White cuckoo plum, you know, maybe it's another name.

White rhododendron family and genus

Rosaceae, Rhododendron

White cuckoo plum alias

Cocoon flower, Jiuhuotou, golden melon fruit, Latin scientific name: Exochorda racemosa

White rhododendron plum producing area

Rhododendron plum is produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of China. At present, it is distributed in North and Central China.

Growth habits of rhododendron plum

White cuckoo plum likes a warm and humid climate, likes light but is also resistant to concealment, and has strong cold resistance; it does not have high requirements for soil. Acidic soil, neutral soil and barren soil can all grow. Of course, they can grow more vigorously and sprout more vigorously in fertile and breathable soil.

Morphological characteristics of rhododendron plum

Rhododendron plum is a deciduous shrub, but mostly in the shape of a small tree, the plant can be up to 5 meters high, the branches of rhododendron plum are glabrous, it is angular, reddish brown when young, the leaf is long oval or Obovate, the tip is obtuse, the single leaf is alternate, the petiole is short, and the back of the leaf is gray and white; the white rhododendron blossom is bisexual, petal Obovate, about 1.5 cm long, apex slightly short, calyx tube bell-shaped.

Common varieties of rhododendron plum

Red stalk rhododendron plum, this kind of petiole is longer, about 2 cm, red, so the name, pedicel is very short almost sessile.

The tooth leaf rhododendron plum is mainly characterized by sharp serration above the middle of the leaf and micro-pilose on the tender part.