00:00These plants with light pink flowers are not just nice to look at, but they have other
00:05applications too.
00:06They're called most the scabra.
00:08Similar to lavender, they can be turned into essential oil and can be used as an ingredient
00:14in herbal baths.
00:16It was the first time we started planting flowers.
00:30Several years ago, Yang began cultivating most of the scabra with his wife, Su Xiu-lian,
00:35hoping to make the plant a local attraction in eastern Taiwan's Guangfu Township.
00:40But much of those plants changed last September when major flooding tore through Guangfu after
00:46a typhoon caused a nearby barrier dam to burst, sending tons of water surging through the
00:52area.
00:53The disaster left Guangfu covered in mud.
00:56Even so, Yang and his wife say that the plant is resilient.
01:00So why we didn't clean this plant, because it's the root of the plant.
01:05No, this plant is not going to be growing, because it's a green plant.
01:09If it's like this situation, it can still be growing, it can still be growing.
01:16No.
01:16The couple are determined to bring most of the scabra back.
01:20This hardy plant may play a big part in their recovery.
01:24Our disaster started from the river, and we will also start from the river.
01:32Most of the scabra is native to the area, so it's only natural that its presence remains
01:37here in Guangfu 2.
01:39Yixin Chen and Leslie Liao for Taiwan Plus.
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