“To wither” has many faces in Japanese.
散る、こぼれる、落ちる、しぼむ、崩れる、舞う
These Japanese words mean “to wither”, it depends on the flower though.
There are a lot of expressions :-0
Many people who study Japanese have already have known another meaning.
(Is "the other s meanings" or "other meanings" better?)
We usually use 枯れる when a plant/flower dies.
・桜（さくら）が、散（ち）る
・梅（うめ）が、こぼれる
・萩（はぎ）が、こぼれる
・椿(つばき)が、落（お）ちる
・朝顔（あさがお）が、しぼむ
・牡丹（ぼたん）が、崩（くず）れる
・菊（きく）が、舞（ま）う
I have never heard of some expressions in this list.
It definitely sounds strange when you say "桜が枯れる".
That's sounds like the whole tree die, but I don't think so when you say "梅が枯れる".
I don't know the reason, but maybe I often use the phrase 桜が散る in April.
Have you heard these expressions?
