What varieties of cherry blossoms are there? An introduction to common types and their characteristics
1. Mountain cherry is a variety of cherry blossom. A wild species, with small flowers, white or tinged with pink, single-petaled flowers.
2. Double red cherry is a cultivated variety of cherry blossom. Double-petaled flowers, pink.
3. Weeping cherry is a cultivated variety of cherry blossom. Branches droop, flowers pink.
4. Japanese dawn cherry is a variety of cherry blossom with drooping branches and new leaves of a bronze color. Double-petaled flowers, large blooms, pink, fragrant. The flowering period is relatively late.
5. Magnificent cherry is a cultivated variety of cherry blossom. Double-petaled flowers, large blooms, light red, with relatively long pedicels.
6. Double white cherry is a cultivated variety of cherry blossom. Double-petaled flowers, white, elegantly understated and pleasing.
7. Red-and-white cherry is a cultivated variety of cherry blossom. Double-petaled flowers, light red in the bud stage, turning white after full bloom.