China aster

Emerald chrysanthemum, with bright colors, various flower types, a large number of flowers and long flowering period, is an ornamental plant highly valued by the garden art circles at home and abroad. Let's get to know it together, and maybe you will fall in love with it.

China aster introduction

Family and genus of cuiju

Cuiju, a herbaceous plant, belongs to cuiju of Compositae

Emerald chrysanthemum alias

Cuiju, also known as annual aster, is also known as jiangxila, July chrysanthemum and Gesang flower

Origin of cuiju

It is produced in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Yunnan and Sichuan Province. It grows in hillside wasteland, hillside grass, water edge or sparse forest shade, with an altitude of 30-2700 meters

There are a wide range of cultivated and wild types in Japan and North Korea. Botanical gardens in the Soviet Union and other European countries have introduced flowers for ornamental purposes

Morphological characteristics of cuiju

Annual or biennial herb, about 30-100 cm high. Stem erect, solitary, white rough, base 6-7 mm in diameter

The inflorescence is solitary, with a diameter of 6-8 cm. The flower bud is hemispherical, and the flowers are rich in color, including red, light red, blue, yellow or light blue purple

Achenes are long, oval, oblanceolate, relatively flat and easy to fall off. The flowering and fruiting period of cuiju is from May to October