Cornus florida subsp. urbiniana is native to eastern Mexico and produces lantern-like bracts (i.e., where the tips are fused). The commonly...
Definitely 'Royal Burgundy'.
'Pink Perfection':Phylloid (leafy) carpels (pistils) and vexillate filaments. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is likely that these trees are part of an initiative begun in 2011, which was a collaboration between UBC Botanical Garden and the...
I recall a similar-aged 'Atsumori' planted in the semi-forested area near the Malkin Bowl (in Stanley Park). Though it took our propagators...
This looks like 'Ukon' to me. The leaf colour and the awn-like extensions on the teeth are right for that cultivar. Older, established 'Ukon'...
I'd love to say that we have 'Kiku-zakura' in production (i.e., own-root production at UBC Botanical Garden), but ours died before we could start...
So a haw, not a pome?
Actually, this mountain ash has been determined to be Sorbus splendens (I believe the new label is in the queue) a close relative of S....
Interesting. The cultivated material we have is definitely A. melanocarpa. I'll have another look at the wild collections (particularly the one...
Yes, definitely 'Shiro-fugen'. What a great group!
Beautiful! But that first image drives me crazy. I can understand that a homeowner or a commercial property might have such a rootstock issue and...
It occurs to me that the single 'Hosokawa-nioi' that was between a pair of Tai-haku' there, right next to one in the photograph (and that died a...
