Hibiscus will tell you its nickname.

Hibiscus is another name.

Kapok, bauhinia, falling flowers at dusk, trumpet flowers

Growth habits of hibiscus

Hibiscus has a strong adaptability to the environment, is more resistant to dry and barren land, is not strict with the soil, and prefers a warm and humid climate. Slightly resistant to shade, moisture, repair, heat, cold, like temperature. However, the cultivation in the northern region needs to protect it through the winter, good water, wet and drought-resistant, the requirements of the soil is not strict, it can also grow in heavy clay. Strong sprouting and tillering.

Variety classification of hibiscus

The common varieties of hibiscus flowers are Korean; white monocentric; red monocentric; purple monocentric blue monocentric; Asta and seaside.

Common variants are:

1. White flower double hibiscus. White petals have purplish red fine lines and small spots, double.

2. Glass double hibiscus. Straight branches, double flowers, azure.

3. Purple red double hibiscus. Petals purplish red or whitish, double.

4. Hibiscus variegata. Leaves with white spots, purple flowers, double.

The role of hibiscus

1. Ornamental function. Hibiscus blossoms in summer and autumn, the flowering period is very long, and there are many varieties and varieties of flower color and flower pattern, which is an excellent garden flowering tree species. It is often used as a hedge and basic planting material, which should be planted on the lawn, roadside or forest edge, or can also be used as a hedge or in combination with other flowers and trees. Because its branches are soft and resistant to pruning, they can be modeled to make pile scenes or potted plants. At the same time, it also has strong resistance, and it is also an excellent greening tree species for factories and mines.

2. Medicinal value. Hibiscus flower contains saponins, a kind of flavonoid glycosides, and isovitexin. In addition, it also contains saponins and mucus. The root contains tannin and mucus. Seeds contain fatty oil. Hibiscus flowers clear heat and cool blood, detoxify and detumescence. Treatment of dysentery, hemorrhoid bleeding, leucorrhea, sores, furuncle carbuncle swelling, scald. Root heat-clearing and detoxification, diuresis and detumescence, cough. Treatment of cough, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, hemorrhoid swelling and pain, leucorrhea, scabies. Root bark and stem bark can clear heat and dampness, kill insects and stop itching. Treatment of dysentery, liver removal, scrotal eczema, tinea pedis and so on. The fruit is called "the son of Heaven", which can clear the lungs and resolve phlegm, detoxify and relieve pain. To treat phlegm, asthma, cough, nervous headache and yellow water sore.

Wash your face with hibiscus flower frying water to beautify your face; shampoo your hair with leaf juice can treat tinea capitis, easily comb your hair, moisturize your hair, make your hair naturally black and remove dandruff. Hibiscus is also a natural antidote. If toxic substances in the air, such as sulfur dioxide, reach 1/100000, people will not be able to work long hours; when its concentration reaches 4/10000, people will die of poisoning. On the other hand, some plants have the ability to detoxify themselves, decomposing toxic substances in the body and transforming them into non-toxic substances. Hibiscus is one kind, known as the "natural detoxification machine."

3. Edible value. In the area of Tingzhou, Fujian, fried hibiscus flowers are made by mixing noodles with hibiscus flowers and then putting them in an oil pan. They are vaguely shaped and have all kinds of color, fragrance and taste. They are called "noodle flowers" and are delicacies at flower banquets. The famous hibiscus tofu soup in Huizhou, Anhui Province, is made by cooking hibiscus flowers and tofu together. Hibiscus flower vegetable production is simple, can be cold, fried, soup, its texture is crisp and tender, slippery and delicious, taste fragrant, can moisturize, dehumidify and heat, is a kind of natural health food.

The floral language of hibiscus

Tenacity, eternal beauty, gentle persistence.

Hibiscus flowers bloom and fall at dusk, but each time they wither for the next more gorgeous bloom. It is as if the sun keeps setting and rising again, just like the rotation of the four seasons from spring to autumn. More like loving a person, there will be low ebbs and troubles, but those who know how to love will still stick to it gently. Because they understand that ups and downs are inevitable, but nothing will make them shake their original choice, and their belief in love will last forever. Tenacity, eternal beauty.

Hibiscus flower vitality, the flower symbolizes the hardships and determined character, but also a symbol of prosperity, a symbol of nostalgia, emphasis on affection.