Under the lightly overcast sky, Tamanawa-zakura flowers are quietly beginning to open as if to timidly confirm that spring has just arrived here. These earliest flowers are modestly emerging into the chilly world and presenting their precious, ephemeral beauty to us.
The flowering of plants is a comprehensive phenomenon that occurs only when the plant’s memory of its environment throughout the year can satisfy its internal flowering requirements.
Flower buds grow quietly from summer to fall. In winter, the plant goes dormant and experiences cold temperatures. In early spring, the plants sense the increase of temperature and sunlight, which causes their buds to swell. Finally, the flower opens with the help of water in its flowering time.
Water promotes cell swelling in plants, causing the petals to expand by increasing turgor pressure. Water rapidly flows into the flower’s cells and expands their volume, which causes the petals to open and leads to full bloom.
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