Yesterday’s news – Snow on ‘Whitcomb’ cherry blossoms February 24, 2025 February 3, 2025. It was looking as if the early-blooming ‘Whitcomb’ cherries would be in their splendour next week, only one week earlier than usual, but then winter arrived. Snow on… Read more
Yesterday’s news – Winter cherries – Autumnalis Rosea February 3, 2025 December 15, 2024. These are winter cherries, 'Autumnalis Rosea', either the same or a very close relative to what the Japanese call 'Jugatsu-zakura', "cherry of the 10th month". It is still… Read more
Yesterday’s news – ‘Shiro-fugen’ and ‘Kiku-zakura’ December 15, 2024 May 6, 2024. One more last hurrah - 'Shiro-fugen' flowers are looking even less fresh, giving the trees a dull pink look, but the flowers are still there, particularly in the… Read more
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
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