Flowering trees in mid-winter

 Despite the bleak winter scenery, these two kinds of flowering trees soothe people's hearts. These two types are plum trees with reddish pink blossoms, which we call Koubai in Japanese, and Chimonanthus praecox, or Japanese allspice, which we call Roubai in Japanese.

Chimonanthus praecox,

                                        two types 

                                                Koubai 

                                        14 kinds of type