somei yoshino - Gardening
In Tokyo, the birthplace of Japan’s popular Somei Yoshino cherry blossom variety, many of the trees planted during the country’s postwar advancement of the 1960s are now getting old and frail. The sakura "zensen" (cherry blossom front), which travels from south to north and indicates the blooming dates of Somei-Yoshino cherry trees across Japan, reached Akita Prefecture on April 6. I ...
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Somei-yoshino often but apparently not always have witches broom, but Akebonos do not. The trees usually seem a bit more contorted to me, so when I see a fine-looking tree that doesn't look contorted, I think it mustn't be Somei-yoshino, even though the rest of the characteristics seem to fit. 'Somei-yoshino' seem to drop more whole flowers, and many petals turn pink on the tree. 'Akebono' rarely drop whole flowers; fallen petals are white, to start anyway.
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But then I noticed that the branches of the 'Somei-yoshino' trees on 64th at French looked similar to the Planetarium one. Where my two different trees theory falls apart is that the Cambie St tree that started this thread seems to have the same coarseness of the branches as the Planetarium and 64th Ave trees - is that just disease? Identification: Somei-Yoshino - billowy pink fading to white, single blossoms, mid-season Discussion in ' Ornamental Cherries ' started by wcutler, . Re: Somei YoshinoRiley Park: There is only 1 'Somei-yoshino' at Southern parking area (close to 33rd Ave)in Q-E Park, see pictures in Riley Park . That is the one which Anne Eng photographed on April 16, posted on April 17.
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Others are all 'Akebono'. So we learned to distinguish Akebono from Somei-yoshino (Akebonos have larger blossoms, some bearing staminodes (extra half-petals in the centres)).... Re: Somei-yoshino - Victoria-Fraserview, E 41st from Gladstone to Nanaimo These Somei-yoshino are a bright spot on 41st Avenue on the south side between Gladstone and Nanaimo. Re: Somei-yoshino - South Cambie, in Douglas Park The Somei-yoshino at Douglas Park (20th & Willow) are blooming in all their glory. Massive trees line both the east and west sides of the central pathway, creating a canopy over the path. The colours are striking as the trees are arranged alternating with large, deep green conifers.
Let's hope, at least, that any replacements are actually 'Somei-yoshino' (Prunus x yedoensis 'Somei-yoshino'), rather than 'Akebono'. Earlier replacements along Lower Mall were 'Akebono', and these should to be changed to preserve the continuity and historical integrity of the original planting. Ideally, it should be done before they get too large. 3.