The Spring of Red Leaf Plum

Red-leaf plum is a kind of plant used for vacuuming along the expressway. Because its leaves are dark red, it is named red leaf plum.

Red-leaf plum is dioecious, but when there is no fruit at ordinary times, it is almost impossible to tell male from female. To their eyes-opener, with the pace of spring, it blooms at the same time regardless of gender.

Their flowers are pale pink. From a distance, when the trees are full of flowers, it will give people the illusion of entering the winter morning, because only on a winter morning, the trees on both sides of the road are covered with frosted flowers, and frosted flowers and blooming red plums look just like it from a distance.

The flowers of the male tree have all come out before all the leaves fall, and the bright red leaf buds are mixed among the flowers, making the whole tree more beautiful.

Female trees lag behind and bear small fruits. The color of small fruits is close to that of leaves, and they are all dark red. As the leaves unfold, the small fruit grows day by day. Immature fruit tastes sour and astringent. Impatient passers-by thought the fruit was ripe because it was dark red. The fruit without owner is often beneficial to greedy passers-by, while those greedy and impatient passers-by pick the sour and astringent fruit, and there is only one result when they go home. When the fruit left on the tree by twos and threes is really ripe, the color becomes bright red and the hand feels a little soft. It's delicious to have a bite of sour and sweet.

After the fruit is picked, people can't tell which tree is female and which tree is male, because their trunks, leaves, leaf shapes and colors can't be distinguished.

I like and notice that Hongye plum is in the early stage of flowering, and the pale pink flower of that tree is so elegant and fresh, like an elegant girl who is uncontested.

Every year I like to photograph its flowers, which are especially photogenic. Therefore, in recent years, the season of red leaves and plum blossoms has attracted many young girls and young women to stand under trees in ancient costumes and take pictures. Red-leaf plum flowers have become photographers' new favorites.