17/04/2008

Spring colour


The Regent's Park/RSPB Wildlife Garden was awash with colour and wildlife today as spring attempted to take hold once again.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Could you be so kind to tell me what type of tree is shown in the picture?

I've never seen blossoms of that shape and color before; it almost looks like a hybrid of dogwood and cherry blossoms.

The Wild in the Parks team said...

I think this is a type of double-flowering cherry. The photo may be deceptive with the sky in the background like that. I am no expert on types of cherry but I would suggest it is something like the 'Hokusai' which is a Japenese cherry though grafted onto wild cherry.