Isithombe: I-Mount Fuji Cherry in Full Bloom

Isithombe sithwebula isihlahla se-Mount Fuji Cherry esimangalisayo (Prunus 'Shirotae') esiqhakaze ngokugcwele entwasahlobo, esiphrezentwayo ngokulungiswa okuphezulu kakhulu kanye nokuma kwezwe. Isihlahla simi sodwa otshanini obuhlanzekile, obuluhlaza okotshani obuyisimaragidu, isimo saso siyalingana futhi siyabaza, sivusa kokubili ukunemba kwezitshalo nomusa wemvelo. Isiqu siqinile futhi simile, sinegxolo elimangelengele, elinsundu ngokumnyama elijika libheke phezulu ngaphambi kokudedela i-canopy ebanzi, esakazeka ngokuvundlile. Lo mbhede uyisici esichazayo sohlobo lwe-cultivar—ebanzi, eyisicaba, futhi enamagatsha amahle, anamagatsha anwebekayo ngokushanela okuhle, cishe kwezakhiwo.

Igatsha ngalinye lihlotshiswe ngokuminyene ngamaqoqo ezimbali ezimhlophe eziphindwe kabili. Lezi zimbali zakhiwe izingqimba eziningi zamacembe athambile, ahlohlekile, enza umphumela ogqamile futhi ofana namafu. Izimbali ziningi kangangokuthi zicishe zisithe amagatsha ngaphansi, zenze ingubo yokulala emhlophe kuwo wonke umbhede. Okuhlanganisiwe phakathi kwezimbali kukhona amaqabunga amancane, asanda kuvela aluhlaza-ahlanzekile, aqhakazile, futhi aguquguqukayo kancane - anezela umehluko ocashile othuthukisa ukuhlanzeka kwezimbali ezimhlophe.

Ukukhanyisa kuthambile futhi kusabalele, okujwayelekile ekuseni kwentwasahlobo okuguqubele. Lokhu kukhanya okumnene kuqeda ithunzi elinokhahlo futhi kuvumela imininingwane emihle yepethale ngalinye ukuba ibonakale ngokucacile, kusukela emithanjeni ecashile kuye ekuhwameni okuncane phansi kwezinye izimbali. Isihlahla senza isithunzi esifiphele, esidabukile otshanini ngezansi, siqinise ubukhona baso ngaphandle kokweqisa ukwakheka.

Ngemuva, uhlu olufiphele kancane lwezihlahla ezivuthuluka nezihlahlana zakha ingemuva eliluhlaza. Imibala yazo ehlukahlukene eluhlaza okotshani—kusukela emahlathini ajulile kuya kumibala yasentwasahlobo egqamile—yenza isihlahla sama-cherry ngaphandle kokuphazamisa. Ukujula kwenkundla akujulile ngokwanele ukugcina i-Mount Fuji Cherry njengendawo okugxilwe kuyo, nokho icebile ngokwanele ukuphakamisa isilungiselelo sengadi enokuthula ngaphesheya.

Ukwakheka sekukonke kuyalinganisela futhi kunokuthula. Isihlahla siphakathi nendawo, amagatsha aso afinyelela emaphethelweni ohlaka, okwenza umuzwa wokwanda. Iphalethi yombala ivinjelwe futhi inhle: okumhlophe, okuluhlaza, nokunsundu kuyabusa, kungabikho izakhi ezingaphandle zokuphazamisa ukuvumelana. Isithombe sivusa imizwa yokuvuselela, ukuthula, kanye nezimangaliso zesayensi yezitshalo—isithombe esihle salo mhlobiso othandwayo.

Isithombe sihlobene: Umhlahlandlela Wezinhlobo Ezinhle Kakhulu Zezihlahla Ze-Cherry Ezikhalayo Ongazitshala Engadini Yakho