Yoshino cherry trees are known for their abundant, fragrant white-pink blossoms, which appear in clusters. Depending on the weather, they typically bloom in late March to early April. In Japan, cherry blossoms (sakura) are a profoundly symbolic flower, representing the fleeting nature of life and the beauty of nature.
Here are images of the Yoshino Cherry clusters growing in our backyard.
Yoshino Cherry Clusters
The Yoshino cherry tree (also known as Somei-Yoshino in Japan) is a popular, widely planted hybrid cherry tree known for its profuse, white-pink blossoms that bloom in spring
Yoshino Cherry Blossoms
Spring is a time to grow. The Yoshino Cherry is one of the showiest Flowering Cherry trees. The flowers bloom before the foliage appears, an abundance of delicate white to pink flowers. Here is an image of the tree beginning to grow blossoms.
Spring Growth
Starting to Grow
A blossom of a Pink Plum Tree indicates the beginning of Spring. The buds are ready to blossom.
Pink Plum Tree Blossom
Fairy Snow White Balloon Flower is an interesting clump forming perennial so named because the buds puff up like balloons before they open. This compact Platycodon produces white bell-shaped blossoms with delicately contrasting blue veins in mid through late summer. Captured in Santa Monica, California.
This Chinese redbud is blossoming all over including on the tree trunks!
Early pear tree blossoms herald the arrival of Spring in North Carolina
From just blossoming to fully grown rhododendron flowers at Roan Mountain Rhododendron Gardens, North Carolina
A fly approaches a yet-to-blossom rhododendron bud …..
Pear tree blossoms against a blue North Carolina sky …
Pear Tree Blossoms
An early Spring with blossoming pear trees in Hickory, North Carolina
Rows of Blossoming Pear Trees
The intricacies of a sunflower ready to blossom …
A Sunflower Almost Ready to Blossom
A row of colorful, blossoming shrubs underneath green trees on a cloudy day
Spring Colors on a Cloudy Day
A blossoming tree adds matching color to this church in Hickory, NC
Adding Color to a Church
A line of blossoming trees herald the arrival of Spring
A Line of Blossoming Trees