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Families and genera of Prunus mume

Prunus mandshurica is a rare shrub and belongs to the genus Peach of Rosaceae.

A nickname for the elm leaf plum

Elm leaf plum is also known as small peach red, elm plum, elm leaf twig.

The producing area of elm leaf plum

Produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces and regions. It is planted in most parks all over China. The Soviet Union and Central Asia also have it.

Morphological characteristics of Prunus mume

Prunus mandshurica is a sparse shrub with 2 Mel 3 meters high, branches spreading, with a large number of short branchlets, gray branchlets, annual branches grayish brown, glabrous or slightly pubescent when young, winter buds are relatively short, 2 Mel 3 mm long.

The branches of Elm leaf plum are purple-brown, the leaf blade is broadly elliptic to Obovate, the apex is 3-lobed, and the margin is serrate.

The flowers of Prunus mandshurica are single to double, purplish red, 2 are born in leaf axils and florescence is in April.

The fruit of elm leaf plum is red, nearly spherical and hairy.

Main varieties of Prunus mume

Single elm leaf plum: pink or pink white flower, single argument; small flower, calyx, petals are 5, similar to wild elm leaf plum, branchlets are reddish brown.

Double Changye plum: reddish-brown flower, large, double, many and dense flowers, more than 10 calyx, calyx and pedicel with red halo. Double elm leaf plum, branch bark dehiscent. Because of its large flowers, it is also known as "big flower elm leaf plum". It is a variety with high ornamental value, but its flowering time is later than that of other varieties.

Semidouble bayberry: pink, semidouble, Bodhisattva and flower identification are more than 10 pieces. The twigs of the plant are reddish brown and are widely cultivated in gardens and courtyards.

Curved branch elm leaf plum: the flower is small, dense on the branch, the flower color is rose purplish red, semidouble or double, the flower Bodhisattva 10, its 5 pieces are triangular, 5 pieces are lanceolate. The branchlets of the plant were purplish red and smooth, the flowering time was earlier than that of other varieties, and the flowering period was about 10 days.

Truncated elm leaf plum: pink flowers. The characteristic of truncated elm leaf plum is that the front end of the leaf is broad truncated, approximately triangular, and has strong cold tolerance, which is commonly cultivated in Northeast China.

Purple leaf big flower double elm leaf plum: the new variety cultivated in our field, the leaf color is purple red bright, the flower is double, the flower is more pink. It is the latest variety of large flower double elm leaf plum.

The language of elm leaves and plum blossoms

Fate, the confluence of hearts