Late Water at the Corner: A Delicate Palace Pink Plum Blossom

“Late Water at the Corner” belongs to the true plum series, the straight-footed plum category, and the palace pink type within the plum blossom varieties. The flower shape of “Late Water at the Corner” is a delicate lotus shape, with a color of pale pink.

The inner petals are white, the edge petals are slightly pink, the flower center is light green, and the stamens are yellow; the flowering period is generally from late February to early March, making it a late plum.

This type of plum blossom has a strong double-petal nature, with a single small flower even reaching up to 45 petals.

With the inner petals swirling like flying fragments, it is stunningly beautiful, and its fragrance is fresh and elegant, making it a very rare variety of plum blossom.

I. Characteristics and Features

Tree crown: Irregular inverted ovate.

Branches: The bark is deep purple-brown, with irregular mottled patterns, large pores, and medium density; both large and small branches grow straight and diagonally.

The small branches are dark yellow-green, and the sun-facing side is lightly bronzed; there are no thorns, and the growth vigor is medium.

Flowering condition: Rather dense, 1-2 flowers on long, medium branches, few on clustered flowering branches and short flowering branches, rarely 3 flowers;

Flower diameter: 2.3-2.8cm.

Flower bud: Flat round, top cut flat, with or without a central hole, rose pink; flower shape: shallow bowl-shaped, petals fold inward at 1-2 places, layered tightly, with swirling fragments inside, smaller petals between the calyx and petals, gradually becoming larger towards the inner layers, petals tips are scorched;

Flower color: The base of the front side is very light purple, its deep halo is light violet; the back side is light violet, the scorched spots at the top are dark violet;

Petals: 31.3 (17-45), the base is slightly wrinkled and swollen, the top often indented, scorched, occasionally having one stamen turned petal;

Calyx: 5, plus 0-4 membranous calyx, sometimes small petals transition between the calyx and petals, mostly flat to slightly recurved;

Flower stem: medium to short;

Stamen: As long as the petal, radiating around the petal and slightly inward;

Pistil: 2-4, rarely 5, often slightly degenerated;

Flower heart: Normal.

Others: Only this one plant; strong double-petal nature, bright color, strong fragrance, excellent variety.