‘元春’是‘满天红’(Prunus persica Batsch.)ב白花山碧桃’(P.davidiana Franch)的杂交后代中的96-6-27单株经自然杂交实生,通过对种子冷藏处理,温室育苗获得的优良观赏桃品种。花朵红色,鲜艳美丽。需冷量550h,需热量低,开花较早,能弥补早春红色桃花的空挡,适合保护地栽培,能顺利地在春节前开放;在露地栽培可以作为早红品种。 ’Chunyuan’ was a hybrid of 96-6-27 progenies from the progenies of Prunus persica Batsch. × P.davidiana Franch. The seeds were cryopreserved, Greenhouse nursery to obtain the excellent ornamental peach varieties. Flowers red, bright and beautiful. The amount of cold required 550h, the need for low calories, flowering earlier, to make up for the early spring red peach neutral, suitable for conservation cultivation, can be smoothly opened before the Spring Festival; cultivation in the open can be used as early red varieties.