Wax plumsays: strong, have pride, chastity, sad sad love heart.Give priority to with LaHuang wax plum, flowers open before leaves, rich aroma;Wintersweet is specialty in our country's traditional rare ornamental flowers and trees, with the cultivation of long history and rich culture of wintersweet.Common wintersweet cultivars, tiger shoes may have a heart of winter sweets, Jin Zhongmei, etc.

The origin of the name of wax plum

Wax plum has a "la" in the word, and wax "wax" word is the same.Wax commonly known as yellow.Wax may open chrysanthemum, formerly known as huangmei.Ancient books "rites" said: "candle also, cable also.Years old in December, and gather to share everything without cable also."December of the ancient sacrifice is called a "wax".Due to the close of the year was for a big sacrifice to the month, so the lunar calendar is called wax month of December.And a brace on wax wax, its name."Wax" the word is used in the zhou dynasty, the qing dynasty to "la" word, thus wax and wax plum "wax", and "la" word spoken.So the wax plum and wintersweet, common to.

The tang dynasty poet li shang-yin said wintersweet for cold plum, there is "known to visit cold plum wild pond" words;"Yao Shi residual language" is also called plum to cold;Flos mume before spring, for the flowers, especially tiger shoes may, according to the lunar calendar in October that flowers, someone said ZaoMei;Wintersweet flowers before leaves, flowers and leaves not meet, flos mume open branches withered, therefore, also known as branch plum;Flos mume is snow float in the sky, on the day of open to enjoy wintersweet, snow, and through the snow, so it is also a notice;And because of flos mume put it at the beginning of winter, winter and strong, with winter, therefore, also known as DongMei.

Wax plum says

Wintersweet says: sorrow and sad loving heart, noble soul;Loyal, independent, strong, faithful, strong, stout, noble and pure;Upright character, pride, ling, aged heart, integrity, independent innovation.

The legend of the wax plum

Legend, the original wax plum and fragrant smell.The western zhou dynasty YanGuo (in northwest henan YanLing today) monarch, like Huang Meihua very much, but it is not sweet.And ordered the gardener deadline to huangmei spit fragrance, otherwise all put to death.When helpless, surnamed yao beggar with a few branches smelly, may help grafting in huangmei.After a period of time, huangmei buds issued with faint scent.Monarch and incurred exultation, immediately ordered the name of yao's gardener called the garden as a gardener.Later YanGuo destroyed by zheng, palace ruins.But garden to keep down and became a yao home village, specially cultivated and huangmei.In henan yanling yao home village, almost every family in front of the house after all times plant wax plum, known as the "yao family Huang Meiguan world" reputation.

The difference between the wax plum and plum blossom

Wax plum has been beforeThe wormBeside, the ancient literature has recorded.And wax plum and plum is not the same, the wax plum is mostly in the winter, the plum flower is mostly open in spring;Give priority to with LaHuang wax plum, the plum flower is white, pink, purple, etc.;Wax plum are straight, and the plum flower, besides have straight branches and weeping;Wax plum for shrubs, plum trees.

Wintersweet flower to open in early spring, cold month flower like wax, fragrance 4 excessive, good product for the winter ornamental, is unique precious ornamental plants in China.General with solitary planting, to plant, clump planting, group planting configuration in gardens and buildings on both sides of the entrance and hall, pavilion weeks, before the window back, wall corner and the lawn, the place such as water, road, as a potted flower pile and bottle of flower also has its own characteristics.Based on our traditional like LanTianZhu, hand in photograph reflect crabapple, yellow flowers, green leaves in winter, the color, fragrance, form the three complement each other.More features of the Chinese garden.