Mar 22, 2010 Posted by admin

Shidare-zakura: Oku-fukai

Yae-zakura Every year I am drawn to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to search out the emerging spring flowers. Snowdrops, forsythia, daffodils, plum blossoms—all build to a crescendo in April, with a stunning display of cherry blossoms. Crowds flock to see the rows of flowering yae-zakura trees—and they are truly impressive. But my favorites are the weeping cherry [shidare-zakura] trees around the edge of... read more