The latest brief introduction and frequently asked questions of Yanlai Hong

Yanlai red ornamental is relatively strange, is a kind of foliage plant, its leaves are more peculiar, showing three different colors, excellent ornamental. Its breeding process is relatively simple, can be used as a pot culture or landscaping, but also in the lawn, roadside with other flowers and plants to form a certain pattern.

Morphological characteristics

Also known as old to young, tricolor amaranth, old to jiao, amaranth annual herbs, plant height about 50cm, stem stout erect, there are fewer branches, densely covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are alternate, with long stalks, ovate or rhomboid ovate, and the leaf color is variable. the general varieties have three colors of red, yellow and green, while a few good varieties are pure yellow or bright red, and the best viewing time is from June to October. Although it is an ornamental foliage plant, it still blossoms, flowering from July to October, but the flower is small but not obvious; the fruit is oval from September to October, and the seed color is bright black and small. Originated from tropical India and distributed in Southeast Asia, it is widely cultivated in China.

Growth habit

Yanlaihong is a plant that is easy to cultivate. It likes the environment of moist, adequate light and good ventilation. It can endure drought, but it is not cold-resistant, it is not strict with soil requirements, and it has certain alkali resistance, but it likes the soil with loose fertile and good drainage. Avoid waterlogging, too much water will cause its roots to rot and die, afraid of hot and humid, high temperature and humidity will lead to poor growth. Wild goose can be sowed and propagated by cuttings, but it can be sown and propagated by itself. It can sow the ground from April to May, keep the soil moist, control the temperature at about 15-20 degrees, and emerge after about a week. When it grows to 10cm, it can be planted in the basin.

Main value

Ornamental value: Yanlaihong is an excellent foliage plant, which can be used for potted cultivation and flower bed arrangement. It can also be planted with lawn and roadside to form gorgeous patterns with other flowers and plants. It is also a good cut flower material.

Medicinal value: the main treatment of dysentery, hematemesis, blood avalanche, antipyretic, blood avalanche effect is significant.

The above is the introduction of Yanlai Hong, Yanlai red seedlings are very much like amaranth, but in autumn, the lower half of the leaves turn dark purple, while the parietal leaves become bright and red. Because the discoloration of the leaves is in the season of "wild geese flying to the south", it is named Yanlai Hong.