Common sense of carnation

Carnation is also known as carnation (English transliteration of Caxnation) and musk carnation. It is a perennial herb of the genus Caryophyllum of Caryophyllaceae, but it is usually cultivated for 2 years. Plant height 60-100 cm, erect stems, leaves linear lanceolate opposite, beautiful stems and leaves, beautiful flowers, delicate colors. A variety of colors, the common are red, yellow, pink, white, purple, orange and complex colors. Because of its beautiful flowers and rich colors, it has a wide range of uses. The output is high and the price is cheaper. It has a long single florescence and is cultivated in many countries in the world. It is one of the four cut flowers as well as rose, chrysanthemum and Tang Jipu.

Carnation is the representative flower of Mother's Day in the West. On Mother's Day, people often give a pink carnation to their mother to express their children's love for their mother.

According to the number of flowers on the flower stem, carnation can be divided into two categories: carnation (one branch and one flower, that is, single flower branch) and loose branch carnation (one branch usually has 5-7 flowers). Carnation with large flowers is more common and is a popular variety in the market with large flowers and rich colors.

Today, carnation is roughly divided into eight strains:

1. National boundaries bloom in a season, with 30 thin stems per plant, with deeply engraved petals and fragrant petals. "Grady" is a famous variety of this strain, mainly for flower beds and potted plants.

two。 Edge four seasons flowering, is an ancient strain, there are red, scarlet, white, yellow and so on. The flower shape is similar to the edge of "Tea Potter" and belongs to 1 year. Two-year-old grass flowers.

3. Tea Potter is a hybrid between carnation and "edge". Fragrant, big flowers. The petals are deeply engraved and should be sown in autumn and blossom one after another from June to autumn.

4. The fairy tale blossoms in four seasons, the flower is bigger than the "edge", the stem is thick and the leaf is wide, with the continuous improvement of the variety, there are a variety of flower colors, and the petals are shallow and engraved similar to round petals.

5. Genius is improved from the big wheel variety of "edge". The double petal rate is high, similar to the greenhouse carnation, the flower stem elongates quickly, the flower color is beautiful.

6. Marma Saint is a large flower improved from the British lace carnation. The petals are round and are more suitable for potted plants than cut flowers. Split Zun many, leaf width reverse roll.

7. Permanent is the main strain of carnation in greenhouse, which is gradually improved in the direction of cut flowers and has a wide variety. Mainly bred in the United States, can also be cultivated in the open field, fragrant flowers, persistent roots.

8. The banquet is a greenhouse carnation with small flowers and many flowers on one stem. it can blossom indoors and is a popular variety for table decoration in Europe.