The most famous flower type being inked into skin is the rose. In addition to its popularity, it is even the very first among all the flowers to be used for tattoos. And even until this date, you can still see several of this flower kind in old and new tattoo designs. Normally people who get a rose tattoo choose the color red since it is common. There are other colors you can go for, depending on your preference.
For this reason, the meaning behind the cherry blossom also depends on the wearer's nationality. A cherry blossom used as a japanese flower tattoo stands for love and beauty of a woman and as a Japanese flower tattoo it represents the short, sweet nature of life. So depending on the nationality behind the flower it can also interpret its meaning.