Flowering Cherry Blossom

A grass path separates the Island Bed from the small garden by the car layby. In spring the flowering cherry tree in the next lawn looks particularly beautiful.

Blossom Through the Archway - Spring 2004

Before and After Pictures

These two photographs of the flowering cherry have been taken over a period of four years. The tree itself shows a little growth, but the gardens immediately around the grass archway have changed a lot. The 2004 version of this part of the Island Bed, with plantings of flaxes and Iris Japonica, shows my craze for spiky foliage plants (which I doubt I'll ever grow out of).

blossom through the archway - spring 2000

But back to the flowering cherry - it retains blossom for a long time as this lawn area is very sheltered from the wind.