2013 Xiaolan Juzhan--Chrysanthemum
The chrysanthemum produces the China Huanghe River valley originally Shaanxi Qinling and the Henan Funiu highlands. The cultivation history had more than 3000 years.
Records in "the book of Rites" has “month of the last month of autumn, bows has the chrysanthemum” record proved the chrysanthemum is the autumn blossoms. Had more than 160 kinds to the Song Dynasty chrysanthemum variety. Has several thousand varieties to nowadays chrysanthemum oneself. Since the ancient and modern has had the chrysanthemum altogether to enjoy actually.
The chrysanthemum is the Chinese tradition precious flower; differ in thousands of ways flowers. Beautiful flowers color. Delicate and pretty elegant aroma.
Person of the deep love chrysanthemum likes. Ancient times the Tao Yuanming poet extolled the chrysanthemum,“the fragrant chrysanthemum opened in the forest dazzling brilliance, pine stand at the rock is tall , straight and strong. The pine and chrysanthemum have such firmness beautiful charm, outstanding stand firm image, so be called the hero.” The obvious chrysanthemum is noble and pure, the characteristic of the message describes incisively and vividly.
Chrysanthemum cold resistant, happy severe frost, the autumn and the ninth days of the ninth lunar month, west forced-air cooling item, and all of the flowers on the wane time, is precisely the chrysanthemum brilliant time. Because the chrysanthemum variety the cultivation way different, management is different. Mainly divides into following variety
(1) Independent chrysanthemum - is most common in the skill chrysanthemum cultivation, its basic characteristic is a flower. Also calls the specimen chrysanthemum.
(2) Sets up in a chrysanthemum - most common one way, namely trough to be possible to leave the neat several flowers.
(3) The Dali chrysanthemum - to select the big chrysanthemum mesozoic growing trend greatly to be exuberant, the branching law, panel length, soft hard moderate, adult plant big variety cultivation becomes.
(4) Cliff chrysanthemum – selects, the small variety, has the unique style bonsai after the artificial reshaping, to take the form of the mountain cliff.
(5) Tower chrysanthemum - multipurpose Artemisia scoparia, the Artemisia apiacea grafts the chrysanthemum to become. Many chrysanthemums pass through repeatedly pinching many times! A modelling chrysanthemum.
(6) Modeling chrysanthemum – selects the small chrysanthemum, is exquisite after the artificial shape, falls to pieces the imposing manner myriad, like color phoenix to the positive, female celestial, various types its type, dazzling, and regards the amusement extremely.