Is Japanese late cherry evergreen or deciduous? A detailed explanation
Japanese late cherry is a relatively well-known cherry blossom variety with a long history of cultivation in Japan, so is Japanese late cherry evergreen or deciduous?
1. Basic introduction to Japanese late cherry
Japanese late cherry is generally 3-8 m tall, with grayish-brown or grayish-black bark, lip-shaped lenticels. Because cherry belongs to shallow-rooted tree species, it likes sunlight and deep, fertile, well-drained soil, and has a certain degree of cold tolerance.
Although Japanese late cherry has Japan in its name, it is also planted in China. The main planting areas in China are the northern warm temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest region, the northern subtropical deciduous and evergreen broad-leaved mixed forest region, and the mid-subtropical evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest region.
2. Is Japanese late cherry evergreen or deciduous?
Japanese late cherry is a deciduous tree belonging to the Rosaceae family and the genus Prunus. Japanese late cherry has many flower colors, including pure white, deep pink, pinkish white, pale yellow, and reddish brown.
3. What are the common cherry blossom varieties in China?
1. Somei Yoshino
It is an important cultivated variety of Japanese cherry blossom, a hybrid of Oshima cherry and Edo higan cherry. The flowering period is in mid-March, single-petaled flowers, light pink.
2. Kanzan
A variety of Japanese late cherry, widely planted in China. The flowering period is at the end of March or the beginning of April, with flowers and leaves opening at the same time. The flowers are deep red, about 6 cm in diameter, with about 30 petals.
3. Yunnan early cherry
Native to Yunnan. The flowering period is from the end of February to the beginning of March. Flowers appear before leaves, the flowers are deep red, with about 25 petals, about 2.5 cm in diameter, and the flowers are half-open and drooping, with red sepals. The young leaves are tea-brown.
4. Oshima cherry
A representative of wild cherry blossoms, the tree can reach 15 m in height. The flowering period is in mid-March, with flowers and leaves opening at the same time. The flowers are white, single-petaled, and open in corymbose clusters.