Pink Cherry Blossoms And The Tough Whisk Fern

I found pink cherry blossoms have opened already. This would be Cerasus x kanzakura 'Kawazu-zakura' 河津櫻. Pink ones bloom earlier than white.

This cherry tree is Cerasus x yedoensis 'Somei-yoshino' 染井吉野, which is the most popular kind.

The buds are still small. They bloom in end March.

 

You may still remember that I found a whisk fern on the cherry a few years ago.

Last autumn I saw this fern turned brown. It looked dried-up in the heavy heat of last summer.

On 1st March I looked up the cherry tree and was very surprised to find a green stem.

I don't know whether this is a new stem or old. Whisk fern probably has a stronger ability to survive than I have expected. It has no leaves or roots, only has two parts: overground and underground stems. When we say plants, we think unconsciously  they have roots, stems and leaves. This species is mysterious for me.

Following two posts showed the whisk fern on the cherry. 

https://roughterrain193.blogspot.com/2022/02/

https://roughterrain193.blogspot.com/2021/10/i-found-whisk-fern-psilotum-nudum.html

I took this photo in Oct 2021.

Happy March to friends!