Most people say flowers are big and beautiful. What flowers are as beautiful as hydrangeas?
1. lantana
Lantana is a flowering plant in Verbenaceae that often grows erect or tendrils. The flower of Lantana is a kind of flower head, which blooms like a cone and a colorful hydrangea. It is colorful, first yellow or pink flowers, then orange or orange-red, and finally red. Gardens all over China are often used for viewing.
Why is it also called lantana? Because different places have different names, it comes from its beautiful flowers. Its flowers are densely packed into hemispherical heads, just like the bulbs of hydrangeas. When it opens, it opens from the periphery to the middle. Every little flower is bright yellow at first, and then gradually turns orange-red until it is dark red.
Lantana is native to Africa and is named after its blooming flowers like red tassels worn on the horse's head in ancient times. The survival strategy of lantana camara is to change color constantly, and it will change color in the process of opening, because different colors can attract different insects and help them pollinate and reproduce. Lantana camara is an excellent flowering shrub with gorgeous colors, long flowering period, beautiful seasons and excellent ornamental effect.
2. drunken butterfly flower
Buddleja is a kind of millet, also known as Papilio, purple beard and spider flower. The pedicel of the drunken butterfly is long and strong. When the drunken butterfly blooms, the raceme forms a plump flower ball, like a dancing butterfly. The color is red and white, and the shade is suitable, especially the petals with long claws, and the long stamens protrude from the corolla, like spiders and beards, which are quite interesting and beautiful.
Hearing the name of the drunken butterfly always reminds people of a beautiful picture. On the beautiful flower, there is a beautiful butterfly, which is attracted and intoxicated by the beauty of this flower. This is really great. Butterflies like to grow in sunny environment, like hot weather, and have strong adaptability to the environment. Butterflies are not only beautiful, but also resistant to pollution and can grow healthily in heavy industry areas.
Butterflies are widely distributed in the world. It is called "Spider Flower" in Britain, "Stern Iris Flower" in Japan and "Drunken Butterfly Flower" in China. The drunken butterfly is very strange. On its flowers, there are countless small flowers blooming from the inside out, and the color changes slowly. First white, then light red, then lavender, and finally pink white, which is very charming.
3. Hydrangea
Hydrangea is a shrub of Hydrangea in Saxifragaceae. Umbrella-shaped cymes are nearly spherical, with dense and full flowers, pink, light blue or white, large and beautiful, and the color can be red or blue. Colorful flowers look like beautiful and flawless colored balls, which are pleasing to the eye. When many small flowers get together, they are integrated into a beautiful hydrangea. When more hydrangeas get together, the whole tree becomes a bigger and more beautiful hydrangea. They combine to form a beautiful scenery.
Hydrangea, also known as grass hydrangea, has white flowers and gradually turns pink or blue, because the color of hydrangea will change with the pH of soil, and it will be blue when it meets acid and red when it meets alkali. Hydrangeas of the same variety in the same field will produce different colors because of the different soil pH, and even the same flower will have color changes. If you want to plant blue hydrangea, choose acidic soil or apply some acidic fertilizer to change the pH of the soil. The change of soil pH will turn petals into different colors, and flowers will bloom, just like snowflakes pressing trees, charming and moving.
Hydrangea likes to grow in a warm and humid environment, and it will grow better if it is in a semi-cloudy environment. Don't pour too much water for maintenance at ordinary times, otherwise it will lead to root rot. Hydrangea has dense branches and leaves, fleshy roots and strong adaptability. It can be planted in the corners of family courtyards and patios, and is also suitable for adding colors to beautify balconies and windows. Japan is rich in hydrangeas. There are many varieties of hydrangeas in gardening shops, and you can see many new varieties with strange colors. Kamakura is a world-famous tourist attraction for viewing hydrangea.