Spring flowers in full bloom: Can you recognize them? Tips for identifying flowers revealed

Spring is here, and flowers are blooming. Are you wondering if this is peach blossom or apricot blossom? Is that cluster of cherry blossoms or begonias? 

Take it easy! Here's the trick to recognizing flowers.

Distinguishing Points:

Peach Blossom

1. Pale pink petals.
2. Flowers and leaves grow at the same time; leaves are narrow, and young leaves are folded.
3. No pedicel or very short pedicel; flowers grow directly on the branch.
4. The flowering period is March to April.

Almond Flowers

1. Flowers first and then grows foliage; no foliage visible when in bloom.
2. No pedicel or very short pedicel, as if the flower is attached directly to the stem.
3. When in bloom, the sepals are reflexed and purplish-red.
4. The flowering period is March to April.

Early Cherry Blossom

1. Growing flowers first and then leaves, mostly single petals.
2. Notched petal tips, three or four open in clusters.
3. Obvious pedicels.
4. Trunks and thick branches with a circle of horizontal stripes.
5. The flowering period is March to April

Late Cherry Blossom

1. Flowers and leaves open at the same time, mostly with heavy petals.
2. Petal tips mostly notched, open in clusters, with a large amount of flowers.
3. With obvious pedicels.
4. Branches and trunks also have a circle of transverse stripes.
5. The flowering period is in mid to late April.

Plum Flower

1. White petals, yellow anthers.
2. Flowers and leaves grow at the same time, with young leaves next to the blossoms and oblong leaves.
3. Very long pedicels.
4. Flowering period around April.

Pear Blossom

1. White petals with reddish-purple anthers are very obvious.
2. Flowers and leaves grow at the same time, the leaves can be seen when blooming.
3. Open in clusters, with obvious pedicels, with multiple stigmas.
4. The flowering period is around April.

Flowering Apricot

1. The petals are more rounded and have a stronger scent.
2. Flowers are solitary or in clusters of two, with very short pedicels.
3. Leaves are not visible when in bloom 4. Shoots are more or less greenish.
4. The blooming period is in January or February.

Chinese Flowering Crab-apple (Malus Spectabilis)

1. Pink to red buds, yellow anthers.
2. Several blooms in a mass form an inflorescence, and often, the central one blooms first.
3. Flowers and leaves grow at the same time, the leaves can be seen when blooming.
4. There are several stigmas.
5. The blooming period is in April.

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