3/26/2024 ' Rancho ' at 177b St & 58 Ave (5850 177b St) ' Accolade' 58Ave 177b St (5772 177b St Apartment) 'Umineko' 58Ave Hwy15 (5794 176 St)
(Screenshot from video) 3/27/2024 'Akebono' at 60b Ave &198 St (18939 60b Ave) 'Akebono' at Latimer Road Elementary 'Akebono' at 60Ave & Enterprise Way
March 29, 2024 [From 86 Ave & 151A St to the end of Spenser Dr] 'Akebono' trees line the entire several blocks of the curvy street. I noticed this relatively young 'Akebono' looks too flat (or concaved) compared to the others nearby. I found that its growth used to be suppressed by the branches of the cedar tree until they were cut recently. Here is the Google Street View, probably from sometime within a year.
https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/surrey-and-north-delta.61844/page-10#post-436762 March 29, 2024 There aren't too many flowers yet, but I captured some clear photos. 'Autumnalis Rosea', it is.
April 6, 2024 [152 St & 102A Ave, across from Guildford Mall] A row of 'ama-no-gawa' trees by McD's drive-by windows.
April 4, 2024 [15658 102B Ave.] 'Ukon' in 50-60% bloom. [10340 152 St, parking lot near Tim Hortons] I first thought this was 'Pink Perfection', but it must be 'Kanzan' based on the uniform colour of the blossoms. [15754 102B Ave] 'Ito-zakura' ('Shidare-zakura') [9948 151 St] 'Tai-haku', true to its name, boasts truly large and impressive flowers.
It was already evening when I noticed this tree on Clark Drive at Fairlight Crescent in North Delta. I was having trouble accepting it as 'Shirotae' because there seemed to be so much upright growth, but I ruled out 'Ukon' because of the complete absence of green or red striping on flowers past their prime, and ruled out 'Ichiyo' because of the absence of phylloid pistils, and none of the more rare trees we know seemed to really fit. Here is a group of trees with the typical 'Shirotae' habit I see: https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc....e-lamirage_cutler_20220411_135852-jpg.226367/. I have finally decided that the upright growth is the result of pruning-caused suckers that have grown enough that they fooled me into thinking they were the natural habit.
4/14/2024 'Kanzan' ,'Tai-haku', 'Ichiyo' , 'Shiro-fugen' , 'Shirotae', 'Ito-kukuri' at Darts Hill Garden Park 'Ichiyo' 'Ito-kukuri' (not sure?) 'Shiro-fugen' 'Tai-haku' 'Shirotae' 'Kanzan'
Well, now I have decided it's 'Ukon'. I remember thinking it was not as white as a sweet cherry off in the distance. Last night, the petals on the ground seemed more green than 'Shirotae' would be.
[155 St. near 100 Ave.] This tree is over the fence, so I couldn't tell whether it was 'Okame' or 'Whitcomb' when I first spotted it. After studying photos of both cultivars, I went back a few days later and now think it's 'Whitcomb'.
'Kanzan' blossoms in north Surrey are currently at their peak. [101 Ave, from 157 to 159 St] [102B Ave & 158 St] And the "magical" two-tone trees on 156 St, north of 100 Ave.
[15657 102B Ave] 'Ukon' is showing a pinkish hue mixed with its usual greenish-yellow, as it's nearing the end of the season. Here’s the same 'Ukon' tree, 12 days ago. [15619 102B Ave] 'Ichiyo' is also past its peak, with the petals starting to fade and the centres turning red. The same 'Ichiyo' tree, 12 days ago.
