Elm-leaved Spiraea (Prunus triloba): You may not know it has these other names

The family and genus of Prunus triloba

Prunus triloba is a shrub or rarely a small tree, a plant in the genus Prunus of the rose family.

Other names for Prunus triloba

Prunus triloba is also called Xiaotaohong, Yumei, and Yuye Luanzhi.

The origin of Prunus triloba

It is produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces and regions. It is planted in most parks across China. It also occurs in Central Asia in the Soviet Union.

Morphological characteristics of Prunus triloba

Prunus triloba is a shrub or rarely a small tree, 2-3 m tall, with spreading branches and a large number of short small branches; the small branches are gray, and the one-year-old branches are grayish brown, hairless or slightly covered with short soft hairs when young; the winter buds are relatively short and small, 2-3 mm long.

The branches of Prunus triloba are purple-brown, and the leaves are broadly elliptical to obovate, with a 3-lobed tip and serrated edges.

The flowers of Prunus triloba range from single to double, purple-red, with 1-2 flowers borne in the leaf axils; the flowering period is in April.

The fruit of Prunus triloba is red, nearly spherical, and hairy.

Main varieties of Prunus triloba

Single-flowered Prunus triloba: bears pink or pinkish-white flowers, single-petaled; the flowers are small, with 5 sepals and 5 petals, similar to wild Prunus triloba, and the small branches are reddish brown.

Double-flowered Prunus triloba: bears reddish-brown flowers, the flowers are large, double-petaled, numerous and dense, with more than 10 sepals, and both the sepals and the pedicels have a red tinge. The double-flowered Prunus triloba has bark that is mostly cracked. Because its flowers are large, it is also called "large-flowered Prunus triloba." It is a variety with relatively high ornamental value, but its flowering time is later than that of other varieties.

Semi-double-flowered Prunus triloba: pink flowers, semi-double, with sepals and petals both numbering more than 10. The small branches of the plant are reddish brown, and it is relatively widely cultivated in gardens and courtyards.

Curved-branch Prunus triloba: the flowers are small and densely borne on the branches; the flower color is rose-purple-red, semi-double or double, with 10 sepals, 5 of which are triangular and 5 lanceolate. The small branches of the plant are purplish red and smooth; it flowers earlier than other varieties, and the flowering period lasts about 10 days.

Truncate-leaved Prunus triloba: the flowers are pink. The characteristic of truncate-leaved Prunus triloba is that the front end of the leaf is broadly truncate, nearly triangular; it is strongly cold-resistant, and is commonly cultivated in Northeast China.

Purple-leaved large-flowered double Prunus triloba: a new variety bred by our farm, with bright purple-red leaf color, double flowers, and mostly pink flowers. It is the newest variety of large-flowered double Prunus triloba.

The flower language of Prunus triloba

Fate, the meeting of souls