Yesterday’s news – ‘Kanzan’ April 23, 2022 April 22, 2022. 'Kanzan' time! Fourteen years ago we were told the City of Vancouver had over 11,000 'Kanzan' just on street boulevards, not counting parks and not counting privately planted… Read more
Yesterday’s news – double pink flowers April 22, 2022 April 21, 2022. Double pink flowers, again from two very different cherries, though it took us a long time to figure that out. 'Pink Perfection' are very slight trees that will… Read more
Yesterday’s news – double white flowers April 21, 2022 April 20, 2022. Double white flowers from two very different cherries. Broadly-spreading 'Shirotae' are well past their prime except in the coldest areas. Prunus avium 'Plena' are tall trees much more… Read more
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
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
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
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 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
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
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