Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Sakura 2026 Tallow

Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai'

11 March 2026

(first flowers 28 February 2026)


Kojo-no-mai > Dance of the lake. Prunus incisa, the Fuji cherry, gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves.

Photograph © Hans van den Bos

Monday, 14 August 2023

Our pond, renovated last spring:







 Photographs © Hans van den Bos

Midas, our garden guard, among two of our hostas. He loves the birds, the bees and the frogs, but cats are too much for him.




Photograph © Hans van den Bos