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This tree with flowers on the trunk. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Thavron 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That looks a lot like the tree we have in our garden, and I believe that is a Japanese Cherry.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Definitely Japanese Cherry. I live near a bunch of these and they look just like this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_serrulata

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There are parks in Japan that have a ton of the trees in the same park, so when the petals fall there are so many that they make a carpet over the water