蜡梅(chimana-thus praecox Link),俗称腊梅,是上海园林主要“闻香”和绿化树种。它比较适应上海的土壤和气候条件,长势旺盛,病虫害较少。所以人们乐于栽种,几乎没有一个公园不栽培蜡梅的。据对本市10个公园的实地调查,平均每个公园有蜡梅树102株。初步估计全市公园、风景区、工厂、机关中,用于庭园配植的蜡梅有2500株以上。近年来,栽种量还在迅速地增长之中。 Chimei (thus praecox Link), commonly known as Lamei, is the main “garden smell” and green tree species in Shanghai gardens. It is more adapted to Shanghai’s soil and climatic conditions, growing strong, fewer pests and diseases. So people are happy to plant it, and there is hardly a park that does not cultivate it. According to a field survey of 10 parks in the city, there are 102 plants of waxy plum in each park on average. Preliminary estimates of the city’s parks, scenic spots, factories, offices, for the allocation of the garden with more than 2, 000 waxy. In recent years, planting is still rapidly growing.