March 1, 2026 So far, the stars of this year’s show have been ‘Okame’ cherries, which bloom around the same time as ‘Whitcomb’ and the petals are the same colour, but the calyx tubes (behind the petals) on these are dark red, and they are long and slender, not bulbous as on ‘Whitcomb’ flowers. The petals are very small, and could be compared to the size of a Canadian penny, but we don’t have those any more. These are rarely planted around here, and they are mostly found as single specimens. And they don’t usually make as good an impression as our photographers have captured in these two photos. Kiri posted the first photo at the Fraser Parkade at UBC. May Lin’s photo is from Langley.
