When does the weeping cherry blossom?
Do you know about this? The weeping cherry blossom time and a brief introduction to the flowering knowledge of the weeping cherry, the editor will answer in detail for you next.
In Chengdu, the cherry blossoms bloom again in November, when autumn turns to winter. Not only cherry blossoms, but also cassia, pear blossoms, peach blossoms, etc. In some parks in Chengdu, cassia has even bloomed three times.
This is the second blooming of cherry blossoms this year. The phenomenon of plants blooming twice is a common one from ancient to modern times, just as the lines "Suddenly seeing the little red peach blossoms, surprised by the warm breeze in October" describe.
The weeping cherry has bloomed again.
Botanists believe that the changeable climate has led the weeping cherry to mistakenly believe that spring has come, which is caused by the false information "leading" the flower buds. Also, if the plant blooms too much out of season in winter, the amount of flowers in the following year will be relatively reduced.
Strange:
The weeping cherry, which usually blooms in spring, "blooms early."
Recently, some citizens in Chengdu reported that the weeping cherry, which should bloom in March and April, has even blossomed before the beginning of winter.
On the morning of November 3, a reporter from the Hongxing News visited the riverside on one side of Mengzhuiwan Binhe Road and saw that the leaves of the weeping cherry trees had mostly withered, but the tree tops were surprisingly covered with pink flower buds. Although sparse, they were still delicate and very beautiful.
The weeping cherry has bloomed again.
With sudden wind and sparse rain, the cherry remains the same. The reporter found that two weeping cherry trees near Wuhou Shrine also bloomed. Some citizens also reported that their community has also bloomed out-of-season flowers, such as cassia and gardenia.
Subsequently, the reporter visited the Chengdu Botanical Garden, but did not see the phenomenon of weeping cherry blossoming early in the cherry garden.
Reason:
The change in temperature made the weeping cherry mistakenly believe that spring had come.
As early as half a month ago, many citizens expressed on social media that the cassia in Chengdu had bloomed again. The connotation of the word "again" is that this is the second or even third blooming of cassia within the year. In fact, the situation with weeping cherry is similar. Careful citizens have noticed that some other flowers, such as peach and pear blossoms, have also bloomed multiple times within a year.
The weeping cherry has bloomed again.
Well-known plant scienceWeibo "@MiaoMiao Plant Control" host Sun Hai told Hongxing News that the weeping cherry belongs to the Rosaceae family, and plants in the Rosaceae family often have the phenomenon of blooming twice in winter. Generally, perennial plants may have out-of-season blooming, but annual plants like rice cannot. Also, this phenomenon is not rare and occurs throughout the country.
Sun Hai explained that the flower buds of fruit trees, which should bloom in spring, have already formed in the early autumn of the previous year. Due to the gradual decrease in temperature in autumn, these flower buds do not germinate and enter dormancy. After a long winter, when the temperature and humidity are suitable in the following March or April, the plants will bloom.
And the flower buds formed in the same year bloom again in the same year, which is called secondary blooming. Sun Hai told Hongxing News that there are many reasons for secondary blooming, such as abnormal climate changes, plant vernalization conditions, pathological reasons, and different plant varieties, all of which can lead to secondary blooming.
Among them, the main reason is the change in temperature. "Simply put, the temperature at the time made the plant mistakenly believe that it was already spring," Sun Hai said. This is the flower buds being "induced" by false information.
Doubt:
Does secondary blooming affect the plant's flowering period the following year?
This year's flowers are enough, will the amount of flowers next year be reduced? If it is agricultural products, such as peaches and other fruits, will it affect next year's yield?
Sun Hai told Hongxing News that if the plant blooms too much in winter, it will indeed affect the amount of flowers in the following spring. If applied to crops, such as peaches, the reduction in flower quantity will also lead to a decrease in yield. Of course, these out-of-season blooming peach blossoms usually do not bear fruit, and even if they do, most of them are sterile.
However, the good news is that based on this year's situation, out-of-season blooming will not affect crop yields. "Because blooming is an individual phenomenon, the amount of flowers is also small, and it is usually the sick branches that bloom," Sun Hai believes that if there is a particularly large amount of out-of-season blooming in a year, it will affect the yield of the following year. It should be noted that out-of-season blooming is a normal phenomenon, but large-scale blooming is not normal.
In conclusion, since the flowering period is affected by the climate, citizens can rest assured that the weeping cherry in various parks in Chengdu will still bloom as scheduled when the weather is suitable next spring.
The above sharing of the weeping cherry blooming time and a brief introduction to the flowering period of the weeping cherry, hoping it will be helpful to green plant enthusiasts!