Cherry Blossom Hanami in Cologne: The trees are blossoming here now
In the middle of Cologne there is now a place full of blooming ornamental cherry trees for a few days.
Cologne – The flowering of the ornamental cherry is an important festival in Japan. But you wouldn’t have to fly to Asia to marvel at the pink splendor. glove in Cologne Is there a place full of blooming ornamental cherry trees for a few days now.
Dozens of trees with magnificent pink blossoms stand right next to the central city library at Josef-Haubrich-Hof.
Incidentally, the technical term used by botanists is “Prunus serrulata” and means Japanese flowering cherry.
While the cherry trees at Josef-Haubrich-Hof are well-known to many Cologne residents, they don’t attract as many tourists as the more famous cherry blossoms in Bonn. Whole streets in the old town were planted with ornamental cherries.
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Many tourists use the few days of spring blossom to visit. People even come from Asia specifically to the former federal capital.
The city of Bonn also names the best spots: “The most impressive are the cherry blossoms in Heerstrasse and in Breite Strasse. For a few days they resemble a veritable cherry blossom tunnel.”
If you want to marvel at the flowers in Cologne or Bonn, you have to hurry. Usually the trees bloom only for a few days. The warmer it is, the faster the buds will decay.
If there is surprising frost, the colorful flowers fall to the ground even faster. Then it’s time to wait for the next spring until the next cherry blossom hanami, as the custom is also called in Japan.