Flowers of Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’ rendered in black-and-white
The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is in full-swing, with several of the highlight events planned for this upcoming weekend. The flowers of this Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’ were photographed this past Monday.
UBC Botanical Garden’s Associate Director of Collections and Horticulture, Douglas Justice, wrote an extensive entry about Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’ in 2007, so please revisit that entry for additional information about this selection (also, his photographs are from the same set of trees).
If you are interested in comparing ‘Akebono’ with other cultivars of ornamental cherries, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has a short guide to the different cultivars in Vancouver. More detailed information is in Ornamental Cherries in Vancouver (Douglas is the primary author).
I’ve updated all of the previous BPotD entries on Prunus spp., which you can locate by clicking on the Rosaceae tag above.
Here’s a quick snapshot of the interior of the book, for ‘Akebono’:
Winter is still in full swing in southern Alberta. I think I may perish from absence of green growing things!
Writing as the VCBF Cherry Scout Co-ordinator, I am happy to see this posting. Thank you! I remember the 2007 posting, still think the location of those trees on Kullahun Drive is perfect. And I have always remembered Douglas writing about them in his blog the next year, see http://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/11-april-2008.37450/.
So love your postings! Ground firmly frozen here in Western Michigan. We too are craving green things!
Lovely! With the light coming through the petals it almost looks like an x-ray.
It would be fun to spend a day to two wandering Vancouver streets, looking for cultivars like “The Royal Carriage Returns.”
A timely offering, and the transparency of the flower petals in the photo is lovely.