观赏海棠新品种‘彩玉’

A New Chaenomeles Crabapple Cultivar‘Caiyu’

观赏海棠‘彩玉’是从‘东洋锦’实生后代中选育出的新品种。植株单干,株形半开展;幼叶黄绿色,边缘红褐色,具刺芒状细锯齿;成叶大小中等,椭圆形或窄椭圆形,叶缘具锐锯齿;花多3朵簇生,半重瓣,开花初期淡红色,绿白相间,中后期花瓣边缘变成粉红色;花期达1个月,雌蕊一般不发育,结果极少;成花稳定,适应性强,生长迅速,易繁殖,观赏价值高。

‘Caiyu’is a new Chaenomeles crabapple cultivar which has been selected from the seedlings of Chaenomeles‘Toyonisiki’.The cultivar has one trunk,and plant architecture is half-spread.The young leaves are greenyellow,the edge is chocolate,with lappaceous serrations;the old leaves become dark green,and the edge is sharply serrated.The flowers are usually in groups of three,semidouble petals.The colors of petal are light red or green-and-white at the initial stage,all of them turn pink at the mid to late stage.Blooming period lasts one month.The pistil is generally impotent,so it bear few fruit.Flower characters are stable,the cultivar has strong resistance,high grafting survival rate,fast-growing and high ornamental value.