preposition

bubu   Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:03 am GMT
Hello!

what will be the right preposition in the following sentence?

Flowers appear on the tree.
or
Flowers appear in the tree.

Thank you
C6122SB   Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:08 am GMT
"on the tree"

I suppose the only way they could be "in the tree" is if someone threw a bouquet of flowers in the air and they got caught in the branches!