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What are the flowers in summer?

Lotus.

Lotus is a perennial aquatic plant. The rhizome is fat and knotty, and it is born in sediment. The leaves are shield-shaped, round, dark green on the surface, covered with wax white powder, gray-green on the back, and wavy all over. Petiole cylindrical, densely barbed. Flowers are solitary at the top of pedicels and above the water surface, with single petals, compound petals, double petals and double petals. Colors are white, pink, crimson, lavender, yellow or intermediate colors; Stamens are numerous; The pistil is free and buried in an inverted conical sponge receptacle. There are many scattered honeycomb holes on the receptacle surface, which gradually expand after fertilization, and a small nut (lotus seed) is born in each hole. The flowering period is from June to September, and it opens and closes every morning. The fruit ripens from September to 65438+ 10. There are many cultivated varieties of lotus, which can be divided into three systems according to different uses: lotus root, lotus seed and Hualien.

There are also orchids, lilies, bunches of safflower, peony, hibiscus, brocade, day lily, gentian, spurge, Cao Xia, lotus, impatiens, cockscomb, Milan, Petunia in the snow, canna, crape myrtle, water lily, sunflower, tulip, Whelan, orchid, pomegranate and oleander.