Here's a rundown of what's happening in my neighbourhood - basically a lot of things are suddenly in bloom: First, I visited the row of 'Afterglow' mixed with 'Akebono' on Elgin Street, running from 27th to 26th Avenue, both sides of the street: Then I crossed to King Edward on Windsor so I could see my favourite 'Somei-Yoshino', standing alone and looking venerable in Glen Park: Next it was on to Festival Favourite 22nd Avenue, running east for a block from Windsor, where the 'Akebono' trees are in full bloom:
Then back up the hill to 26th Avenue, running west from St. Catherines Street, where there are 'Akebono' trees and maybe something else, but maybe not I found this last one particularly interesting, as the grafting is very low, and the tree looks wonderfully healthy. And last but not least, I visited the block of 'Akebono' on 30th Avenue between St. Catherines and Windsor, which are not yet 100% in bloom, but they look magnificent anyway.
@Willard is going to give you a gold star for the third-to-last photo in the posting just above, with the snow on the mountain above the 'Akebono' trees.
Interesting that that one caught your (or her?) eye. I thought the last of the 'Afterglow' photos on the previous post did a better job of that. Also, lots of staminodes visible on some of these.
This amazing weather meant another foray into cherry tree land - this time to see the two weeping cherries on the north side of 35th Avenue between Culloden and Knight Sts. You can see the mountains through the left-hand tree, which is a single-layer red 'Beni Shidare'. Across the wheelchair-accessible walkway is the other tree, the double red 'Yae Beni Shidare. And here are close-ups of the blossoms - 'Beni Shidare' on the left and 'Yae Beni Shidare' on the right. Note that the 'Yae Beni Shidare' is further along than the 'Beni Shidare', as always.
On the play ground area of Lord Selkirk Annex (Fleming/E28), the three trees of 'Ukon' opened on April 9, 2025, while the three 'Akebono' trees were in full bloom. One week later, 'Akebono' is in petal fall, and 'Ukon' is in full bloom at April 15, 2025, with its coppery red emerging leaves, and the visible floral bracts at the base of the pedicels.
'Kiku-shidare-zakura' seems to have ignored the twig trimming it got, and looks as good as ever. The weeping Chrysanthemum Cherry n full bloom (SE, E. 36 and Knight) at April 15, 2025.
So the 'Kanzan' cherries are basically in bloom everywhere, so it's hard to know where to start. First there's the two-block stretch of Windsor where there used to be two 'Rancho' cherry trees, which were then horribly cropped, and are now gone. There are now two 'Kanzan' trees among Prunus avium, and the 'Shirofugen' at the north end of this stretch is gone, too. The good news is that there's a baby 'Shirofugen' in Greys Park, across Windsor from these 'Kanzan", but it's not in full bloom yet. And now the Festival Favourite 'Kanzan' planting at 29th & Ross, going West, East, and South from the traffic circle. A few blocks east, on the east side of Knight Street at 29th, we have 'Ukon' and 'Kanzan'.
Here is the young 'Shirofugen' I promised in the previous post. This is in Greys Park, on the Windsor Street side.
The four 'Whitcomb' trees fenced inside a church parking lot on the east side of Knight Street, north of E. 18th, are in full bloom at February 14, 2026.
An assortment of wonders: Festival favourite Akebonos between Windsor & Glen on 22nd Ave., photographed yesterday: Somei Yoshino in Glen Park, photographed yesterday: Snofoazam (?) weeping cherry on the north side of Ringwood, photographed today:
A modest 'Beni-shidare' is in bloom on the west side of Commercial, south of E. 34 at March 21, 2026. But the more interesting tree was across the street (the pink at the left in first photo above). It's an 'Akebono' alright, but one that has produced five trunks, thereby making sure that Prunus avium (if that was the grafter) would forever stay in its own lane, and never take over.
I love the shape of that 'Akebono'. I wonder if it's just on its own roots. Are all those wispy shoots 'Akebono'?
Ito-zakura is in splendid bloom in its private, protective yard on the south side of E. 30th, just east of Fraser at March 22, 2026. Elegant, exquisite flowers with bulbous calyces, and fuzzier-than-'Snofozam' pedicels. Sorry, 'Snofozam', but you always look a little coarser compared to Ito-zakura.
Akebono half block on 30th Ave. between Windsor and St. Catherines is almost in full bloom: Afterglow and Akebono mixed block from 26th to 27th on Elgin is looking quite nice: I also took a couple pix on Sunday morning of that Ito-zakura that Anne posted:
Festival favourite 'Akebono' on 22nd Ave. east from Windsor Street, posted in post #661 above - I got better photos on Monday.
'Beni-shidare' and sister 'Yae-beni-shidare' are in bloom, north side of E.35, between Knight and Culloden, at March 24, 2026. The 'Beni-shidare' on the left above, is in full bloom, while the 'Yae-beni-shidare' below is just starting opening its blossoms.
E. 13th Avenue, west of Knight has its cherry trees in full bloom at March 28, 2026. On either sides of the street, there are both Sargent Hybrid trees, and fine-looking 'Akebono' trees.
The three trees of 'Umineko' in the yard of Laura Secord Elementary School (E. 10th and Templeton) are in full bloom at March 28, 2026. One blossom is even jumping the gun, with a reddening of age in the centre (bottom right, last photo). )
There used to be three Sargent Hybrid trees on Templeton (south of E. 10th). The lone survivor is hanging on. Just past full bloom at March 28, 2026, with blooming high up, and only blossoms on the ground available for close-up.
The three young 'Rancho' trees on the south side of E. 39th, west of Sherbrooke are in full bloom, with their emerging reddish-brown leaves at March 29, 2026. The flowers on these 'Rancho' trees have the surprising pinched-neck-at-the base look of 'Pandora'.
Independent 'Shirotae' on the north side of E. King Edward, between S. Catherines and Windsor, is in bloom at April 2, 2026. It looks like it's on its own roots, and well on its way to achieving the 'Mount Fuji' look of its former name. Alas, it is in a private front yard that overlooks a public sidewalk and parking space. It is only a matter of time before its reach is clipped. Definite fragrance from the 'Shirotae' inflorescence corymbs.
