梅と桜 plum and cherry tree

梅と桜を、一緒に見ることができました。
どちらも、日本人の情感にしっかり馴染んだ花です。近年は、桜の方が人気があるようです。壮大に咲いた花が一気の散る潔さが、特に日本人の心に訴えるのでしょう。
そんな桜ですが、多くは接ぎ木で増やしたソメイヨシノのクローン達です。クローンなので、一斉に寿命を迎えるのでないかと心配されています。


I saw both the plum and the cherry blossoms at the same time.
We Japanese have friendly feeling towards both flower. In late years, the cherry tree rather seems to be more popular than plum tree in our country.
In the scene where the flower which bloomed magnificently is scattered at a time, the Japanese feels a noble spirituality.
By the way, most cherry trees are clones of the Yoshino cherry tree which they increased with grafting. We are worried about that they all reach life at same time, because it is a clone.

cherry tree

1/250sec, F8, 0EV, ISO400, 90mm (aps-c)

plum tree

1/125sec, F8, 0EV, ISO400, 90mm (aps-c)