Plum blossom is a deciduous tree of Prunus in Rosaceae, sometimes referring to its fruit (plum) or flower (plum), and its scientific name is plum blossom. Plum blossoms generally bloom in winter and spring, and rank as four gentlemen with orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and are also called "three friends of old age" with pine trees and bamboos.
Living habits: I like warmth and plenty of light. Except for apricot varieties, it is generally resistant to-10℃ except -25℃. High temperature resistance, can grow at 40℃. It grows best in the area with annual average temperature 16-23℃.
Very sensitive to temperature, it blooms when the average temperature reaches -5-7℃ in early spring. If it encounters low temperature, the flowering period will be delayed, and if it encounters low temperature, the flowering period can be extended. The growing season should be placed in a sunny and well-ventilated place. If it is in a cool environment with insufficient light, it will grow thin and bloom sparsely.
Don't enter the room too early in winter, and it is advisable to1late October 165438+ to enter the room so that the flower buds can differentiate through the vernalization stage. In winter, it should be placed in a sunny place indoors and the temperature should be kept at about 5℃.
Morphological characteristics: the plant height is about 5~ 10 m, 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 light pink or reticulate, and my cultivated varieties are purple, red, multicolored spots to light yellow, with early flowering in spring, and Meihua River is divided into lines, types and types.
Such as real plum, apricot, cherry plum, etc. Classification under the system, classification under the hierarchy. Prunus mume is a small deciduous tree with grayish brown trunk, slender green hairless branchlets, oval or round leaves, fine teeth on the leaf margin, and flower buds in the axils of long branches, with 1~2 flowers per node, 5 fragrant flowers, white to water red, and some varieties.