What kind of growing environment is suitable for cherry blossoms

Other names for cherry blossoms

Cherry blossom, also known as mountain cherry, is also called fairy cherry blossom, Fukushima cherry, green-skinned cherry, and Jing peach. It is a plant of the genus Cerasus, subgenus Cerasus, in the family Rosaceae.

Morphological characteristics of cherry blossoms

The bark of the cherry blossom is purplish brown, smooth and glossy, with horizontal lines. Flowers and leaves are alternate; the leaf blade is elliptical or obovate-elliptical, with awned teeth at the margin, an pointed tip with glands, dark green and glossy on the surface, and slightly lighter on the back. The stipules are lanceolate-linear, with finely cleft serrate margins, and glands at the tips of the clefts. Each cluster has three to five flowers, forming umbel-like flowers; the sepals spread horizontally, and the petal tips are notched, white, red, or pink. The flowers open together with the leaves in 3 month or after the leaves.

Growth habits of cherry blossoms

Cherry blossoms like sunlight and prefer a warm and humid climate environment. They are not strict about soil requirements, and grow best in deep, fertile sandy soil. The root system is shallow, and resistance to smoke and dust, harmful gases, and sea breeze is relatively weak. They are not tolerant of saline-alkali soil. The root system is relatively shallow, and waterlogged low-lying land should be avoided. They have a certain degree of cold resistance and drought resistance, but weak resistance to smoke and wind. Cherry blossom flowers are extremely beautiful; when in full bloom, the whole tree is lush and splendid, like clouds and rosy clouds, and they are a famous ornamental flowering tree that blooms in early spring.

Variety classification of cherry blossoms

Common types of cherry blossoms

1, Japanese cherry blossom. The trunk bark is dark gray, the leaves are elliptical, the apex is gradually pointed or tail-pointed, the margin has awn-like finely pointed double serrations, the tooth tips have glands, the upper end of the petiole has 2 glands, the stipules are linear with glandular teeth, the flowers are often double, white, pink, or rose red, and the drupe is spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, purplish black when ripe. This species has two varieties: ① Caixia Japanese cherry, double-flowered, large, rose red; ② Pink Japanese cherry, double-flowered, medium-sized, pink.

2, Mountain cherry. Also known as green-skinned cherry. The trunk bark is chestnut brown, the leaves are mostly elliptical-lanceolate, the apex is often tail-shaped, the margin has fine single serrations or double serrations, and the tooth tips have glandular spines. The leaf surface is pale green and smooth, the back is slightly covered with white powder and has hairs on the midvein, and young leaves are often brown. The petiole has 2-4 glands, the flowers are single or double, white or pink, and the fruit is ovate-spherical, black when ripe. It may be a species native to China, and wild plants are commonly seen in the mountains of North China. It grows quickly, has strong sprouting ability, and resists smoke and dust. It is often used as rootstock for cherries, and the kernel can be used as medicine.

3, Cold cherry. The flowers are small, with light red single-layer petals. If the climate is relatively warm, it will bloom around mid-1 month, so it is also called Atami cherry. It is presumed to be a hybrid of cold crimson cherry and mountain cherry.

4, Shuzenji cold cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with red-purple single-layer petals. It grows in the courtyard of Shuzenji Temple on the Izu Peninsula. It is presumed to be a hybrid of cold crimson cherry and Oshima cherry.

5, Cold crimson cherry. The flowers are small, with deep red-purple single-layer petals. Wild cherry blossoms also grow in Taiwan, China, so it is also called Taiwan crimson cherry and crimson cold cherry. The flowers are bell-shaped, and when combined they present a special feeling.

6, Kawazu cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with red-purple single-layer petals. It is an early-spring cherry blossom growing in Kawazu Town on the Izu Peninsula. It is presumed to be a hybrid of cold crimson cherry and Oshima cherry.

7, Oshima cherry. The flowers are large, with white single-layer petals. It grows in places such as the Izu Seven Islands and the Boso Peninsula, and is a wild cherry blossom very resistant to sea breeze. The cherry leaves used in sakura mochi are the leaves of this type of cherry blossom.

8, Daisy cherry. The flowers are small, like white chrysanthemum petals. It is a small cherry blossom of the Oding-character cherry line growing at Yahiko Shrine in Niigata Prefecture, with more than 100 petals, a precious and rare cherry blossom.

9, American cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with light red single-layer petals. This is a variety cultivated in the United States from the seeds of Somei Yoshino. Its original name was Akebono, but because Japan already had a cherry blossom with the same name, it was changed to its current name.

10, Baigoji Juzu-kake cherry. The flowers are large, like light red chrysanthemum petals. It is a cherry blossom said to be connected with Shinran Shonin. The cherry tree growing at Baigoji Temple in Kyose Village, Niigata Prefecture, has been designated a national natural monument.

11, Large cold cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with light red single-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom growing in Angyo, Saitama Prefecture, also called Angyo cold cherry, and it is a beautiful cherry blossom that blooms about one week earlier than Somei Yoshino.

12, Kenrokuen chrysanthemum cherry. The flowers are large, like light red chrysanthemum petals. It is a cherry blossom growing in Kenrokuen in Kanazawa, with more than 300 petals.

13, October cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with light red multiple-layer petals. It begins blooming around 10 month and blooms again the following spring, a precious cherry blossom that blooms 2 times a year.

14, Nara double cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with light red multiple-layer petals. It belongs to the Kasumi cherry line, and the cherry tree growing at Chisokuin in Nara City has been designated a national natural monument.

