Comments on: East End Blossom Time https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Beryl Happe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506597 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:44:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506597 A wonderful trip around a ver y different Bethnal Green from my childhood. It was somewhere we all wanted to get out of, and now cannot afford to get back to. Lovely blog, Thank you.

]]> By: William from Long Island https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506120 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:22:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506120 Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram (1880-1981) of Benenden, Kent can be thanked for the rescue & propagation of Sakura Cherry cultivars throughout the world. We would not have this annual display without him. I recommend his biography The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558474/the-sakura-obsession-by-naoko-abe/

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506064 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:20:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506064 Inspired by the report about the hyacinth grower Alan Shipp, I planted some hyacinths in my balcony flower box a few days ago — they are now flowering in bright pink and are the first in the neighbourhood!

Now I just have to get over my nasty cold and spring can come. Happy Easter to all!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Brian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506059 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:00:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506059 Dennis Potter also used the phrase “the blossmiest blossom” which is the title of a painting by the artist George Shaw, famous for his use of Humbrol model paint. A tree in full blossom is featurd in the very ordinary setting of a Council Estate and it remains transformative in it’s appearance. What a great idea you have of enacting your own version of hanami, I will do this myself next year.0

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506056 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:26:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506056 Blossom is such a cheerful and uplifting sight at this time of year, especially with Easter coming. A beautiful sign that spring is here and the long drabness of winter is gone.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506055 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:03:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506055 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a variety of blossoming trees all over London. I particularly like the lacy white blossom in Haggerston and London Fields.

On this side of the pond, we are not quite there yet. Thanks!

]]> By: James Keltz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506047 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:12:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506047 What a cracking post. Thank you for brightening up a rainy day here in Devon

]]> By: Robyn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506042 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:27:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506042 Great photos of stunning trees!

]]> By: Laura https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506037 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:45:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506037 Beautiful! Especially so when the sun is shining and the blossom is in contrast with a blue sky. It’s my favourite time of the year too, I can’t see any pink blossom from my window but I can see the white blossom of a plum and a damson.

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/04/05/east-end-blossom-time-i/#comment-1506034 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 05:52:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195289#comment-1506034 I used to be a gardener in Meath gardens and Cambridge Heath rd /Bethnal Green gardens, till boredom set in ?

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