Osmanthus its horticultural varieties, the most representative of the silver laurel, gold laurel, Dan Gui, four seasons laurel. The following takes you to see the four major varieties of osmanthus.
The identification of the four major varieties of osmanthus:
Silver laurel
One, the flowering period and color
Silver laurel: Autumn bloom, the flower color is pure white, creamy white, yellowish white or light yellow.
Golden laurel: autumn flowering, flower color lemon yellow light to golden yellow.
Dan Gui: Fall blooming, with darker, orange-yellow, orange-red to vermillion-colored flowers.
Seasonal laurel: four seasons of flowering, flower color is lighter, creamy yellow to lemon yellow, flower fragrance is not as strong as silver laurel, golden laurel, Dan Gui.
Golden laurel
Two, leaf color
Silver laurel: leaf color is the lightest, leaf green or greenish green.
Golden laurel: dark green leaves, shiny.
Dan Gui: the leaf blade frontal color is the darkest, dark green.
Four Seasons Laurel: new leaves are dark red, old mature leaves are green or yellow-green.
Three, leaf texture
Dan Gui leaves are the thickest; Golden Gui thickness is second; and Silver Gui is the thinnest.
Dan Gui
Four, leaf shape
Silver laurel: leaf blade long oval, leaf edge non-serrated or shallow wave undulation. The leaf blade is broader and thicker; the leaf surface is more spreading; the leaf margin is shallow wavy, revolute, entire, and occasionally sparsely toothed at the apex.
Golden laurel: leaf blade oval, leaf surface uneven, leaf margins slightly undulating, revolute obvious; entire, occasionally apex serrate.
Dan Gui: long elliptic or elliptic, leaf surface flat, leaf margin revolute, entire, apex occasionally sparsely toothed, base broadly cuneate; apex obtuse or mucronate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs, reticulate veins obvious on both sides.
Four Seasons Laurel: the leaf blade is elliptic broadly ovoid, entire or sparsely serrate, leaf margin undulate is not obvious.
Fifth, the representative varieties
Silver laurel representative varieties: broad-leaved seed silver laurel, willow silver laurel, hard leaf silver laurel, seed silver laurel, Kowloon laurel, early silver laurel, late silver laurel, white clean silver laurel, pure white silver laurel, green mountain silver laurel and other varieties.
Golden laurel representative varieties: large-flowered golden laurel, large-leaved yellow, decorative golden laurel, late golden laurel, round-leaved golden laurel, Xianning late laurel, ball laurel, round discernment of the golden laurel, willow-leaved suzuki, golden master laurel, wave leaf golden laurel and other varieties.
Dan Gui representative varieties: large-flowered dan gui, tooth dan gui, vermilion dan gui, wide-leaf red and other varieties.
The representative varieties of four seasons of laurel: large-leaf four seasons of laurel, small-leaf four seasons of laurel, moon laurel, day scented laurel, large-leaf Buddha's crown beads, four seasons of laurel and other varieties of teeth leaves.
Which species of osmanthus is the most fragrant, the best and the most famous?
1, the most fragrant osmanthus
The most fragrant osmanthus is not golden osmanthus, the fragrance of the flowers is strong and intense, there is a word to describe the fragrance of the golden osmanthus - "ten miles of fragrance".
2, the best osmanthus
As for the best osmanthus is what, this everyone's taste is not the same, some people like the fragrance type of danggui, some people like the rich type of gold laurel and silver laurel, so this "best" judgment, naturally, is different from person to person.
3, the most expensive osmanthus
"Golden laurel" is the highest market value, can be called expensive. And under their major categories, there are many valuable sub-categories, such as the golden ball laurel, long-stalked golden laurel, willow leaf suzuki is more famous and precious.
Osmanthus falls in the middle of the moon, and the fragrance of the sky floats outside the clouds. The osmanthus tea made from osmanthus flowers is a Chinese specialty tea, which has a soft aroma and delicious flavor, and is loved by the public. In addition, you can also make osmanthus cake, osmanthus wine, like friends can try Oh.