When Huahua asked this question last time, many Huahua's friends told Huahua in unison that they had seen it on the shelves in the daily necessities section of the supermarket. Huahua also wondered when the supermarket started selling this plant. I didn't expect the flower friends to talk about toothpaste!

Indeed, there is a toothpaste brand with the same name as this plant on the market. Huahua guessed that the source of the name of this toothpaste should be that toothpaste contains Zanthoxylum nitidum, which is extracted from the plant Zanthoxylum nitidum which Huahua is going to talk about today.

Zanthoxylum nitidum is mainly distributed in some provinces in southern China, and usually grows in mountains and bushes. There is nothing wrong with saying it is a weed. But now it's rare and precious.

Because of its high medicinal value, it is full of treasures. Roots, stems, leaves and bark can all be used as medicine, which has a certain effect on treating traumatic injury, swelling and pain relief and even rheumatism. So, if one day flower lovers meet this plant, don't pull it out!

But all the flower friends who have seen the double-sided needle can basically guess the origin of the name double-sided needle, right? Two-sided needles and needles on both sides of leaves are vivid and easy to judge. Flower friends should be careful when they see two-faced needles. Stabbing on both sides hurts!

Although Zanthoxylum nitidum is a kind of wild grass, some clever flower friends will keep it as a bonsai at home. After careful pruning and cultivation by flower friends, the two-sided needle bonsai does not lose Yu Songbai bonsai at all! It can be used as a "family tree" and "heirloom" at home, and it is also valuable in the flower market!

So, how to cultivate Zanthoxylum nitidum into bonsai? The first thing a florist should do is to understand the growth habits of Zanthoxylum nitidum and keep it healthy first.

Two-faced needles are resistant to shade, but they also like sunshine. Giving it sunshine often can make it grow faster. But when the light is strong, you should help it keep out the sun and prevent the leaves from getting sunburned.

Zanthoxylum nitidum especially likes humidity, and its requirements for humidity can be seen from its growing environment, so it is necessary to water more at ordinary times to keep the soil of Zanthoxylum nitidum moist.

Zanthoxylum nitidum grows in a relatively southern province and likes warmth. Therefore, flower farmers in the north should keep them warm in winter and put them in places with plenty of sunshine and not too low temperature.

After mastering the maintenance points of Zanthoxylum nitidum, you can consider how to make Zanthoxylum nitidum into bonsai. Bonsai can be divided into waterfront type, cliff type, straight dry type, literati type and jungle type according to different shapes. When flower friends start planting Zanthoxylum nitidum, they should adjust the planting method according to the desired shape.

Take the waterfront style as an example. Waterfront type is to let the whole branch extend out of the flowerpot, so the flower friends should be inclined when planting, and it would be better if they can keep the level. In order to ensure the growth of roots, flower friends can give roots a traction from the opposite direction, so that plants can grow at a certain inclination.

In the process of growth, flower friends often have to trim Zanthoxylum nitidum to make it grow according to their favorite shape.

It takes a long time and careful care from all sides to cultivate Zanthoxylum nitidum into potted plants, so flower friends must be patient!