The price of boxwood bonsai has increased six times in three years, and the plant collection market has become stronger.

When it comes to collection, people usually think of traditional collections such as calligraphy and painting, antiques, jewelry and jade, but they do not realize that plants can also be "collected". Three years ago, it cost only 500 yuan to buy a well-shaped, healthy and delightful boxwood bonsai. Today, it costs about 3000 yuan to buy the same bonsai, which has increased sixfold in three years.

The reporter learned that in recent years, the prices of some good plant varieties have been rising continuously because of their scarcity and increasing social demand. A group of merchants and plant-loving citizens in Wuhan have discovered its appreciation potential and started to collect plants, which number tens of thousands of people.

Yesterday, Mr. Cai, a senior horticulturist, said that not all plants have collection and appreciation value, and only rare wild plants with good shape, health, long life and ornamental value are worth collecting. In Hubei, rare plants suitable for local climate and soil cultivation include: yellow poplar, yew, Chinese mosquito mother, oak tree (tiger thorn), white wax, golden marble, ginkgo, crape myrtle, rhododendron, elm, triangular maple, alpinia, Chinan, chicken claw maple, wild camellia, pine, cypress and so on.

Plants are not better as they get older.

It is understood that good plant bonsai and pile scenery can not grow well in just a few years, but require a longer growth cycle and production cycle. Some plants need decades or even hundreds of years of growth cycle to reach the collection level, a good plant coupled with a century-old basin, has become a living antique.

Take boxwood as an example, its leaves are small and evergreen, so it is a good material for making bonsai. But it grows slowly, and a yellow poplar with a diameter of 10 cm takes about 150 years to grow. In classical furniture, boxwood has many special uses, mostly used to do handicraft decorations and seals, its wood tough, delicate texture, color luster, inferior to other wood, is a good wood for carving. In addition, the yellow poplar flower fragrance is elegant and not vulgar, the fragrance can drive mosquitoes, but also has the effect of sterilization and anti-inflammation and hemostasis.

"good boxwood can be worth tens of thousands to millions of yuan." Mr. Cai introduced. Previously, a collector with a diameter of 30 centimeters of yellow poplar was offered 100000 yuan, but the collector was reluctant to sell.

It is worth noting that although old plants are more valuable for collection, because plants also have a life cycle, collecting plants is not as old as possible.

Time: 2019-04-19 Click: