Flowering tree - Kaboku

Japanese: 花木 - かぼく
Flowering tree - Kaboku

It refers to trees that have beautiful flowers worthy of admiration, but in a broader sense it also includes trees that bear fruit or leaves that are cultivated for ornamental purposes. They are divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter flowering trees according to the flowering season, and many tropical trees bloom regardless of the season, but these are generally called greenhouse flowering trees or tropical flowering trees. In terms of use, they are classified as follows:

[Yasuo Hori]

Garden trees

Flowers include plum, Japanese quince, witch hazel, daphne, forsythia, hydrangea, azalea, azalea, peony, gardenia, rose of sharon, camellia, camellia, wintersweet, and other beautifully fruited plants such as nandina, plum blossom, and purple bark.

[Yasuo Hori]

Potted plants

Plum blossoms, Japanese quince, broom, winter laurel, hydrangea, azalea, roses, bead tree, dwarf apple, bougainvillea, hibiscus, Japanese ivy, and leptolepis, etc.

[Yasuo Hori]

Branches as cut flowers

Peaches, Japanese quince, broom, willows, cherry blossoms, Chinese quince, spiraea, azaleas, camellias, and nandinas, etc.

[Yasuo Hori]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

観賞に値する美しい花を咲かす樹木をさすが、広義には観賞のため栽培される果実や葉をつけるものも含む。開花期により春夏秋冬の花木に分けられ、熱帯に産するものは四季の区別なく開花するものが多いが、これらは一般的に温室花木あるいは熱帯花木とよばれる。利用面からは次のように分類される。

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庭木

ウメ、ボケ、マンサク、ジンチョウゲ、レンギョウ、アジサイ、サツキ、ツツジ、ボタン、クチナシ、ムクゲ、サザンカ、ツバキ、ロウバイ、そのほか実の美しいナンテン、ウメモドキ、ムラサキシキブなど。

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鉢物花木

ウメ、ボケ、エニシダ、オウバイ、アジサイ、アザレア、バラ、カイドウ、ヒメリンゴ、ブーゲンビレア、ハイビスカス、ゲンペイカズラ、ギョリュウバイなど。

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切り花としての枝物花木

モモ、ボケ、エニシダ、ヤナギ類、サクラ、サンシュユ、ユキヤナギ、ツツジ、ツバキ、ナンテンなど。

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