Want to know how the varieties of Triangle Plum make the park more beautiful?
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The triangular plum stem is thorny, and the Cantonese word "" is a meaning with thorns, so it is also named cuckoo. It has strong resistance to stress, a wide variety of flower colors, bright colors, and a flowering period of up to half a year, which is one of the ornamental plants that are commonly cultivated and widely used in gardens in the southern part of the mainland, and can be compared with the rhododendrons with beautiful flowers. At present, the triangular plum is entering thousands of households and becoming part of the city and home, blooming not only in public flower beds and gardens, but also often dotted on people's courtyards and balconies.
Special exhibition park
Triangle plum has been selected as the city flower by 18 cities, including Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Jiangmen and Huizhou in Guangdong Province, Beihai and Wuzhou in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xiamen in Fujian Province and Sanya in Hainan Province. These cities promote and apply through various forms and ways such as introduction, cultivation and research, holding city flower exhibitions, and establishing city flower parks or special gardens.
Xiamen City Flower Triangle Plum Garden Meihailing
In 1986, the Triangle Plum Garden was selected as the city flower of Xiamen City, and in November 2005, the first Triangle Plum Theme Park in Xiamen was completed and opened to the public. Meihailing Park is a special park of Xiamen Garden Botanical Garden, covering an area of 39,000 square meters, which embodies the diversity of triangular plum plants and the richness of the landscape. In 2020, it was approved to become the only national triangular plum germplasm resource bank in the country, and nearly 500 varieties are now collected.
The Leaf Garden is located in the eastern area of Qingxiu Mountain Scenic Area in Nanning, Guangxi, covering an area of about 192 acres. In 2019, it was invested and established by the Nanning Municipal Government, and it is a special botanical garden with the theme of triangular plum (leaf flower). The garden uses leaves and flowers of various shapes and colors to create attractions such as time and space flower corridors, romantic gardens, life flower trees, and interesting flower walls.
Beihai City Flower Park is located in Haicheng District, Beihai City, Guangxi, covering an area of about 150,000 square meters, completed in 2018, is a theme park featuring the triangular plum, the application of "Snow White", "Yunnan Purple", "Golden Heart Two-color", "Small Leaf Purple", "California Gold", "Lemon Yellow", "Orange Ice" and other varieties of Triangle Plum, forming a unique aesthetic effect, deeply loved by the public.
Xianhu Botanical Garden, located in Luohu District, Shenzhen, has been collecting Rhododendron species resources since 1999, and has carried out systematic research on the horticultural classification of Rhododendron japonsis. In recent years, Xianhu Botanical Garden has done a lot of research and application practice work in the collection and evaluation of Rhododendron variety resources, flowering regulation technology, variety application recommendation and planting and maintenance technology, collected and introduced nearly 100 new varieties, and successively promoted and applied a number of cultivated varieties, which greatly enriched the flower color varieties of Rhododendron in Shenzhen.
Lotus Mountain Yuxiu Garden
After the renovation of the Lotus Mountain Nursery
Leaf Garden
Located in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, covering an area of 5.95 square kilometers, the park takes Rhododendron as the theme and connects mountains, forests, cities and valleys to form a country forest park with mountains, natural plants and Rhododendron science as the main body of the landscape. Among them, the Rhododendron Ecological Science Museum is the first science museum with the theme of Rhododendron in China.
Located in Shenzhen Lianhuashan Park, Lianhuashan Yuxiu Garden is a variety display garden of rhododendrons, covering an area of 18,500 square meters. The early use was mainly as a reserve base for the maintenance and flower show seedlings of the park Rhododendron vulgaris, which began to be planted in 1997, and the 5th Rhododendron City Flower Show was held in 2003, and by 2023, nearly 300 species of Rhododendron were collected. The nursery base will be renovated in 2020 and 2022 respectively, and renamed Yuxiu Garden, mainly to enhance the diversified use of Rhododendron vulgaris, publicize Rhododendron culture, and display Rhododendron variety resources.
Modeling bonsai
Application scenarios of different varieties
The different characteristics of the triangular plum variety are suitable for different application scenarios, the hard branch type is suitable for climbing, solitary planting, and the soft branch type is suitable for flower beds, potted plants, modeling, etc.
Bonsai bonsai triangular plum is an ideal material for making bonsai. Suitable varieties are characterized by relatively small leaves, short internodes, dense branches and flowers, soft branches, resistance to pruning and modeling, and slow growth, which is convenient for modeling management. Varieties with thin leaves, short nodes and dense branches can make the pile scene more natural and realistic, and have the artistic effect of "seeing the big from the small".
