The flowering plumsaysMeaning: spring blossoms, and prosperity.Flowering plum, also known as yu mei, small peach, yu Ye Luan branch.For laid elm, rumei, so the name "flowering plum".And because of the short variant branch flowers, full branch with flowers, so also known as "luan branch".Flowering plum branches thick, flowers numerous colors, is an important concept in northern China spring garden flower shrubs.

Flowering plum have stronger ability to resist salt, Beijing botanical garden in the most appropriate form in great quantities, to reflect the bright spring blossoms, thriving scene.Appropriate is rooted in grassland, the side of the road and park or garden in the corner of the room, pool, etc.Such as the flowering plum rooted in evergreen tree, or match rooted in rock, can produce excellent ornamental effect.Red, yellow, set each other off and forsythia collocation planting, in full bloom when the awaken of spring is abundant.

Morphological characteristics of flowering plum

Flowering plum deciduous shrubs, erect, 2-5 meters high.Branchlets puce glabrous or with fluff.Flowers single or two and, ca. 2 cm, before the leaves open;Pedicel ca. 3 mm long or nearly no stem, glabrous;Hypanthium broadly bell-shaped, 2 -- 3 mm long, glabrous, calyx lobes triangular ovate or ovate, about and hypanthium isometric, small toothed edge, the two sides glabrous, reflex after flowering;Petals fall ovoid, apex obtuse or slightly emarginated, pink.

Flowering plum for leaf called the elm leaf, is widely cultivated in north China early spring flower species.Deciduous shrubs, 2-5 m high, branchlets thin, glabrous or slightly pilose at a young age.Leaves elliptic to obovate.Half spherical plants all is full of colorful flowers, very beautiful and spectacular.Flowering plum is of rich varieties, according to the survey, Beijing has more than 40 varieties, and has reached more than 100 pieces of petals, and thistle type.Flowering in April;Fruit ripe period in August.

Flowering plum plant height 2 meters, fine and smooth, with reddish brown, the trunk bark pares crack.Leaves oval, 3-6 cm long, leaves simple, alternate, its base is widely cuneate, end trifid, margin coarsely serrate.Single flowers or by birth, pedicel short, close to was born in branches, flower diameter 2-3.5 cm, open more for deep red, gradually become a pink, finally with the.Flowers have single, double and semidouble;Flowering in April.In August as a result, the red, globose, is also very beautiful.Single flower varieties Ye Mei results, double or semidouble is generally not as a result, because of these two varieties of flower stamens and pistil degradation, caused by bad pollination.

Flowering plum garden USES

In northern China an important flower shrubs in the spring garden.Have a stronger ability to resist salt, Beijing botanical garden in the most appropriate form in great quantities, to reflect the springtime blossoms, thriving scene.Between the willow tree and plant or match between rocks, more show spring scenery routed.Appropriate pines CuiBaiCong plant in the garden or yard, or appropriate based forsythia, solitary, clump planting or avenue system for flower hedge, landscape, also can be potted plants and cut flowers.

Flowering plum branches thick, flowers numerous colors.Appropriate is rooted in grassland, the side of the road and park or garden in the corner of the room, pool, etc.Such as the flowering plum rooted in evergreen tree, or match rooted in rock, can produce excellent ornamental effect.With edge become warped collocation planting, in full bloom when the red yellow set each other off more show the awaken of spring is abundant.Can also be potted plants and cut flowers.

Flowering plum taxonomic

(1) single flowering plum: open flowers, pink or with the single;Flowers small, sepals and petals are 5, similar to the wild flowering plum, branchlets red-brown.

(2) double flowering plum: reddish brown flower, flower, double, flowers and more intensive, sepals 10 above, pedicel and calyx with flush.Double flowering plum branches, skin cracking.Because of the flower is big, so it is also called "big flowers flowering plum", is a high ornamental value of variety, but the flowering time later than other varieties.

(3) semidouble Yang Ye mei: pink flowers, semidouble, flower receptacle and flower petals in more than 10 pieces.Plants of branchlets red-brown, gardens, courtyard cultivation in more extensive.

Flowering plum (4) bending branches: flowers small, dense born in branches, design and color is purple roses, semidouble or double flowers pu 10 piece, its five pieces is triangle, 5 pieces to lanceolate.Plant branchlets purple-red, smooth, flowering earlier than other varieties, flowering for 10 days or so.

(5) cut leaf flowering plum: flowers pink.Cut leaf flowering plum is the feature of the front end of the leaf is broadly cross-sectional shape, approximate triangle, strong cold hardiness, northeast China see the cultivation of our country.

(6) purple leaf big double flowering plum: my field cultivation of new varieties, the leaf color bright purple, flowers double, more pink flowers.Is the latest of the big flowers double flowering plum varieties.

Flowering plum, the plum blossom in shape is somewhat similar, and flowering plum represents the positive, a thriving life attitude, so encountered unhappy things in life might as well smile, always happy upward flowering plum.