Are there any lotus flowers in Chongqing?

Chongqing is not suitable for planting lotus flowers. Forsythia suspensa is mainly distributed in the central and northern parts of China. Medicinal commercial forsythia suspensa mainly comes from wild resources, and the artificial cultivation area is less. Forsythia suspensa is mainly produced in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces in China. ?

【 Morphological characteristics 】 Forsythia suspensa is a deciduous shrub, which grows in the bushes or forests on the barren slopes of Shan Ye. This plant is 2-3 meters high. Branches are slender, spreading, drooping or elongated, slightly tendril-like, and often rooted in the ground. The branches are slightly quadrangular, with hollow internodes and pith only at the nodes. Many seeds, narrow oval, brown, flat, with thin wings on one side. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from July to August.

[Growth Habits]: Forsythia suspensa likes warm, dry and sunny environment, which is cold-resistant and drought-tolerant, and avoids waterlogging. Forsythia suspensa has strong germination ability and low requirements for soil. It can grow normally in fertile and thin land, cliffs, steep walls and cracks. But it grows well on sandy loam with good drainage and rich humus. Forsythia suspensa likes light, grows well on sunny sunny slopes and bears many fruits. In wet places, the growth is poor, the fruit is few and the yield is low. Forsythia suspensa is wild in sparse bushes on semi-shady slopes or sunny slopes at an altitude of 600-2000 meters. The emergence time of forsythia suspensa is about 65438 05 days, the soil is moist and the temperature is 65438 05℃. The seedlings grow slowly and have a long growth period, and blossom and bear fruit 3-4 years after transplanting.

【 Difference between Forsythia suspensa and Yingchun 】: Forsythia suspensa and Yingchun are not the same plant. Although they all belong to Meliaceae, Yingchun belongs to Jasmine and Forsythia belongs to Forsythia suspensa. The easiest way to distinguish them is to look at the shape of flowers. Yingchun has six petals, and forsythia has only four petals. In China, Forsythia suspensa mainly grows in the north-central part of China, while the growth of Yingchun is mostly distributed in the south-central part of China.