Exhibition, bark light gray or light green. Branchlets are slender, pointed, green and glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate or ovate, with edges.
Serrulate, apex acuminate or caudal, base broadly cuneate, pubescent when young or along veins, petiole short and glandular.
Pedicels are short, 1-2 peanuts are on 1 and 2-year-old branches, and calyx tube is bell-shaped, red, dark red and green. Flowers are single or heavy.
Petals are white or red or reddish, fragrant, and most of them bloom first and then leave in early spring (1-February). Drupe subglobose,
Yellow or green, mature in May-June.
Plum blossoms are native to China and mainly cultivated in the Yangtze River valley and southwest China. I like a warm and slightly humid climate.
It should be grown in a sunny, ventilated and cool place, afraid of waterlogging and able to withstand drought.
Plum blossoms are world-famous ornamental flowers and trees, especially beautiful and charming. Whenever the flowers are thin and fragrant in late winter and early spring.
Yi, pine and bamboo are also called "three friends in cold years" in China.
Plum blossoms and plums can be used as medicine, and plum blossoms can be taken instead of tea. Fruit element is known as "healthy food" and can be processed into various foods.
Dried fruit, too numerous to mention.
Plum blossom is a traditional famous flower in China. Not only elegant, but also antique.
Today, poets and painters praise it, and what's more, they use its ice muscles, jade bone, and cold ling to leave fragrance.
It is regarded as the essence of the nation and respected by the world. The love of China literati in past dynasties.
Mei and many people praise Mei.
Mei, with her noble, strong and modest personality, gives people a determination to work hard.
Incentive. In the cold, plum blossoms bloom before flowers, and it is spring alone on earth, so plum blossoms
It is often used as an auspicious symbol of spring news. Mei legend
The beautiful meanings of "yes" and "beauty" have far-reaching influence and are widely used in China.
Plum blossom-a gentleman in flowers
Scientific name: plum blossom
English name: Mumeplant Japanese apricot
Alias: Chun Mei, Mei and Mei Hua.
Family name: Rosaceae
Morphological characteristics: the plant height is about 10m, the trunk is brownish purple, and there are many longitudinal lines. Branchlets are green. Leaf blade broadly ovate to ovate, margin serrate. 65438+ 0 ~ 2 flowers per node, sessile or short-stalked, the original species is pale pink or white, and the cultivated varieties are purple, red and colored spots to yellowish colors, which bloom in early spring. Plum blossoms can be divided into departments, classes and types. Such as real plum, apricot, cherry plum, etc. Subtype classification
Origin and Habit: Plum blossom originated in China, and wild plum first evolved into ornamental plum, which is a branch of plum blossom. China wild plum has four sub-centers, namely, eastern Sichuan and western Hubei mountainous areas; Southeast Hubei, northeast Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang mountainous areas; Guangdong and Guangxi, southern Jiangxi mountainous areas and Fujian and Taipei areas. This is a deciduous tree. Meixi has a warm climate, and its flowering period is particularly sensitive to climate change. Meixi has a high air humidity, but it avoids heavy rain during flowering. Plum blossoms can grow well in areas where the annual rainfall is above 1000mm, and the requirements for soil are not strict and relatively poor. Active tree species, like sunshine and good ventilation. It is a long-lived tree species. The flowering period in the Yangtze River basin is from February to March.
Propagation and cultivation: grafting is commonly used in propagation, and the rootstocks are mostly plum, peach, apricot, apricot and apricot. Plum blossoms should be cultivated in the open space on sunny or semi-sunny slopes with a spacing of 3 ~ 5m. Usually in the growing period, that is, from autumn to early winter, fertilizer is applied three times, such as cake fertilizer compost, manure and so on. Apply quick-acting fertilizer before budding; After the new shoots stop growing (from the end of June to the beginning of July), appropriate water control and fertilization are applied to promote flower bud differentiation.
Plum blossoms are suitable for bonsai cultivation. Put the plants that have been cultivated in the field for several years in a flowerpot. Pot soil should be soft, loose and fertile, and it should be trimmed before and after planting.
Common diseases include perforation, anthracnose, powdery mildew, dead branch gummosis, dry rot gummosis and so on.
Application: in gardens, green spaces, courtyards and scenic spots, it can be planted alone, in clusters, in groups, etc. It can also be planted naturally in front of houses, on slopes, between rocks and on roadsides. If evergreen trees or dark buildings are used as the background, the beauty of plum blossoms can be set off. Such as pine, bamboo and plum, with pine as the background, bamboo as the guest scene and plum as the main scene. In ancient times, it was emphasized that "plum blossoms around the house" and "going upstairs to see plum blossoms" were all for the best viewing effect. In addition, plum blossoms can be arranged into Meiling, Mei Feng, Meiyuan, Meixi, Meijing and Meiwu.
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