15, Edo higan. The flowers are small, with light red single-layer petals. This type of cherry blossom has a very long lifespan. Yamataka Jindai cherry (Mukawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture) and the Usuzumi cherry of Neodani (Neo Village, Gifu Prefecture), among others, are presumed to have lived for more than 1,000 years.

16, Winter cherry. The flowers are medium-sized, with white single-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom that blooms twice a year (spring and autumn). A considerable number of this type of cherry blossom has been planted in Sakura-yama Park in Onishi Town, Gunma Prefecture, among which "Sanbagawa winter cherry" is the most famous.

17, Eigenji. The flowers are large, with white multiple-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom growing in the courtyard of Eigenji Temple in Shiga Prefecture, a large-flowered white double cherry.

18, Ichihara tiger tail. The flowers are medium-sized, with light red multiple-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom growing in Ichihara, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. Because the branches extend outward very long, and the flowers also grow very densely like a tiger's tail, Otani Kozui named it Ichihara tiger tail.

19, Taibai. The flowers are large, with white single-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom presented to Japan in 1932 by a British cherry blossom researcher, and it is already extinct in Japan. Taibai was named by former duke Takatsukasa Nobusuke.

20, Gyoiko. The flowers are medium-sized, with green-yellow multiple-layer petals. It has been widely known since ancient times, a cherry blossom with a rare color.

21, Shogetsu. The flowers are large, with light red multiple-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom that formerly grew on the Arakawa embankment in Tokyo, a very beautiful double cherry.

22, Imose. The flowers are large, with red multiple-layer petals. It is a cherry blossom located at Hirano Shrine in Kyoto. Because it has two pistils and also bears two fruits, it got this name.

23, Kanzan. The flowers are large, with deep red multiple-layer petals. It is a representative variety of double cherry and is also widely planted in Europe and America. In addition, the salted petals of this cherry blossom are also used in cherry blossom soup.

Common cultivated varieties of cherry blossoms

1. Cherry blossom, deciduous tree. About 5-25 m tall. The bark is dark chestnut brown, smooth and glossy, with horizontal lines. Branchlets are hairless. Leaves are ovate to ovate-elliptical, with awned semi-mature teeth at the margin, hairless on both sides. Corymbose or racemose inflorescences, flowers white or light pink. Diameter 2.5-4cm, flowering period 4 month-5 month. Drupe spherical, black, fruit ripens in 7 month.

2. Japanese late cherry, about 10m tall, bark light gray. Leaves obovate, margin with long awn-like teeth; flowers single or double, drooping, pink or nearly white, fragrant, 2-5 clustered, flowering period 4 month.

3. Japanese early cherry, a small tree, about 5m tall, bark horizontally lined, old bark woven. Branchlets brown, leaves obovate to ovate-lanceolate. Flowers pink, diameter 2-2.5cm, 2-5 in umbel inflorescences, blooming before leaves in spring.

4. Oyamazakura, 12-20m tall, bark brown, branchlets purple-brown, leaves elliptical-ovate. Flowers pink, 2-4 clustered, diameter 3-5cm, flowering period 3-4 month.

5. Yunnan cherry, about 10m tall, bark brown, branchlets purple-brown, leaves elliptical-ovate or obovate, margin with double teeth. Flowers pink to deep red, 2-5 clustered, flowering period 2-3 month.

6. Ke cherry, about 25m tall, bark light brown, branchlets green, leaves long elliptical to lanceolate, flowers pink, flowering period 1 month to 1 month of the following year.

7. Mountain cherry: mostly wild, flowers small, single, white or pink, pedicels and calyx hairless.

8. Hairy cherry: basically the same appearance as mountain cherry, but its leaves, petioles, and calyx all have hairs.

9. Double white cherry: flowers white, double, a main cultivated variety.

10. Double red cherry: flowers pink, double.

11. Red-white cherry: flowers light red, double.

12. Magnificent cherry: flowers light red, straight petals, flowers large and pedicels long.

13. Weeping cherry: flowers pink, double, flowering branches spread out and droop.

Cherry blossom flower language

Cherry blossom flower language - life. According to legend, cherry blossoms used to be only white, and brave warriors chose to disembowel themselves under their beloved cherry trees. Because when a warrior believed he had reached the glory of life, he would choose to end his own life. So under the cherry trees blood flowed like a river, and from then on cherry blossoms bloomed red... The redder the cherry blossom petals, the more souls of the dead there were under the tree, and the more it embodied the "Japanese spirit."

Cherry blossom flower language - passionate, pure, noble. The life of a cherry blossom is very short. In Japan there is a folk saying: "cherry blossoms 7 days," meaning that from opening to withering a single cherry blossom takes about 7 days, and the whole cherry tree from blooming to fully withering takes about 16 days, forming the characteristic of cherry blossoms blooming and falling at the same time. It is precisely this characteristic that gives cherry blossoms such great charm. Being respected as the national flower is not only because of their charm and beauty, but more importantly because of the "heroism" of withering immediately after a brief brilliance. Japanese people believe that life is short, and while alive one should be as brilliant, pure, and beautiful as cherry blossoms; even in death, one should leave decisively. When cherry blossoms fall, they are unstained and unsoiled, very crisp and neat, and are respected as a symbol of the Japanese spirit.

Different cherry blossoms also represent different meanings.

Cherry blossom flower language: life, happiness for a lifetime without ever giving up, loving only you for a lifetime, the law of fate is circulation, waiting for you to return.

Mountain cherry: smiling at you, beauty of spirit.

Western cherry blossom: education in goodness.

Winter cherry blossom: the mystery of the East.

Double cherry blossom: quiet/pure.

Cherry herb: youth/ besides you, no other love.

Mountain cherry blossom: pure/noble/indifferent.