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.
