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  • About Us
    • Artistic Statement
    • Gallery
    • History
    • Board Of Directors
    • Cherry Team
  • What’s On
  • The Festival
    • Blossoms After Dark
    • The Big Picnic
    • Sakura Days Japan Fair
    • Blossom Block Party
    • Tree Talks and Walks
    • Pop-Up Events
    • Bike the Blossoms
    • Haiku Exhibition
    • Haiku Invitational
  • Discover Blossoms
    • Blossom Maps
    • Blooming Now
    • History Of Our Cherry Trees
    • Cherry Cultivars
    • UBC Botanical Garden Public Forums
  • News
    • Media Coverage
    • Media Releases
    • Blog – Yesterday’s news and more
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Vendors, Artists, & Performers
    • Community Partnership
    • Sponsors
    • Cherry Scouts
    • Scout Corner
    • Blossom Fun
  • Shop

Blog – Yesterday’s news and more

  • 20250429-BCLeg-Shiro-fugen-Willard-IMG_7224 Yesterday’s news – ‘Shiro-fugen’double white flowers become double pink flowers April 30, 2025 April 28, 2025  'Shiro-fugen' trees are one of the last to bloom, and the flowers are one of the longest-lasting. They undergo the most extreme changes during their show. Dusky-pink… Read more
  • PinkPerfection_UBCBG-outside-north-gate_Cutler_20250422_123155c Yesterday’s news – ‘Pink Perfection’ – double pink with white blossoms April 28, 2025 April 24, 2025  'Pink Perfection' flowers are similar-looking to 'Kanzan', but they have more of a raspberry swirl ice cream colouring when the blossoms emerge. The trees, however, will never… Read more
  • Kanzan_East-Mall-Buchanan-parking-lot_Kiri_20250416_image2 Yesterday’s news – ‘Kanzan’ – fluffy double pink flowers April 24, 2025 April 21, 2025  'Kanzan' pink cherry blossoms are spreading their cheer everywhere now. Even one or two of these trees are eye-catching, but the wow factor is high with rows… Read more
  • 20250415_Ukon_FlemingE26_Eng Yesterday’s news – ‘Ukon’ – double pale yellow blossoms April 21, 2025 April 19, 2025  'Ukon' cherry blossoms get their name from their unusual yellow-ish colour, suggesting that they have been dusted with the yellowish spice turmeric, ukon in Japanese. The emerging… Read more
  • 20250410_Ichiyo_FraserE54_Eng_0908 Yesterday’s news – ‘Ichiyo’ – double pinky-white blossoms April 19, 2025 April 18, 2025  'Ichiyo' cherries are big, beautiful usually healthy trees which, like yesterday's feature 'Takasago', open with pink buds brightening to somewhat larger pinky white double flowers. These will… Read more
  • Takasago_ComoxBroughton_Cutler_220250408_161756 Yesterday’s news – ‘Takasago’ – double pinky-white flowers April 18, 2025 April 16, 2025  'Takasago' trees almost always look awkward and diseased in Vancouver, but when they bloom, the flowers are so beautiful and densely packed that all is forgiven. They… Read more
  • 20250405_Shirotae_AshW66_Eng_0892 Yesterday’s news – ‘Shirotae’ – double white blossoms April 16, 2025 April 15, 2025  'Shirotae' have been in bloom for a while. When the puffy double white flowers open, the trees appear bright white, but the flowers still look good when… Read more
  • Tai-haku_SW-Marine-Dr-UBC-Botanical-Garden_Kiri_20250409_image3 Yesterdays’s news – ‘Tai-haku’ – large single white blossoms April 15, 2025 April 12, 2025  'Tai-haku'. Yet another ornamental cherry with single white blossoms, but as with yesterday's, these flowers are distinctive: these are large for cherry blossoms, up to 6cm across,… Read more
  • Washi-no-o_QueensPark-at-Granville_Cutler_20250409_165620 Yesterday’s news – ‘Washi-no-o’ – single white fragrant blossoms April 12, 2025 April 10, 2025  We are still featuring single white blossoms, most of which look the same, requiring taking note of other features to identify the cultivar. But these fragrant 'Washi-no-o'… Read more
  • SnowGoose_82Ave202_204stsLangley_JosieMcCarthy_20250404_ed-wlc-1 Yesterday’s news – ‘Snow Goose’ – single white blossoms April 10, 2025 April 9, 2025  'Snow Goose' has very white buds and flowers, with large long green sepals on the back that result in distinctively broad stars seen from the front of… Read more
  • 20250405_Sendai-shidare_W66Ash_Eng_0871 Yesterday’s news – ‘Sendai-shidare’ – single white blossoms April 9, 2025 April 7, 2025  We are back now to single white blossoms that all seem to look the same. But we can still distinguish the cultivars by the parts that look… Read more
  • Akebono_MapleGrovePark_Cutler_20250403_152104 Yesterday’s news – 2025 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition April 8, 2025 The peak bloom date for Vancouver’s location in the 2025 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition was April 3, eleven days later than peak bloom last year. International Cherry Blossom Prediction… Read more

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