Common wintersweet Varieties
This article provides a detailed explanation of the common knowledge of raising wintersweet, including the common varieties and related contents as follows:
Wax plum, a deciduous tree, is a traditional famous ornamental flower tree in China, with a long history of cultivation and rich wax plum culture. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin called wax plum "cold plum" and has the sentence "knowing to visit cold plum over wild pond". "Yao's残 language" also calls plum "cold guest". Wax plum flowers before spring and is the forerunner of hundreds of flowers, especially tiger hoof plum, which blooms in October of the lunar calendar, hence the name early plum. Wax plum flowers before leaves, flowers and leaves do not see each other, wax plum flowers when the branches are thin, hence the name dry branch plum. Wax plum flowers are mostly flying with auspicious snow, if you want to enjoy wax plum, wait for snow after, step on snow and come, hence the name snow plum. Also, because wax plum flowers bloom at the beginning of winter and bear fruit when winter ends, accompanied by winter, hence the name winter plum.
There are not many varieties of wax plum, which can be divided into two types according to flower color: plain heart and greasy heart. Those with yellow petals, flowers and pistils without mixed colors are called plain heart varieties. The outer petals are yellow, the inner petals are purple, and the impure flowers are called greasy heart varieties. Greasy heart wax plum has pointed petals with red-brown inner margin, small flowers and light fragrance, which is inferior in variety. Currently, common varieties include:
Var.conclor wax plum: Flowers are pure yellow with strong fragrance. It is the most precious variety in wintersweet.
Var.grandiflorus wax plum: Leaves and flowers are larger, the outer flower bracts are yellow, the inner ones have purple stripes, with strong fragrance, which is a famous variety.
Var.parviflorus wax plum: Flowers are very small, the outer bracts are yellowish white, the inner ones have red and purple stripes. The fragrance is rich.
Wax plum dog ying
Var.intermedius wax plum: Also called dog tooth wax plum or red heart wax plum, dog fly plum, dog ying plum. Leaves are narrow and flowers are small, the bracts are narrow and pointed, the outer ones are yellow and the inner ones have purple spots, with light fragrance. Strong resistance. Originally found in the Qinling and Dabie Mountain areas of Central China, with Shaanxi and Hubei as the distribution centers.
Lotus wax plum
Yellow core wax plum
The comprehensive knowledge explanation on the common varieties of wax plum (picture) mentioned above, hoping it can help you.