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What kind of cherry blossoms does the name "Botan-zakura" remind you of ? Is it very showy and brilliant cherry blossoms like peony flower? Or is it "double" cherry blossoms with lots of petals?

"Botan-zakura" is as popular as"Yoshino Cherry", and is generally known as a generic term of double and big-sized cherry blossoms. However, according to the database (https://www.genetics.or.jp/Sakura/) by Association for Propagation of the Knowledge of Genetics, “Botan-zakura” is introduced as follows and is explained as the cherry blossoms indigenous to Japan.

The name"Botan-zakura", a representative of double cherry blossoms, is used by many people, but it is not widely planted as the breed name "Botan-zakura" is old, but not widely known.

Big petals of Botan-zakura is commonly used as a big arrangement and it is the popular cherry blossoms for an event in the early spring. Botan-zakura is not well-known partly because it is easy to be withered and it is difficult to grow, but it’s one of the cherry blossoms we’d like to recommend as the flowers in full bloom are very beautiful.

There are several kinds of cherry blossoms which bloom earlier than "Yoshino Cherry", a representative of spring cherry blossoms. "Higan-zakura" is one of the major cherry blossoms as the one used as the components of flower arrangement. "Higan-zakura" is also called "Kohigan-zakura". As it is introduced as "Kohigan-zakura" in an illustrated book, documents and so on, it may be proper to understand that the formal name is "Kohigan-zakura", and the popular name is "Higan-zakura".

Nowadays the leading part as the cherry blossoms for the components of flower arrangement seems to be taken by "Keiou-zakura", but "Higan-zakura" has peculiar characteristics as follows :

Branches are tender compared to those of Keiou-zakura.
Flower color is Japanese-like-pink.

These characteristics may surely symbolize the flower arrangement of the cherry blossoms of the good old days. Due to the name of "Higan", the equinoctial week in Japanese, there are some local areas where there are customs Higan-zakura is used as an offering in the spring equinoctial week.

However, the weak point of Higan-zakura is its short period of the shipment as the color of flowers becomes faint if Higan-zakura is forced in early stages. If this problem is solved, we may be able to enjoy Higan-zakura much longer than before.

At the end of the cherry blossoms season, we may happen to see the cherry blossoms with big pink flowers in full bloom. Deep pink and big double cherry blossoms. It may be Kanzan.

Kanzan is a representative of double cherry blossoms, and is worldly favored. The flower of Kanzan has approximately fifty petals which looks like the blooming of chrysanthemum.

There are many kinds of double cherry blossoms, and among them Kanzan is surely one of the most appropriate cherry blossoms for the cut flowers due to the good shape of branches and the power of trees.

Tender green is beautiful when plants becomes powerful in May through June, from the late spring to the early summer. It is hard to handle green components of the flower arrangement of this time of the year, but Buttercup winter hazel is still one of the attractive components of the flower arrangement. Buttercup winter hazel is called "Iyo-mizuki" in Japanese and is also called "Hyuga-mizuki" or "Hime-mizuki". Red young sprout repeating extension and curve, light green leaves where small peaks extending from the center line which are characteristics of Hamamelidaceae are marvelous but not too big. There are the suitable dress for the name of "Hime-mizuki".

Lovely appearance of Buttercup winter hazel reminds us of the tender pure feeling we may tend to forget.

Umbrella Pine, Koya-maki in Japanese, is named so as there are lots of Umbrella Pine trees in Mt. Koya, the holy ground of the Shingon Buddhism. Umbrella Pine is often used as a merciful flower of the Shingon Buddhism. There are various explanations in the reasons and details of the name, but the most convincing explanation is said that when Kukai, the founder of the Shingon Buddhism, tried to search for the plant which lasted longest in Mt. Koya, Umbrella Pine was the longest to live. Like the results, the storable duration of the Umbrella Pine is outstanding and if the condition is good enough, it lasts for a whole winter season. Umbrella Pine is now used as a merciful flower in the summer not only for the Shingon Buddhism, but also for other denominations. Due to its hardness, high preservation and endurance to moisture, branches of Umbrella Pine are also used for a log, a bath tub, and a bucket. A fragrance of woods is also fascinating.

Umbrella Pine was used for the components of wooden coffin in the ancient tomb era in Japan, and for the wooden coffin for King Bunei in the ancient nation of Kudara (345〜660) in the south western part of the Korean Peninsura. Moreover, Umbrella Pine is one of the five Kiso evergreen conifer trees that were prohibited to be cut down in the Edo era, and people who cut down the trees without permission are said to be executed.

There are many famous places concerning Umbrella Pine such as Umbrella Pine planted by Kukai in the Futarasan shrine and visit to Rokudo-chinnoji temple is famous.

