What is the symbolic meaning of plum blossom?
Growth habit
Plum blossoms like warm and humid climate, can grow well under sunny and well-ventilated conditions, and are not strict with soil requirements, barren-resistant, cold-resistant and afraid of water accumulation. Suitable for growing on moist soil with loose and fertile topsoil, good drainage and slightly sticky subsoil.
I like warmth and plenty of light. Except for apricot varieties, it is generally resistant to-10℃ except -25℃. High temperature resistance, can grow at 40℃. It grows best in the area with annual average temperature 16-23℃. Very sensitive to temperature, it blooms when the average temperature reaches -5-7℃ in early spring. If it encounters low temperature, the flowering period will be delayed, and if it encounters low temperature, the flowering period can be extended. The growing season should be placed in a sunny and well-ventilated place. If it is in a cool environment with insufficient light, it will grow thin and bloom sparsely. Don't enter the room too early in winter, and it is advisable to1late October 165438+ to enter the room so that the flower buds can differentiate through the vernalization stage. In winter, it should be placed in a sunny place indoors and the temperature should be kept at about 5℃.
The symbolic meaning of plum blossom
Noble and proud wind is not afraid of cold, strong and beautiful, poor but virtuous, plum blossom represents strong character!
Plum blossom is a traditional famous flower in China. It is not only beautiful and elegant, but also praised by poets and painters in ancient and modern times. It is also respected by the world for its ice muscle, jade bone Lingling, and is regarded as the national essence. There are also many China literati's love and praise for Mei.
Mei, with her noble, strong and modest personality, gives people the motivation to make progress. In the cold, plum blossoms bloom first, and the world is alone in spring. Therefore, plums are often regarded by the people as an auspicious symbol of spreading good news in spring. Mei's legendary story and beautiful implication are widely spread in our country.
Plum blossoms are not afraid of cold and bloom in hard ice.
Plum blossoms bloom cold first, and then blossom fragrant. Therefore, plum blossoms, like chrysanthemums, are admired and praised by poets. "Plum Blossom" by Chen Liang, a poet in the Song Dynasty: "A flower changes suddenly first, and ten thousand flowers are fragrant later." The poet grasped the characteristic that plum blossoms are the first to bloom, and wrote the quality of being the first in the world and not afraid of setbacks. This is not only Yongmei, but also praising himself. Wang Anshi's plum blossom: "It's not snow when you know it from afar, because it has a delicate fragrance." The poem not only describes the reasons why plum blossoms are scattered by the wind, but also implicitly shows the purity and whiteness of plum blossoms, which has received the artistic effect of good fragrance and lewdness. Lu You's famous sentence "Yongmei": "Scattered into mud, crushed into dust, only fragrance remains." Plum blossom is used to describe a person's unfortunate experience of being destroyed and his noble sentiment of not wanting to go with the flow. "Mo Mei" by Wang Mian in Yuan Dynasty: "Don't boast of its lewdness, just leave the air fresh and dry." It is also the plum blossom that shows that it is unwilling to go with the flow, shallow and profound.
Plum blossoms are native to southwest, southeast, central China and Taiwan Province Province. In China, they like warmth. They grow best in the environment with an annual average temperature of 65,438+05℃-23℃, but they can also withstand lower temperatures. During dormancy, it can tolerate the low temperature of-65,438+00℃-20℃, but the cold resistance of different types and varieties is very different. For example, the cold resistance of apricot strain is greater than that of true plum strain.
Plum blossoms are not strict with soil and are barren-tolerant. All clay, loam and sandy soil with good drainage can grow well in places with slightly higher terrain or slope at Ph 6-8, and are most afraid of waterlogging. In the case of a large amount of water, they are often prone to root rot and death
Plum blossoms have certain drought resistance, but they like warm and humid air and often drop buds when they are dry in winter. The "physiological drought" caused by the dry climate and strong wind in the north is the main reason for the difficulty of wintering and the dry branches. Therefore, it is forbidden to plant them in the air.
Plum blossom is a positive tree species. In sunny places, trees are vigorous, grow vigorously and have dense flowers. Otherwise, trees are weak, flower buds are not easy to differentiate, and pests and diseases increase. New branches germinate after flowering, grow fastest in April-May, and stop growing in May-June. The flower bud differentiated from late July to early August 20 days after 15- stopped growing.