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Have you ever heard of plum blossoms? These sweet flowers bloom in the winter and are often mistaken for the more popular flower out of the two, the cherry blossom. If you don't know which is which, this wikiHow is for you!
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Cherry blossoms will have a part that curves inwards at the end of the petals, like a tiny spike. Plum blossoms have rounded petals as you'd see with a normal flower.
- Sometimes, the part that curves inwards on the cherry blossom will be very subtle and/or small, so you'll have to look closely to see it.
- If you can't see it clearly, it may help to compare other things to tell which flower it is.
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Plum blossoms will have rounded buds (like it has rounded petals). Cherry blossom buds, on the other hand, will usually be in the shape of an oval. Also, many cherry blossom buds/flowers will come out of each stem, while only one plum blossom bud/flower comes out of each stem.
- A bud is an undeveloped flower, and can usually be found at the tip of the stem. You should see a slight bit of pink to magenta color on the bud, which is the flower.
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Plum blossoms will have leaves ranging from red to purple most of the time. However, cherry blossoms will have normal green leaves, ranging from light green to darker shades.
- Another thing to take into account is the appearance of the leaves. The leaves of the plum blossom will look rolled, but the leaves of the cherry blossom will look folded.
- The leaves of the cherry blossom come out after it blooms, but the plum blossom leaves come out as they bloom.
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Cherry blossom bark will have small horizontal lines on it, with a light shade of gray. Plum blossom bark won't have lines, with a darker shade of gray.
- Plum blossom bark looks more like a normal tree's bark.
- Usually the small horizontal lines of the cherry blossom bark will have a darker shade than the tree bark's shade.
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The cherry blossom usually blooms at the start of spring, which is usually around April. The plum blossom blooms in mid-winter (which is January-February), when it's cold outside.
- If it's spring and you are trying to tell which is which, it's probably a cherry blossom.
- If it's winter and you're trying to tell which is which, it's probably a plum blossom.
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