Purple-leaf plum attributes: Purple-leaf plum belongs to trees. Purple-leaf plum likes sunshine, with warm and humid climate and certain drought resistance. It has strong adaptability to soil, is not resistant to drought and is more resistant to water and humidity, but grows well in fertile, deep and well-drained clay neutral and acidic soil and is not resistant to alkali. Sandy soil is good, clayey soil can also grow, with shallow roots and strong germination.
Plant category of purple leaf plum: purple leaf plum is a woody plant.
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Purple leaf plum can reach 8 meters high; Multi-branched, slender, spreading, dark gray, sometimes spiny; Branchlets dark red, glabrous; Winter buds are ovoid, sharp at the apex, with several imbricate scales, purplish red, and sometimes sparse cilia at the edge of the scales. Leaf blade elliptic, ovoid or obovate, extremely rare elliptic lanceolate.
Efficacy and function of purple leaf plum The efficacy of purple leaf plum
1, Ornamental: Purple-leaf plum is generally blue and purple when it grows and develops, and it is planted in houses, gardens, ecological parks and grasslands, which has good ornamental value. The leaves are spacious, and both sides of the leaves are dark purple.
2. Prunus mume has the functions of benefiting qi, promoting digestion, quenching thirst, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. It is especially suitable for patients with shortness of breath, fatigue, amenorrhea, severe constipation, congestion, swelling and pain, and dark complexion.
Daily use of purple leaf plum
Purple-leaf plum is an excellent colored-leaf tree species. Leaves are purple throughout the growing season, and flowers bloom in spring. And has strong growth adaptability, pruning resistance and easy modeling. These characteristics make purple leaf plum have a wide range of uses in landscaping, and it can be planted independently and become a landscape independently.
It can be planted on garden roads, on both sides of expressways and around buildings, playing a landscape effect of flower corridors and streamers; You can also plant scenic forests in groups. Different planting methods reflect different landscape effects.
Feng Shui Function of Purple Leaf Plum
The leaves of purple leaf plum are purple and very ornamental. Generally, purple plum symbolizes that purple gas comes from the east. In feng shui, it is a rich feng shui plant. Planting purple leaf plums on both sides of the gate will be good for the promotion of our family's wealth.
Key points of purple leaf plum planting
1. Planting environment: Prunus purpurea is a warm temperate tree species, which likes light and should be planted in a sunny place. Insufficient light will not only make plants grow badly, but also make leaves green. Purple leaf plum is drought-tolerant and wet-loving, but it is not resistant to stagnant water. Planting in dry places can also grow normally.
Purple leaf plum likes fertile, moist neutral or acidic sandy loam, and can also tolerate mild saline-alkali soil. Purple-leaf plum is hardy and planted in the lee and sunny places. The leaves are purple. Pay attention to color matching when planting, which can show the beauty of leaf color.
2. Water and fertilizer management: Purple leaf plum likes humid environment. For newly planted seedlings, in addition to watering them three times, they should be watered 1-2 times in April, May, June and September respectively. There is abundant rainfall in July and August, so there is no need to water it. When there is a lot of rain, drainage should be done in time to prevent water from rotting roots. 165438+ Frozen water should be fully poured in the first half of 10.
Purple leaf plum likes fertilizer. In addition to applying proper amount of decomposed and fermented ring fertilizer at the bottom of the pit when planting, some farm manure can be applied before freezing water every year, which can make the plants grow vigorously and the leaves shine. Fertilize at the end of autumn every year 1 time, and it should be appropriate. Too many times of fertilization or too much fertilization will make the leaves dark and not bright, which will reduce the ornamental value.
3, plastic surgery: purple leaf plum plastic surgery is generally divided into four years. Pruning is carried out in the first year after planting, and the stem height is 0.8 ~1.2m. The first cut bud is used as the extension branch of the main branch, and 3 ~ 4 stout new branches are selected below the first bud as the main branch. Branches should be evenly distributed, not on the same trajectory, but the difference between up and down should not exceed 5 cm, and spread upward at a 45-degree angle.