A powerful supporting role-- Serpentine Chrysanthemum

Snake chrysanthemum: perennial herb. The base of the stem is swollen and oblate. Flowers are red and purple. Flowering in summer and autumn. Because most small heads gather into dense spikes, the florets bloom from top to bottom, like the rustling tail of a rattlesnake, named after a whip. Is a perennial root plant, snake whip chrysanthemum has a long flowering period and natural flowering in the middle of summer. The flower stem stands erect and the flower color is beautiful, which not only has the beauty of natural flowers, but also has a beautiful flower meaning.

Snake whip chrysanthemum

Serpentine chrysanthemum is cold-resistant, heat-resistant, light-tolerant or slightly shade-resistant, water and wet-resistant in the growing season, and requires extensive habitats. It can be planted in both the south and the north. In summer and autumn, the color is gorgeous, quiet and pleasant, giving people a sense of serenity and comfort, suitable for flower beds, flower borders and courtyard plants, is an excellent new material for landscaping. Native to the eastern United States, it is cultivated in many places in China.

Snake whip chrysanthemum

Morphological features:

Spiraea is a perennial herbaceous flower plant, the base of the stem is dilated and oblate, and the aboveground stem is erect and cone-shaped. Basal leaves linear, to 30 cm long. Heads arranged into dense spikes, 60 cm long, because most small heads gather to grow spikes, named for whip-shaped. The base of the stem is swollen and oblate, and the aboveground stem is erect and cone-shaped. Snake whip chrysanthemum with underground tubers, scape length of 70-120 cm, inflorescence part of the total flower length of about 1. 2. The florets bloom from top to bottom, and the colors are lilac and pure white. The leaves are linear or lanceolate, gradually becoming smaller from top to bottom, the lower leaves are about 17 cm long and 1 cm wide, straight or curly, and the upper leaves are about 5 cm and 4 mm wide, straight and oblique upward. The florescence is from July to August.

Snake whip chrysanthemum

Garden applications:

The chrysanthemum scape is erect and leafy. The leaves are linear, basal and dark green. Heads are arranged into dense spikes, each composed of about 300 tubular flowers, purple flowers, limited inflorescences, flowering in late summer and early autumn in the season of few flowers, about 40 days. Snake whip chrysanthemum graceful posture, ponytail spike-shaped limited inflorescences erect upward, quite characteristic, suitable for flower border or roadside belt planting, natural garden planting. Because of its long flowering period and high ornamental value, it is not only a treasure of landscaping tree species, but also an important flower arrangement material. It is applied to the flower border of courtyard and villa, tall and straight and beautiful, full of wild interest. Embellished in mountains and rocks and forest edges as background materials or clusters. Can also be used as a cut flower to watch, is a strong supporting role.