Yes, definitely 'Shiro-fugen'. What a great group!
Beautiful! But that first image drives me crazy. I can understand that a homeowner or a commercial property might have such a rootstock issue and...
It occurs to me that the single 'Hosokawa-nioi' that was between a pair of Tai-haku' there, right next to one in the photograph (and that died a...
The flowers are yellow (both sexes) in A. amamiense.
Okay. Talk to me in July.
The Japanese hill cherry or yama-zakura is correctly Prunus jamasakura (syn. P. serrulata f. spontanea, P. spontanea, etc.). Like other cherries,...
The first plum in bloom I've seen in New Westminster is a lofty purple-leaf Prunus cerasifera in the 1300 Block of 6th Avenue (north side of the...
A Google Scholar search for "fresh cut grass aroma" brings up hexanal (Cis-3-hexenol) as responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass. I'm...
Probably Cercis chinensis 'Avondale', a compact cultivar out of Avondale, New Zealand. 'Avondale' was the only C. chinensis common in local...
As this is a planting in a City of Vancouver park, it's more likely Lonicera × purpusii 'Winter Beauty' (L. fragrantissimum × L. standishii), a...
Looks to me like Billbergia nutans (queen's tears). A very thorough analysis with plenty of images here.
As already alluded to, identification of North American hawthorns can be frustratingly tricky (witness the Flora of North America account of the...
Looking again at the original image at the top of this thread, I'm pretty sure it's Lobelia siphilitica. I'm not sure why I'd think it was the...
Regarding Astilboides vs. Darmera: Astilboides: rhizomatous; leaves not in a rosette, dull green, stiffly hairy on upper surface; red pigments in...
The following from Flora of Japan: Leaves 7- to 13-lobed, the lobes ovate-deltoid, abruptly acute, broader than long = P. tellimoides Leaves 8-...
