Tokyo Satsuki Festival 2007

Here are a few photos from the 2007 Tokyo Satsuki Festival in Ueno Park. The full set is posted at http://cid-5c2bbe8223ddbf8d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Tokyo%20Satsuki%20Fest%202007 . I think this year's festival will be May 26th to 31st. (There's still time to plan your trip!)

Will

Beautiful trees!!! I am currently reading up on Satsukis. I have the fever.

what a beautyful azalea and a show thank you william did you went this year or not ? or any trip soon ?

Nice trees. I'd like to go some time.

What's the purpose of the green screen?

They didn't have the screen in my day. We used to live just over the hill from Ueno and went every spring. It would be nice to see it again (sigh).

I suspect it's to keep flower pickers' hands off the trees.

Breath-taking beauty......

I would have guessed the screen was for afternoon shade protection.

What a treat....thanks for showing....I can only dream !!


Norma

Hi Will great set of pix.... lovely.

BTW where in 'Rural' Maryland are you? I was in Cumberland and the Village of Grantsville in a previous life

I live in Gaithersburg, about 15 minutes north of the Washington DC beltway.

They rolled up the green screens when they opened the show in the morning. I guess they were just for night-time security.

I won't be going to this year's festival. I was just in Tokyo for Kokufu, and one trip a year is plenty.

Will

Pretty, beautiful, marvellous. We to fall in love can really.

They are so pretty! I need to get a few of these. I'm always trying to locate a shrub that needs diggin up in my area.
Thanks for the pics.

I don't think you will find many (any) growing in Philly. They're reliably hardy only to zone 7.

For folks interested in azaleas, here's an interesting page: http://www.sonomahort.com/azalea_info.htm

Breath-taking... they are so beautiful. It is my dream to have azalea with so fat trunk... how are they doing it?

carol1 wrote:Breath-taking... they are so beautiful. It is my dream to have azalea with so fat trunk... how are they doing it?

They are growing them in the ground for a LONG time. They life them every few years, trim branches, etc. then put them back in the ground.

I love azalea ...... they are so beautiful .