What are the similarities and differences between preserved plum and plum blossom

Lamei is deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub. The flower is solitary in the leaf axil of the annual branch, there is no obvious difference between sepals and petals, the outer whorl is yellow, the inner whorl is often purple-brown striped, waxy and fragrant. Lamei and plum blossom are similar, both blossom first and then grow leaves, flowering in winter and spring, and both have fragrance. There are five differences between the two:

First, different colors

Plum blossoms have white, pink, crimson, purple and other colors; wax plum blossoms are mainly wax yellow, other colors are rare.

Second, the florescence is different.

Wax plum blossoms around the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, which is about 2 months earlier than the flowering of plum blossoms.

Third, the crown is different.

Plum blossom is a tree, with trunk, can be up to several meters high, branches often have thorns, in addition to straight branches, there are hanging branches, twisted branches, the crown is irregular round head; Chimonanthus is a shrub, branches are clustered, and the branches are erect, the rhizome is very developed, showing a block, the branches are 2-4 meters high, and the main pole is 4-10 meters high.

Fourth, the leaves are different.

Plum blossom leaves alternate, leaves broadly ovate to ovate, 4 to 10 cm long; Chimonanthus leaves opposite, subleathery, long elliptic, entire, upper surface rough, green, back smooth gray.

PS: the fragrance of plum blossom and preserved plum is also different. You smell the plum blossom carefully, it shows a kind of dark fragrance, light fragrance, fresh and elegant; while wax plum, smell carefully also reveals this kind of fragrance, but this fragrance is stronger than the plum blossom fragrance.

The above is the introduction of the distinction between plum blossom and wax plum provided by the succulent flower bed. I hope this article can bring some help to you!