Nice ‘Beni-shidare’ on Franklin and Cochrane. Yes, it does have a trunk - but I did not want to trespass.
Last stop before the rain really socks in. ‘Pandora’ on Harmony Lane in Gibsons is just starting to bloom. It’s been here a while.
‘Prunus incisa’ blooming now at Langdale Ferry Terminal. AKA ‘Little Twist’ I prefer that name, as they really are a little twisted, especially the small branches.
It's not really either-or. The species name is "Prunus incisa", and we're dealing with a cultivar of that species; the cultivar name is 'Little Twist'. We generally do not include the (genus or) species name when we have and use the cultivar name, because we're always talking about Prunus something and the cultivar names are unique within the genus (?).
@Willard I went by the Snofozam that overlooks Hopkins today It is near the tree you named « best view » the white blossoms are starting to show I think it’s 1292 on the st below the paved rd its got the « reverse Gibsons haircut » so it sadly doesn’t have the long elegant weeping branches
Kanzan yesterday near ferry it really came into bloom fast these past warm days it’s amazing how quickly the stem (name) develops (gets longer) from branch to blossom it is especially beautiful with the many flocks ( V-shape formation ) of migratory Canada geese flying overhead these past few days … there’s a certain sound you just know if you grew up in Pacific Flyway zone
One of the local white + pinks on same trunk grafted meet trunk might be the simple explanation @wcutler @Willard Sunnycrest Mall 900 Gibsons Way haiku —- sort of I am a mall tree They prune me short annually Pas de problem amis
There are only about 20 blossoms on the ‘Shiro-fugen’ at Gibsons Town Hall, but I was still surprised and delighted to see them on June 29.
I have never seen so many sweet cherries on one tree. It used to be a ‘Kanzan’, located on Shaw Rd north of Oceanmount. Now completely overtaken by the rootstock. The cherries looked so good I tasted one. Not bad at all. The local wildlife is in for a treat.
I'm surprised to learn that non-cultivar rootstock Prunus avium trees produce such decent cherries for eating. I'd always been saying that these were not the cherries you'd find in the stores, and that's no doubt the case, but it does seem it could be worth keeping the rootstock trees for the fruit.
@Willard @wcutler I saw this at shell gas stn yesterday where there are also aged floral cherry trees I wonder if this is the root stock note cherries and no - I didn’t taste any fruit :)
Gas stations so often are landscaped with ornamental cherries that are then never looked after and become taken over by the rootstock. It's unlikely you're looking at ornamental branches now.
