Cherry blossoms, belonging to the Rosaceae family and the Sakura genus. Cherry blossoms are 4 to 16 meters tall and have gray bark. Small branches light purple brown, tender branches green. Winter buds are oval in shape. The leaves are elliptical ovate or inverted, the inflorescence is umbel shaped and racemose, the total stem is extremely short, there are 3 to 4 flowers, and the leaves open first. The bracts are brown in color and oval in shape. Petals white or pink, oval shaped. The drupe is nearly spherical, black in color, and has a slightly ribbed surface. The flowering period is in April and the fruiting period is in May. Sexual preference for sunshine, warm and humid climate environment, not strict requirements for soil, grows best on deep and fertile sandy loam soil, with shallow roots, and is cultivated in cities such as Beijing, Xi'an, Qingdao, Nanjing, and Nanchang.

Mountain cherry blossoms are deciduous tall trees of the Rosaceae family, native to Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. Growing wildly in the wilderness of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. The bark and tender leaves are red. It is an early blooming cherry blossom tree with many single white flowers, which bloom earlier in spring than Rani Yoshino and other horticultural varieties. Other varieties only grow leaves after flowering, but this species also grows leaves at the same time as flowering. It is also known as the 'Leaf Cherry Blossom'.