Red plum evergreen or fallen leaves?

Red plum is a small tree of apricot genus in Rosaceae, which is a kind of plum blossom. Hongmei has always been one of the objects recited by ancient literati. Su Shi, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, praised Hongmei as "pretending to be small red peach and apricot, but still lonely and thin in snow and frost." As the red plum blossoms early, many people do not understand the phenological characteristics of the red plum, so is the red plum evergreen or deciduous?

1. Phenological characteristics of red plum

Although red plum blossoms early, it still belongs to deciduous plants and small deciduous trees. It usually blossoms in late winter and early spring, bears fruit in summer and leaves in autumn. When the red plum blossoms, the leaves of the trees usually fall off, and bright flowers appear on the bare branches, which looks very unique, and because there are few plants blooming at that time, they are very popular.

There are many plum blossom varieties, including more than 30 large varieties and more than 300 subordinate small varieties, with a general florescence of about 2-3 months. And red plum can be said to be the leader in plum blossoms, and there is a great demand for red plum in the market every year. In addition, the adaptability of red plum is very strong, the requirements of soil climate are not strict, and even can grow normally in light alkaline soil.

II. The History of Plum Blossom in China

China is recognized as the origin of plum blossom in the world, and the record of plum blossom in our country is also quite early. In the Shang literature Shuojing Shuoming, there is "if you make harmony, you can only salt plum". Since the Spring and Autumn period, people began to cultivate plum blossoms, and even formed the culture of appreciating plum in the following years. Especially in the Song and Yuan dynasties, Mei poems, Mei Wen, Mei Shu and Mei paintings came out one after another, with the largest number of works in all dynasties.

Modern times is an unprecedented period for the creation of plum poems and paintings, and it is impossible to count the poems, calligraphy and paintings about plum blossoms, in which China's proletarian revolutionaries have added new highlights to plum blossoms with indomitable and unprecedented feelings and spirit. Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong and a large number of famous painters show a new charm for plum blossoms through their own brushes.

This is the end of the knowledge about red plum. Today, the price of red plum on the market is not cheap, but red plum is very gorgeous when it blossoms, and many people are extremely interested in it. Interested friends can also try to breed it on their own.