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The growth advantage of swallow

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Delphinium is a perennial herb of the genus Ranunculaceae. It gets its name because of its unique flower shape and its resemblance to a swallow. The flower is chic and elegant in shape. It originated in southern Europe and is now farmed in all provinces of China.

Flying swallow grass is also called

Big flower swallow grass, pigeon flower, hundred grass, chicken claw even, dried bird grass, pineapple flower, thousand bird flower

Morphological characteristics of swallow grass

Stem: stem ca. 60 cm tall, and inflorescences more or less curved pubescent, branched above middle. The leaves in the lower part of the stem have a long stalk, which wither at flowering, and the leaves above the middle have a short stalk.

Leaves: leaf blade to 3 cm long, palmately lobed, narrowly linear lobule 0.4-1 mm wide, pubescent.

Flowers: inflorescences bearing stem or branched tip; proximal bracts leaflike, distal bracts small, undivided, linear. Pedicel 0.7-2.8 cm long; bracteoles near middle of pedicel, stripe; sepals purple, pink or white, broadly ovate, ca. 1.2 cm, outside central sparsely pubescent, spur subulate, ca. 1.6 cm; petal trifid, middle lobe ca. 5 mm, apex bifid, lateral lobes exhibited at right angles to middle lobe, ovate; anthers ca. 1 mm.

The growth habit of delphinium

Swallow grass has strong adaptability to climate, and the humid and cool climate environment is more suitable. The optimum temperature for seed germination is 15 ℃, and the optimum temperature for growing period is 20: 25 ℃ in daytime and 3: 15 ℃ at night.

Like light, slightly able to withstand shade, the growing period can be in the semi-shade, the flowering period should be full of sunshine. The acid soil, which is fertile, moist and well drained, can also tolerate drought and water temperature slightly, and the best pH value is 5.5-6.0.

The main value of swallow grass

Viewing: Swift grass flowers are unique in shape and elegant in color. Or cluster planting, planting flower beds, flower borders, can also be used as cut flowers.

Medicinal: whole herb and seeds can be used as medicine to treat toothache. The extract of stems and leaves can kill insects.

The floral language of swallow

Quiet, light, just, free

Because the flowers of delphinium have many colors, people place different colors of delphinium on different meanings.

Blue swallows represent depression; purple swallows represent admiration and gentleness; pink represents poetry; white represents elegance.

 
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