Today I was reminded that Spring is very much on its way with the cherry blossom on the small tree in our front garden. Planted 5 years ago, the Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' is starting to put on a show. For us this tree is something of a departure to our usual more tropical selection, but it was picked to echo the 1930s era of our home, when similar trees were often planted en-masse as street trees. Sadly most people in our road have paved over their front gardens for parking, so there are limited trees remaining.
Three years ago we were lucky enough to see the Hanami Festivals in full swing on a trip to Tokyo. We were incredibly fortunate to arrive at the peak of the cherry blossoms.
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Perhaps our little tree has some way to go, compared to Tokyo, but those little pink flowers in our own garden brought back some fantastic memories.
Gaz
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They're beautiful trees. Under normal circumstances, our local botanic garden has a cherry blossom festival of sorts. (They include other spring blossoming species.) The trees are still there but people have to find them on the 87-acre property on their own as the volunteer guides were furloughed due to the pandemic.
ReplyDeleteDidn't realise furlough was a thing there as well. Can't wait for this pandemic to end...
DeleteYou've bought back childhood memories of going to school through Bourneville and the cherry blossom lined streets where the blossom was blown across the road like confetti. Have you read about the initiative by the National Trust to plant more blossom trees in cities so we can have our own version of Hanami?
ReplyDeleteOh yes, came across it and it's a great idea to bring that extra cheer colour come spring to so many places.
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