Can I grow plum blossoms in the courtyard at home? Is feng shui good? What are the precious varieties of plum blossoms? What are the matters needing attention in breeding?

Plum, also known as plum trees, plum blossoms, small trees, sparse shrubs, 4-10 meters high, is the first of the top ten famous flowers in China, flowering in winter and spring, and fruiting in May-June. Can I grow plum blossoms in that courtyard? Is feng shui good? What are the precious varieties of plum blossoms? What are the matters needing attention in breeding?

Can I grow plum blossoms in the courtyard at home? Is feng shui good?

Generally speaking, plum blossoms are not planted in the courtyard because of the homophonic "mildew". It is OK to plant it outside the yard and in the garden. Of course, this is what most ancients pay attention to, and some people do not pay attention to it, such as Lin Kui, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty who loves Mei, and Gong Zizhen, a litterateur in the Qing Dynasty, who planted plum trees in the yard.

What are the precious varieties of plum blossoms?

1. Gong Fanmei

Gongfenmei belongs to the plum blossom strain, in which the true plum is straight branch and plum type, and its flower is compound to double, showing dark or light red. Gongfenmei is an ornamental plum with dense blossoms and light red flowers, especially a strong fragrance.

2. Cinnabar plum

Cinnabar plum is a kind of straight-footed plum, with straight or oblique branches, neither drooping into an arch nor twisted. Calyx purple; single, double or semidouble; petals crimson; new branchlets xylem crimson.

3. Red plum

Red plum is a kind of plum blossom, deciduous small trees, Rosaceae, apricot. The height of the plant is about 10m, the stem is brownish purple, there are many longitudinal barge lines, and the branchlets are green.

4. Big Hongmei

Red plum belongs to the genus Apricot of Rosaceae. The branches are erect or obliquely spreading, resembling the palace pink type and the flowers are bright red, with special bristles and strong sweet fragrance. This is the red plum which belongs to the apricot plum system, and there is another kind of flower that is bigger and more colorful than this is the plum. In fact, it is double, and the flowers are bigger and richer than ordinary plum blossoms.

5. Big Hongmei

Red plum belongs to the genus Apricot of Rosaceae. The branches are erect or obliquely spreading, resembling the palace pink type and the flowers are bright red, with special bristles and strong sweet fragrance. This is the red plum which belongs to the apricot plum system, and there is another kind of flower that is bigger and more colorful than this is the plum. In fact, it is double, and the flowers are bigger and richer than ordinary plum blossoms.

6. Green calyx plum

Green calyx plum, alias: sour plum, black plum. A kind of plum blossom of the genus Rosaceae and apricot, which is a tree plant. Flowers solitary or sometimes 2 concomitant in a bud, fragrant and blooming before leaves; pedicels short, ca. 1-3 mm, often glabrous; calyx usually reddish brown, but 2-2.5 cm in diameter, calyx of some varieties green or green-purple; calyx tube broadly campanulate, glabrous or sometimes pubescent; sepals ovate or subrounded, apex obtuse; petals Obovate, white to pink; stamens shorter or slightly longer than petals. Ovary densely pilose, style shorter or slightly longer than stamens. Xiguang, suitable for sunny, well-ventilated environment.

7. Money green calyx plum

The flowering period is from late March to early April, the flower diameter is 3. 4-3.6cm, the flower bud is light beige, the flower is butterfly-shaped, nearly spreading, the flower color is milky white on the front, the reverse side is very light yellow-green, and the petals are 40-84. The flowers are fragrant and I bear fruit. The flower is very large, the petal is very heavy, and it is an excellent variety.

8. Jade dish plum

A perennial shrub of the genus Prunus in Rosaceae, 4-10 m tall; bark grayish or greenish, smooth; branchlets green, smooth glabrous.

9. Sa Jinmei

In the plum blossom strain, the true plum belongs to the straight branch plum type. Shajinmei is not only unique in color, but also most of them have dense flowers and compact branches, which are suitable for bonsai and cut flowers. Single, double or double flowers, mainly white, but each white flower must be sprinkled with red stripes or red spots, sometimes a bunch of white branches jump out of several red petals, or even a few red flowers can jump out of a tree.

10. Mei Mei

Beautiful plum deciduous small trees or shrubs, introduced in France. It is made by crossing double pink plum blossom with red leaf plum. Leaves ovoid, margin serrulate, leaves pubescent, color light purple, double flowers, first leaves open, calyx tube broadly bell-shaped, sepals 5, suborbicular to oblate, petals 15-17, small petals 5-6 plum, pedicel 1.5 cm, stamens numerous. Fuchsia. Pollen red, dense, flowering before leaves.

11. Weeping plum

Weeping plum, Rosaceae, distributed in the Yangtze River basin and the south, like warm climate, more resistant to drought and waterlogging, planting ornamental plants. Branches naturally drooping or drooping, flowers are red, pink, white plum, Rosaceae, distributed in the Yangtze River basin and the south, like warm climate, more resistant to drought and waterlogging, planting ornamental plants. The branches droop or droop naturally, and the flowers are red, pink and white.

12. Apricot plum

Apricot plum, also known as "Yangmei", Hedingmei ("Farm Garden complete Book"), Japanese known as "Feng Hou Mei", "Goose Plum" and so on. Apricot and plum are two different tree species of Rosaceae, each with unique characters, while the natural hybrid of apricot (or mountain apricot) and plum contains not only the characters of apricot, but also those of plum. The plum blossom of apricot plum series has high ornamental value, large flower diameter, bright flower color and long flowering period.

What are the matters needing attention in plum blossom culture?

1. Annual pruning is essential if plum blossoms are to have a beautiful tree shape and strong growth. Plum blossoms in the vigorous growth season to pick the heart of the branches, so that it can only grow to a height of 20ml / 30cm. At the same time, the sprouts from the rootstocks should be cut off at any time and the sick and weak branches and inner bore branches should be cut off in time.

2. The sprouting on the rootstock should be removed at any time. When the plum blossom is in blossom, it should also be pruned, leaving only 3 to 5 buds at the base of each branch. Spring branch sprouting should also be carried out to make a reasonable distribution of nutrients, so that the plum blossom can grow more beautiful and sturdy, so that it can be watched.

3. Watering method:

In winter and spring, plum blossoms do not need too much water, just keep the basin soil moist. Summer and autumn, is the plum blossom needs the most water stage, should see dry watering. However, from June to July, the flower buds begin to differentiate, and it is necessary to reduce watering to make the plum blossom leaves roll and water again, so as to make the beautification more beautiful.

4. Fertilization methods:

Plum blossoms like fertilizer, but the supply of fertilizer should be timely and appropriate, and dilute liquid fertilizer can be applied every 10 days from the end of spring to the beginning of summer. From late winter to early spring, when plum blossom buds begin to grow to transparent color, thin liquid fertilizer should be applied every 5 days to make plum blossom blossom colorful and fragrant.