When Is Cherry Blossom Season? A Detailed Guide to Blooming Times
Cherry blossoms are highly ornamental plants. Every year when cherry blossom season arrives, many people travel from out of town to see them. So when is cherry blossom season?
1. Basic Introduction to Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms are the collective name for several plants in the genus Cerasus of the rose family. Because there are many varieties of cherry blossoms, more than 300 have been recorded so far, there are about 150 species of wild cherry blossoms worldwide, and China has more than 50 species. Many other ornamental cherry blossoms are varieties derived through horticultural hybridization.
2. When Is Cherry Blossom Season?
The cherry blossom blooming season is spring, but the blooming times of cherry blossoms in different regions are not exactly the same. The specific blooming time is from December each year to May or June of the following year.
For example: the blooming time of cherry blossoms in Nanjian Cherry Blossom Valley in Dali, Yunnan, China, is December to January; the blooming time of cherry blossoms at Wuhan University is March to April; and the blooming time at Conghua Tianshi Cherry Blossom Paradise in Guangzhou is February to March.
In addition, the blooming time of cherry blossoms in Japan is around January to April, with more blooming in March to April.
3. What Varieties of Cherry Blossoms Are There?
Among the more famous varieties of cherry blossoms are Tokyo cherry blossom, Taiwan cherry, Somei Yoshino cherry, and weeping cherry.
1. Tokyo cherry blossom: the bark is purplish brown; each cluster has three to five flowers, forming umbel-like flowers; the sepals spread horizontally; the tips of the petals have notches; the colors include white, red, and pink.
2. Taiwan cherry: regarded as the earliest cherry blossom to open in mainland China in a year; also called bell-flowered cherry or Fujian mountain cherry. The color is red.
3. Somei Yoshino cherry: the flowers have five petals; the flower color is light red when the flowers first open, and gradually turns white when fully open. It is a type of cherry blossom produced by artificial breeding.
4. Weeping cherry: in the early stage of growth, the weeping large-leaf early cherry is just like most cherry blossoms, but after reaching a certain height, the large branches grow horizontally and the small branches grow upright or droop, forming willow-like cherry branches with a shape similar to Sophora japonica var. pendula. It is also called weeping large-leaf early cherry or large-leaf early cherry.