What is the difference between Saponaria and Triangle Plum?

Saponaria and Triangle Plum are two completely different plants. In terms of morphology, one is an arbor and the other is a shrub. From a functional point of view, one is mainly for fruit and wood, and the other is mainly for ornamental flowers.

Vine-like shrubs. branches and leaves densely pubescent; Piercing armpits, bending downward. The leaves are elliptic or ovate, rounded at the base, and sessile.

inflorescences axillary or apical; The bracts are elliptic-ovate, rounded to heart-shaped at the base, cm long and cm wide, dark red or light purplish-red.

tepals narrowly cylindrical, long cm, green, densely pubescent, apex 5-6-lobed, lobes spreading, yellow, long mm; stamens usually 8; The ovary has a stalk. The fruit is centimeter long and densely hairy. Flowering period in winter and spring.

Main value: The leaf flower has a certain anti-sulfur dioxide function, and is a good environmental protection greening plant. The ornamental part of the leaf flower is the bract, and its bract is like a leaf, and the flower is in the middle of the bract, so it is called "leaf flower".

The foliage flower tree is strong, the flower shape is peculiar, the color is bright, colorful, and the flower season is particularly bright and dazzling.

The Triangle Plum is called the Triangle Plum because the flower color of the Triangle Plum is red, and when it opens, it is as beautiful as the blooming plum blossom, and the flowers of the Triangle Plum have three petals, and the petals are triangular.

The Triangle Plum is called the Triangle Plum because it has three petals, and the petals are triangular, and the color of the flowers of the Triangle Plum is red or pink, and when it opens, it is as beautiful as a blooming plum blossom, and it has a high ornamental value, and the Triangle Plum is native to Brazil and is now cultivated in various regions of China.

Triangle plum is a sun-loving plant, when breeding Triangle plum, if the light is insufficient, it will cause the plant to be unable to photosynthesize, so that the leaves of the triangle plum are yellow, it is necessary to place the triangle plum in a bright environment, let it receive at least 8 hours of light per day, and promote the flower bud differentiation of the plant.

In the spring and autumn breeding of the Triangle Plum, you need to water once a day to keep the soil moist and promote the vigorous growth of the plant, in the summer when breeding the Triangle Plum, you need to water once a day in the morning and evening, to avoid the plant due to lack of water and the yellow leaves dry up, and in the winter period to stop watering the Triangle Plum.

When cultivating the triangular plum, it is necessary to repot in February and March in early spring every year, and you can use sandy soil, garden soil, peat soil and humus soil at a ratio of 1:1:1:

The ratio of 1 is mixed to make the soil, and the branches and roots that are too dense to grow should be cut off to avoid poor plant growth.

Triangle plum is also known as bougainvillea, three-leaf plum, triangular flower, leaf flower, leaf plum, treasure towel flower, etc., is a vine-like shrub of the purple jasmine family, leaf flower genus, the flowers have three petals, the color is purple or magenta, the flowering time is long, suitable for garden planting or potted ornamentation, the variety of triangle plum is diverse, Hui is more adaptable, and can be cultivated in both the south and the north.

Growth habits of Triangle plum

Temperature: The growth of the triangular plum is 15 20, of which 19 25 in May and September, and 13 16 from October to April of the following year, which can withstand 35 high temperatures in summer, and should maintain an ambient temperature of not less than 5 in winter, and can safely overwinter above 3, and can bloom above 15.

Light: Triangle flower likes light, is a positive flower, insufficient light in the growing season will cause the plant to grow weak, affect the pregnant buds and flowering, in winter should be placed in front of the south-facing window, and the light time can not be less than 8 hours, otherwise it is easy to appear a large number of leaves.

Water: Triangle plum should be watered once a day in spring and autumn, the front base can be watered once a day in the morning and evening in summer, the temperature is low in winter, the plant is in a dormant state, and the watering should be controlled to keep the pot soil moist.

First, the difference between stems.

The stems of the leaf flowers have curved spines that bend downward. It also has thick hairs on its stems. The stems of the purple stem also have curved spines, 5-15 mm long, but there are no or very few hairs on the stem.

Second, the difference between leaves.

The leaves of the triangular plum are oval-shaped and covered with thick hairs. And it's not particularly pointy at the top. The leaves of Eupatorium purpurea are ovate or ovate-lanceolate, with no villi at the top, sparse villi at the bottom, and pointed tips at the top.

Third, the difference between the infiltration of flowers.

The flowers of the leaf flowers are relatively small, usually three flowers are grown together, and the bracts are mostly red. The flowers are about 2 cm long, about 2 cm wide, and the bracts are purple or purplish-red.

It has good medicinal properties. China found that the triangular plum is still a traditional Chinese medicine, the leaf can be used for medicinal purposes, mash the affected area, have the effect of dispersing stasis and reduce swelling, a person usually has to live, to work, sometimes it is difficult to avoid some small injuries, at this time you can get the triangular plum at home to deal with the wound, so it is very convenient, and it will not be so troublesome to go to the doctor at every turn, in addition, it can also ** stomach pain and bloody stool, if there are these problems up, look for the triangular plum, maybe it can help.