Early-blossoming cherry
Originally uploaded by nofrills
住宅街の彼岸桜。
a tokyo photolog (my flickr archive, and occasional rant and rave: I have a free flickr acount, and want to keep the pics I have uploaded.)
木瓜と思われる花のガクとおしべ。
Sepals found on this tree. All the petals are gone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_odora
My neighbourhood gets filled with the scent at this time of the year.
See also:
サンシュユ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_officinalis
One of the first spring blossoms we see in Tokyo.