12 Interesting Chinese Flowers You Need to Know About
China is among the 12 mega-biodiverse countries in the world (cbd.int). This big space provides a place for a lot of interesting Chinese flower species that you could also grow in your garden if you have the right climate to make it more exotic.
In this article, we will go through the top 12 flowers that grow and are native to China which we saw in reality and ranked.
While the Red-Hot-Poker plant may look like it belongs in Southern California's deserts, it is quite hardy and needs more water than you'd think. Overall this flower belongs to the western regions of the Chinese country and can make your garden outstanding.
Red-Hot-Poker
This is native to the central and eastern regions of Asia, including China. It can reach 6 ft (1.8 m) in height at maturity. We saw that the plant's upper half is made up of flowering stems, which are covered with soft, white hairs. And we mostly found these blooms in colors like light pink which turn in a red later in fall.
Biennial Beeblossom
If you want to attract more butterflies to your garden, you need to grow the butterflies visited Plumbagos, they are very popular and known all around the world and the plant is often grown as a climber, ascending rapidly to 6 m (20 ft) but typically the species grows in form of bushes. Plumbagos can also be found in the eastern regions of China.
Plumbago
These common flowers grow spread all over China. Caring for the flowers isn't very hard, when they are in growth, dahlias perform most successfully in well-watered and free-draining soils and in situations receiving a lot of sunlight but they are not adapted to withstand temperatures under 0°C (32°F) parallel to most summer blooming plants.
Garden Dahlia
The Canna x Hybrida Rodigas, commonly known as Canna Lily, contains a lot of bright colors like orange and red. It can be found mainly in the southern parts of Asia and they grow best in full sun with moderate water in well-drained, rich or sandy soil. In more remote regions of India, cannas are even fermented to produce alcohol.
Canna x Hybrida Rodigas
The Butter and Eggs flower, scientifically known as Common Toadflax, looks similar to an egg with butter, that's where its funny name comes from. It blooms at the end of the summer and is, among other regions, also native to central Asia growing around many other Asian flowers.
Butter and Eggs
Wherever you go in this world you will find this flower growing in gardens, wild fields, or mountain valleys, the Crown of Thorns which is scientifically known for Euphorbia Milii also grows in the regions of China. It is not hardy and does not tolerate temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F).
Crown of Thorns
The Peruvian Lily is a very interesting flower, which grows in the southwestern regions of China. These colorful flowers survive up to 14 days in water without any signs of shriveling and the roots are hardy to a temperature of −5 °C (23°F). The plant requires at least six hours of morning sunlight, regular water, and well-drained soil.
Peruvian-lily (Alstroemeria aurea)
Bergenia Crassifolia is used as a tea substitute in its native Siberia and Mongolia and it is also an amazing Himalayan flower. It blooms just in spring and early summer (March, April and May). The leaves are winter hardy in warmer climates, this is a reason why they can survive well all over the North of China in colder regions.
Elephant Ears (Bergenia crassifolia)
The Flamingo Lilly can be found all around China. It was originally native to Ecuador and southwestern Colombia and blooms over a long period of time in the summer. This Chinese flower is toxic for all mammals and can cause irritation and vomit also to humans.
Flamingo-lily
This summer-blooming flower is scientifically known as Alcea rosea L.
and commonly called Hollyhock. It is a flower with an amazing red color which can be seen in a lot of regions some of them are central Europe, some parts of South and North America, India, Japan and mostly at the East coast of China.
Hollyhock
Snapdragons grow in a lot of regions and are very popular and flowers grow all around the world in many varieties, but they are almost all the same. One of them is the Snapdragon flower Antirrhinum Majus L. It is a quite common Chinese plant in spring and summer and grows all around the world including western parts of China.
Snapdragon
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Red Hot Poker: How to Grow and Care for Red Hot Poker Plants (thespruce.com), Kniphofia - Wikipedia
Binneal Beeblossom: Oenothera gaura (Beeblossom, Biennial Gaura) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (ncsu.edu), Oenothera gaura - Wikipedia
Dahlias: Dahlias: How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Dahlia Flowers | The Old Farmer's Almanac
Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia milii - Wikipedia
Elephant Ears: How to Grow and Care for Elephant Ear Plants (thespruce.com), Elephant Ears (Colocasia, Alocasia, and Xanthosoma) – Wisconsin Horticulture
Flamingo-lily: Anthurium (Anthurium, Flamingo Flower, Flamingo Lily, Tailflower) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (ncsu.edu)
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