When is the cherry blossom season?

Cherry blossoms are highly ornamental plants. When it comes to the cherry blossom season every year, many people will rush from other places to see the cherry blossoms, so when is the cherry blossom season?

First, the basic introduction of cherry blossoms

Cherry blossom is the general name of several species of cherry genus in Rosaceae, because there are many varieties of cherry blossoms, more than 300 species have been recorded, there are about 150 species of wild cherry blossoms in the world, while there are more than 50 species in China. Many other ornamental cherry blossoms are derived from horticultural exchanges.

When is the cherry blossom season?

The blooming season of cherry blossoms is spring, but the blooming time of cherry blossoms in different regions is not exactly the same, and the specific flowering time is from December of each year to May and June of the following year.

For example, the blooming time of Nanjian Cherry Blossom Valley in Dali, Yunnan Province, China is from December to January, from March to April in Wuhan University, and from February to March in Guangzhou Conghua Cherry Blossom Park.

In addition, Japanese cherry blossoms blossom in January-April, and more in March-April.

What are the varieties of cherry blossoms?

The more famous varieties of cherry blossoms are Tokyo cherry blossoms, cold cherry blossoms, Yoshihiko cherry, weeping cherry blossoms and so on.

1. Tokyo cherry blossoms: the bark is purple-brown, each flower has three or five umbrella-shaped flowers, the sepals spread horizontally, the petals are notched at the apex, and the colors are white, red and pink.

2. Cold Sakura: it is the earliest cherry blossom in mainland China, also known as Bell Cherry and Fujian Mountain Cherry Blossom. The color is red.

3. Yoshino Sakura: the flower has five petals. The color of the flower is light red at the beginning of blooming, but gradually turns white when it is fully blooming. It is a kind of cherry blossom in artificial breeding.

4. weeping cherry blossoms: weeping branches and big leaves early cherry blossoms are the same as most cherry blossoms at the initial stage of growth, but after reaching a certain height, the big branches grow horizontally, the branchlets erect or droop, forming weeping willow-like cherry branches, similar in shape to Robinia pseudoacacia, also known as weeping branches and big leaves early cherry or big leaf early cherry.