Flowers 2025

[shinmai]

Young kojo no mai without much interest…unless it's covered in flowers!View attachment 585779

I mostly do azaleas, but I have numerous other flowering species—the aforementioned apricot and quince, plus a couple of white quinces, a sand cherry, choke cherry, and a flowering almond—none of which are eye-catching bonsai, except when they are in bloom. And then they just take my breath away. I came to bonsai after 25 years of raising antique English roses, so it’s always been the flowers that make my tail wag.

 

[yashu]

My white ume (Josephine) are putting on a show this year

They smell gooood

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I’m waiting on a Fragrant Snow that looks similar to this and apparently smells of cinnamon. It’s coming from GA so I’m guessing it has already bloomed and I’ll be waiting for next season.

 

[rustygarden]

My prunus giving up the first flowers of 2025 .

 

[KateM]

Just winter jasmine. Very late this year...

 

[baldone]

My Japanese Magnolia today

 

[KateM]

 

[SFDrake]

 

[Carol 83]

 

[shinmai]

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Very nice photos!!

 

[shinmai]

Same quince, fully blossomed out. Too bad they only last a few days…..

 

[Carol 83]

Very nice photos!!

Thanks.

 

[Gabler]

 

[Gabler]

 

[KateM]

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Somebody went to Longwood Gardens.

 

[KateM]

 

[Deano]

 

[KateM]

Elm. Hard to get in focus.

 

[namnhi]

 

[SirBigSpur]

I wish I could get them all to flower at the same time, but here are 15 red/pink Prunus mume (Ume) varieties that were more or less in sync

I also wish I was a better photographer!

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Row 1 Column 2 and Row 2 Column 3 are gorgeous. Any idea what variety they are?

 

[Canada Bonsai]

Row 1 Column 2 and Row 2 Column 3 are gorgeous. Any idea what variety they are?

You like the big ones!

MĚIRÉN MÉI
Prunus × blireiana (Prunus Mume x Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii')

Row 1 Column 2 and Row 2 Column 3 are gorgeous. Any idea what variety they are?

weeping variety!

ZANSETU SHIDARE

They are all here, and more:

Flowering Apricots

Canada Bonsai proudly holds over 70 cultivars of Prunus mume, all of which are currently being propagated.This includes 17 cultivars which are primarily grown for their fruit that can be used for the production of juice, jam, syrup, umeboshi, umeshu, and can sometimes be eaten raw.Availability...

www.canadabonsai.com

For the sake of not posting without pics, here are a few parent plants: