Beyond sakura: How to tell a cherry blossom from a plum or peach flower soranews24.com

Not every pink flower in Japan is a cherry blossom.
See, Japan actually has multiple types of flowers that fit that description: cherry, plum, and peach blossoms.
Plum blossom petals are evenly rounded, whereas peach petals are teardrop-shaped.
▼ Plum (left), peach (center), and cherry (right)However, the literally organic form of flower petals means that sometimes plum petals aren’t perfect circles, nor are the clefts on cherry blossoms always as sharply pronounced as in the above illustration.
In general, only plum blossoms, shown in the center of the above photo, can bloom in an almost crimson shade of purple.