What is Wax Plum

Wax Plum, deciduous clumping shrub, is a traditional valuable ornamental flower and tree specializing in China, also known as Golden Plum, Wax Flower and Yellow Plum Blossom.

Wax plum native to China's southeast, southwest, central China and Taiwan, mainly grows in China's southwest, southeast, central China and other regions, commonly found in mountain forests, shade, cold, drought, intolerant of stagnant water, the wax plum flower blooms alone in the winter, is the main ornamental winter flowers, more cold-resistant, Japan, North Korea, and Europe, the Americas have been introduced into cultivation.

Waxberry is a genus of waxberry, family Waxaceae, leaves elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, flowers before leaves, fragrant, tepals round, oblong, obovate, elliptic or spatulate, glabrous, winter bloom, indicating the character of never give in.

Wax Plum growth habit

Wax Plum likes sunshine, can tolerate shade, cold, drought, avoiding waterlogging, wax plum flowers in the frost and snow on cold days proudly open, flowers yellow like wax, strong fragrance, is the main ornamental winter flowers; afraid of the wind, cold, not less than -15 ° C can be safe over the winter, the area south of Beijing can be cultivated in the open, the flowering period of -10 ° C low temperature, the flowers suffer from -10 ° C low temperature, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers, the flowers. 10 ℃ low temperature, flowers by frost damage; good born in deep soil, fertile, loose, well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam, in the saline and alkaline growth on the poor.

Strong drought tolerance, fear of flooding, so it is not suitable for cultivation in low-lying areas. The tree has strong growth potential, vigorous branching, the rootstock is easy to produce sprouting tillers, resistant to pruning, easy to shape, first flowers and then leaves, the flowering period of November ~ the following year in March, July ~ August maturity.