How many cherry flower variety do you know?

Over 200 variety of cherry blossom/flower exist. Cherry flower may have one single layer of 5 petals, double layers, or multi layered petals. The color ranging from white, pale pink, pink, red, into yellowish to green color. Some of them have a very nice smell while other just without any smell.

I have tried to find out which variety of cherry in the pictures that I have, but it is really difficult to be sure. So please correct me if I mistakenly called it in different name.

1. Prunus Kanzan (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Prunus Kanzan Cherry flower Prunus Kanzan

2. Prunus lannesiana Albo-rosea (picture taken at Imperial Palace Garden, Tokyo, Japan)

Cherry blossom variety Prunus lannesiana Albo-rosea Cherry blossom variety Prunus lannesiana Albo-rosea

3. Prunus lannesiana Chrysanthemoides (picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA)

Cherry blossom Prunus lannesiana Chrysanthemoides

4. Prunus lannesiana Hisakura (picture taken at Imperial Palace Garden, Tokyo, Japan)

Cherry blossom variety Prunus lannesiana Hisakura Cherry blossom variety Prunus lannesiana Hisakura

5. Prunus lannesiana Sekiyama (picture taken at Imperial Palace Garden, Tokyo, Japan)

Cherry blossom variety Prunus lannesiana Sekiyama Cherry blossom variety Prunus lannesiana Sekiyama

6. Prunus serrulata Ariake (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Prunus serrulata Ariake Cherry flower Prunus serrulata Ariake

7. Prunus serrulata Hatazakura (picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA)

Cherry blossom Prunus serrulata Hatazakura Cherry blossom Prunus serrulata Hatazakura

(picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Prunus serrulata Hatazakura Cherry flower Prunus serrulata Hatazakura

8. Prunus serrulata Kuramayama (picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA)

Cherry blossom Prunus serrulata Kuramayama

9. Prunus serrulata Shogetsu (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Prunus serrulata Shogetsu Cherry flower Prunus serrulata Shogetsu

10. Prunus serrulata Taoyame (picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA)

Cherry blossom Prunus serrulata Taoyame

11. Prunus serrulata Ukon (picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA)

Green cherry blossom at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, NYC, USA Green cherry blossom at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, NYC, USA

12. Prunus Subhirtella Pendula also called Weeping Cherry (picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA)

Cherry blossom Prunus Subhirtella Pendula (Weeping Cherry)

13. Prunus Takesimensis (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Prunus Takesimensis Cherry flower Prunus Takesimensis

14. Prunus x dawyckensis (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Prunus × dawyckensis Cherry flower Prunus × dawyckensis

15. Shidarezakura (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Cherry flower Shidarezakura Cherry flower Shidarezakura

16. Red cherry flower (picture taken at Central Park, New York, USA)

Red cherry flower Red cherry flower

This post is open for discussion, please correct me if I named the flower inappropriately! Suggestion is welcome!

References:

A beginner’s guide to cherry blossom viewing: cherry tree varieties, Japan Guide, 2013

Varieties of cherry blossom, Japan National Tourism Organization, 2013

Cherry blossom season, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2013

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