Life and landscape, from Uplyme, in East Devon.
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"Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough"
- a favourite poem by A.E. Housman. It actually talks about wild white cherry (gean), but that won't be in flower for a while yet - so here is some Japanese cherry blossom in the garden, which has survived the cold wet weather remarkably well!
You can read the whole poem here amongst many others.
Lovely indeed! I didn't know that there are over 100 varieties of cherry trees in Japan http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2011_species.html
 | loiswakeman [Member] http://lois.co.uk 25/03/08 @ 18:50 |
I'm not surprised! Going to view the blossom is a national pastime I believe.
 | MrFlighty [Member] 25/03/08 @ 18:56 |
It is, and it would certainly be one of mine if I lived there!
Beautiful - I love blossoms like those. Remarkably, the magnolia blossom around here also seems to have survived the weather.
25/03/08 @ 17:45