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Winter Cherry – Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’

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A favourite tree, in bloom intermittently throughout the winter months whenever a mild spell allows - the blossom and the mild weather are both always welcome. These pictures were taken last week, in the Japanese Landscape by the Chockushi-Mon. Bright blue sky and dazzling low winter sunshine adding to the delight of the pretty blossom.…

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Chokushi-Mon, a Japanese Garden at Kew

Categories Architectural Plants, evergreen perennial, Flowering Cherry, Garden Design, Grasses, Japanese Maples (Acers), Open to the public, Plants for a shady garden?, Rhododendron & Azalea, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on Chokushi-Mon, a Japanese Garden at Kew

The Japanese Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Beautiful here in mid-winter, with sculpted box, evergreen waves of Liriope muscari, flowering Iris unguicularis, clipped Pachysandra terminalis, Cotoneaster and Callicarpa in berry, a few choice Chaenomeles flowers, beautifully spreading Winter Cherry - Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis, sunshine and raked gravel.   http://www.kew.org/heritage/places/japaneselandscape.html