We returned to Maple Glen on Sunday, a week after our previous visit because I’d noted from a facebook post that the bluebells were due to peak. The effort paid off as the bluebells were gorgeous and the cherry blossom was still in good form.
Maple Glen Garden, Glenham, Southland, New Zealand. Visited 13 Oct 2019.
The Magnificent Cherry Blossom Walk at Maple Glen
The very tall trees are Australian, gum trees or eucalypts. They drop bark so you’ll see long bits of bark hanging from the cherry branches in close-up photos.
Horizontal photos are 900-pixels wide, click on any of them to enlarge.
The first two photos, and the last two, were taken by Nigel, the others by me.
Text by Liz, photos by Liz and Nigel; Exploring Colour (2019)
How beautiful! I think I want to move there!
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You’d love it! Maple Glen Garden is open all through the year except for Mon/Tues so you can follow their different plantings through the seasons. Even over the winter period they have lots of snowdrops.
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Lovely, Liz. I might have been tempted to dive into the ocean of flowers and petals, to smell and feel them from close proximity! π
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A swan dive Tanja, you could be the swan in the blossom π
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It’s not every day that I am compared to a swan. ππ¦’
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Cute π
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There’s a lot to love! Lovely garden.
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Wow, how elegant, Liz!
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It is Ellen! Very special.
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Love the delicate mist of blue under the white cherry blossom, and the cherry blossom looks pretty even on the ground. BTW, Spanish bluebells are more upright and have the ‘bells’ growing on all sides of the stem, whereas the English bluebells develop an arched shape, with the bells all on the same side. But, just to complicate things, the two can interbreed!
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Thanks for the reminder of the differences Ann!
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What an extraordinary sight. Are these the sort of bluebells that I’ve seen in English landscapes? The combination of the flowers and the drifts of petals seems impossibly beautiful. The fragrance must be wonderful.
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They looked awesome! I don’t recall any fragrance. I’ve no idea if these are English or Spanish bluebells but they’re both in England anyway so I think it’s fair for me to say that these are the sort of bluebells you would’ve seen in English landscapes π
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Wow stunning, Liz. It must feel wonderful walking among it.
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Thanks Wendy, yes.. like there’s magic all around and you’re floating through fairyland!
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Serenity.
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Beautiful!
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Soft and pretty – completely opposite to the last post I saw at your blog that had dark, dramatic, stormy sky/sea with a lighthouse at the centre of it all. Yet I also thought those scenes were VERY beautiful!
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Oh so beautiful!! β€οΈπβ€οΈ
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Breathtaking beauty of blossom and bluebells π
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I wanted to be the first to say that it is snowing petals in New Zealand, but Steve beat me to it. Nonetheless⦠Beautiful.
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Similar sentiments indeed Michael but Steve didn’t precisely say “snowing petals” and the phrase is charming.. I love it π
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Nope, not beat, anticipated and shared. π
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Oh my. So exquisite! That Cherry Blossom walk is an invitation to creativity and imagination! β€
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One of the wonders of the south π
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Beautiful, would be perfect for a wedding! π
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Yes it would be beautiful for a wedding! Since 2014 however Maple Glen have stated their garden isn’t available for weddings.
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So beautiful.
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Blossom overhead and petals on the ground.. perfect timing I reckon π
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Spring blossoms falling to the ground are my favorite kind of “snowfall”. π What a lovely park to while away some time and enjoy the beauty and the scent of spring.
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We feel really fortunate living close to Maple Glen! Fallen blossom is like snow, your comment reminds me of the garden plant called snow-in-summer that gets absolutely smothered in white flowers – such a great name π
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Havenβt seen bluebells like that since we saw them in England in the 70βs. How lovely.
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No, we don’t know anywhere else down here that has a big expanse of bluebells.
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Wow! So so beautiful!
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How lovely! Spring really is the best season of all.
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Great Spring this year with beautiful blossom. I wish you could pop down here for a visit, it’s a wonderful escape from the woes of the world!
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I wish too π
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Hope you get a good autumn day. I’ll be snoozing soon π
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It’s a damp one today. We’ve had nothing but glaring sun for months, so we need it π
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Pleased for you.. it’ll be a welcome relief π
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It ought to be, I know, but after the first wetting, I miss the heat π
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Haha.. that made me smile! We’re complex creatures π
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Fickle π
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Ah yes.. that’s the word. Perfect!
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