Yesterday’s news – ‘Shiro-fugen’ May 6, 2024 April 29, 2024. The last hurrah - 'Shiro-fugen' flowers are no longer looking fresh, but they still have colour - just not the colour they started with, which was white flowers… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Kiku-zakura’ April 29, 2024 April 24, 2024. We're getting down to the wire - only the very late bloomers still have flowers worth a visit: avium 'Plena', 'Shiro-fugen', and 'Kiku-zakura' - the chrysanthemum cherry. These… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Shiro-fugen’ and ‘Shogetsu’ April 24, 2024 April 19, 2024. Not all late-blooming cherries are pink. Here are two double white cherries that can look alike. 'Shiro-fugen' are easy to distinguish when the flowers are opening - at… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Kanzan’ and ‘Pink Perfection’ April 19, 2024 April 16, 2024. Pink 'Kanzan' blossoms are still running the show. These are so widely planted here because they are generally healthy trees, relative to some of the other cultivars, and… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Kanzan’ April 16, 2024 April 11, 2024. You might have noticed - 'Kanzan' blossoms are starting to appear. The City of Vancouver Street Trees Portal shows 10,000 of them planted as street trees, many of… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Shirotae’ and ‘Ukon’ April 11, 2024 April 7, 2024. Still everything is blooming at once, still mid-season and late-season trees. Moving on to double flowers now, having more than five petals. Here is a comparison of fragrant… Read more
Yesterday’s news – single whites April 7, 2024 April 6, 2024. Still catching up here, with everything blooming at once - at least mid-season and late-season trees. Here are some single White flowers, all pretty rare in this area,… Read more
Yesterday’s news – single pink flowers April 2, 2024 March 29, 2024. We have to catch up here - everything is blooming at once. Here are some single pink flowers, all pretty rare in this area. Shosar' in Richmond. We… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Akebono’ March 29, 2024 March 23, 2024. 'Akebono' cherries are hard to miss now. This is the second most commonly seen cherry cultivar around Vancouver and their billowy pinky-white flowers grow on gracefully spreading trees… Read more
Yesterday’s news – 2024 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition March 25, 2024 The peak bloom date for Vancouver’s location in the 2024 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition was March 23. International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition Submissions are in from the international prediction… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Accolade’ March 23, 2024 March 19, 2024. We are still doing pink, but here are flowers with more than five petals. 'Accolade' flowers are described as semi-double. These are now in bloom locally everywhere. This… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Beni-shidare’ March 19, 2024 March 17, 2024. The third of what is turning out to be a series of single pink blossoms is 'Beni-shidare'. You won't confuse these cascades of pink blossoms with 'Whitcomb' or… Read more
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