What’s Flowering Now? March 22

What's Flowering Now? "Tree Lot" Edition
What's Flowering Now--from the Friends of Trees tree lot. (FOT file)

By Greg Tudor

This lightly fragrant bloom—pictured last week at the Friends of Trees lot—will very slowly become a delicious fruit, most familiar in East Asia.

Offered for sale by Friends of Trees and its Neighborhood Trees program for yards and 6- to 8-foot parking strips, this Japanese cultivar introduced in 1972 requires a pollinator to bear fruit.

Of course, due to the difficulty of transporting the delicate fruit, it is not common in grocery stores.

Interested? Sign-up now for next season with Friends of Trees.

Submit your answers below or send in your own blooming photos and quiz.

–Tudor is the volunteer and outreach manager for Friends of Trees: 503-282-8846 ext. 12; [email protected]