Green trees let the wind blow through the heart.

Chosen-maki is the summer flower tree which matches such an expression. We can enjoy Chosen-maki throughout the year, but the "deep geen" and the "light green of young leaves" exist together in the hot summer and the appearance looks very refreshing and heal the people's heart.

Chosen-maki looks peculiar at a glance, but it is very popular as a valuable flower tree of the summer, and it's a very easy-to-handle breed as the preservation of cut flowers is excellent.

Chosen-maki is in high demand for the art of flower arrangement and a part of a merciful flower now and finding a new usage is also wanted.

Umbrella Pine, Koya-maki in Japanese, is named so as there are lots of Umbrella Pine trees in Mt. Koya, the holy ground of the Shingon Buddhism. Umbrella Pine is often used as a merciful flower of the Shingon Buddhism. There are various explanations in the reasons and details of the name, but the most convincing explanation is said that when Kukai, the founder of the Shingon Buddhism, tried to search for the plant which lasted longest in Mt. Koya, Umbrella Pine was the longest to live. Like the results, the storable duration of the Umbrella Pine is outstanding and if the condition is good enough, it lasts for a whole winter season. Umbrella Pine is now used as a merciful flower in the summer not only for the Shingon Buddhism, but also for other denominations. Due to its hardness, high preservation and endurance to moisture, branches of Umbrella Pine are also used for a log, a bath tub, and a bucket. A fragrance of woods is also fascinating.

Umbrella Pine was used for the components of wooden coffin in the ancient tomb era in Japan, and for the wooden coffin for King Bunei in the ancient nation of Kudara (345〜660) in the south western part of the Korean Peninsura. Moreover, Umbrella Pine is one of the five Kiso evergreen conifer trees that were prohibited to be cut down in the Edo era, and people who cut down the trees without permission are said to be executed.

There are many famous places concerning Umbrella Pine such as Umbrella Pine planted by Kukai in the Futarasan shrine and visit to Rokudo-chinnoji temple is famous.

Green trees let the wind blow through the heart.

Chosen-maki is the summer flower tree which matches such an expression. We can enjoy Chosen-maki throughout the year, but the "deep geen" and the "light green of young leaves" exist together in the hot summer and the appearance looks very refreshing and heal the people's heart.

Chosen-maki looks peculiar at a glance, but it is very popular as a valuable flower tree of the summer, and it's a very easy-to-handle breed as the preservation of cut flowers is excellent.

Chosen-maki is in high demand for the art of flower arrangement and a part of a merciful flower now and finding a new usage is also wanted.

Winged Spindle Tree has vivid red leaves and wings like a coil, and is in high demand as the leaf plants of the early summer. There are many flower trees including leaf plants of this time of the year which have problems with water raising, but we can use Winged Spindle Trees comparatively without worry. Winged Spindle Tree is a flower tree we’d like to recommend as valuable components of the flower arrangement of the early summer.

Miyama-Nanten is the components of the flower arrangement which colors the fields and mountains of the early summer with the rounded and characteristic leaves and fruits on the still but powerful branches.

Miyama-Nanten is also called Miyama-Nanakamado. Nana is seven in Japanese and Kamado is an old typed cooking stove in Japanese. Therefore, Nanakamado is named as it is the tree which does not burn even though burnt seven times on a cooking stove, but we are not sure if it’s true or not. Miyama-Nanten and Nanakamado, Japanese Rowan, looks alike if they are cut into branches, but there are many characteristic parts respectively such as the shape of the leaves, how to bear fruits and its colors.

Miyama-Nanten is useful for the components of the flower arrangement as valuable branches in the early summer, but it’s recently decreasing in number due to the animal harm and so on. Long time is needed to grow the Miyama-Nanten, and there are difficulties in various meanings, but we’d like to make every possible efforts to protect them.

There is a flower tree which lets a bright red fruit grow on the large-sized branch at the time of the harvest time, getting over hot summer. The flower tree is "Ume-modoki" or "Japanese Winterberry".

"Ume-modoki" is a very characteristic name and there are various explanations in the origin of the name. The most convincing explanation is "its way of branch and sticking way of fruit resembles the one of Ume" and as "modoki" means "similar, but different" in Japanese, it was named "Ume-Modoki". The characteristics of "Ume-modoki" is a bright red fruit and the sticking way of fruit as shown in the origin of the name. The one with a particularly big fruit is said to be an excellent flower tree. "Ume-modoki" which lets a bright red fruit grow in the harvest autumn may be a very happy flower tree. If we use the "white Ume-modoki" together with "Ume-modoki", they make "red and white" which is a very happy color combination in Japan.

