Each year in June and July, the plum trees develop flower buds. As the days shorten in autumn, they enter a period of dormancy, until they are reawakened by the low temperatures of successive winter cold snaps, and begin to flower.
每年在六、七月間，梅樹會完成花芽分化，此後在初秋的短日照下，進入休眠期，直到經歷冬天的多次寒流，才由低溫刺激而覺醒開花。