Before and after the spring
The streets and alleys of Shencheng are filled with the fragrance of hazel
The Shanghai Botanical Garden is even more plum-like
Plum is a plum plant in the family Rosaceae, its leaves are ovate or oval, the leaves are often small sharp serrations, the flowers are solitary or sometimes 2 co-grown within 1 bud, and the petals are inverted ovate, white to pink.
Except for the plum blossoms
There are also wax plums, tea plums, beauty plums and other flowers blooming in the second stage
However, these flowers have "plums" in their names
But it's not all real plums
Let's take a look!
Wax plum
Wax plum is a deciduous shrub of the genus Wax plum in the family Wax Plum family, aliases: golden plum, wax plum, wax flower, yellow plum blossom. Because it is basically synchronized with the flowering period of plums (the wax plum blossom period is usually about January to February, and the plum blossom period is about February), and it is similar to the floral fragrance of plum blossoms, the color is very similar to the honey spleen, so it got its name.
Viewing point: Shanghai Botanical Garden Mulan Garden
Tea plums
Tea plum is a camellia plant of the camellia family, named because its leaves resemble tea and flowers resemble plums. The plums are beautiful in shape and colorful, and have a long flowering period, which can bloom from the beginning of November to March of the following year. In the winter days of Xiaosu, tea plums not only decorate nature, but also provide a food source for insects such as Chinese bees and aphid-eating flies.
Tea plum can not be called camellia, the real camellia is camellia, the main difference is that the tea plum blossom period is early, the beginning of the flowering in early November, the petal pieces wither or wither on the branches; the camellia flower period is late, the whole flower is withered.
Viewing points: Shanghai Botanical Garden on both sides of Guangyulan Avenue
Beauty Plum
Plum plum is a plum plant in the family Rosaceae. Every March, the beauty plum blooms in the branches, many friends think that the beauty plum is a variety of plum blossoms, in fact, it is not like this, although the beauty plum has a "plum" word, but it is a horticultural hybrid made of heavy petal palace pink plum and red leaf plum hybrid.
The natural flowering period of beauty plum is from the end of February to mid-to-late March, which can be configured in front of the house, stone steps, roadsides, and can also be used for road greening.
Viewing point: Rose Garden of Shanghai Botanical Garden
Bougainvillea
Bougainvilleae belongs to the genus of leaf flowers in the purple jasmine family, because its bracts resemble gorgeous petals, so it is called "leaf flower", as well as rhododendron, small-leaf bougainvillea, triangle flower and other other nicknames. The triangular plum blossoms have a long period, bright colors and high ornamental value, and are loved by horticultural workers and flower lovers all over the world.
Viewing point: Shanghai Botanical Garden Exhibition Greenhouse
Silver hazel
Silver witch hazel is a witch hazel family, endemic to the mainland. Its bark is often patchy and peeling, flowering in early spring, first flowering and then leaves, and the flower structure is simple, without petals. Its wood material is excellent, the tree type, canopy, leaf shape, and autumn color leaves are of high ornamental value, which can make high-quality bonsai; the leaves can also extract tannins.
Viewing point: Shanghai Botanical Garden Bonsai Garden
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Synthesized from: Green Shanghai, Shanghai Botanical Garden
Edit: Mao Wenlu
Proofreader: Siyi Chen