March 21, 2025. Two dark pink flowered cultivars are in bloom now: ‘Whitcomb’, which have been featured here already, and the more rare ‘Okame’, with even smaller flowers, each of the five petals less than 1 cm long and narrow, so not overlapping, and a red calyx tube (back of the flower) that is at least the same length as the petal length. Flowers of both trees fade to almost white, but the red calyces on ‘Okame’ keep the tree looking colourful for longer. Here are ‘Whitcomb flowers, then ‘OKame’, both photos from new Cherry Scout Kyrie Vermette.
