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Japanese flowering cherry |
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Japanese flowering cherry, any of a variety of flowering cherry flowering cherry, many native to East Asia, are cultivated as weeping or erect trees for their beautiful, usually double flowers. The Japanese make a national festival of cherry-blossom time; the city of Tokyo presented a number of trees to Washington, D.C. ..... Click the link for more information. species native to East Asia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Parks supervisor, for his identification of the Lake Balboa cherry trees as Prunus serrulata ``Pink Cloud. The name 'Kwanzan' comes from the Chinese character that represents a sacred mountaln, and the 'Kwanzan' variety of Prunus serrulata is one of the showiest Japanese cherries with clusters of large, deep pink double blossoms up to 2 1/2 inches long, each with 30 petals. |
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