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Cherry Hillside

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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Cedric Wiens

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Abundant Cherry Blossoms

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Yoshino cherries at the Garden entrance (click for wallpaper size).

Cedric Wiens

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The shidare zakura or “weeping cherry “.

Michel Hersen

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Cedric Wiens

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Purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’)

Cedric Wiens


Sakura in Bloom

Several of the Garden’s flowering cherry trees (sakura 桜) are coming into bloom this week.

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Cedric Wiens


Spring Is Here

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The weeping cherry, or shidare zakura, at the Garden Pavilion (click for HD wallpaper size).

Cedric Wiens

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The first flowering cherry of the year, above the Tea House side gate.

Cedric Wiens

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Stephanie Moss

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A cousin to the flowering cherry, the purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’)

Cedric Wiens


Weeping Cherry

  • Keep track of the Garden’s yearly Cherry Blossom Forecast on our Sakura Zensen page.

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