Have you ever seen the magical plant silver fan grass in your life?

It is believed that some common plants, such as green pineapple, hanging orchid, money tree, Chinese rose and so on, can be seen in life, while it is rare to have many wonderful plants in nature. So today I would like to introduce to you a kind of plant called silver fan grass. Why is it unique, and what kind of plant is it? Let's explore the world of this magical plant-silver fan grass.

Silver fan grass is common throughout Europe, but it is common in Asia only in parts of Southeast Asia. As for the origin of its name is that its pod part is very similar to the silver fan, so it is called silver fan grass, and because its pod shape is similar to the ancient copper coin, it is often called money flower and so on.

From the appearance, its leaves are generally oval or oval-shaped, and have a relatively rough sawtooth shape at the leaf edge, and the whole plant is distributed with a certain amount of villi; if compared from plant height, it belongs to small and medium-sized plants. the height is about 60-90 cm, silver fan grass has no intricate branches, only an appropriate number of leaves are distributed from bottom to top, and the number decreases gradually.

Its flowers are white or purplish red, accompanied by a faint fragrance during flowering. The peculiarity of silver fan grass is that when the flowers begin to wither, their embryos begin to wither quickly, and after a period of time, they form the pods we usually see. According to its growth characteristics, the lower pods usually mature faster than the upper pods, and the color will gradually change from light green to brown. If the pods all turn brown, this means that the fruit of silver fan grass is ripe.

After its pod shape has a certain color, it is very popular, so silver fan grass as an ornamental plant is also relatively good. In addition, its white flowers can be used as dried flowers, while fuchsia flowers can be used as materials for cut flowers, which is why silver fan grass is often found in cut flowers.

Silver fan grass is generally propagated by seed sowing, which can be sowed in the open field or cultivated in potted plants. after the seeds are sown, they can germinate with appropriate watering. During this period, the surrounding temperature needs to be 15-22 degrees Celsius. It will take about 2-5 days to complete germination. Temperature is often crucial if silver fan grass is to be fully grown. In view of the fact that it is not resistant to high temperature and is extremely sensitive to the temperature of the environment, silver fan grass in summer must be cultivated in a cool place indoors. On the contrary, its cold resistance is very good, even in the open environment, it can survive the winter safely.

At the same time, its disease resistance is not excellent, for example, when transplanting it, especially in summer, silver fan grass is easy to get root rot, so the time of transplanting should be in autumn and winter. In addition, the drainage capacity of the soil selected by cultivating silver fan grass must be good, otherwise the stagnant water of the soil will easily lead to its rotting roots. It was mentioned earlier that it is not suitable for high temperature, the reason is that the higher temperature will cause some diseases and insects to invade silver fan grass, and during the flowering period of silver fan grass, it is also a period of serious trouble by aphids, so in a certain period of time in the flowering period, spray certain pesticides or insect repellents.