This year's gloomy spring has been slow to get going,
but the last week the buds of many trees and shrubs have burst. Most of the
species flowering right now are well-known spring favourites e.g. (Japanese)
Cherries, Crabapples, Flowering Plums and ornamental Pears. All these species
of trees and shrubs are in the rose family (Rosaceae).
For some reason the blooms of the blossom trees now in flower are mostly shades
of pink.
The Japanese cherries are renowned for their attractive
blossoms that dangle in clusters from the branches. On the left the blush-pink blooms
of Prunus serrulate 'Hanagasa'. It is marketed as Pink Parasol - merely a
fanciful name. In the middle the blossoms of Prunus serrulata 'Pink Perfection'
mixed with Malus 'Profusion' to produce a short but splendid display on an
ordinary suburban street. To complete the trio on the right the Flowering
Current (Ribes sanguineum 'Claremont') a large shrub, with bundles of blooms
hanging down from the upright branches.
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