Trees in parks and gardens 2012

[Giles]

Prunus 'Hally Jolivette'

[Maggi Young]

My goodness.. what a sweet early flower, Giles.
Well, it seems early to me... perhaps down south you are accustomed to such treats ?

[Giles]

Not early, quite a few Prunus in flower around here
..and the flowers turn pink as they age, giving the plant a nice piebald effect.

[johnw]

Trees lovers may be interested in this posting on the UBC site today.  Given its low elevation in China I wonder how cold hardy it really is?  Sensational flowers.

http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2012/02/melliodendron-xylocarpum.php

Hamamelis 'Jelena', the biggest tree in the city is in full flower today. It appears to have been in flower for quite some time. This cultivar is always the first to flower - anytime from just before Xmas till early February. Given the mild winter to date it is rather strange 'Arnold Promise' is not even showing a hint of colour. +5c, rain and the temperature to descend tomorrow.

johnw

[Giles]

Prunus mume

[Casalima]

Lovely cherries, Giles!! Is the Prunus mume a "plain" non-cultivar mume?

The Melliodendron xylocarpum in the POTD post is stunning. I see there is one in the botanical garden in Spain the holds the yearly plant fair I go to. I will look out for it! It would be wonderful to catch it in flower.

[Giles]

Chloe,
It's 'Beni-Chidori' - the only one readily available here.
I really like the 'flowers-on-bare-stems' - be it Hamamelis, Viburnum, ...Magnolia,.. etc
I'm glad you like it 

[Casalima]

I really like the 'flowers-on-bare-stems' - be it Hamamelis, Viburnum, ...Magnolia,.. etc

Me too! The magnolias are out here - and we have many very splendid magnolias - but with such a dry winter the flower colours seem duller than usual.
Another very common flower-on-bare-stem plant here (and in flower) is Chaenomeles - the variety found in local gardens seems to have a particularly dark pink flower that doesn't look quite like anything I've found in books or on the internet. I ought to take photos ...

[Maggi Young]

Another very common flower-on-bare-stem plant here (and in flower) is Chaenomeles - the variety found in local gardens seems to have a particularly dark pink flower that doesn't look quite like anything I've found in books or on the internet. I ought to take photos ...

Yes, please 

[YT]

Prunus 'Gotenba-zakura', it is said that a natural hybrid from P. incisa with some other pink flowered cherry.

[Giles]

Some more incisa's; incisa cultivars and incisa hybrids; nipponica hybrids.
Fujima
Okame
Paean
Kursar

[jomowi]

Thought I would add to the lovely pics above:  At RBGE today the stunning Magnolia campbellii 'Charles Raffill' (I hope this works, - i have just read about the problems members are experiencing in posting pics)

[jomowi]

It seems to have worked first go.  Also at RBGE today a legacy of the January gales - Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut) at the edge of the Rock Garden



The beautifully scented Corylopsis sinensis v. calvescens (or should that be 'caulescens'?)

[Onion]

Maureen,

what a fantastic Magnolia  . Always a dream for my area 

[johnw]

It doesn't get any better than campbellii in the Magnolia world.

johnw    - +23c by the tap, +26c by the greenhouse.