Just last year, a new Akebono seedling was planted here by the mayors of Portland and Sapporo, our sister city in Japan.
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Color in the Garden
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Abundant Cherry Blossoms
Spotted March 8th, 2010
Yoshino cherries at the Garden entrance (click for wallpaper size).
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The shidare zakura or “weeping cherry “.
Michel Hersen
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Purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’)
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Sakura in Bloom
Spotted March 3rd, 2010
Several of the Garden’s flowering cherry trees (sakura 桜) are coming into bloom this week.
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Spring Is Here
Spotted February 17th, 2010
The weeping cherry, or shidare zakura, at the Garden Pavilion (click for HD wallpaper size).
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The first flowering cherry of the year, above the Tea House side gate.
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Stephanie Moss
A cousin to the flowering cherry, the purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’)
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Weeping Cherry
Spotted April 11th, 2009
- Keep track of the Garden’s yearly Cherry Blossom Forecast on our Sakura Zensen page.
