[9th & Sasamat] This block's west half is lined with 5 'Shirotae' trees. [9th & Trimble] The east half of the block has 'Kanzan' on both sides.
That 6th photo with all that green! One year I tried to make sense of the trees on that street - I wondered if some trees had flowers more green than others, and maybe a few 'Gyoiko' had got mixed in, but I couldn't find any consistency to what was going on. I agree with the IDs in posting 100.
For instance see posting #85 in this thread. That tree is the third from the west end of the block. I edited two photos to enhance the green the way I think the people who post 'Gyoiko' photos are doing. Even the unedited versions though do seem to fit Kuitert's (see original posting) description for 'Gyoiko'. Then I went to 1st and Macdonald (this was in 2021), a group of trees never really having been accused of being 'Gyoiko'. Here are two photos from then. Looking at the first photo, I said to myself - right, I can see the difference here, definitely 'Ukon'. But then I edited another photo, same tree. Same story?
Tai Haku, the Great White Cherry. Blooming already in the meridian 16th ave and Highbury. My old notes show it bloomed April 11 2022. Very large white flower, ragged petals, 5 narrow purplish red sepals and bronzy new growth... The original posting of this tree in 2008 was taken from the same location...you see the same house in the background. In that post it was blooming April 18 2008. .....Climate change ???
It's a good thing our one 'Atsumori' has multiple trunks so it can start new flower clusters, because its canopy has been getting skimpier every year. Compare its current look with three years ago at #77. Approaching full bloom at April 6, 2024. Last photo of the downy pedicels. At the back of Lord Byng Secondary, on the south side of W. 14th, west of Wallace.
Fronting Lord Byng Secondary, the 'Tai-haku' trees along W. 16th's median strip, west of Wallace, are in full bloom at April 6, 2024.
Freda Hung has put markers on our Neighbourhood Maps for 'Akebono' trees around 15th and Sasamat: On 15th at Sasamat, and around the corner a set of younger 'Akebono' on Sasamat just south of 15th.
March 26, 2026 W 11th Ave & Wallace St - 'Akebono' Saw a few 'Akebono' as we walked around the area, and then noticed that I could see the skyline & the mountains :)
Three days later, I went to see this tree because Tao's posting reminded me about it, the only existing 'Atsumori' we know of here. Half the tree had a lot of open flowers, and half had mostly buds. I was surprised by how round the buds are. I thought plum buds are round but cherry buds are pointed, but these are very round, and the sepals are tiny. Well, the petals are pretty small too.
I recall a similar-aged 'Atsumori' planted in the semi-forested area near the Malkin Bowl (in Stanley Park). Though it took our propagators numerous attempts to root stem cuttings, we also have 'Atsumori' in production at the UBC Botanical Garden Nursery.
I don't think I knew about that, but the one on Lagoon Drive near the P&P entrance died many years ago. I'd love to see a list of what well-grown trees we can expect to see on the market in the next few years.
'Mikuruma-gaeshi' is still hanging on, and trying not to be embarrassed by the 'Tai-haku' neighbour in the meridian along W. 16, just west of Highbury. In full bloom at April 10, 2026, despite the disturbing protrusions all along its trunk.
'Tai-haku' is in splendid form in the meridian along W. 16, just west of Highbury, at peak bloom on April 10, 2026. You can see the purplish-red calyces and sepals.
