The best places to see cherry blossom in Hampshire

Spring is the season for spectacular cherry blossom as the sun warms the trees and they open their amazing display of flowers.

Cherry blossom (or sakura) season is a huge event in Japan, but here it’s growing in popularity to visit places specifically to see this brief season of floral beauty.

Cheery trees belong to the genus Prunus. They have serrated leaves, banded bark and the all-important flower clusters that come before the cherries form.

The varieties of cherry that produce the shows that people go to see are the ornamental varieties.

Where to see cherry blossom in Hampshire

Exbury Gardens

They have an orchard of cherry trees donated by the Japanese Sakura Cherry Project. Exbury has three varieties of cherry – Beni-Yutaka’, ‘Tai-Haku’ and × yedoensis.

Cherry blossom at Exbury Gardens

Harold Hillier Gardens

Enjoy the cherries at these lovely gardens.

Hinton Ampner

From March to May you can see cherry blossom here. The earliest to flower is the Kanzan which is a lovely double pink. Next is the white Mount Fuji.

Mottisfont

Head to the orchard behind the stable yard to see the white blossom of the Mount Fuji cherry trees which were planted in 2012.