Morphological characteristics of eight Immortals

Deciduous shrubs, 3m tall; branchlets smooth, old branches stout, with large leaf traces and lenticels. The leaves of the eight Immortals are large and opposite, light green, glossy, oval or Obovate, margin obtusely serrated. Inflorescences large, terminal, corymbose, globose, pedunculate. Each cluster of flowers is flattened with fertile bisexual flowers in the center; the outer margin is sterile flowers, each with four enlarged sepals, petal-shaped. The eight Immortals begin to bloom bluish white, gradually turn pink, and then turn purplish red, with beautiful colors. The flowering period of the eight Immortals is from June to July, and each cluster of flowers can bloom for as long as two months. It is an ideal flower and tree suitable for both courtyard cultivation and pot cultivation. The eight Immortals are native to the Yangtze River Basin in China and are now cultivated all over the country. The common varieties cultivated are Big Immortals, conical Immortals, Eupatorium adenophorum, Eupatorium adenophorum and Eupatorium adenophorum.