How to tell whether a flower likes light or shade?

Which flowers like light and which flowers like shade?

Different flowers have different requirements for sunlight and can be roughly divided into four types.

Positive flowers

This type of flowers requires plenty of sunlight, and some flowers even need a long-day environment of more than 14 hours to differentiate flower buds, bloom larger and brighter flowers, and grow well. This type of flowers includes gladiolus, iris, coneflower phlox, impatiens, aster, rose, pomegranate, barbata, Oxalis, lotus, crape myrtle, Milan, citrus, pansy, fig, oleander, rubber tree, etc.

Neutral Floral

It is between sun-loving flowers and shade-loving flowers and does not require particularly long periods of sunlight. Such as osmanthus, jasmine, hibiscus, nephew, begonia and so on.

Shade-loving flowers

It grows well in the shade and can only receive slightly more light in winter and early spring. Such as camellia, azalea, Guangdong evergreen, asparagus fern, etc.

Strong shade-loving flowers

It is native to shady and moist areas such as tropical rain forests, shady slopes of mountains, and valleys. Even if the sunlight is not too strong, it still needs proper shade. Such as spring orchid, Boston fern, etc.

How to judge?

Judging from the leaf shape

Plants with needle-shaped leaves, such as cedar, larch, and five-needle pine, mostly like the sun; plants with flat or scaly leaves, such as Podocarpus, Platycladus orientalis, and Cypress, are slightly shade-tolerant; deciduous broad-leaved flowers and trees mostly like the sun, such as chrysanthemum, rose, Mirabilis jalapa, plum blossom, etc.; evergreen broad-leaved flowers and trees, such as Begonia, Monstera, Schefflera, Dieffenbachia, Gardenia, Camellia, etc., mostly prefer semi-shade or shade.

Judging from the density of branches and leaves

Flowers with small and dense branches and leaves are mostly shade-loving flowers, such as asparagus fern, asparagus, maidenhair fern, Japanese maple, nandina domestica, etc. Most of the flowers with sparse but spreading branches and leaves are positive flowers, such as petunia, croton, impatiens, oleander, etc.