date:Apr 21, 2014
istics of the Yamazakura species.
Japan Manned Space Systems devised the Space Cherry project to give Wakata an experiment with a Japanese flavour. In Japan, the flowering of cherry trees is seen as the harbinger of spring, and the blossoms' short life as a reminder of our own brief time on the planet. The ancient tree was chosen because in the past it had proved difficult to produce trees from its fruit.
Scientists are baffled as to why the cherry tree is performing so strangely. Kaori Tomita