cherry buds

Prunus "Pink Perfection", Canterbury Road, Bath, 2nd April 2017

A long spell of mild weather from mid-March onwards has meant a compressed cherry-blossom season with lots of varieties in flower at once.


Perversely, then, this post spares a glance for two later varieties that aren't quite out yet. But already the buds --- if "buds" is the right term for the still tightly furled knops of these two very double varieties ---  are quite an attractive feature in their own right.




Above and below, Prunus "Pink Perfection" buds, a few days before flowering.

Prunus "Pink Perfection", Canterbury Road, Bath, 2nd April 2017

Post update: Below, the same tree a week later:

Prunus 'Pink Perfection', Canterbury Road, Bath (8th April, 2017)

Prunus "Kanzan", Victoria Park, Bath, 2nd April 2017

Above and below, Prunus "Kanzan" buds. 'Kanzan' is normally in blossom a bit earlier than 'Pink Perfection' but in 2017 they are just about in perfect sync.

Prunus "Kanzan", Victoria Park, Bath, 2nd April 2017

Post update: Below, the same tree a week later.

Prunus 'Kanzan', Victoria Park, Bath (9th April, 2017)