On my home balcony, putting the flower with a lovely, vibrant guileless. Luxuriantly green of its branches and leaves is exuberant, look at very comfortable. This flower has a peculiar name, call Tie Haitang. I am very curious, why does a beautiful meeting have so a doughty name? Is the Tie Haitang's true name with it euqally strong?
我家阳台上，摆放着一盆朴实可爱、生机勃勃的花。它的枝叶葱茏繁茂，看着非常舒服。这盆花有一个奇特的名字，叫铁海棠。我很好奇，为什么一盆花会有这么一个刚强的名字？铁海棠真的和它的名字一样坚强吗？
Tie Haitang attracted me deeply, I am not looked up and down by the ground remove it. The bottom that sees a bine only is blueness is Brown, become bottle green gradually up. The bine with Brown blueness is about 10 centimeters tall, bine much close, every limb degree of finish is very even, the finger that resembles us is euqally thick, the bine does a root to stand firm loftily, appear bouncy. If you look carefully, with respect to meeting discovery, thickly dotted spinule was bestrewed on the bine, seemed to put on a hard armor to Tie Haitang. I notice, limb is finer, thorn is smaller; Limb is thicker, thorn is bigger. These bines grow bitter fleabane bitter fleabane is exuberantly, showing exuberant vitality, be like bold and powerful and tough ancient time officers and soldiers.
铁海棠深深地吸引了我，我不由地打量起它。只见茎的底部是青褐色的，向上逐渐变成深绿色。青褐色的茎大约十厘米高，茎又多又密，每个枝干粗细非常均匀，都像我们的手指一样粗，茎干根根傲然挺立，显得精神饱满。如果你仔细看，就会发现，茎上布满了密密麻麻的小刺，就好像给铁海棠穿上了一件坚硬的铠甲。我注意到，枝干越细，刺就越小；枝干越粗，刺就越大。这些茎长得蓬蓬勃勃，透着旺盛的生命力，好像勇猛坚韧的古代将士。
Tie Haitang's leaf, it is olivary, very cabinet. every piece leaf does his utmost up extend, doing not have is crestfallen. That is flat flat leaf is very lovely. The leaf that it just grew is pale green, glittering and translucent get rid of is appeared, with respect to pale green like jade. The leaf that was brought up, color verdure is dark green, look at make popular feeling unripe jubilate, it is comfortable very. Thin thin leaf, particularly smooth and delicate, as full marks / cut out with silks and satins and become. Look, tuft bunch leaf grows so flourishly, let a person feel inside contain is worn full capabilities!
铁海棠的叶子，是卵形的，很小巧。片片叶子极力向上伸展，没有一片是垂头丧气的。那扁扁的叶子十分可爱。它刚长出来的叶子是嫩绿的，晶莹剔透，就像一片片嫩绿的玉石。长大了的叶子，颜色碧绿碧绿的，看着就让人心生欢喜，很是舒服。薄薄的叶子，特别光滑细嫩，就如同满分/用绸缎裁剪而成。瞧，一簇簇叶子长得那么茂盛，让人感到里面蕴藏着满满的能量呢！
Tie Haitang is the most conspicuous is a flower, it is spent all the year round indefectible oh! What Tie Haitang just grew is beautiful, inside yellow fully faint give tender red, resemble adding up to the small conch that shutting, appear exquisite has send. Wide-open flower is tender red completely, there is flaxen stamen inside, resemble each delicate and lovely small horn, provoking all the more love. Greenery is adorning tuft bunch flower in the clump, appear flourishing. The flower left a few days, can present a light amaranth, slowly sere wither and fall. The flower here be about to wither, the flower there blossoms in succession again, one stubble receives one stubble never discontinuous, the flower leaves so exuberantly, seeming is to releasing its total force. Although Tie Haitang's flower is sweet,be inferior to other flower so aroma lung of popular feeling of attractive, ooze, but in the eye in me, it is most attractive is beautiful.
铁海棠最引人注目的是花，它一年四季都花开不败哦！铁海棠刚长出来的花，黄色里面隐隐透出一点嫩红色，像合闭着的小贝壳，显得玲珑有致。完全开放的花全是嫩红色，里面有一点淡黄色的花蕊，就像一个个精致可爱的小喇叭，格外惹人喜爱。绿叶丛中点缀着一簇簇花朵，显得欣欣向荣。花开了几天，会呈现出淡淡的紫红色，慢慢地干枯凋落。这边的花即将枯萎，那边的花儿又相继绽放，一茬接一茬不曾间断，花开得如此旺盛，好像是在释放它全部的力量。虽然铁海棠的花香不如别的花儿那么香气迷人、沁人心肺，但是在我的眼中，它就是最有魅力的花。
Tie Haitang can open a distinctive flower not only, it still has tenacious vitality. Ground of meticulously of need of other flowers and plants caresses its unlike, want to lie between a day to irrigate water only, it grows with respect to can exuberant ground, blossom the floret that gives bits and pieces, to a colour and life are added in the home.
铁海棠不仅能开出独特的花，它还有顽强的生命力。它不像别的花草需要无微不至地呵护，只要隔天浇一次水，它就能繁茂地生长，绽放出星星点点的小花，给家里增添一丝色彩和生气。
Be in numerous and effeminate in delicate flowers and plants, tie Haitang resembles the heroic brave man that is clank of an iron bone, get the “ iron ” that is be worthy of the name really.
在众多柔弱娇嫩的花草中，铁海棠就像是一位铁骨铮铮的英雄好汉，真得是名副其实的“铁”。(文/吴定樾)