Most varieties of Triangle Plum are suitable for potting. Potted plants are conducive to water control, promote flower bud differentiation, and maintain continuous flowering. Potted plants can be used as flower arrangers to decorate parks and squares.
The vine-like triangular plum varieties with soft branches are often tied and attached to landscaping objects made of various materials by binding and traction, and pruning out different animal shapes, or windmills, houses, etc. The characteristics of varieties suitable for modeling are short leaf node spacing, dense branches and leaves, full branch flowering, no concentrated leaf change, and relatively drought tolerance. The recommended varieties are 'Brazilian Purple', 'Angus', 'Eva Light Purple', 'Eva White', 'Purple Small-leaved', 'Light Purple Spotted Leaf', 'Spotted Leaf White'.
Climbing some vine shrub species, which can be attached to building facades and rocks, trellises, and trellises to form different landscape effects. Varieties suitable for climbing are characterized by long spines, curved thorns, rapid growth, can cover trellises for a short time, thick branches and stems, and can climb walls or trees when planted in the ground. The recommended varieties are 'Santiago Red', 'Chameleon', 'Bao Lao Orange', 'Water Red', 'Zhanghong Ying', 'Guanghong Sakura', 'Golden Heart Bicolor', 'Magenta Princess', and 'Golden Heart Orange White'.
Solitary planting or opposing planting The triangular plum pile landscape with beautiful shape can be planted alone on the park lawn, square, or echoing with bridges, pavilions, rockeries, etc., forming a unique garden landscape. This type of variety is usually characterized by a beautiful tree shape, a long flowering period, and full branches. The recommended varieties are 'Singapore Pink', 'Singapore White', 'Indian Orange Pink', 'Zhanghong Ying', 'Guanghong Sakura', 'Golden Heart Bicolor', 'Green Sakura', 'Magenta Princess'
Hedgerow triangular plum has few diseases and insect pests, is resistant to pruning, is an excellent hedge plant, most varieties can be made hedges, the distance between leaves is short, the leaf dense variety, the effect is better.
The color of the triangular plum is bright and can be planted in different varieties to form a gorgeous and continuous flower belt landscape. Suitable varieties are characterized by dense leaves, flowering at the tips of branches, moisture tolerance, and can be planted by rivers or lakes. The recommended varieties are 'Brazilian Purple', 'Angus', 'Blonde', 'Carmine', 'Eva Light Purple', 'Eva White', 'Purple Leaf', 'Spotted Leaf White', 'Spotted Leaf Light Purple'.
Make flower ribbons at the water's edge
Overpass flower belt
Slope coverage Triangle plum is vigorous, extensive and easy to grow, has a strong ability to consolidate soil and slope protection, and is suitable for beautifying slopes and green spaces. Suitable varieties are characterized by wind resistance and drought tolerance, large coverage area per plant, and well-developed root system. The recommended varieties are 'Brazilian Purple', 'Angus', 'Eva Light Purple', 'Eva White', 'Small-leaved Purple', 'Carmine', 'Golden Lady', 'Spotted Leaf Light Purple', 'Spotted Leaf White', and 'Snow Purple'.
According to the color and form of the triangular plum variety, the flower landscape can be matched with other plants to create a warm or fresh and elegant landscape. The varieties with good application are "Green Sakura", "Eva Light Purple", "Singapore Pink", "Singapore White", "Spotted Leaf Light Purple", "Carmine", "Golden Lady", "Snow Purple", "Flame", "Zhanghong Ying", "Guanghong Sakura", "Palace Pink", "Green Sakura", "California Gold", "Pink Beauty", "Water Red", "Light Purple", "Rose Red", "Lemon Yellow", "Chameleon", "Green Leaf Orange", "Dark Sunset Red", "Golden Radiance", "Brazilian Purple", "Bao Lao Orange", "Golden Heart Bicolor", "Pink Beauty", "Small Leaf Purple".
The application of different varieties of Triceratopans has enriched the landscape of urban parks, but the application scope and varieties still need to be improved. The author suggests that firstly, a professional classification garden should be established to collect and introduce more excellent varieties to improve stress resistance and ornamentality. Secondly, the experiment promoted the application of more new and excellent varieties in flower landscapes, hedges and flower belts, and finally, the knowledge of conservation was disseminated by popular science to stimulate the public's love for the aesthetics of the triangular plum garden.
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