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Prunus 'Kanzan' (Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan'. syn. Prunus lannesiana 'Kanzan', Cerasus Sato-zakura Group 'Sekiyama' Koidz, [1] Kwanzan or Sekiyama, Japanese 関山) is a flowering cherry cultivar. It was developed in the Edo period in Japan as a result of multiple interspecific hybrids based on the Oshima cherry .
Flowers double, pale pink at first, fading to white. The name comes from the fact that only one pistil is changed like a leaf, and ichi (一) means 'one' and yo (葉) means' leaf'. In the Japanese climate, it is one of the cultivars that are likely to become the largest tree among the double-flowered cherry trees derived from Oshima cherry. [15]
Cherry tree in bloom in Yachounomori Garden, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan, April 2009 The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Sakura usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of Prunus serrulata, not trees grown for their fruit [1]: 14–18 [2] (although these also have blossoms).
Blooming cherry blossom trees in Parc de Sceaux, France. Parc de Sceaux, located in a suburb of Paris, has two orchards of cherry trees, one for white cherry blossoms (Prunus avium) and one for pink cherry blossoms (Prunus serrulata). [40] The orchards combined make up 264 trees, [41] which attract many visitors when they bloom in early April. [42]
Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, [3] wild black cherry, rum cherry, [4] or mountain black cherry, [5] is a deciduous tree or shrub [4] in the rose family Rosaceae. Despite its common names, it is not very closely related to commonly cultivated cherries .
Cherry blossom or Sakura is the blossom of cherry trees, genus Prunus. Cherry blossom or Cherry blossoms may also refer to: Cherry Blossoms, a 2008 German film directed by Doris Dörrie; Cherry Blossom, a 2020 album by the Vamps "Cherry Blossom", a 1981 Seiko Matsuda song; Cherry Blossoms (marriage agency), a marriage agency
The annual Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival was established in 1976 following the gift of 1,000 cherry trees to Seattle on behalf of Japan by then prime minister Takeo Miki. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The festival was originally held at the park before moving to Seattle Center.
Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Taiwan, southern and eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang), and Vietnam. [4] It is a large shrub or small tree, growing 3–8 m (10–26 ft) tall. [4] It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.