Only Two Green Leaves Left!

Love Tree at it's peak had like 12 leaves. I hope that is normal for a 7 Month year old tree. Now Calvin says there are only two green leaves left. I really hope our cherry blossom tree is just shedding leaves for winter and not dying. Calvin says the other leaves are all turning yellow. It has been happening gradually to the leaves since winter's approach.

On the bright side, I've began to look up and see what species of Cherry Blossom Tree we had. I had thought since it is a seed from the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. it would be the same species as the type of Cherry blossom trees they had. However, the Washington D.C. actually has 12 variety of Cherry Blossom Trees imported from Japan. Each unique varient of Cherry Blossom tree blossom are a different time of the year. Some blossom in early winter, late winter, early spring, or late spring. These are the D.C. varieties of Cherry Blossom Trees and may be one of the varieties me and Calvin have:

• "Somei-Yoshino" - Prunus x yedoenis - Flowers emerge before the leaves in early spring and they are fragrant 
• "Ari-ake" - Prunus serrulata - aka Japanese Cherry, Oriental Cherry, or East Asian Cherry. At the end of autumn leaves turn yellow red or crimson. Flowers are produced in the spring.
• "Fugen-zo" - Another variety of Prunus serrulata. Bloom mid-spring to late-spring. Leaves are coppery colored and finely toothed when young and bark is coppery red, glossy, peeling. Leaves turn yellow in the fall. It produced White bowl shaped flowers. 
• "Fuku-roku-ju" - In Japanese it means fuku "happiness", roku "wealth", and ju "longevity. It is the name of one of the 7 Lucky Gods in Japanese Mythology. Flowers bloom with 15-20 large petals in pink. 
• "Gyo-i-ko" - Unique cherry blossom tree that starts blooming in late april. It's blossoms change colors from green to yellow to pink. At the end it falls by whole flowers instead of individual petals. 
• "Ichiyo" - Commonly known as Hiskura. Grows to a large tree with, spreading dense branches. The flowers are a light salmon pink color with a double layer of petals.  
• "Jo­nioi" - "A lovely plant with flowers of remarkable whiteness" very fragrant. single or semi-double petals, white suffused with pale pink."  ~ The standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Edited by Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1916
• "Kwan-zan" - aka Prunus Serrulata Sekiyama, Kanzan, or Kansan Cherry. Flowers are pink double bloom and young leaves are bronze colored at first, becoming green. 
• "Mikuruma­gayeshi" - East Asian Cherry Trees. Dark Pink Blossoms in clusters. 
• "Shira-yuki"- "Snow White" -  Yoshino Cherry Trees. Characterized by rounded large white flower petals that open mid-May.
• "Surugadai­nioi" - aka. Cerasus Lannesia, Oshima Cherry Trees - Strongly fragrant white flowers with pink centers. They are said to be emanating from the Meiji period. Young leaves are brown and red. 
• "Taki­nioi" - "Perfumed Falls" - Oshima Cherry Trees. Bloom late March, early April. They are wild, native Japanese Cherry Tries. Their blossoms are slightly pink and have five relatively small petals. They belong to the Yamazakura cherry family. 

I looked up as much information as I could about the cherry blossom trees. I found the varieties on this website that tells the history of Cherry Blossoms in Washington D.C.: 

http://www.nps.gov/cherry/cherry-blossom-history.htm

I hope our first year cherry blossom tree will bloom, then we would be able to tell what cherry variety it is.

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