Three must-have flowers for New Year's Eve in Guangzhou

There are three types of flowers that are essential for New Year's Eve in Guangzhou: kumquat, peach blossom and daffodil.

Kumquats, because in Cantonese "tangerine" and "lucky" sound the same, buy a pot at home to symbolize great luck; peach blossoms, symbolizing the great exhibition of Hongtu (peach), young people hope that peach blossom luck; Narcissus, a symbol of wealth and good fortune.

Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou Spring Flower Market, also known as New Year's Eve Flower Market or Lunar New Year's Eve Flower Market, is a folkloric landscape with Lingnan characteristics, the formation of which can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. It is a local traditional folk culture event in Guangdong Province, originating from the "Flower Ferry" at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The annual Spring Flower Market is bustling with flowers and a sea of people.

As one of the "Four Markets of Guangdong" in the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou Spring Flower Market has long been famous in the five continents and the four seas. The Spring Flower Market is a unique folkloric landscape in China. It not only presents the ancient Spring Festival customs of the people of Lingnan region, but also is closely related to the life of Guangzhou people. The Spring Flower Market integrates the tradition of Guangzhou people's "talking about the meaning", thus forming its own unique language of flowers.

Narcissus growth habit:

Narcissus for the fall planted bulb class greenhouse flowers, like sunny, tenacious, can tolerate semi-shade, do not tolerate the cold. 7 ~ August leaves dormant, in the dormant period of the bulb of the growing point of the part of the flower buds differentiation, with the growth of the fall and winter, flowering in early spring, the physiological characteristics of the dormant in summer.

Narcissus like light, like water, like fertilizer, suitable for warm, humid climate conditions, like fertile sandy soil. Pre-growth like cool, slightly cold, late like warm. Therefore, the requirements of winter without severe cold summer without heat, spring and fall rainy climate.

During the day, daffodil pots should be placed in a sunny sunny place to give sufficient light. Because the plant needs to provide nutrients through chlorophyll through photosynthesis, so that the daffodil leaves can be wide, thick, upright, bright green leaves and fragrant flowers.

On the contrary, the leaves are tall, thin, weak, yellowish, and even do not bloom. Loose and fertile, deep alluvial sandy loam soil is the most suitable, pH in 5 ~ 7.5 are suitable for growth.