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The Lantern Festival is approaching. If you want to place several pots of festive flowers at home, narcissus is definitely the top choice. It stands gracefully, with a delicate and elegant fragrance, adding a lot of warmth to the festival.

Narcissus is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Amaryllidaceae family and has many aliases, such as "Fairy of the Lingbo River" and "Golden Cup and Silver Platform". Its leaves are green, long, and slender, like swords made of jade. They grow out from the base and spread out in all directions. The flower stems emerge from the foliage. The white petals surround the yellow corona, just like a golden cup holding a silver platform. With its delicate shape and fresh and refined appearance, it is highly recognizable among various flowers.

The flower language of narcissus is "missing, reunion", symbolizing purity and good luck. During the Spring Festival, when the whole family sits around to admire the narcissus, it expresses the missing for distant relatives and also implies the reunion of the whole family.

From planting to blooming, under normal temperatures of 15 - 20℃, it takes about 25 - 30 days for hydroponic narcissus, while for soil - planted ones, it takes 40 - 50 days. If you want it to bloom during the Spring Festival, you need to plan the planting time in advance.

After the narcissus has finished blooming, don't throw it away directly. For hydroponic narcissus, first cut off the withered flowers, then take out the bulb from the water, rinse it with clean water, let it dry, and then bury it in moist sand and place it in a cool and ventilated place. In autumn, dig out the bulb, plant it again in a flower pot, and maintain it normally, and it can grow and bloom again. For soil - planted narcissus, also cut off the withered flowers after they fade, reduce watering and fertilizing, and let the bulb regain its vitality slowly in the soil. Control the water properly during the summer dormancy period, and then maintain it normally in autumn.

Daily maintenance of narcissus is not difficult. For hydroponics, choose plump and undamaged bulbs, peel off the brown outer skin, clean up the dry roots, put them in a shallow pot, add water to cover one - third of the bottom of the bulb, and change the water every 1 - 2 days to keep the water clean. For soil planting, select loose, fertile, and well - drained soil. After planting the bulb, water it thoroughly, place it in a sunny place, and water it when the soil surface is dry. Narcissus likes sunlight. Ensure 4 - 6 hours of sunlight per day and control the temperature at 10 - 20℃, so that it can grow healthily.

In the new year, why not raise several pots of narcissus to fill your home with fragrance and harvest full of beauty and happiness.