In what season does plum blossom, one of the "four gentlemen"? When will it wither? What's the symbolism?

Plum is native to southern China and has been cultivated for more than 3000 years. Plum blossom is the first of the top ten famous flowers in China, listed as "four gentlemen" together with orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums, and called "old cold three friends" with pine and bamboo. So when do plum blossoms blossom and wither? Details are as follows:

When do the plum blossoms blossom?

Plum blossoms usually blossom first from January to February in early spring, followed by leaves, but the flowering time varies according to different climates. From December to January of the next year in southwest China, from February to March in central China, from March to April in North China, from 4 to 7 days in full bloom, to 15 to 20 days in final flower, two flowers are solitary or sometimes born in one bud, usually 2cm in diameter and strong in fragrance, and the pedicel is about 1mm long. Petals white to pink Obovate.

When does the plum blossom wither

The flowering period varies greatly in the morning and evening every year, and when the temperature reaches 10 ℃, it can blossom ahead of time.

So the withering of plum blossoms varies depending on temperature and region, but the Yangtze River basin is usually in March of the following year.

Growth habit

Meixi warm climate, cold tolerance is not strong, more resistant to drought, not resistant to waterlogging, long life, up to thousands of years; flowering is particularly sensitive to climate change, Mei Xi air humidity is high, but flowering avoid rainstorms.

Morphological characteristics

Small trees, sparse shrubs, 4-10 m tall; bark grayish or greenish, smooth; branchlets green, smooth glabrous. Leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 4-8 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide, apex caudate, base broadly cuneate to rounded, leaf margin often sharply serrate, grayish green, both surfaces pubescent when young, gradually deciduous when young, or only pubescent between axils of lower veins; petiole 1-2 cm long, hairy when young, shedding when old, often glandular.

Flowers solitary or sometimes 2-2.5 cm in diameter, strongly fragrant, opening before leaves; pedicel short, ca. 1-3 mm, often glabrous; calyx usually reddish brown, but some varieties of calyx 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.

The fruit is subglobose, 2-3 cm in diameter, yellow or green-white, pilose and sour; the flesh is adhered to the nucleus; the nucleus is oval, the top is round and has a small tip, the base is tapered, both sides are slightly flattened, the ventral ribs are slightly obtuse, there are obvious longitudinal grooves on the ventral and dorsal ribs, and there are honeycomb holes on the surface.

Symbolic meaning of plum blossom

Perseverance, because there is a saying: the sword comes from grinding, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the cold winter, and plum gives people the encouragement to work hard with its noble, strong and modest character. In the severe cold, plum blossoms before a hundred flowers, unique spring, so plum is often used by the people as an auspicious symbol of spring news. The legends about Mei and the beautiful implication of Mei have spread far and wide in our country. All the beautiful things, plum blossom is one of the three friends, since ancient times, people have praised her proud snow spirit, her lonely noble beauty of not competing with a hundred flowers for spring. Therefore, she should symbolize a noble and strong person.

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People with high style and moral integrity are naturally different in nature, and everything is difficult to accompany. Since ancient times, spring has been early, and the snow is blooming in the severe winter.