When does Chimonanthus praecox bloom?

Chimonanthus praecox blooms in winter, usually from 165438+ 10 to March of the following year.

Chimonanthus praecox, as the dry bud of Chimonanthus praecox, blooms in cold winter. 1 1 the first ten days of1to March of the following year is the most blooming season of Chimonanthus praecox. The flowering period of Chimonanthus praecox is relatively long, and it blooms alone in cold weather, but it has its own characteristics. There is a kind of Prunus humilis, which is the earliest variety and usually blooms in 165438+ 10, which is called early plum.

Chimonanthus praecox has a very remarkable feature, that is, it blooms first and then grows leaves. In other words, flowers can't see leaves, and leaves meet again after flowers wither. Because there are no leaves when flowering, it is also called dried plum. Because it blooms when it snows, there have been measures to enjoy plums in winter since ancient times.

The difference between plum blossom and wintersweet:

1. Phylogenetic relationship: Prunus belongs to Rosaceae, Chimonanthus belongs to Chimonanthus.

2. Tree type: Plum blossom is a tree with a trunk of 4- 10 m, and Chimonanthus praecox is mostly a shrub with clustered branches, and the height of the tree can only reach about 2-4 m..

3. Flowering period: Plum blossoms in late winter and early spring. Chimonanthus praecox blooms in early winter or mid-winter, and the flowering period of Chimonanthus praecox is about 2 months earlier than that of Plum Blossom (Chimonanthus praecox blooms in cold winter all over the south of the Yangtze River, also known as Chimonanthus praecox).

4, floral fragrance: plum blossoms are sweet, and wintersweet is fragrant.

5, flower quality: wintersweet petals are hard, plum petals are soft.

6. Leaf shape of branches: Chimonanthus praecox is a straight branch, while plum has not only straight branches, but also vertical branches and dragons; Chimonanthus praecox leaves are opposite, and plum leaves are alternate.