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When do apricot trees bloom?

Deciduous trees of Rosaceae. The flowers in spring, the red buds, are red in white at first, and pure white at last. The fruits ripened in early summer are sweet and juicy. Ancient poets wrote poems about spring.

apricot flower

It belongs to Rosaceae, a deciduous tree. The leaves are broadly ovoid or ovoid, with blunt teeth at the edges. Near the tip of petiole

There are two glands. Flowers are solitary or 2-3, and open before the leaves are displayed in March and April. The flower shape is similar to that of peach blossom and plum blossom. It is pure red when budding, gradually fades after flowering, and becomes pure white when falling. Drupe is round, rectangular or oblate, similar to plum fruit. The peel is mostly golden yellow with red or spots on the sunny side. The pulp is dark yellow, sweet and juicy, and ripe in early summer. Originally from China, it is most widely distributed in northwest, north and northeast China. Cold tolerance, photophobia, drought tolerance and waterlogging tolerance. This tree is very long and can live 100 years. It is the main ornamental tree species in spring.