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What are the flowering plants in March?

There are many types of flowers blooming in March, such as peach blossoms, cherry blossoms, forsythia, plum blossoms, apple blossoms, cymbidiums, hydrangeas, calcaneals, pansies, red-leafed plums, green peaches, cineraria, spring azaleas, camellias, and stems.

Begonia, Chunlan, Bauhinia, Rixianggui, Four Seasons Begonia, etc.

Peach blossoms have high ornamental value and are a common material for literary creation.

In addition, the elements in peach blossoms have medicinal value in clearing meridians and moisturizing the skin.

From March to June every year, different places hold different peach blossom festivals using peach blossoms as matchmakers.

Peach Blossom Morphological Characteristics Peach blossoms are deciduous trees.

The leaves are oval-lanceolate, with coarsely serrated margins and hairless petiole length of 1-2cm.

It can reach 3 to 10 meters in height.

There are usually 1 to several glands; the leaves are elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate, with finely serrated edges and hairless on both sides.

Flowers are usually solitary, born when the leaves are open, about 2.5-3.5cm in diameter, with short stalks; 5 sepals, the base unites into a short calyx tube, hairless.

Petiole is 7-12mm long and has glandular points.

The trunk is grey-brown, rough and porous.

Branchlets reddish brown or brownish green, smooth.

The flowers are solitary, in white, pink, red and other colors, with double or semi-double petals. The flowering period is from March to April.

The drupe is nearly round, yellow-green, and the surface is densely covered with short hairs. Depending on the variety, the fruit matures from June to September.

Mainly divided into two categories: fruit peaches and flower peaches.

Variants include flower color changes such as deep red, crimson, pure white and red and white mixed colors, as well as double and double petals.

The more important varieties are: nectarine, flat peach, longevity peach, and green peach.

Among them, nectarines and flat peaches are both cultivated as fruit trees. Shouxing peaches and green peaches are mainly for ornamental purposes. Shouxing peaches can also be used as dwarfing stocks of peaches.

The tree is 4 to 5 meters tall.

Annual branches reddish brown.

The leaves are mostly lanceolate, with serrated edges, and nectaries often grow at the base of the petiole.

There are two types of flowers: rose type and bell type.

Except for flat peaches, stone fruits are mostly round or oblong. The fruit surface, except for nectarines, is covered with hairs.

The flesh is white, yellow or flushed, and a few are red; the flesh is soft, crispy or hard, or dense and tough; the surface of the core has different groove patterns, which are important classification criteria for species and cultivar groups.

Peach blossom is a traditional Chinese garden flower and tree. It has a beautiful tree shape, sparse branches, plump flowers and bright colors. It is one of the important flowering tree species in early spring.

The fruit of the peach tree is a famous fruit; the peach stone can be used to extract oil; its branches, leaves, fruits, and roots can be used as medicine; the peach wood is fine and hard and can be used for carving.