Cherry Blossom Introduction and Detailed Cultivation and Management Techniques

Aliases: Mountain cherry blossom, Fukushima cherry, Qingfu cherry

Family name: Rosaceae. Morphological characteristics: Deciduous tree. Height 5m-25m. Bark dark chestnut brown, smooth and glossy, with horizontal stripes. Branchlets hairless. Leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic, margins with awn-like teeth, hairless on both sides. Corymbose or racemose inflorescence, flowers white or pale pink. Flowering period April-May. Ribbed fruit spherical, black, fruit ripens in July.

Propagation and planting points: Grafting propagation. Seedlings of cherry or mountain cherry can be used as rootstock. In late March, cut grafting or in late August, bud grafting; after the graft takes, after 3-4 years of cultivation, it can be planted out. When planting, apply 15 kg-25 kg of decomposed compost per pit or trench, and in July apply 1 kg-2 kg of ammonium sulfate per plant. After flowering and before germination in early spring, dead branches, diseased and weak branches, and leggy branches need to be pruned, and pruning of thick branches should be avoided as much as possible to keep the crown full and rounded.

Brief cultivation history and flower culture: Cherry blossoms bloom all over the tree, with abundant and gorgeous flowers, extremely spectacular, and are an important ornamental garden tree species. In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi's poem line "red." In the Tang Dynasty, Pi Rixiu's poem line "Graceful, pulling fragrance, brushing the wine pot...... only the spring breeze alone supports it" describes the graceful and charming posture of cherry blossoms in spring. Cherry blossoms can also be used as street trees along paths. The bark and fresh young leaves can be used medicinally.