我今年五十有八,自小爱好花木,但始行种植,却在不惑之年。初时植几株花草,两三棵月季,进而又栽芙蓉、桂花,甚至腊梅、菊花。可花木繁多,精力不济,且住所有限,放不了这么多。一次到外地出差,在朋友家中看到西洋杜鹃,感其花色之多,花姿之美均出群花之上,于是爱上了西鹃,年年种植,至今不辍。种植西鹃既与种一般花木有相通之处,也有它不同的地方。譬如西鹃喜肥,但它不如月季 I am fifty or eight this year, since childhood hobby, but the beginning of planting, but in the age of perplexity. At the beginning of planting a few plants, two or three rose, and then planted hibiscus, sweet-scented osmanthus, and even plum, chrysanthemum. May be numerous flowers and trees, poor energy, and limited shelter, can not put so much. A trip to the field, in the friend’s home to see the Western Rhododendron, the sense of its many colors, flower beauty are above the flowering group, so fell in love with the West Rhododendron, planted every year, so far stop. Growing cuckoo both species and common flowers have similarities, but also its different places. For example, rhizomes like fat, but it is not as good as the rose