The blooming hillside of Yu Beauty

The blooming hillside of Yu Beauty

The name Yu Mei's blooming hillside sounds familiar, doesn't it? It was a film masterpiece by Mr. MiyazakiHayao, a famous Japanese anime film master. I was attracted by the movie name by chance, not only because I admired and admired Mr. MiyazakiHayao, but also because of the word Yu Mei. For me, a flower-loving madman, hearing the blooming hillside of Yu Mei, I immediately thought of many slender, swaying romantic images of Yu Mei, so I couldn't wait to find a movie to see it.

To tell you the truth, the storyline of the movie didn't move me much, but the protagonist Xiao Haijia, who lives in the middle of the hillside, has a picture of the beautiful Yu in full bloom.

I already like Yu beauty, but I like Yu beauty even more after watching the movie. I want to raise seedlings by myself, so I am full of joy to sow and raise seedlings. The seedlings come out and grow very strong. It's just a three-day family outing, ruining my little seedlings, just when the weather is abnormally dry and high in those days. Before I go out, I forget to move the seedlings to a place of shade and water conservation. My little seedlings are dead.

For me, it is very important to sum up experiences and lessons after regret. Horticulture is a process of continuous learning and practice. In this process, there are successes, failures, joys and losses. Isn't life the same?

Learn from the previous experience and lessons, this year's seedlings are growing very well, it is a pity that I do not have the seeds of Yu Mei, many of the other seeds have been transplanted to the flower border. When I was worried that there was no Yu Mei seed, my friend helped me find Yu Mei Xiaomiao. I was so excited that I finally had Yu Beauty in my courtyard.

My friend and I are in the sea of Yu Mei flowers.

Since it was transplanted into my courtyard, the seedlings did not grow well. During this period, except for watering and applying some light fertilizer, I cut off all the leaves that were not very fresh. After about 20 days, the slow seedling period finally came to an end. This was followed by the vigorous growth and continuous flowering of Yu Mei.

The flowering beauty of Yu is very beautiful, and the slender stems support the silky, silky petals, which are very beautiful in the sun. In the windless and sunny weather, Yu Mei Hua is like a quiet listener, listening to what you are saying. In the breeze, it shakes its head like a naughty child, and in the strong wind, it is like a brave man without fear, let the wind blow and never bow its head.

There are many kinds of juniper flowers. I grow Icelandic Yumei, also known as Icelandic poppy (scientific name Papaver nudicaule 'Iceland Poppy Flower'), which belongs to the same family as opium poppy. Although it belongs to the same family as opium poppy, but its morphological characteristics and chemical composition are completely different from those used to extract drugs, it belongs to garden ornamental plants.

It has been reported on the Internet that reporting opium poppy cultivation is actually the case of the beauty of Yu. In terms of appearance, the Icelandic Yumei is slender and short, with a plant height of 30-60 cm, while the opium poppy is stout and tall, with a plant as high as one meter. Iceland Yumei is a garden ornamental plant, and the poppy, which we often call big fireworks, belongs to the plants prohibited in our country.

Iceland Yu beauty is also different from the kind of Yu beauty (scientific name Papaverrhoeas L.) that is often seen in childhood, which is usually an annual herbaceous flower, while Iceland Yu beauty is not native to Iceland as its name, but originated in the cold zone of Siberia, so it is very hardy, belongs to perennial herbaceous flowers and is very popular with garden growers. The difference between the Icelandic Yu beauty and the annual Yu beauty mainly depends on the stem. The Icelandic Yu beauty has brown bristles on the stem, there are no leaves on the upright stem, and the leaves grow from the roots, while the annual Yu beauty has white bristles on the stem and leaves on the stem.

Compare the picture above, the picture of Yu Mei inquired online from China Flora and the Icelandic Yu Mei in my courtyard.

Pictures of Yu Meimei queried online from Chinese Botanical Records

The Icelandic beauty Yu in my courtyard

In order to prolong the florescence of Yumei in Iceland, when the flower blossoms and fails, I will lose the stem after flowering in time, otherwise it will bear seeds, and the consumption of nutrients on the seeds will inevitably affect the flowering period. The stalk after flowering is also very good-looking. It won't be wasted. You can arrange flowers. Let's take a look at the flower arrangement of cornflower with the stalk of Icelandic Yumei.

The stem after flowering and the bud about to bloom in Yumei, Iceland

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