When do plum blossom trees usually lose their leaves? When will it blossom, bear fruit and grow new leaves? What are the main ornamental varieties and locations?

Plum blossoms usually blossom in winter and spring and bear fruit from May to June (the fruit period in North China extends to July-August). They fall leaves in autumn and sprout and grow new leaves in spring. Plum tree varieties can be divided into fruit plum and flower plum, the main ornamental is flower plum, flower plum can be divided into straight plum, Zhaoshui plum, Longyou plum and apricot plum.

I. straight-footed plums

The branches are erect or obliquely spreading, which can be divided into the following seven types according to flower pattern and color.

1. Jiangmei type

Disc-shaped, single, pure white, water red, flesh or pink, etc. There are 29 varieties, such as single powder, single red, Yang Guifei, small jade butterfly, white plum and so on.

two。 Palace powder type

Disk-shaped, semidouble-double, pink. It is known that there are 75 varieties, such as Gongfen, Fenzuizi, Chiba Hong, Nanjing Spring, Pavilion and so on.

3. Bright red type

Like the palace pink type and bright red flowers, especially complex flowers, sweet fragrance. There are 15 varieties, such as Hongmei, Dahong, Xiaohong, Hongxing, Tianxinghong, etc.

4. Cinnabar mold

Disc-shaped, single, semidouble or double, fuchsia. There are 47 varieties, such as white beard cinnabar, Jiangnan cinnabar, bone red and so on.

5. Jade dish type

Disk-shaped, double, white; calyx purple. There are 30 varieties, such as jade dish, powder dish, purple white and so on.

6. Green calyx type

Flowers dish-shaped, single to semidouble, white; calyx green. There are 13 varieties, such as green calyx, single green calyx, plum green calyx and so on.

7. Gold sprinkling type

Disc-shaped, single to double, with nearly white, pink and white red stripes or red spots on a white background on the same tree. It is known that there are 9 varieties, such as Sajinhong, late Tiaozhi, Erqiao, Wubao and so on.

2. Zhaoshui plum

The branches droop to form a unique umbrella-shaped tree posture, which can be divided into the following six types.

1. Single powder water type

Flower dish-shaped, single, pink or white. It is known that there are 3 varieties, such as single powder water, single valve water and so on.

two。 Double powder water type

Disk-shaped, semidouble or double, pink. There are two varieties, namely Ayakaya and Toyo Red Zhaoshui.

3. Bone red light water type

Flower dish-shaped, single, deep purplish red, such as bone red shining water.

4. Canxue illuminated water type

Saucer-shaped, semidouble, white, such as snow.

5. White blue water type

Flower dish-shaped, single or semidouble, white; calyx green, such as double blue water, single blue water.

6. Wubao Zhaoshui type

Flowers with near white, pink and white red stripes or red spots on white background open on a tree at the same time, such as Wubaozhaoshui.

Third, Longyou plum

The branches are naturally twisted like a wandering dragon; disk-shaped, semidouble, white, such as Longyou plum.

4. Apricot plums

Branches and leaves like mountain apricot; semidouble pink flowers, such as apricot plum, plum, spring and other varieties. It is a natural hybrid of apricot and plum because of its late flowering and strong cold resistance.

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