Category Archives: Spring
Cherry Blossoms and Spring Color
The Garden is alive with spring color!
Wisteria Buds Peeking Out
Should the warm weather stay constant, our gardeners are still predicting full bloom sometime next week— “even more blossoms than last year,” they claim!
White Azaleas
A favorite of one of the Portland Japanese Garden’s early supporters, white azaleas figure prominently in its design—particularly in the more formal styles of the Flat Garden and Stroll Garden, where the gentle solidity of their rounded tamamono pruning is … Continue reading
The Most Colorful Time of the Year
With azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, Korean dogwood, and a few lingering cherries in bloom, we are entering the most colorful time of the year—just in time for the throngs of gardening enthusiasts arriving at our Annual Plant Sale. Our gardeners … Continue reading
Cherry Hillside
Just last year, a new Akebono seedling was planted here by the mayors of Portland and Sapporo, our sister city in Japan. Cedric Wiens Cedric Wiens Cedric Wiens
Abundant Cherry Blossoms
Yoshino cherries at the Garden entrance (click for wallpaper size). Cedric Wiens The shidare zakura or “weeping cherry “. Michel Hersen Cedric Wiens Purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’) Cedric Wiens
Sakura in Bloom
Several of the Garden’s flowering cherry trees (sakura 桜) are coming into bloom this week. Cedric Wiens
Spring Is Here
The weeping cherry, or shidare zakura, at the Garden Pavilion (click for HD wallpaper size). Cedric Wiens The first flowering cherry of the year, above the Tea House side gate. Cedric Wiens Stephanie Moss A cousin to the flowering cherry, … Continue reading
Weeping Cherry
Michel Hersen Michel Hersen Michel Hersen Michel Hersen Keep track of the Garden’s yearly Cherry Blossom Forecast on our Sakura Zensen page.
