Are plum blossoms deciduous or evergreen?

Plum blossoms are listed as four gentlemen together with orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums; they are also called three friends of the year, together with pine trees and bamboo. In winter, when everything is depressed and the wind is cold, everything disappears its own noise, while the plum blossom is invincible and the wind is in full bloom. So are plum blossoms evergreen or deciduous?

1. Phenological characteristics of plum blossom

Plum blossom is a small tree of the genus Apricot in Rosaceae. It is native to southern China and is now cultivated all over China, but it is most common in the provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin. Most plum trees have deciduous leaves, but there are few evergreen types. The main characteristic of evergreen plum is that its leaves are thick, nearly leathery and dark green. There are still a large number of green leaves on branches at the end of the year or the beginning of the next year, which can get the effect of co-existence of flowers and leaves. After the new leaves grow out, they gradually fall off the perennial leaves, forming a leafy landscape of the four seasons.

Plum blossom is an endemic tree species in China, which has a long history of planting and has been used for more than 3000 years. According to the records of ancient books, plum blossoms in ancient times were used as condiments on behalf of cheese and were indispensable raw materials such as sacrifice, cooking and gifts. Zhou Nan, the Book of songs, said, "there are plums in the crow, but in fact there are seven!" . Since the Han Dynasty, all dynasties have made a large number of records on the planting and cultivation of plum blossoms, and the poems praising plum blossoms in ancient books are also innumerable.

Second, the value of plum blossom

The value of plum blossom is mainly for ornamental and medicinal purposes. The culture of appreciating plum in China has a long history. Since the Han Dynasty, plum blossom has been both ornamental and sturdy. "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" contains: "at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Shanglin Garden was built, and from afar, there were Zhu Mei and Marriage Fat Mei." After the Sui and Tang dynasties, plum art began to flourish, and there was a "plum spectrum" specially recording plum blossoms. in the development of the ancients, we should focus on color, fragrance, shape, rhyme, time and other aspects to evaluate the quality of plum blossoms. In addition, the fruit of plum can also be used for processing or medicine, generally processed into a variety of preserves and jams.

When plum blossom is used medicinally, its flowers, leaves, roots and fruits can be used as medicine, and its bud efficacy is appetizer, promoting fluid and phlegm, promoting blood circulation and detoxification, etc., root powder is effective in treating anthrax, immature fruit contains citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, etc., seeds contain amygdalin; flowers contain volatile oil, benzaldehyde, benzoic acid and so on, which are of great benefit to human body.

We will stop here about the plum blossoms. if we see a blooming plum blossom in the cold winter, it will certainly make people feel at ease and give people an incentive to work hard.