Ume/Plum Blossom

Prunus mume

February 1st's birth flower, Natiolnal Flower of aiwan,

Location: Aqua
Location: Aqua
Location: Izushikinohana park
Location: Izushikinohana park
Location: Koto-ku(Tokyo)
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Izushikinohana park
Location: Tonogayato Gardens
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Tonogayato Gardens
Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Plant Garden
Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Plant Garden
Location: Ashikaga Flower Park
Location: Kiba Park
Location: Nagano prefecture
Location: My home
Location: Koto-ku(Tokyo)

Flower name
Ume/Plum Blossom
Scientific name
Prunus mume
Aliasmume, ムメ, 梅, ume, Japanese apricot, ウメ
Place of originChina
Place of floweringGarden, Orchard, Horticultural species, Bonsai, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March
Language of flowersIndomitable spirit

What is Ume/Plum Blossom

Birth flowers for Feb 1, Oct 24

💧National Foundation Day's flower is Plum

～The Poem of the Plum～
Aqua (Poem and illustration), Mizuho @Kagiken(Edit and English-Chinese translation)

Plum
National Foundation Day Plum Blossoms, Image provided by Aqua
Note: Aqua is a water spirit.

🌸“The Beginning of the Nation and the Beginning of Spring”

( Plum Blossom)
by 💧Aqua

When winter's lingering chill still clings to the air,
There exists one who blooms more quietly than anywhere else on earth,
Opening its blossoms earlier than all others.

That one is the plum.

Bearing the cold of the snow,
The tiny buds resting on the tips of the branches
Sense the approach of spring before anyone else.
Their form
Was like the “first light” announcing the nation's beginning.

Ancient people
called the plum's fragrance “spring's declaration,”
cherishing its purity
as a symbol of a new era.

The white plum blossom
represents a pure heart.
The red plum blossom
represents a powerful wish.
Each blooms quietly,
carrying its fragrance on the wind toward the future.

The beginning of a nation
does not start with a great clamor.
Like the gentle unfurling of plum blossoms,
it begins with quiet resolve
and steadfast hope.

Beneath skies still lingering with cold,
plum blossoms bloom with dignity today.
Their presence seems to watch over us,
both the path we have walked
and the future we shall tread.

💧February 1st's birth flower is Plum

～The Droplet of the Plum～
Aqua (drop's thought, illustration, English-Chinese translation), Edited by Mizuho @Kagiken

Plum
Plum、illustration：Aqua
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration is the snowdrop water droplet poem written below. Aqua is a water spirit.

A Drop's Thought ～Plum～

by Aqua

💧Plum Blossom Dewdrop Poem (From Dewdrop to Plum Blossom)

Even on mornings when I shiver in the cold,
You announce spring with your fragrance.
I wish you'd share a little of that courage with me.

In winter's coldest air,
The flower that blooms first, releasing its scent.
A flower possessing quiet strength and a dignified beauty.

Ume, plum blossom

Ume, plum blossom or Japanese apricot , scientific name: Prunus mume , is deciduous small tree of the department Rosaceae Prunus genus native to China. Before the open leaf shoots in early spring, fragrant flower blooms. Posted next to the branch, trunk is curved. Shoots oblique only there give a singlet or Yaesu, white, red or pink flowers. Earlier flowering cherry trees. Immature fruits of dried plums and plum, dried fruit in June, yellow fruit that is the fumigation is cough of Ubi (Yiwu plum) said will also be herbal medicine herbal medicine. Raw ume extract from immature. Ingredients include organic acids such as citric acid and succinic acid. Prevents fatigue, rotting flesh mature seeds in immature fruit and with a lot of intake may cause cyanide poisoning, death. Kanbai attractions at kairakuen in Mito and Atami Plum Garden, Kansai in the Kanto region in Yoshino baigo, umeboshi, Kishu, Wakayama Prefecture is famous. Also, the simple Dazaifu tenmangu shrine surrounded the small circle of one of the Central Crest, located outside the five circles are AStar is famous. Known as flowering trees in the literature where the manyo people loved, and Izumi kyoka's woman genealogy-yushima environment" to yushima appearing white is famous.　

Common name: Ume or Japanese apricot ,
scientific name:Prunus mume,
Natiolnal Flower : Taiwan,
also known as: ume, cowbmbok,
Living type: deciduous broadleaved small tree,
height: 5-10 m, tree diameter: 0.5 - oval 0.6 m,
pointed leaf shape: Advanced, leaf arrangement: alternate, margin: serrated, leaf length: 5-10 cm, leaf width: 3-5 cm,
asymmetric flower, flower color: white / red white / pale red flower: single,double, flower diameter:2-3.5cm,
petal number: five or eight, flowering: from February to March ,
fruit: drupe, Fruiting period: June, real colors: yellow, fruit shape: spherical, the fruit diameter: 2-3 cm,
use: garden trees, kanbai, bonsai, Plum, Plum, plum syrup soaked, then plum, plum jam