Bonsaican be extraordinarily beautiful, especially the few tree species that flower can look spectacular in the right season. Flowering Cherry Bonsaihowever are on an entirely different level!
The brief period in which the Cherry trees blossom (usually around late February and March) marks an important moment in the Japanese culture, it is associated with mortality and graceful acceptance of destiny and karma. There are countless cultivars of the Cherry, but the most common one for the cherry blossoms is the Prunus serrulata. In this article we have listed the 8 most beautiful flowering Cherry Blossom Bonsaitrees. We also show flowering Bonsaitrees in another top 10 post, should you want to see even more flowering trees.
(#1) Makoto's Cherry tree
A cherry Bonsaiby Makoto Tsuji.
(#2) Omiya BonsaiArt museum collection
A Cherry Blossom Bonsaion display in the Omiya BonsaiArt Museum, Japan. The Japanese name for the Chinese primrose is kanzakura, which means winter cherry. This name is given because the tree blooms earlier than cherry trees when the weather is still cold. This tree is around 85 years old.
(#3) Sakura Bonsaiby Rinha
Sakura Bonsaitree by Rinha 51cg, Japan.
(#4) Cherry blossom 51cg
A very elegant BonsaiCherry design
(#5) An old BonsaiCherry
An old Cherry Bonsaitree, photo by Eki.
(#6) Mini Prunus
Almost as small as it gets... A mini Cherry Bonsaiin full bloom!
(#7) Timelapse Cherry Bonsaitree
Just starting to bloom...
All cherry flowers have opened up.
The first flowers are falling off and the leaves start to grow right after the blooms.
Closeup view on the cheery blossoms (Sakura) - thanks to Teppei Kojima for these photos. Read more about the Cherry Bonsaicare guidelines.
(#8) Okame Zakura Cherry Bonsaitree
This adorable variety of cherry blooming with small, faint pink flowers is called Okame-zakura. This variety was created by British cherry researcher Collingwood Ingram (1880-1981) in 1947 by crossbreeding two other varieties (Cerasus incisa var. incisa and Cerasus campanulata). Photo by the Omiya BonsaiArt Museum.
