Castanopsis fissa has a low plant shape and flat branches. In late spring, pink flowers are full of shrubs, and red fruits are numerous in autumn. It will not fall after the winter solstice and spring, which is very noticeable. It is an excellent flower viewing fruit tree species and an excellent ground cover plant.
It is the most suitable material for foundation planting, and can also be planted on slopes and rock gardens. It is also a good bonsai material.
Li Guo is a deciduous or semi-evergreen creeping shrub with a height of no more than 0.5 meters.
The branches are horizontally arranged in two rows in Zhang Kaicheng, which are shaped like centipedes.
Branchlets are purplish red, densely hairy when young, and then fall off.
Leaves suborbicular to obovate.
Flowers solitary or in combination of two, 5 ~ 7 mm in diameter, subsessile, erect petals, pink, flowering from May to June.
The fruit is nearly spherical, 4 ~ 6 mm in diameter, bright red, and the fruiting period is 9 ~ 10 month.
Li Guo is strong and slightly cold-resistant.
Like light, but also a little tolerant of shade.
I like loam with good drainage and can grow in calcareous soil.
Drought-tolerant, barren-tolerant, not waterlogging-tolerant.
Flat-branch rafters are resistant to pruning and do not need special management.
Generally let it grow and spread naturally; Or thinning seedlings before winter solstice and early spring to remove over-dense branches, dead branches, pests and diseases, etc. , so that the branches are evenly distributed and layered, forming a good ornamental effect.