In the Southern History written by li yanshou during the Zhenguan period, there is a biography of Xu Mian, in which there is a saying: "Gather stones, move fruits, mix flowers for entertainment and bathing, and use spirits." This is an example of the combination of flowers and plants in ancient books, which has been circulated for 1300 years.
The Biography of He Dian in Liang Shu in the Northern and Southern Dynasties said: "There is a tomb of Bian Zhongzhong in the garden, and flowers are planted beside it." This is an earlier description of the combination of flowers and plants. In Ci Hai, flowers are "viewing flowers", which is a narrow concept of flowers, such as chrysanthemums, orchids, daffodils and impatiens.
There are many kinds of flowers, and beautiful flowers are the mainstream. In addition, plants with beautiful leaves, such as colored grass, flowering taro, begonia, evergreen deciduous trees, etc. Plants with gorgeous fruits, such as Dongshan, Pyracantha fortunei, eggplant, kumquat and colored pepper, also belong to the big category of flowers.
The Present Situation of Flowers in China
China is the country with the largest flower planting area in the world, with a broad consumer market, but the flower industry has no own brand. China's flower industry depends on brands to survive.
/kloc-in the past 0/0 years, the world flower industry has grown at an average annual rate of 25%, and the flower market has broad prospects for development. However, the huge development space has not brought sustained wealth to China flower farmers. Because of information asymmetry, flower farmers can't get rid of the strange circle year after year. China flower industry should get rid of this dilemma,
In addition to improving the quality of flowers and narrowing the gap between domestic flowers and foreign flowers, we should also take the brand as the guide, realize the transformation from selling products to selling brands, make brands premium and increase the added value of products.