1, Chimonanthus praecox will give off a fragrance in the biting wind and cold snowstorm. These white or red flowers stand proudly in the cold wind and seem to turn a blind eye to the blizzard.
2, the wind, snow drifts all over the four mountains.
In the cold weather of March 9, plum blossoms are still in full bloom, standing in the snow and looking at Prince Charming in my heart.
4. Hongmei is also a plum blossom! Only it has a unique style. It blooms in the coldest season all year round, and red berries are in full bloom. There are basically no leaves on the branches, and the red berries are in bud against the cold wind and rain. How charming!
Plum blossom introduction:
Mei (plum blossom? Sebald company. Zucc。 ): woody plants of Rosaceae and Prunus. Small trees, sparse shrubs, 4- 10 meters above sea level; Bark light gray or greenish, smooth; Branchlets are green, smooth and hairless. Leaf blade ovate or elliptic, leaf margin usually with small sharp serrations, grayish green. Flowers solitary or sometimes two peanuts in 1 bud, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, with strong fragrance, opening before leaves.
Calyx is usually reddish brown, but some varieties of calyx are green or green purple; Petals obovate, white to pink. The fruit is nearly spherical, 2-3 cm in diameter, yellow or greenish white, pilose and sour; Mucosal nucleus; The nucleus is oval with slightly flattened sides. It blooms in winter and spring and bears fruit in May-June.
The origin of plum blossom is from south-central China to northern China, and it mainly grows in temperate biota. It has been cultivated in China for more than 3000 years, and there are many varieties of ornamental trees and fruit trees. Many types are not only cultivated in the open field for viewing, but also planted as potted flowers to make plum piles.
Flowers can be refined, and flowers, leaves, roots and seeds can be used as medicine. The fruit can be eaten, salted or dried in the sun, or smoked into the medicinal material of dark plum, which has the effects of relieving cough, stopping diarrhea, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Plum blossom can resist the harm of root-knot nematodes and can be used as the rootstock of drupe fruit trees.
Plum blossom is the first of the top ten famous flowers in China. With orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, they are listed as four gentlemen, and with pine and bamboo, they are also called "three friends of the old cold". In the traditional culture of China, Mei gives people an incentive to work hard with her noble, strong and modest personality.
In the cold, before the flowers bloom, the world is lonely, and spring has come. Plum blossoms are white and elegant, bloom in late winter and early spring, and flourish. They are planted as bonsai and garden trees and have great ornamental value.