Cherry blossom has been superb this spring. Our first flowered in early March. Now, late varieties have peaked, and soon, the last petals will fall. Nevertheless, cherries offer a great deal more than ...

I have a similar relationship to ornamental cherries as I do to dahlias. I love one in particular passionately, am keen on and would grow several more, but hate the rest. It is obvious which is the ...

I’VE got at least four different types of cherry tree in my garden. There’s an obligatory pair of flowering cherries (Prunus ‘Taihaku’); an edible cherry (P. ‘Stella’), and the natives wild cherry (P.

One town in the North East holds the world’s largest collection of Taihaku cherry blossom trees. The Alnwick Garden is a complex of formal gardens next to Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, Northumberland.

Robert Browning's poem, Home Thoughts, from Abroad, was one of my favourites during the year I spent as an au pair in Italy many years ago. Like him, I had loved the mild Mediterranean winter and ...

15:42, Fri, Apr 25, 2025 Updated: 15:44, Fri, Apr 25, 2025 A town in the North East of the UK boasts the world's largest collection of Taihaku cherry blossom trees. Located next to Alnwick Castle in ...