Red plum blossoms in early spring, with 1~2 flowers per node, sessile or short-stalked, and pale pink or red in color. The flower buds are planted in the axils of long branches, with 1 ~ 2 flowers per node, which are fragrant. There are five varieties with single petals and double petals.

Red peach and red plum belong to the same family and have similar shapes. However, according to my observation, the flowers of Hongye Peach are twice as big as plum blossoms. Plum blossoms bloom in early spring, that is, after the Spring Festival. Peach blossoms bloom for a long time before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day. There is a gap in adaptability between the two. Plum blossom grows in the south of China, mainly in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is not suitable for the cold winter climate in the north and is rarely planted in the north. Peach has strong adaptability, likes sunny environment, drought resistance, high temperature resistance, cold resistance, waterlogging resistance and alkali resistance, and likes sandy loam with good drainage. Originally from China, it has been introduced and cultivated all over the world. In China, it is planted from Hangzhou in the southeast to Urumqi in the northwest.

This is a red plum:

This is a double red plum;

This is a red plum, the flowers are relatively small, and the color is not as thick as peach. And open in the cold season, the inherent red plum proud snow: