Sakura Flower Types

Most of the types of cherry trees is the result of crossbreeding, such as the type someiyoshino spread throughout Japan since the Meiji period was the result of cross cherry tree in the late Edo period. Sakura someiyoshino this type is very widespread, so most people only know someiyoshino (which is one type of sakura) as a cherry.

In the old days before any kind of someiyoshino, Japanese people familiar with the cherry blossoms are blooming in the mountains called yamazakura and yaezaki no sakura as sakura. At the time the cherry blossoms blooming, thousands of trees that grow in the Mountains Yamazakura Yoshino (Nara Prefecture) creates stunning views of white, light green, and pink.

Some types of cherry:

* Edohigan

Edohigan is the cherry that blooms in spring equinox day and most long-lived flowers. Other types are similar to edohigan ishiwarizakura and yamadakashinyozakura which includes cherry trees are protected. Miharutakizakura is one of the branches dangle edohigan-juntai, while yaebenishidare known leaves a lot of flowers and bright colors.

* Hikanzakura

Hikanzakura kanhizakura is also called cherry spread from the southern Chinese territory up to the island of Formosa. Kanhizakura commonly found growing wild in Okinawa Prefecture. For the people of Okinawa, the word "sakura" often means hikansakura. Announcement of blooming cherry blossoms in Okinawa usually means blooming hikanzakura. In Okinawa, hikanzakura flower buds begin to open around January or February. On the island of Honshu, hikanzakura widely planted from the Kanto region to Kyushu and usually begin to bloom around February or March.

* Shidarezakura

Cherry blossoms shidare type (Shidarezakura)

* Fuyuzakura

Fuyuzakura (winter cherry) is a type of cherry tree that flowers bloom around November to late December. Onishimachi in Gunma Prefecture is the place to see fuyuzakura famous.



Ref :
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura