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Wintersweet is an excellent tree species for winter flower viewing
Ecological habits Wintersweet is also known as huangmei and huangmeihua. It belongs to the genus Chimonanthus in the family Calycanthaceae. It is a deciduous shrub, about 3 m tall, with simple opposite leaves. The leaf blades are elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, 7-15 cm long, entire, with a rough surface; the flowers are bisexual, solitary in the leaf axils of one-year-old branches, with very short pedicels, yellow, waxy, and fragrant, blooming from December to March. Cultivated varieties include Qingkou wintersweet; Chaiyouxin wintersweet; and Gousheng wintersweet. Wintersweet originated in central China. It prefers sunlight but is also slightly shade-tolerant, relatively cold-tolerant, and drought-tolerant, hence the saying "wintersweet that cannot die of drought"
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