A montage of spring blossoms photographed by D.H Parks While you wouldn’t know it to look out the window this morning, spring is quietly “springing” all around Berkeley and Berkeleysiders pulled out their cameras over the weekend to capture some of the beautiful early blossoms. Visit the Berkeleyside Flickr pool for more images of spring, and […]
Spring blossoms
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Signs of spring come early in Berkeley
Purple leaf plums, Prunus cerasifera ‘Atropurpurea’ on Hillegass Street. Photos: Robert Trachtenberg Purple leaf plums, Prunus cerasifera ‘Atropurpurea’ on Hillegass Street. Photos: Robert Trachtenberg The warm weather we have been enjoying recently has brought out the early bloomers. Berkeleysider and landscape architect Robert Trachtenberg sent in these photographs — and provided the precise identification for […]
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Cherry blossom season in Berkeley
One of the delights of living in the Bay Area comes in February, when plum and cherry trees start to bloom. While most of the rest of the country sits under a blanket of snow, those of us in northern California get a peek of spring.