Are there any tropical plants similar to cherry blossoms?
Just off the top of my head, I would say the closest to that “look” would be Chorisia speciosa the Silk Floss Tree, and the several different types of Tabebuia like T. impetiginosa. There are probably others. I guess Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) in its native haunts would give you that feel. But if you irrigate Jacaranda it will never loses all its leaves, and in turn it will never be covered with flowers either. It will only piddle out a few flowers here and there. In the tropics, what you need to look for is a tree that loses its leaves during the dry season (called “winter” some places but not a real winter like in the temperate zone) and then tends to bloom all over before it ever leafs back out. Two other suggestions since you may be in a an in-between area: Evergreen Pear, Pyrus kawakami, will never loose all its leaves but does have a cherry-looking white blossom since it is closely related. Taiwan Flowering Cherry, Prunus campanulata is a true ornamental cherry that does n
