Thursday 28 August 2014

CHERRY PLUM

Prunus cerasifera, or cherry plum is a popular ornamental tree for garden and landscaping use, grown for its very early flowering and its ornamental purple or reddish-brown leaves. It is now in bloom in Melbourne streets. Happy Spring!

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

7 comments:

  1. Really beautiful!

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  2. Look at all those stamens, I can't count them all. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  3. There's something very Asian about these flowers...how lovely!

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  4. Strikingly beautiful, but comforting all at the same time.

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  5. Gorgeous! The blossoms are so pretty against the blue sky.

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  6. Wow! So pretty! Very interesting that its Spring out there now, enjoy it!

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  7. Gives me the Spring feeling...

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