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Are cherry blossoms white or pink?

White and pink.

The floorboard of flowering trees of subgenus Prunus in Rosaceae. Cherry blossoms are deciduous trees. Bark is gray or dark brown, brown, lenticels, and epidermis is cracked horizontally or vertically. Petiole has glandular points, leaves are oval, oval and oblong, and the leaf margin is often serrated. Flowers bloom first or at the same time as leaves, and several flowers form umbrellas, umbrella houses or short racemes. Flowers are white, pink, red, green or yellow, and the flowering period is from February to May. Drupe is juicy when ripe, red, purple or black, and does not crack; The nucleus is spherical or oval with smooth or ribbed surface.

Cherry blossoms are widely distributed in temperate and subtropical regions from the northern hemisphere, Asia, Europe to North America, but mainly concentrated in East Asia. China's west and southwest, Japan and Korea have concentrated most species of the genus Sakura in the world. Cherry blossoms are temperate and subtropical tree species, and they like sunshine and warm and humid climate conditions. The requirements for soil are not strict, and it should be grown on loose and fertile sandy soil with good drainage. Have certain drought and cold tolerance. The propagation of cherry blossoms mainly adopts methods such as sowing, cutting, grafting and layering.

Cherry blossoms, with bright colors and lush foliage, are important ornamental trees in early spring and are often used in gardens. Can be planted on hillsides, courtyards, roadsides and in front of buildings. When in full bloom, the flowers are colorful and spectacular. Cherry blossoms can be planted in a large area to create a "flower sea" landscape; Can be decorated in groups of three or five in the green space to form a brocade group; It can also be planted alone to form a little red painting in evergreen shrubs. Cherry blossoms can also be used as street trees, hedges or bonsai. Cherry blossoms have been pruned and cultivated in China for a long time. According to Guangqun Fangpu, cherry trees were planted in the court in the Jin Dynasty, and in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, cherry trees became important ornamental flowers and trees, and began to appear in poems as chants.