What color are apricot flowers?

The petals of apricot flowers are white or slightly flushed, and 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 flowers. March-April is the flowering period of apricot blossoms every year, and apricot blossom festivals are held in various places, providing tourists with a good place for hiking, outing and photography.

Apricot flowers bloom from March to April, and the flower shape is similar to peach blossom and plum blossom. It is pure red in bud, gradually fades after flowering, and becomes pure white when falling. The fruit period is from June to July, and the flesh is dark yellow, sweet and juicy, with suture and pilose, light yellow to yellow red. The crown is round, oblate or rectangular; Bark grayish brown, longitudinally cracked; Perennial branches are light brown, with large and horizontal lenticels, and annual branches are light reddish brown, shiny and hairless, with many small lenticels. Branchlets brown or reddish brown.

The fruit is spherical, sparsely obovate, about 2.5 cm in diameter, white, yellow to yellowish red, often reddish and slightly pubescent; The pulp is juicy and does not crack when ripe; The nucleus is ovoid or ovoid, with flat side, blunt tip, symmetrical base, sparse asymmetry, slightly rough or smooth surface, round abdominal margin, often slightly blunt dorsal margin, and keel-shaped abdominal cover; The kernel tastes bitter or sweet.

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