木,又名花、柴,常绿灌木,叶革质,卵形,花白色,四瓣,条形,朔果木质,花期4—5月,八月果熟。目前栽培的有白木与红木两种,皆以花色而得名。白木适合酸性和中性土壤生长。分布极广,北自山东、河南,南至两广。湖北山陵多常见,群生,有的地方甚至遍山遍岭,资源极其丰富。由于木植株矮小,枝细、叶小、节密、耐修剪,是制作盆景的好树种。榆树是我国盆景界广泛采用的一个树种。木和榆树相比,还多几个长处:(1)常绿;(2)可观花;(3)可嫁接、靠接成红木,观赏价值高;(4)植株矮小,不易疯长,易成形,成片。既然木有这么多的优点,为什么在报刊上见到它的作品问世不多呢?从我在黄石接触的情况来看,主要是说木不容易养活。但从我个人近十年中养护桩来看,木应 Wood, also known as flowers, firewood, evergreen shrubs, leaves leathery, oval, white flowers, four, bar, Shuo wood, flowering 4-5 months, ripe fruit in August. There are two kinds of white wood and mahogany cultivated at present. White wood for acidic and neutral soil growth. Widely distributed, north from Shandong, Henan, Guangdong and Guangxi. Hubei mountains more common, herdsman, and some places even over the mountains, resources are extremely rich. As a result of dwarf wood plants, branches fine, small leaves, section dense, anti-pruning, is a good bonsai tree species. Elm is a widely used species of bonsai in China. Compared with the elm trees, there are a few more advantages: (1) evergreen; (2) ornamental flowers; (3) grafted, mahogany and ornamental value; (4) short plants, ,Into pieces. Since Wood has so many merits, why did not it see much in the press? From what I met at Yellowstone, the main point was that wood was not easy to feed. However, in my personal maintenance of the pile in the past decade, the wood should be