Yesterday’s news – ‘Shirotae’, double white blossoms April 11, 2026 April 7, 2026 Mid-season blooms are opening quickly now. Double-flowered 'Shirotae' are are still wowing us. These are often beautiful wide-spreading trees, and they can grow quite large. Their leaves… Read more
Yesterday’s news – 2026 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition April 11, 2026 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition The VCBF once again has offered up our 'Akebono' trees at Maple Grove Park, for the fifth year of the International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition.… Read more
Yesterday’s news – Double white blossoms April 7, 2026 April 4, 2026 Mid-season blooms are opening quickly now. 'Akebono' are still looking good in most of the area, but two cultivars with double flowers are bringing joy this weekend.… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Somei-yoshino’ and ‘Akebono’ April 3, 2026 March 21, 2026 Single white flowers: 'Somei-yoshino', and 'Akebono', a similar-looking offspring opening with more of a pinkish cast to the over-all appearance. Here are a photo of each, taken… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Accolade’ March 21, 2026 March 18, 2026 Double-flowered 'Accolade' have not been showing well this year, but the flowers are still beautiful. Here is Taka Naidu's photo. 20260314 Accolade_E30&Sophia_Taka5-crop wlc Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Beni-shidare’, weeping tree pink flowers March 18, 2026 March 13, 2026 More early single pink flowers, these on trees with a weeping habit. They are known in Japan as ito-zakura, or thread cherries. The flowers on this species… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Okame’ cherries, small dark pink flowers March 13, 2026 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,… Read more
Yesterday’s news – Early ‘Whitcomb’ cherries February 17, 2026 February 8, 2026 'Whitcomb' cherries in the warmer neighbourhoods started looking in bloom on January 24 this year. Now, on February 8, there is still no freezing weather, so the… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Kanzan’ snow January 24, 2026 April 30, 2025 We started the year with snow on pink 'Whitcomb' cherry blossoms; we'll end the cherry blooming with pink 'Kanzan' snow on the sidewalks, evoking Mono no aware, the traditional symbolism… Read more
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
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
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
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