Alias: sweet pea, flower pea, rotten pea, flower language: joy, memory, beauty, parting, parting, flowering: March to July. Pea flowers are native to Sicily and southern Europe in the Mediterranean. Pea flowers are light and unique, colorful and fragrant. The fragrance of sweet pea flowers has the functions of relaxing nerves, relieving mental stress and relieving physical and mental fatigue.
It can also be used as winter and spring cut flowers to make flower arrangements, flower baskets, garlands, bouquets, table decorations and so on. In Miyazaki Hayao's movie Spirited Away, Chihiro holds a bunch of fragrant pea flowers and a large fragrant pea field in his hand.
Maintenance skills:
Pea pot soil is made of humus, peat, river sand and some organic fertilizers, and the principle of watering is wet and dry. The culture temperature should not be too high. Before flowering, the temperature should be 9~ 13℃ during the day and 5~8℃ at night. Pay attention to ventilation to prevent overgrowth or bud drop. When the main vine grows to about 20cm, it will promote the growth of lateral vines and increase the number of flowers.
Story:
It is said that the gentler a woman is, the more she likes this kind of flower. Alexandra, the virtuous and famous queen of King Edward VI of England of England, is a fan of sweet peas. From the bedroom, dining table to clothes, she can't live without this flower. Sweet pea has an elegant fragrance, mixed with orange blossom, hyacinthus orientalis and rose. Early Europeans thought this fragrance had an aphrodisiac effect, so they liked to decorate their bedrooms with sweet peas, a custom that still exists in many places today.