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Cherry Blossoms and Spring Color

Portland Japanese Garden — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:27:09 +0000

Photo: Debbie Mehlhaff

The Garden is alive with spring color!

Wisteria Buds Peeking Out

Portland Japanese Garden — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:49:29 +0000

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

Portland Japanese Garden — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:11:42 +0000

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 most at home.

White azaleas dot the formal Flat Garden. (Click for wallpaper size)

Cedric Wiens

One plant, different flowers.

Flat Garden Dogwood in Full Bloom

Portland Japanese Garden — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:55:42 +0000

The Most Colorful Time of the Year

Portland Japanese Garden — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:14:08 +0000

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 predict the wisteria arbor will be in full flower within 3 weeks, and the iris beds may bloom as early as mid-May this year.

Cherry Hillside

Portland Japanese Garden — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:45 +0000

Just last year, a new Akebono seedling was planted here by the mayors of Portland and Sapporo, our sister city in Japan.

Cedric Wiens

Abundant Cherry Blossoms

Portland Japanese Garden — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:06:09 +0000

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

Portland Japanese Garden — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:26:58 +0000

Several of the Garden’s flowering cherry trees (sakura 桜) are coming into bloom this week.

Cedric Wiens

Spring Is Here

Portland Japanese Garden — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:21:06 +0000

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, the purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’)

Cedric Wiens

Weeping Cherry

Portland Japanese Garden — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:14:11 +0000

Michel Hersen

Keep track of the Garden’s yearly Cherry Blossom Forecast on our Sakura Zensen page.