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  • RingGearMonument_Allen_20220415_IMG_6190 Yesterday’s news – ‘Ukon’, yellow and green? April 20, 2022 April 19, 2022. These two photos were taken at the group of four 'Ukon' trees at the Ring Gear Monument on Pacific Boulevard. One of the trees has flowers coloured more… Read more
  • 20220416_Kikushidare_W44Alberta_Eng_6765 Yesterday’s news – chrysanthemum-flowered weeping cherry April 19, 2022 April 18, 2022. Look at all those petals on these 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'. They are named chrysanthemum flowers for good reason - they can have more than 100 petals on flowers that don't… Read more
  • 20220416_Sendai_CartierW41_Eng_6759b Yesterday’s news – wearing white for Eastertide April 18, 2022 April 17, 2022. “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now / Is hung with bloom along the bough, / And stands about the woodland ride / Wearing white for Eastertide.” A.E. Housman,… Read more
  • Ichiyo_CanadaWayBoundary_Allen_20220409_IMG_6117 Yesterday’s news – rare beauties April 17, 2022 April 16, 2022. Here are two late-season double-bloomers, but not the big names. 'Ichiyo' are not common, but they're around, often planted as a pair. We'd thought for years that the… Read more
  • Yesterday’s news – ‘Takasago’ and ‘Ama-no-gawa’ April 16, 2022 April 15, 2022. Mid-season bloomers like 'Takasago' are hanging on with our cooler April weather. The flowers are all starting to look more like the red-centred ones in the first photo… Read more
  • Haiku_DavidRanden_VCBF-at-SakuraDays_2022-04-11_00-36-18 Haiku online workshop April 15, 2022 There was so much interest in the April 19 online haiku workshop that it is being run again the next day, and as of right now, there is still room.… Read more
  • Ichiyo_CanadaWayBoundary_DouglasJustice_IMG_2636-1 Yesterday’s news – yellow and pink April 15, 2022 April 14, 2022. Here are yellow and pink. 'Ukon' flowers open with a definitely yellow tinge, but they fade to a pale cream as they age, maybe with stripes of green… Read more
  • Yesterday’s news – small double-pink flowers April 14, 2022 April 13, 2022. Here are two cultivars with small double pink flowers. 'Yae-beni-shidare' (double red weeping) should be an early mid-season bloomer, but it's still holding onto its rose-like flowers. 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'… Read more
  • Yesterday’s news – cherries with good stories April 13, 2022 April 12, 2022. Today we're doing late season cherries with good stories - thanks to Cherry Scout Shirley Willard for these links. 'Yokihi' refers to the story of Yang Guifei (Yokihi in Japanese),… Read more
  • 20220405-ExpoPacific-Blvd-1-Ukon-Yaletowner Yesterday’s news – buds ready to burst open April 12, 2022 April 11, 2022. While we're still seeing mid-season blossoms, scouts are posting photos of late-season trees ready to burst open. In many neighbourhoods, 'Ama-no-gawa' and 'Ukon' are open now. They… Read more
  • SchmittCherry_SeabreezeWalkHowe_Allen_20220406_IMG_6097 Yessterday’s news – single white blossoms, great and small April 11, 2022 April 10, 2022. It's a race now to show off the lovely mid-season flowers before the showy end-season is upon us. Schmitt cherries have flowers so small, on trees so… Read more
  • 20220407_Mikuruma_BrockNanaimo_Eng_6662 Yesterday’s news – large single flowers April 10, 2022 April 9, 2022. Two late-mid-season cultivars today, with relatively large single flowers. 'Mikuruma-gaeshi' are goblet-shaped trees, not large, generally not healthy-looking. The beautiful mostly single flowers can reach 6cm across,… Read more

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