happy if it suits you". The old man planted not only cherry blossoms, but also his deep love and hope for his wife.
morphological character
flower
Zhiying flower has 5 petals, and the front end of each petal is slightly concave, which looks like cherry blossom. There are rich colors, including purple, white, red, pink, light pink and Xueqing. The flowers are dense and bright. Small flowers form a large quilt, which smells slightly fragrant.
leaf
The branches and leaves are dense, clinging to the ground and creeping. The leaves are leathery and clustered like needles.
Growth habit
The flowering period is up to 3 months
The flowering period of Zhiying is very long. It blooms from March to may in spring and August to September in autumn every year, and the total flowering period is as long as 3 months.
Adaptive primary rod
Habits are very strong. Like sunny, slightly cloudy environment can also grow and bloom normally. It does not have strict requirements for soil and is resistant to barren, but it grows better in well drained, loose and fertile neutral soil.
Heat and cold resistance
Its cold resistance and heat resistance are amazing. It can resist high temperature of 42 ℃ and low temperature of - 30 ℃. When the temperature is above - 4 ℃, sporadic flowers will bloom in winter. But I can't stand the hot and humid summer and the cold and dry winter.
Cultivation points
? Pay attention to timely trimming in summer, especially after flowering, cut off the flowering branches and irregular branches.
? If weeds are found, they need to be removed manually,
? In the dry season, Zhiying is prone to the harm of red spider, and the symptom is that the leaves are yellow.
? In excessively cold areas, the seedlings in the field can be covered with a layer of leaves or branches, so as to avoid the freezing damage caused by the severe cold.
Breeding mode
cuttage
From May to July. Select robust plants and cut the current year's semi lignified branches. The cutting substrate can be clean river sand or vermiculite.
Ramet
The natural growth of Zhiying can quickly grow into a large cluster, and its root system is developed. It can be divided into a single plant with scissors or planted in a cluster of 3 ~ 5 branches. As long as the water management is proper, it is very easy to survive.
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