The pinyin of hosta: yù zān.

Word explanation: Jade hairpin, a hairpin made of jade, is also called "jade head scratcher". Hosta also refers to a perennial herbaceous plant. Leaves are clustered, oval or heart-shaped. The flower stems are drawn out from the leaves into racemes. It blooms in autumn and is as white as jade. When it is not blooming, it is like a hairpin and has a fragrant aroma. Cultivated for viewing.

Word source:

1. Volume 2 of "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing": "When Emperor Wu passed by Mrs. Li, she took a jade hairpin to scratch her head. From then on, everyone in the imperial palace used jade to scratch their heads, and the price of jade was doubled. "Guiyan." 2. Song Dynasty Fan Chengda's poem "Gift to Zhao Lianzhou": "Don't wait until the weather is clear to see the mountains, the jade bamboo sticks are high in the green clouds."

3 , Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica, Caoliu, Hosta": "Hostans are planted as flowers and plants everywhere... The stems are drawn in June and July, with fine leaves on the stems, and dozens of flowers, two or three inches long, at the end of this book. Big. When it is not in bloom, it looks like a white jade hairpin. ”

A sentence for hosta

1. Whenever spring comes, the soft green stems and leaves of the hosta grow new buds. flowering.

2. At this time, strings of white inflorescences sprouted from the leaves, like milky white hostas stuck on the green branches.

3. The leaves of the hosta are particularly wide and green, the flowers are white and flawless, the buds are like hairpins, and the flowers are shaped like trumpets.

4. Hosta flowers bloom during the day and only bloom at night. When the flowers bloom, six fresh yellow stamens and a slender white pistil stigma appear, which is fragrant.

5. Hosta has delicate leaves, hairpin-like buds, white jade color and pleasant fragrance. It is one of the important flowers in classical Chinese gardens.