Do we see cherry blossoms only in spring? The answer is "No". We can see cherry blossoms from the autumn to the spring, and the cherry blossoms season begins with "Kan-zakura".

It seems that the part of cherry blossoms which bloom in the autumn to the spring is generally called "Kan-zakura". "Four seasons cherry" and "winter cherry " are the part of "Kan-zakura", but this time we would like to introduce "Osaka Kan-zakura" which are distributed through the autumn. The characteristic of "Osaka Kan-zakura" is the thousands folds of white flowers which are not big at all, but the white flowers which bloom in the autumn when the time we are inviting cold winter, even make us feel sorrow.

As the season of "Kan-zakura" is over, winter is almost there.

The official name is called “Ougonkujakuhiba”, Golden Fernspray Cypress.

This is the popular flower tree as a conifer, and is widely in demand as a merciful flower and the components for the lessons of flower arrangement. The yellow part of the end becomes brighter when it gets cold, and it’s recently used for flower arrangement or the Christmas wreath.

Golden Fernspray Cypress is the flower tree which is easy to deal with as its storable duration is also excellent.

It’s not only fruits which welcome the harvest season after getting over hot summer. Flower tree which looks as if it stings a finger toward the sky after experiencing severe summer is “Kyaraboku”, Dwarf Japanese yew.

There’s a scented wood named “Kyara”, aromatic tree, but it’s different from “Kyaraboku”. However, as the scent of “Kyaraboku” looks like that of “Kyara”, “Kyaraboku” seems to have been named after “Kyara”.
It’s a flower tree with deep green leaves, and the state of a linear branch with closely attached leaves that are peculiar to a conifer is really beautiful.
Dwarf Japanese yew is particularly in demand as a flower tree for the lessons of flower arrangement.

Do you know the components of flower arrangement with lovely pink fruit which are used in the autumn? The flower is surely “Mayumi”, Spindle tree. It reminds us of a name of a Japanese woman, but actually, this tree seems to have been used as the materials of a bow in old days.

The pink fruit is lovely, but the bright red seed which can be seen from the ripe and bursted fruit is also vivid.

Umbrella Pine, Koya-maki in Japanese, is named so as there are lots of Umbrella Pine trees in Mt. Koya, the holy ground of the Shingon Buddhism. Umbrella Pine is often used as a merciful flower of the Shingon Buddhism. There are various explanations in the reasons and details of the name, but the most convincing explanation is said that when Kukai, the founder of the Shingon Buddhism, tried to search for the plant which lasted longest in Mt. Koya, Umbrella Pine was the longest to live. Like the results, the storable duration of the Umbrella Pine is outstanding and if the condition is good enough, it lasts for a whole winter season. Umbrella Pine is now used as a merciful flower in the summer not only for the Shingon Buddhism, but also for other denominations. Due to its hardness, high preservation and endurance to moisture, branches of Umbrella Pine are also used for a log, a bath tub, and a bucket. A fragrance of woods is also fascinating.

Umbrella Pine was used for the components of wooden coffin in the ancient tomb era in Japan, and for the wooden coffin for King Bunei in the ancient nation of Kudara (345〜660) in the south western part of the Korean Peninsura. Moreover, Umbrella Pine is one of the five Kiso evergreen conifer trees that were prohibited to be cut down in the Edo era, and people who cut down the trees without permission are said to be executed.

There are many famous places concerning Umbrella Pine such as Umbrella Pine planted by Kukai in the Futarasan shrine and visit to Rokudo-chinnoji temple is famous.

Green trees let the wind blow through the heart.

Chosen-maki is the summer flower tree which matches such an expression. We can enjoy Chosen-maki throughout the year, but the "deep geen" and the "light green of young leaves" exist together in the hot summer and the appearance looks very refreshing and heal the people's heart.

Chosen-maki looks peculiar at a glance, but it is very popular as a valuable flower tree of the summer, and it's a very easy-to-handle breed as the preservation of cut flowers is excellent.

Chosen-maki is in high demand for the art of flower arrangement and a part of a merciful flower now and finding a new usage is also wanted.

As expressed as “apricot, peach and cherry”, peach tree is one of the representatives of the spring flower trees. Peach tree is a gorgeous flower tree with its big double-petaled and deep pink flowers. Using peach tree is getting easier these days as a type which has gotten over the bad preservation of cut flowers is selected.

Peach tree is a flower tree which is most commonly used for Girls’ Festival, but in some countries, it is found useful as its meaning of “prosperity and wealth”, “a prayer for a good match”, and “a charm to protect people from evil”.

