Comments on: Cherry Blossoms Amid the Fall Foliage http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Foliage http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-38573 Jeff Foliage Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:03:32 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-38573 Hi Jeff this is Jeff... This could be confusing... I'm asked often on late August to Sept about the fall colors here in New England and to compare them to Japan.. I spent 4 years in Okinawa and I never once saw the colors you managed to capture.. I wish I had left the base more because you showed me some really impressive colors. Were they down in Okinawa or were they all up in Japan (Kyoto?) Jeff Foliage www.yankeefoliage.com <span class='jfriedl'>I don't think Okinawa has much in the way of a winter, does it? All my foliage photos should have a map link under them, but they're all from around Kyoto (35N latitude, the same as Memphis or Albuquerque). Okinawa is much further south, like Florida, which also isn't know for its fall colors. —Jeffrey</span> Hi Jeff this is Jeff… This could be confusing…
I’m asked often on late August to Sept about the fall colors here in New England and to compare them to Japan.. I spent 4 years in Okinawa and I never once saw the colors you managed to capture..
I wish I had left the base more because you showed me some really impressive colors. Were they down in Okinawa or were they all up in Japan (Kyoto?)

Jeff Foliage
http://www.yankeefoliage.com

I don’t think Okinawa has much in the way of a winter, does it? All my foliage photos should have a map link under them, but they’re all from around Kyoto (35N latitude, the same as Memphis or Albuquerque). Okinawa is much further south, like Florida, which also isn’t know for its fall colors. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Peter in Wales http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-37731 Peter in Wales Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:23:14 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-37731 Hello, Grandma Friedl, and a Happy New Year to all the family. I don't recall ever seeing fruit on the autumn-flowering cherry, perhaps not surprising as the flowers are semi-double, so the important bits may not be functional. <i>Prunus</i> x <i>subhirtella</i>, to which it belongs, is now thought to be a hybrid, so may be sterile for that reason. If it were to fruit, I suspect they'd be small and very bitter. Hello, Grandma Friedl, and a Happy New Year to all the family.

I don’t recall ever seeing fruit on the autumn-flowering cherry, perhaps not surprising as the flowers are semi-double, so the important bits may not be functional. Prunus x subhirtella, to which it belongs, is now thought to be a hybrid, so may be sterile for that reason. If it were to fruit, I suspect they’d be small and very bitter.

]]> By: Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-37730 Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:56:22 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-37730 Oh, so glad to hear from you again, Peter. One question: are these simply flowering cherries, or will they bear fruit? Oh, so glad to hear from you again, Peter. One question: are these simply flowering cherries, or will they bear fruit?

]]> By: Peter in Wales http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-37729 Peter in Wales Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:55:57 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-12-31/1412#comment-37729 'Autumnalis' is a very popular cultivar in the British Isles and Europe and, no doubt, in suitable parts of North America, too. In Britain, it tends to produce intermittent flushes of blossom in mild weather in late autumn and winter, with the main blooming in early spring. There is also 'Autumnalis Rosea' with slightly deeper pink flowers. For whatever reason, we fail miserably with 'Autumnalis' in our Welsh garden - they just die on us. I am very envious of your late autumn - you may have heard of the snowy and icy weather in Europe; I know the northern US has had some real winter already, too. ‘Autumnalis’ is a very popular cultivar in the British Isles and Europe and, no doubt, in suitable parts of North America, too. In Britain, it tends to produce intermittent flushes of blossom in mild weather in late autumn and winter, with the main blooming in early spring. There is also ‘Autumnalis Rosea’ with slightly deeper pink flowers. For whatever reason, we fail miserably with ‘Autumnalis’ in our Welsh garden – they just die on us.

I am very envious of your late autumn – you may have heard of the snowy and icy weather in Europe; I know the northern US has had some real winter already, too.

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