Is the Japanese early cherry an evergreen tree or a deciduous tree?

The Japanese early cherry is a very beautiful ornamental flower, planted in many places, and exceptionally lovely when its blossoms fall in profusion, so is the Japanese early cherry an evergreen tree or a deciduous tree?

1. Is the Japanese early cherry an evergreen tree or a deciduous tree?

The Japanese early cherry is a deciduous tree, with green young branches densely covered in short white soft hairs. The winter buds are ovate, with sparse hairs at the tips of the scales. When it blooms, the flowers are dense and abundant, with high ornamental value.

2. The difference between the Japanese early cherry and the late cherry

1. Difference in tree form: the bark of the Japanese early cherry is gray with horizontal stripes, growing in an embracing form, with branches orderly and uncluttered, while the bark of the Japanese late cherry is silvery gray, with lip-shaped lenticels, showing many broken branches growing naturally and messily.

2. Flowers: the petals of the early cherry are 5 in number, ovate, mostly single-petaled and white, and the flowers look rather sparse, while the flowers of the late cherry are pale pink before opening and become brighter and more red in color when in full bloom, and the flowers are double-petaled, with fewer leaves when blooming and a large flower quantity.

3. Difference in leaf shape: the leaves of the Japanese early cherry are obovate to ovate-lanceolate, while the leaves of the late cherry are elliptic-ovate, long elliptic to obovate.

4. Difference in leaf size: the leaves of the early cherry are usually 3-8 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, while the leaves of the late cherry are 5-12 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, so the leaves of the late cherry are larger than those of the early cherry.

5. Difference in branches and trunk: when the early cherry has no leaves, the bark is horizontally striped, and the bark of old trees is longitudinally fissured. The twigs are brown, and the lenticels on the trunk are rather sparse. The new branches have appressed hairs, while the bark of the late cherry is silvery gray. The lenticels on the trunk are small and numerous. The new buds are darker in color, dark brown, and the buds are larger.

The Japanese early cherry and the late cherry are both relatively famous cherry blossoms, and their ornamental value is very high. I hope everyone can correctly distinguish the two.