We took a drive in the late afternoon through some back country farmland, and in the Park Hill area we came across these fluffy cherry blossom flowers. I thought cherry blossom were pretty much past it now but these were still a profusion of pink. It was in the outer, wilder, part of a farmhouse garden and bordering the roadside verge. West Otago, New Zealand.
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Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2021)
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Very pretty, Liz! In your third image the blooms look like a powder puff that came in a round package with scented powder when I was growing up.
Popping pink powder puff
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Hahaha, I’m delighted with your “popping pink powder puff” Ellen! I took more puffy pink pics y’day on a street near us so I’m gonna make use of this exquisite alliterative description when I do the post! You my friend are an alliteration STAR! Thank you xx
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Why thank you, Liz, happy to make you š. I look forward to more pppp!
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Those would look great in any yard. Nice roadside attraction, Liz!
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It was a real treat to unexpectedly find this pink blossom tree! Very pretty.
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Do you have a scientific name for these? They look for all the world like a plant I grew up with, called ‘flowering almond.’ Ours was a shrub rather than a tree, but its name is Prunus glandulosa, aka Chinese bush cherry, Chinese plum, or dwarf flowering almond. It’s one of my favorite memories.
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Not in the sense of any knowledge of this particular tree however I did a quick search on the web just now for: flowering cherry double pink ~and one of the results was this lovely page from Matthias Baldwin Park, Philadelphia that features Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ – I enjoyed looking at this page and I think you might like it too : https://www.baldwinparkphilly.org/double-pink-cherry
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So pretty – and the flowers look the same as our old cherry tree. It will be a long time before we see any blossom here, and if we do, we’ll be lucky because the tree is starting to look frail.
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Ann! thank you. You might also enjoy taking a look at the link I gave Linda, here it is again: https://www.baldwinparkphilly.org/double-pink-cherry
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A lovely tree!
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