金花茶引种福州的适应性初报

通过对福州与金花茶原产地（以南宁为例）环境气候的分析和１９９４～１９９８年连续４ａ对引种福州的金花茶的调查与观察，表明金花茶是强阴生植物，福州为金花茶栽培适宜区．金花茶及其自然变种长柱金花茶在福州生长的花期和果实成熟期基本相同，花期为２月中旬至３月中旬，果期为１１～１２月份，抽梢期略有不同．同其它山茶花品种一样，金花茶可直接用于园林绿化和盆栽观赏．

Preliminary report of the adaptability of yellow camellia introduced in Fuzhou

The investigation from 1994 to 1998 and the analysis of the environmental climate in Fuzhou and southern areas of Guangxi where is the original place of yellow camellia were conducted. The results showed that yellow camellia was a strong shade plant and adaptable to grow in Fuzhou. The flowering period and the fruit mature period were basically the same between the golden camellia ( Camellia nitidissima ) and the longistyle yellow camellia ( C.nitidissima var. longistyla ), the flowering period was from the middle ten days of February to the middle ten days of March, the fruit mature period was from November to December, but the growth phase and mature period of branches were slightly different. The same as the other camellia species, yellow camellia could be used for gardening and pot culture.