Look at this poem in praise of the Chinese flowering apple by Lin Daiyu: "It has stolen some of the white of the pear blossom's pistils while borrowing the spirit of the plum bloom." It's a potentially dangerous approach, but Lin, who has a unique character, pulls it off skillfully.
試看林黛玉的海棠詩：「偷來梨蕊三分白，借得梅花一縷魂」，一出手就輕險奇巧，跟別人不一樣心腸。