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Blooming cherry tree to add color to your garden

Flowering cherry trees belongs to the botanical family of Rosaceas of the Prunus family. One variety, Cerasus, tend to clump all its flowers together when blooming. The tree itself can be traced back to Giresun in ancient Turkey. Considered to be a hardy tree, flowering cherry trees are small in size. Bloom come out just in time for spring and leaves coming out as flowers starting to drop. In Japanese gardens they are planted mainly for display purposes due to bountiful and colorful blooms.

A flowering cherry tree can add to beautify your garden. Its blooms provide one of the most remarkable aesthetics to any garden. Tree itself comes in red, black or gray barks. Flowers are white with various shades of pink contrasting with the bark of the tree.

Cherry fruit contains anthocyanin that helps to ease the pain and bring relief from inflammation. It also contains higher level of melatonin making it an anti-oxidant. Few species of flowering cherry trees including Chanticleer, Cleveland Select Flowering Pears, and Bradford are available on the market. If you are short on space and still like a flowering cherry tree try Thundercloud Flowering Plum for tight spaces.

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