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- Yesterday’s news – ‘Shiro-fugen’ and ‘Ichiyo’ May 7, 2023 May 3, 2023. It's almost all fluffy double blossoms from here on out. Here are two that are not all that rare. These are easily distinguished when the flowers are opening,… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – double white ‘Ichihara-tora-no-o’ and ‘Shogetsu’ May 3, 2023 April 30, 2023. The festival has officially ended, but one month is far too short for showing off our beautiful blossoms. As long as the Cherry Scouts keep posting them, we'll… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – rare single whites – ‘Mikuruma-gaeshi’ and ‘Ojochin’ April 30, 2023 April 25, 2023. Here are two rare large single blossoms, both sometimes carrying some extra petals. 'Mikuruma-gaeshi' has been featured here before, but this photo is especially nice, in that you… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – double blossom ‘Takasago’ and ‘Shirotae’ April 25, 2023 April 21, 2023. Double blossoms today! Still not the ubiquitous late-season 'Kanzan', which are biding their time. It's hard to beat the beauty of these dark purplish-red 'Takasago' buds set against… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – single pink blossoms April 21, 2023 April 20, 2023. Today we'll do rare single pink blossoms. These Schmitt cherry flowers are so small, on trees so tall, that they're usually missed being noticed at all. This photo… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – rare single-white blossoms April 20, 2023 April 17, 2023. Our popular widely planted 'Akebono' trees are starting to fade, and it's not quite time yet for the even more widely-planted 'Kanzan' trees, so it's time for us… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – pink cascades April 17, 2023 April 12, 2023. Pink blossoms today, on weeping cherry trees. "Shidare" (drooping) in Japanese cherry blossom names is used to describe the tree form called "weeping" in English. So, 'Beni-shidare' can… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – Single whites: ‘Somei-yoshino’, ‘Akebono’ and ‘Umineko’/’Snow Goose’ April 12, 2023 April 11, 2023. More single white blossoms. Here are two cultivars that are often confused, and another that could cause some confusion were it more common. 'Somei-yoshino' is not so common… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – ‘Afterglow’ April 11, 2023 April 9, 2023. It was several years before our Cherry Scouts found 'Afterglow' trees. They were all listed as 'Akebono', and indeed they are a different cultivar of the same Prunus… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – 2023 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition April 9, 2023 The peak bloom date for Vancouver's location in the 2023 International Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition was April 7. Read more
- Yesterday’s news – ‘Pandora’ April 9, 2023 April 6, 2023. We have not yet featured 'Pandora', an early season bloomer with white flowers. The petals on these are almost twice as long as they are wide, so they… Read more
- Yesterday’s news – pendulous (weeping) trees, pink and white April 6, 2023 April 3, 2023. In the previous posting, we have featured single white blossoms that can be seen around town now, or coming soon. You can find the most recent posting at… Read more