There are more than one hundred kinds of cherry blossoms if we count them all, but the cherry blossoms of the largest distribution in quantity as components of flower arrangement may be “Keiou-zakura”. There is another “Keiou-zakura” expressed in different Chinese character, but we can believe these two “Keiou-zakura”s are about the same.

The characteristic of “Keiou-zakura” is its small pink flowers on the hard and solid branch. Pink flowers of Keiou-zakura give us a fascinating impression which is a bit different from the one of other cherry blossoms. Keiou-zakura may be the most easily obtained flower tree of the spring if we want to enjoy it on the cold winter day.

Japanese apricot is indispensable as the components of flower arrangement used on New Year holidays. There are various explanations in the reasons of why Japanese apricot is used on New Year holidays, but the most convincing explanation is the way Japanese apricot bloom in the severe cold winter being very powerful and lucky.

There are several colors of Japanese apricot such as red, pink and white, but there is not a specific kind of Japanese apricot. There is a big demand for Japanese apricot which has white and numerous flowers for New Year holidays.

The flowering season varies according to the locality, but the Japanese apricot of the early flowering season begins to bloom from the beginning of February. The bloom may be showing the end of long-lasting cold winter.

There are lots of leaf plants that are in demand as a sprout of the spring, but this "Dwarf golden ninebark" should be the only leaf plant which has golden leaves.

"Dwarf golden ninebark" has lots of names such as "ougon-kodemari", "kinba-kodemari", "Kinba" and so on.

"Dwarf golden ninebark" lets white small flowers bloom in April through May, but there is not a demand for this white flower itself.

"Dwarf golden ninebark" is a name with such a lucky sound.

“Kuma-zasa” should be one of the flower trees which lets us see the turning of the seasons in the frosted early winter.

The edge of young leaves shade off and turn to white in the winter, so the contrast of green and white becomes very vivid. Due to the characteristics, the Chinese character which shows the meaning of “shading off” is used for “Kuma” of “Kuma-zasa” to express the formal name. However, another Chinese character seems to be commonly used in the market business.

Kuma-zasa is in demand for the components of the New Year’s decorative pine trees or for “bamboo” of “pine, bamboo, and apricot”. “Kuma-zasa” has difficulties in water raising, and it should be solved to be used for other purposes, but it’s the indispensable components for New Year’s flower arrangement in Japan.

Nandin lets a bright red fruit grow in the autumn, and the red color becomes even brighter in winter. Nandin may be familiar components of flower arrangement as it’s widely known the Nandin fruits are used as materials of soar throat candy, or as a garden tree.

Nandin is widely accepted as components of flower arrangement for New Year’s holidays, and when Nandin is used together with “Fukujuso”, or “Far East Amur adonis”, they are believed to be lucky components. “Nandin” is “Nanten” in Japanse, and “nan” means difficulties, “ten” means changes, and “fuku” means fortune, and therefore, Nandin and Fukujuso show the meaning of “difficulties changed into fortune”.

The characteristic of Siberian dogwood is its bright red branch and it is used as basic components of flower arrangement from the end of the autumn to the winter. Straightly grown, powerful branch is very characteristic. You can enjoy Siberian dogwood all through the winter if you care it without a problem as the duration of flowers is pretty long. A leaf bud of the spring is also in demand as the shape of the bud is very pretty.

Umbrella Pine, Koya-maki in Japanese, is named so as there are lots of Umbrella Pine trees in Mt. Koya, the holy ground of the Shingon Buddhism. Umbrella Pine is often used as a merciful flower of the Shingon Buddhism. There are various explanations in the reasons and details of the name, but the most convincing explanation is said that when Kukai, the founder of the Shingon Buddhism, tried to search for the plant which lasted longest in Mt. Koya, Umbrella Pine was the longest to live. Like the results, the storable duration of the Umbrella Pine is outstanding and if the condition is good enough, it lasts for a whole winter season. Umbrella Pine is now used as a merciful flower in the summer not only for the Shingon Buddhism, but also for other denominations. Due to its hardness, high preservation and endurance to moisture, branches of Umbrella Pine are also used for a log, a bath tub, and a bucket. A fragrance of woods is also fascinating.

Umbrella Pine was used for the components of wooden coffin in the ancient tomb era in Japan, and for the wooden coffin for King Bunei in the ancient nation of Kudara (345〜660) in the south western part of the Korean Peninsura. Moreover, Umbrella Pine is one of the five Kiso evergreen conifer trees that were prohibited to be cut down in the Edo era, and people who cut down the trees without permission are said to be executed.

There are many famous places concerning Umbrella Pine such as Umbrella Pine planted by Kukai in the Futarasan shrine and visit to Rokudo-chinnoji temple is famous.