Holly
[Flower Language---Life]
The fruits of this plant will not fall from the branches throughout the winter. characteristics. When the birds have no food and are hungry, the fruits of the holly tree can just sustain their lives. Therefore, the flower language of holly is - life.
Scientific name: Ilex purpurea Hassk.
English name: Holly
Family name: Aquifoliaceae
Interpretation name: Frozen Green< /p>
Odor: (seeds and bark) sweet, bitter, cool, non-toxic.
An evergreen tree, up to 13 meters high; the bark is gray or light gray with longitudinal grooves, and the branchlets are light green and hairless. The leaves are thinly leathery, narrowly oval or lanceolate, 6-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, with a tapered apex and a wedge-shaped base. The edges are lightly circularly serrated. They are reddish brown and shiny when dried; the petioles are sometimes Dark purple, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Cymes are born in or outside the leaf axils of new branches. The male inflorescences have 10-30 flowers, and the female inflorescences have 3-7 flowers. The petals are purple-red or lavender, curling outwards. The fruit is oval or nearly spherical, dark red when mature; it has 4-5 cores and a longitudinal groove on the back. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruit is ripe from September to October. Distributed in all provinces and regions south of the Yangtze River Basin in my country. The seeds and bark are used for medicinal purposes and are tonics; the leaves have heat-clearing and detoxifying properties and can treat tracheitis and burns; tannins can be extracted from the bark; the wood is hard and can be used as joinery materials. The bark contains tannins, volatile oils, protocatechuic acid, and volatile oils.
Holly tree
National key protected plant; courtyard hedge - holly. Holly has dense branches and leaves and neat tree shape. It has always been used as an urban and rural greening and courtyard ornamental plant. Xu Sima, the capital of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty, ordered the residents of Hangzhou to plant holly trees in front of their doors... The fruits of this plant have the property of not falling from the branches throughout the winter. When the birds have no food and are hungry, the fruits of the holly tree can just sustain their lives. The leaves of holly are oval and pointed on both sides. Its leaves are green all year round. When surrounded by several trees, it can protect us from the sun and wind and rain. There are curved lines on both sides of the holly leaves, which look like patterns cut with lace scissors.
[Edit this paragraph] Distribution
Subtropical tree species, native to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Fujian, Henan and other places, often growing on hillsides. In the Wood Forest
Morphological Characteristics
Holly is an evergreen tree with an oval crown and smooth, grey-green bark. Branchlets light green. The leaves are alternate, oblong, thin herbaceous, with sparse and shallow serrations on the edges, and the surface is dark green and shiny. Flowers are solitary, dioecious, arranged in cymes, on branches and leaf axils; flowers are lavender and fragrant. The drupe is oval, dark red when ripe, and does not fall through the winter. The flowering period is May and the fruit ripening period is October-November. (See Figure 3-4)
Habits
Holly is a subtropical tree species, native to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Fujian and other provinces (area), likes warm climate and has certain cold tolerance. Suitable for growing in fertile, moist, well-drained acidic loam soil. It is more tolerant of dampness, has strong germination ability and is resistant to pruning. Strong resistance to sulfur dioxide.
Cultivation technology
Propagation: Generally propagated by sowing or cuttings.
1. Sowing: Harvest the fruits after they are ripe in autumn, rub off the peels, rinse them clean, stratify the seeds with wet sand at low temperature for germination, and sow them before March of the following spring. The seedlings grow slowly and must be carefully maintained and managed. If holly seeds are not germinated, it often takes another year to germinate.
2. Cutting: It is advisable to take cuttings from young branches during the rainy season. The cuttings are 6-8 cm long. Cut off the lower leaves, leaving only 1-2 leaves and cut them into short sections. The cutting depth is 1/2. Use sand as the substrate and build a shed after cutting. Shade, spray water frequently and keep it moist. Roots will take root in about 1 month.
3. Management: After the seedlings have been cultivated in the nursery for 2-3 years, they can be transplanted and planted. Transplantation should be carried out in spring. It is required that the roots are not damaged when digging the seedlings, and they should be transplanted with soil. Pay attention to cultivating and weeding, watering when dry, and strengthen management. Holly is susceptible to damage by ash, and soot disease is prone to occur between dense branches and leaves and in scorched skin, so attention should be paid to timely prevention and control.
[Use]
Holly has luxuriant branches and leaves, is evergreen all year round, and the fruit turns red like red pearls when ripe. It is pleasing to the eye and is an excellent ornamental tree species in the garden. It should be planted alone on the lawn, planted in the courtyard, along the wall, on both sides of the garden path, or scattered on stacked rocks and hills, which is lush and lovely. Holly is taken from old piles or suppressed growth to make it dwarf and used to make bonsai.
[Flower Language---Life]
The fruits of this plant have the property of not falling off the branches throughout the winter. When the birds have no food and are hungry, the fruits of the holly tree can just sustain their lives. Therefore, the flower language of holly is - life.
Anyone born today, or anyone born with the blessing of this flower, understands the importance and value of life, and is a naturally compassionate person. The only drawback is that it is difficult to refuse other people's requests. So please pay special attention to heterosexual relationships between men and women.
[Edit this paragraph] Medical treatment
The leaves, roots and bark of holly can be used as medicine. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It has the effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Wintergreen leaves contain protocatechuic acid, which has antibacterial effects.
Indications: soak the seeds in wine to remove wind deficiency and treat hemorrhoids. The burned ashes of the leaves can cure chapped skin and eliminate scars.
Attached prescription: Wintergreen, now also known as Sijiqing, its leaves are clinically used: oral administration can treat colds, cough due to lung heat, stranguria, diarrhea, etc. External use can treat decoction, fire, trauma and bleeding.
Meridian distribution of nature and flavor
Wintergreen: enters the liver and kidneys. Tonify the liver and strengthen the muscles, nourish the kidneys and strengthen the bones.