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    Fairview

    Two days later, the 'Shiro-fugen' posted just above were entering their pink phase, beginning with fluorescent pink from the centre of the...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Renfrew-Collingwood

    This evening I saw them in full bloom, or actually almost in their pink bloom phase. It was thrilling. That's two blocks of these trees. I tried...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Shaughnessy

    I went to see supposed 'Shiro-fugen' on our map without any posting link. 26th between Osler and Selkirk. There are none of that cultivar on the...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    This is not Ornamental Ginger

    It looks like Arum italicum. Arum italicum (Cuckoo's Pint, Italian Arum, Italian Lily, Italian Lords and Ladies, Orange Candle Flower) | North...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Japan looks to AI to keep cherry blossom culture alive

    I'd love to try using something like that to see how well it does. The Sakura AI Camera website is only in Japanese and seems to require a...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM in forum: Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
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    Magical two-tone trees

    Here are two more from @tknd in https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/surrey-and-north-delta.61844/page-11#post-447608[IMG] and [IMG]
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM in forum: Ornamental Cherries
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    April 2025 in the garden - Rhododendrons

    Here's a nice patch of Lysichiton camtschatcensis-white skunk cabbage, from far-east Russia and Japan. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    April 2025 in the garden - Rhododendrons

    Here are some more rhododendrons not in the blog. I posted Rhododendron denudatum above, but didn't include the leaf undersides. [ATTACH]...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    In The Garden: Ground Cover I.D

    Do you think the second photo is Pachyphragma macrophyllum - Caucasian penny cress? Photos from UBCBG: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Flowers are just...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Ubc

    Wow, caught in the act! Thank you for being the bearer of the sad news, Kiri. Good thing we had an early blooming season this year or they'd have...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Ornamental Cherries at UBCBG 2025

    These trees are in an area to the right as you enter the parking lot. 'Ichiyo' has almost all-white flowers now, with pink eyes. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    Ornamental Cherries at UBCBG 2025

    These photos are from yesterday, five day's after Kiri's. Here is 'Ukon', in the Wharton Grove. The white trees helpfully providing the obvious...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    Killarney

    Here are a couple of blocks of 'Kanzan' on 54th, just past Vivian Dr. [ATTACH] There are 'Kanzan' trees on Est 54th from Killarney to Kerr, but...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Victoria-Fraserview

    Here are a couple of blocks of 'Kanzan' on 54th, just past Vivian Dr where I turned off. These really belong in Killarney, where I will post them,...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Victoria-Fraserview

    I went to see this poor 'Ito-kukuri' on East 54th at Wales. The end seems near. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I don't know how...
    Post by: wcutler, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs