China dove tree is Davidia involucrata, also known as dove tree and water pear, belonging to deciduous trees. Cultivation method of Davidia involucrata: soil: Davidia involucrata likes deep neutral or slightly acidic humus soil, which can be planted in brown soil or yellow soil; Watering: Davidia involucrata needs to be watered once a day in summer, and it is not necessary to water in other seasons as long as it is not particularly dry; Fertilization: Davidia involucrata has a great demand for fertilizer during its growing period, which can be applied once a day.

About Davidia involucrata

Davidia involucrata is a deciduous tree. Up to 25 meters; Bark is dark gray or dark brown, and often breaks into irregular slices and falls off. Young branches are cylindrical, with conical winter buds and oval scales, usually arranged in imbricate shape. Leaves papery, alternate, stipules-free, broadly ovoid or nearly round, bright green at the top, densely covered with yellowish or pale white filamentous coarse hairs at the bottom, and cylindrical petiole.

The hermaphroditic flowers, like the male flowers, are located at the top of the inflorescence and surrounded by the male flowers. There are paper, oblong oval or oblong inverted oval petal-shaped bracts at the base, which are light green at first and then become milky white. Male flowers have no calyx and petals, and filaments are slender and hairless. Anthers are oval and purple. There are degenerated perianth and short stamens at the top of the ovary, the style is stout, the fruit is oval and drupe, and the fruit stalk is stout and cylindrical. It blooms in April and bears 5438+ 10 in June.

Distribution range of Davidia involucrata

Davidia involucrata is distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Gansu in China.