Light and delicate winter cherry blossoms

Winter cherry (Cerasus cerasoids), also known as high pot cherry, winter begonia, belongs to Rosaceae plants. Autumn and winter flowers, pink color, full of flowers when blooming, gorgeous; flowers followed by long purple leaves, can enrich the color change of winter garden plants, for less flowers in winter to add gorgeous natural landscape, subtropical areas of urban winter landscape has important significance.

Winter cherry trees are deciduous trees, up to 3~10 meters high. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate or long elliptic, margin sharply serrulate. Umbel racemes, 1 - 9 flowers clustered, pink, flowers smaller; pedicels 1 - 2 cm long; bracts rounded, margin glandular dentate; calyx tube campanulate, red; sepals triangular, apex acute, red; petals 5, ovoid, apex retuse, pale pink. Drupe ovoid, apex obtuse, scarlet to purple-black. The flowering period is from November to January of the next year, and new leaves appear immediately after flowering. The fruit period is from March to April. Widely distributed in Yunnan, Xizang and other places in China, Nepal, Myanmar also have distribution, of which Yunnan is the main distribution area.

During its phylogenetic development, winter cherry can endure shade environment, but it needs sufficient light to grow and develop. In Kunming, Yunnan Province, the flowering percentage of winter cherry blossoms changes obviously with the temperature rise and fall. The higher the temperature, the higher the flowering percentage. The average temperature suitable for flowering is about 15 ℃. It can be seen that winter cherry blossoms like warm and fear cold. Kunming is known as the "Spring City", under normal circumstances, winter cherry can overwinter in the open, without too many management measures. Winter cherry is not very selective to soil quality, and it is better to have fertile soil with good drainage, such as field, open land, valley and other good conditions. The growth potential of winter cherry is good.

Winter cherry blossom is the only ornamental cherry blossom treasure in China's wild cherry blossom resources. When it blossoms, charming, light Jiao Yan; blooming, full of trees Fanying brilliant, intoxicating, is a good urban greening and landscape species. In the garden, often tall, graceful winter cherry alone or several plants planted; in parks and scenic spots can be planted in large groups, the scenery is more pleasant; can also be planted as street trees cultivation, winter flowers, better than flower gallery; if planted in front of evergreen trees, red and green, complement each other; and planted in waterfront, stream bank and lake, but also can create "falling flowers and flowing water", full of poetic realm.